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17.11.2022 | Frankfurt am Main
Conference

Second annual conference

2nd annual conference of the ConTrust cluster project

Program

Thursday, November 17, 2022

15.30
Welcome Address by Prof Bernhard Brüne (Vice President of Goethe University)
Welcoming Remarks by Prof Nicole Deitelhoff, Prof Rainer Forst, Prof Vinzenz Hediger (Co-Speakers, ConTrust, Goethe University) and Prof Tobias Wille(Scientific Coordinator ConTrust, Goethe University)

15.45
Conflict and trust
With:
Prof. Michael W. Doyle (Columbia University)
Prof. Harshana Rambukwella (Open University of Sri Lanka)
Prof Hanna Pfeifer and Dr Irene Weipert-Fenner(ConTrust, PRIF, Goethe University)

Chair: Prof Tobias Wille (ConTrust, Goethe University)

17.45
Short Break

18.00
Virtual Keynote
Trust, gullibility and skepticism
Prof. Pippa Norris (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)

Moderation: Prof. Nicole Deitelhoff (ConTrust, PRIF, Goethe University)

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19.30
Reception

Friday, November 18, 2022

10.00
Panel 2
Uncertainty and trust
With:
Prof. Jens Beckert (MPIfG Cologne)
Prof Bishnupryia Ghosh and Prof Bhaskar Sarkar (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Prof. Indra Spiecker gen. Döhmann, LL.M (ConTrust, Goethe University)

Chair: Prof. Vinzenz Hediger (ConTrust, Goethe University)

12.00
Lunch

13.00
Panel 3
Trust reconsidered
With:
Prof Paul Faulkner (The University of Sheffield)
Dr. Chiara Destri (ConTrust, Goethe University)
Prof. Michael Kosfeld (ConTrust, Goethe University)

Chair: Prof Rainer Forst (ConTrust, Goethe University)

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