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23.01.2025 | Frankfurt am Main
Conference

Trust and Conflict: Taking stock and looking ahead

Final annual conference of the ConTrust initiative

Program

January 23, 2025

15:00
Welcome (Spokespersons of ConTrust)

15:15
Panel 1
The Justification of Trust

Moderation: Prof. Greta Wagner (Goethe University)
Prof. Rainer Forst (Goethe University), Dr. Chiara Destri (Goethe University), Dr. Regina Schidel (Goethe University), Prof. Mark Warren (University of British Columbia)

17:15
Coffee Break

18:00
Roundtable “Trust, Conflict and Beyond
Moderated by Prof. Tobias Wille (Goethe University)
Prof. Nick Couldry (London School of Economics and Political Science), Prof. Martin Hartmann (University of Lucerne), Prof. Dietlind Stolle (McGill University, Montréal, Canada), Prof. Lisbeth Zimmermann (Goethe University)

January 24, 2025

10:00
Panel 2
Mediations of Trust

Moderation: Dr. Hanna Pfeifer (IFSH at the University of Hamburg)
Prof. Balazs Bodo (University of Amsterdam), Prof. Keith Breckenridge (University of the Witwatersrand), Prof. Vinzenz Hediger (Goethe University), Prof. Laliv Melamed (Goethe University), Dr. Linda Welgl (University of Amsterdam)

12:00
Lunch

13:00
Panel 3
Trust in Political Conflict

Moderation: Prof. Nicole Deitelhoff (Goethe University / PRIF)
Prof. Tobias Wille (Goethe University), Dr. Hendrik Simon (Goethe University / PRIF), Dr. lrene Weipert-Fenner (PRIF), Prof. Michael Zürn (Free University of Berlin/ WZB)

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