Publications

2026
Online article

Disinhibited Informalization: Talk Radio, Bro Podcasts and the Aesthetics of Populism

This essay by Johannes Völz is a revised and updated translation of “Enthemmte Informalisierung: Talk Radio, Bro-Podcasts und die Ästhetik des Populismus,” WestEnd: Neue Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung 22.2 (2025): 3–24. It is published here as part of the b2o Review’s “Stop the Right” dossier.

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2026
Chapter

Von Poujade über Berlusconi zu Trump. Eine Genealogie des libertären Patrimonialismus

Biebricher, Thomas (2026): „Von Poujade über Berlusconi zu Trump. Eine Genealogie des libertären Patrimonialismus“. In: Geiselberger, Heinrich (Hrsg.): Oben rechts. Rechtspopulismus als Klassenprojekt, Suhrkamp, S. 103-144.

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2026
Monograph

Außerjuridisches in Maßstäben des Bundesverfassungsgerichts

Britz, Gabriele (2026): „Außerjuridisches in Maßstäben des Bundesverfassungsgerichts. Mechanik, Legitimation und Empiriebedarf tatsachengeprägter Verfassungsentwicklung“. Mohr Siebeck.

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2026
Journal article

European society and its antagonists

Von Bogdandy, Armin (2026): „European society and its antagonists“. In: Common Market Law Review, 63 (1), S. 301-314.

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2026
Journal article

Toward a Critical Theory of Trust

Rainer, Forst (2026): „Toward a Critical Theory of Trust“. In: Political Theory, OnlineFirst.

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2026
Chapter

Data Protection in German Constitutional Law

Britz, Gabriele (2026): „Data Protection in German Constitutional Law. Overview of Basic Concepts and Mechanisms in the Case Law of the Federal Constitutional Court“. In: Orrù, Elisa; Poscher, Ralf (Hrsg.): Conceptions of Data Protection and Privacy. Legal and Philosophical Perspectives, Hart Publishing, S. 93-110.

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Journal article

New Perspectives on Trust in International Conflicts

Wille, Tobias; Simon, Hendrik; Daase, Christopher; Deitelhoff, Nicole; Wheeler, Nicholas J.; Holmes, Marcus; Rathbun, Brian C.; Acharya, Amitav; Mitzen, Jennifer (2026): „New Perspectives on Trust in International Conflicts“. In: International Studies Review 28 (1), viaf027.

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2026
Journal article

Krise des Konservatismus – Krise der Demokratie?

Biebricher, Thomas (2026): „Krise des Konservatismus – Krise der Demokratie?“. In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 76 (6-9), S. 18-23.

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2026
Journal article

On the meaning and promise of European Society

Von Bogdandy, Armin (2026): „On the meaning and promise of European Society“. In: European Law Open, 4 (4), S. 628-645.

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News from the research center

Publikation
12.05.2026 | Online article

Disinhibited Informalization: Talk Radio, Bro Podcasts and the Aesthetics of Populism

This essay by Johannes Völz is a revised and updated translation of “Enthemmte Informalisierung: Talk Radio, Bro-Podcasts und die Ästhetik des Populismus,” WestEnd: Neue Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung 22.2 (2025): 3–24. It is published here as part of the b2o Review’s “Stop the Right” dossier.

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Event
20.05.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Von der Selbstermächtigung zum sozialen Widerstand

Lecture

Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Axel Honneth (Frankfurt am Main / New York Columbia University) mit anschließender Diskussion im Rahmen des Rechtstheoretischen Mittwochsseminars von Klaus Günther, Dan Wielsch und Benno Zabel.

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Event
19.05.2026 | Frankfurt

Speculative Truth Regimes

Panel Discussion

Event with Adam Kahlil (New Red Order) and Toby Lee (NYU) as part of the Series Visual Truth Regimes, organized by Laliv Melamed (Goethe University Frankfurt, Normative Orders), Felix Trautmann (Institut für Sozialforschung; HBK Braunschweig) and Franziska Wildt (Institut für Sozialforschung).

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Event
25./26.06.2026 | Frankfurt

Shifting Regimes, Changing Orders

Conference

Conference as part of WDC2026 in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Designtheorie und -forschung (DGTF), Kunstgewerbemuseum/Design Campus SKD and Design and Democracy

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Event
28./29.05.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Global Health Justice: Principles and Practice

Conference

Following the research focus of the Global Health Justice Postdoctoral Programme, funded by Höppsche Stiftung, the "Global Health Justice: Principles and Practice" conference places a particular emphasis on themes such as the human right to health, political activism and health justice issues, and problems of structural injustice and vulnerable populations in health care. Keynote lectures by Jonathan Wolff and Kanchana Mahadevan. The Global Health Justice Programme and this conference are supported by the Höppsche Stiftung in Villmar.

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Event
14.07.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Democracy Over Time and the Climate Crisis

Lecture Series

Vortrag von Anja Karnein (Binghamton). Die Vortragsreihe untersucht Fragen der Klimakrise als Herausforderungen für demokratische Gesellschaften und konzentriert sich auf Themen wie politische Legitimität, Widerstand gegen fossile Brennstoffe und die Interessen künftiger Generationen. Sie wird organisiert von Prof. Dr. Darrel Moellendorf und Dr. Lukas Sparenborg.

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Event
10.06.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Capital Investment, Inequality, and State Power in a Time of Climate Emergency

Lecture, Lecture Series

The lecture series examines questions of the climate crisis as challenges for democratic
societies and focuses on issues of political legitimacy, fossil fuel resistance, and the interests
of future generations.

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Event
13.05.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Failed States and Cloudy skies: Tipping Points, Overshoot and Permanent Emergency, after America

Lecture Series

The lecture series examines questions of the climate crisis as challenges for democratic
societies and focuses on issues of political legitimacy, fossil fuel resistance, and the interests
of future generations.

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