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The Incomparable Value of the Individual

First lecture of the 11th Dagmar Westberg Lectures By Christine M. Korsgaard. Korsgaard is one of the most important moral philosophers and Kant interpreters of our time. Her work is dedicated, among other things, to a justification of human dignity, a foundation for our right actions and the justification of the moral status of animals. […]

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Constitutivism and the Value of an Action

Second lecture of the 11th Dagmar Westberg Lectures By Christine M. Korsgaard. Korsgaard is one of the most important moral philosophers and Kant interpreters of our time. Her work is dedicated, among other things, to a justification of human dignity, a foundation for our right actions and the justification of the moral status of animals. […]

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How We Can Be Free

Third lecture of the 11th Dagmar Westberg Lectures By Christine M. Korsgaard. Korsgaard is one of the most important moral philosophers and Kant interpreters of our time. Her work is dedicated, among other things, to a justification of human dignity, a foundation for our right actions and the justification of the moral status of animals. […]

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Problematized police use of force and how to deal with it

Under certain circumstances, the police are authorized to use force in exceptional cases to enforce police measures. This can lead to mistakes, overstepping of legal boundaries and abuse. At the same time, the practice resulting from this authority to use force is highly controversial in society. Against this background, specific uses of force by the […]

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Policing Racism – Confronting (structural) racism in the police force

Symposium on racism in the police force From right-wing chat groups to racial profiling - a large number of racist incidents in the police force have become public in recent years. Scientific research also shows that racist and anti-democratic attitudes are widespread within the police force, even beyond these scandalized incidents. Studies make it clear […]

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Selective Solidarities in Times of Multiple Crises

International Conference Registration: manstetten@em.uni-frankfurt.de Schedule as .pdf: Here...   Schedule Thursday, November 14th 2024 13:00 - 13:30 GretaWagner: Welcome and Introduction 13:30 - 14:15 Annette Schnabel & Ulf Tranow (Düsseldorf): Scoping Out Solidarity - A Proposal for a Theoretical Approach to Analyzing the Boundaries of Solidarity 14:30 - 15:15 Stephan Lessenich (Frankfurt): Solidarity - the […]

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LITTLE SENEGAL (DZ/FR/DE 2001. D: Rachid Bouchareb)

Lecture & Film "Black Atlantic Cinema" Lecture: Boukary Sawadogo (New York) Lecture: Blackness: Politics and Affect of Kinship in Little Senegal Little Senegal (2001) by the Algerian French director Rachid Bouchareb brings to the fore Africa's relation to Black America through intimacy, affect, and a space with fraught history to race and racism. While African […]

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Limits of trust? – Areas of tension between science, politics and society

Second ConTrust Practice Forum Forum for exchange between science and practice, with Vera King, Andreas Schindel, Tobias Singelnstein, Tobias Wille, Nicole Deitelhoff, Florian Meesmann (Editorial Director MDR Aktuell), Ayse Asar, LL.M. (State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art) - requested and Rebecca C. Schmidt, among others Democracy is currently facing a question […]

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Making teaching diverse – How can diversity be promoted in the seminar context and discrimination stopped?

Workshop How can diversity in university teaching be actively promoted and discrimination specifically prevented? What exactly contributes to an inclusive, respectful learning atmosphere? Where is discrimination hidden in all the digital tools we use? What role do subconscious prejudices play in the teaching context? And should mistakes happen: How can they be addressed and dealt […]

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News from the research center

Event
17.06.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Agency Under Oppression: Feminist Perspectives

Conference

International Conference on agency, heternonmy and the current opression of feminist perspectives. Among others with Manon Garcia, Serene Khader, Regina Schidel and Francesca Cesarano.

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Event
22.06.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Rechtsextremismus und Polizei - Erscheinungsformen, Umgangsweisen, Perspektiven

Panel Discussion

Die Diskussion knüpft an den Sammelband „Rechtsextremismus als Herausforderung für Polizei und Gesellschaft“ an, der aktuelle Perspektiven aus Wissenschaft, Praxis und Zivilgesellschaft zusammenführt.

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News
18.05.2026

Videopodcast-Reihe „Our Planet, Our Health“ gestartet

Mit „Our Planet, Our Health“ startet eine neue Videopodcast-Reihe zu Fragen globaler Gesundheitsgerechtigkeit. Die Reihe, gehostet von Dr. Romina Rekers, ist eine Initiative des Global Health Justice Postdoctoral Programme (GHJ), gefördert von der Höppschen Stiftung.

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Publication
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
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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Publication
22.04.2026 | Chapter

Körpergeschlecht und Selbstbestimmung

Britz, Gabriele (2026): "Körpergeschlecht und Selbstbestimmung". In. Mangold, Anna Katharina; Völzmann, Berit (Hrsg.): Gerechtigkeit als Thema der Rechtswissenschaft, Nomos, S. 41-48.

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Publication
22.04.2026 | Chapter

Festrede zu Ehren von Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ute Sacksofsky, M.P.A. (Harvard), 4. April 2025

Schmidt, Rebecca Caroline; Forst, Rainer; Günther, Klaus (2026): "Festrede zu Ehren von Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ute Sacksofsky, M.P.A. (Harvard), 4. April 2025". In: Mangold, Anna Katharina; Völzmann, Berit (Hrsg.): Gerechtigkeit als Thema der Rechtswissenschaft, Nomos, S. 13-18.

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Publication
22.04.2026 | Anthology

Gerechtigkeit als Thema der Rechtswissenschaft: Kontinuität und Wandel in intergenerationeller Betrachtung

Mangold, Anna Katharina; Völzmann, Berit (Hrsg.) (2026): "Gerechtigkeit als Thema der Rechtswissenschaft: Kontinuität und Wandel in intergenerationeller Betrachtung". Nomos.

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