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Mobilizing Hope. Climate activism, solidarity and the dangers of plutocracy and pessimism

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Darrel Moellendorf (Goethe University, Normative Orders) Welcome from Prof. Franziska Nori, Director Frankfurter Kunstverein Rebecca Caroline Schmidt, Managing Director, Research Center Normative Orders, Goethe University Frankfurt People and politicians in all countries are increasingly aware of the immediate and long-term dangers of climate change. And yet the consumption of fossil fuels […]

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Final discussion and outlook

with Christoph Burchard / Finn-Lauritz Schmidt (GU Frankfurt, ConTrust, Normative Orders) Participation via Zoom here... Meeting ID: 941 9219 9198 ID code: 810115 Part of the virtual lecture series "Climate Crisis and Criminal Law" 3rd block: "Climate Change and Criminal Law - Basics" Organizer Research Center "Normative Orders", research initiative "ConTrust - Trust in Conflict" […]

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(Criminal) law and time in the climate crisis

Lecture and panel discussion Welcome Prof. Franziska Nori (Director of the Frankfurter Kunstverein) Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst (Director of the Research Centre "Normative Orders", Goethe University Frankfurt) Finn-Lauritz Schmidt (Research Center "Normative Orders", Goethe University Frankfurt) Lecture Prof. Dr. Klaus Günther (Research Centre "Normative Orders", Goethe University Frankfurt) Followed by a panel discussion with Prof. […]

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On the crises in Israel, the Israel-Palestine conflict and contemporary forms of anti-Semitism

Conference With contributions by Eran Rolnik (Tel Aviv), Shirin Atili (Esslingen), José Brunner (Tel Aviv) and Kurt Grünberg (Frankfurt/M.)   Please note: Due to the high level of interest , participation is unfortunately only possible online. The corresponding link will be sent out a few days in advance. REGISTRATION please only until February 20, 2024 […]

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Democracy and the Public Sphere

XXIIIrd Walter Hallstein Symposium Signs of democratic decay can currently be observed in various member states. The Walter Hallstein Colloquium 2024 is dedicated to European democracy and the public sphere in light of this year's elections to the European Parliament. The topic is multi-layered and not limited to jurisprudence. The colloquium will therefore take an […]

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Persistence of the Community: On a Tendency in Indian Cinema

ConTrust Research seminar "India as Method: Challenges and Perspectives in the Study of Media and Politics in Contemporary South Asia" With Moinak Biswas It was commonly believed that with the development of modern forms, Indian cinema will present a fuller notion of the individual. We have had reasons to question that equation between modernity and […]

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City of Equals

Public Lecture within the Political Theory Colloquium Prof. Dr. Jonathan Wolff (Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy and Governing Body Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford) Prof. Dr. Jonathan Wolff, Fellow of the British Academy, is the Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University […]

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News from the research center

Event
22.04.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

New Directions in Terrorism and Political Violence Research

Lecture Series

Lecture Series mit Vorträgen von Orla Lynch, Leena Malkki und Tore Bjørgo veranstaltet vom Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) in Kooperation mit dem Forschungszentrum „Normative Orders“ und der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

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Event
12.05.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Zwischen Transformation und Abolitionismus

Book Presentation

Buchvorstellung mit Christine Graebsch, Katrin Höffler, Jochen Bung & Ronen Steinke

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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.

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Publication
26.03.2026 | Monograph

The Cambridge History of Latin American Law in Global Perspective

Duve, Thomas; Herzog, Tamar (eds.): The Cambridge History of Latin American Law in Global Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024 (portugiesisch 2025; spanisch 2026).

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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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Event
22.04.2026

Political Legitimacy, Authoritarianism, and Climate Change

Lecture, Lecture Series

Lecture by Ross Mittiga (SOAS London). 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. It is organized by Prof. Dr. Darrel Moellendorf and Dr. Lukas Sparenborg.

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Event
23.06.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Wehrhafte Demokratie: Chancen und Grenzen des Parteiverbots

Panel Discussion

Im Mittelpunkt des Abends steht die Frage, ob und unter welchen verfassungsrechtlichen, politischen und gesellschaftlichen Voraussetzungen ein Verbot einer demokratisch gewählten, rechtsnational ausgerichteten Partei als legitimes Mittel in Betracht gezogen werden kann oder nicht. Ausgehend von den normativen Grundlagen des Parteienverbots im Grundgesetz, möchten wir die hohen rechtlichen Hürden und demokratietheoretischen Spannungsfelder dieser Maßnahme erörtern – zwischen Pluralismus und Selbstverteidigung, zwischen Meinungsfreiheit und Schutz der freiheitlichen demokratischen Grundordnung.

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