Conference

03.04.2025

Normative orders in transition: global challenges

Seventh Annual International Conference of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders” Program Thursday, November 20, 2014 14.30 to 14.45 Opening of the 2014 Annual Conference “Normative Orders […]

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03.04.2025

Normative orders of the future

International Annual Conference of the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders” Program Thursday, November 21, 2013 14:30 – 14:45, Room EG 01+02 Opening of the Annual Conference 2013: […]

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03.04.2025

Legal Cultures, Legal Transfer, and Legal Pluralism

4th Annual International Conference of the Cluster of Excellence The subject of the conference concerns recent developments of normative orders in general and legal orders in particular: The fact that […]

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03.04.2025

Justice and/or Peace

3rd Annual International Conference of the Cluster of Excellence In ordinary language peace usually stands for ‘freedom from disturbance’ or ‘a state or period in which there is no war’. […]

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03.04.2025

Justification narratives. Legitimization and narrative understanding

2nd Annual International Conference of the Cluster of Excellence The second annual conference of the Frankfurt Cluster of Excellence on the “Formation of Normative Orders” is dedicated to the topic […]

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03.04.2025

The formation of normative orders

Opening conference The new Frankfurt Cluster of Excellence presented its interdisciplinary research program to a wider public for the first time at an international conference. A contribution from Eva Buddeberg […]

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12.01.2025

Historical science in dialog

Symposium and multiplier event for the subject of history at German preparatory colleges   Program: Thursday, 25.9.2025 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Welcome to Frankfurt! Guided tour of the Westend […]

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16.12.2024

After Surveillance. Digital Intermediaries of Trust, Confidence, and Security

Frankfurt-Harvard Conference on surveillance and digital intermediaries. With two keynotes by Nicole Starosielski, UC Berkeley and Nick Couldry, LSE.

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18.11.2024

Comparative Perspectives on Trust in Conflict

Third Annual Conference of the Research Initiative “ConTrust – Trust in Conflict” Participation via Zoom is also possible Please register until November 10, 2023 at office@normativeorders.net   Program Thursday, November […]

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14.11.2024

Conflict and Trust in the European Copyright System

2024 European Copyright Society Conference The European Copyright Society (la Société européenne du droit d’auteur) was founded in January 2012 with the aim of creating a platform for critical and […]

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13.11.2024

Police Accountability – Practices and Dilemmas of Independent Police Complaints Bodies and Police Control

Conference of the Research Project “Police Accountability: Towards International Standards” / ConTrust Praxisforum In times of expanding police powers as well as increasing discussions about legitimacy and problems within the […]

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07.11.2024

Publicity and the Political in the Long 20th Century

International Conference How does publicity shape and transform politics, cultural experience and governance in the Long 20th Century? How have the institutions and practices of publicity evolved through changing media […]

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News from the research center

Event
18.04.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Das Prinzip Donald Trump und die Verrohung der Welt

Panel Discussion, Lecture

Ein neuer Politikstil macht international Karriere. Er ist gekennzeichnet von Vulgarität, Verrohung und erklärter Rechtsfeindschaft. Machtinteressen werden nicht mehr juristisch bemäntelt. Stattdessen wird das angebliche Recht des Stärkeren zur Staatsdoktrin gemacht – innenpolitisch wie außenpolitisch. Treibende Kraft hinter dieser Verrohung der politischen Sitten ist ein US-Präsident, der nicht nur die amerikanische Gesellschaft und Kultur, sondern auch die globale Ordnung nach seinen Vorstellungen und Interessen umgestaltet. Die Römerberggespräche wollen diesen Politikstil verstehen.

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Event
29.04.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Kulturindustrie heute?

Panel Discussion

Das Gespräch „Kulturindustrie heute?“ widmet sich der Aktualität und Tragfähigkeit eines zentralen Begriffs der Kritischen Theorie. Die Filmwissenschaftlerin Gertrud Koch diskutiert im Rahmen der Gesprächsreihe "Frankfurter Schule" mit dem Filmkritiker Bert Rebhandl die gegenwärtigen Formen kultureller Produktion und Verbreitung vor dem Hintergrund von Digitalisierung, Plattformen und globalen Medienmärkten.

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Event
20.03.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

40 Jahre Schengen-Raum

Colloquium

Der 1984 geschlossene Schengen-Vertrag schuf einen heute 29 Staaten umfassenden Raum ohne Binnengrenzen, doch Migration über die Außengrenzen führte zuletzt zur Wiedereinführung von Kontrollen, auch durch die Bundesregierung ab 8. Mai 2025. Das Walter Hallstein-Kolloquium diskutiert die rechtliche Zulässigkeit, wirtschaftliche Folgen insbesondere für Arbeitsmigration und Arbeitsmarkt sowie die Zukunft des Schengen-Raums.

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News
12.02.2026

Satanist politics and the decline of reason in liberal democracies

For the last time in the winter semester 2025/26, the Research Center hosted the lecture series "Am Scheidepunkt. On the crisis of democracy". At the end, philosopher Michael Rosen from Harvard University presented his concept of "satanic politics" as a variant of the political interpretation of the world.

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News
09.02.2026

On the topicality of the concept of violence based on Camus and Derrida

Prof. Dr. Christine Abbt from the University of St. Gallen gave a lecture on democracies and the concept of violence as part of the lecture series "At the crossroads? On the crisis of democracy", she gave a lecture on democracies and the concept of violence. Under the title "Defending democracies. On the topicality of the concept of violence in Camus and Derrida", the philosopher discussed forms of violence and revolt and categorized them with regard to a democratic setting.

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Publication
04.02.2026 | 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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News
02.02.2026

States competing for people - David Owen on civil geopolitics

As part of the lecture series "At the Crossroads - The Future of Democracy", David Owen from the University of Southampton presented his concept of civil geopolitics.

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News
20.01.2026

Christine Hentschel on reorientation in catastrophic times

As part of the lecture series "At the crossroads? On the crisis of democracy", the sociologist spoke about living in and dealing with catastrophic times. Against the backdrop of the destruction of living conditions, wars, permanent crises and threats to democracy, Hentschel addressed the infiltration of the catastrophic into everyday social life and a changing activist and literary approach to the future.

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Publication
08.01.2026 | Journal article

Gender Differences in Financial Advice

Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Hackethal, Andreas; Koenen, Johannes; Laudenbach, Christine (2025): „Gender Differences in Financial Advice“. In: American Economic Review, 115 (12), pp. 4218–4252.

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