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Zurück auf Null? Der Ukrainekrieg und seine Folgen
18.05.2022

Zurück auf Null? Der Ukrainekrieg und seine Folgen

Vortrag und Gespräch mit Nicole Deitelhoff (Politikwissenschaftlerin, Normative Orders, Goethe-Universität) bei den 51. Römerberggesprächen “Nie wieder Frieden? Der Ukraine-Krieg und die neue Welt-Unordnung” am 30. April 2022 im Chagallsaal des […]

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Die Sicherheit der Zukunft – Künstliche Intelligenz und soziale Kontrolle
18.05.2022

Die Sicherheit der Zukunft – Künstliche Intelligenz und soziale Kontrolle

Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Tobias Singelnstein (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Professor für Kriminologie) innerhalb der Ringvorlesung “Algorithms, Uncertainty and Risk” am 18. Mai 2022. Convenors: Prof. Christoph Burchard (Goethe-Universität, „Normative Orders“), Prof. […]

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Show Me the Money: Building Public Trust through Central Bank Museums
11.05.2022

Show Me the Money: Building Public Trust through Central Bank Museums

Lecture by Prof. Juliet Johnson (Department of Political Science, Mc Gill University – Canada) This talk examines how central banks attempt to build public trust in money through strategically employing […]

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The Clemency Scenario: Trust and Scale in European Political Drama, 1787-1830
09.05.2022

The Clemency Scenario: Trust and Scale in European Political Drama, 1787-1830

Lecture by Prof. Dorothy Noyes (Ohio State University) within the “ConTrust Speaker Series” on 9 May 2022.

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Political Trust
16.02.2022

Political Trust

Lecture by Dr. Kevin Vallier (Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University) within the “ConTrust Speaker Series” on 16 February 2022.

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Zur Verfassung der Algorithmen
15.02.2022

Zur Verfassung der Algorithmen

Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Sabine Müller-Mall (TU Dresden, Professorin für Rechts- und Verfassungstheorie mit interdisziplinären Bezügen) innerhalb der Ringvorlesung “Algorithmen und die Transformation von Demokratie” am 15. Februar 2022. Convenors: […]

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Maps to the Future: The Operative Image in an Age of AI Warfare
10.02.2022

Maps to the Future: The Operative Image in an Age of AI Warfare

Lecture by Dr. Laliv Melamed (Goethe University, Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Inititative “ConTrust” at the Research Centre “Normative Orders”) within the lecture series “Algorithms and the Transformation of Democracy” […]

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Towards Global Algorithmic Technocracy
24.01.2022

Towards Global Algorithmic Technocracy

Post-Westphalian and neo-Westphalian Perspectives for (Post)Democracy? Lecture by Prof. Dr. Martin Belov (Sofia University “St Kliment Ochridski”, Professor of Constitutional Law) within the lecture series “Algorithms and the Transformation of […]

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Trusting enemies: Interpersonal trust and international conflict
08.12.2021

Trusting enemies: Interpersonal trust and international conflict

Lecture by Professor Nicholas J. Wheeler (University of Birmingham) within the “ConTrust Speaker Series” on 8 December 2021. Welcome Address by Prof. Dr. Nicole Deitelhoff (Professor of International Relations and […]

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Empathy in the Digital Administrative State
07.12.2021

Empathy in the Digital Administrative State

Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Sofia Ranchordas (Universität Groningen/LUISS Universität Rom, Professor of Public Law) innerhalb der Ringvorlesung “Algorithmen und die Transformation von Demokratie” am 7. Dezember 2021. Convenors: Prof. Christoph […]

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Roundtable on Trust and Social Conflict
07.12.2021

Roundtable on Trust and Social Conflict

Roundtable mit Prof. Dr. Jan Delhey (Magdeburg), Prof. Dr. Sally J. Scholz (Villanova), Dr. Clara Weinhardt (Maastricht), Prof. Dr. Thomas Biebricher (PI ConTrust) Moderation: Dr. Tobias Wille (Forschungskoordinator ConTrust) auf […]

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What Kinds of Trust Does Democracy Need?
07.12.2021

What Kinds of Trust Does Democracy Need?

Vortrag von Prof. Mark Warren (University of British Columbia) auf der ersten Jahrestagung des Clusterprojekts „ConTrust: Vertrauen im Konflikt. Politisches Zusammenleben unter Bedingungen der Ungewissheit“ am Forschungsverbund “Normative Ordnungen” der […]

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News from the research center

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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Publication
19.12.2025 | Anthology

Faszination und Freiheit 

Günther, Klaus; Zabel, Benno (Hrsg.) (2025): Faszination und Freiheit - Gegenwartsdiagnosen im Anschluss an Christoph Menkes Theorie der Befreiung, Weilerswist (Velbrück Wissenschaft).

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Publication
12.12.2025 | Anthology

Zwischen Transformation und Abolitionismus. Das Strafrecht und die Vielfalt der Alternativen

Tobias Singelnstein, Christoph Burchard (2025)

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Publication
12.12.2025 | Chapter

Was bleibt von der Verantwortung jenseits der Strafe übrig?

Günther, Klaus (2025): „Was bleibt von der Verantwortung jenseits der Strafe übrig?“. In: Zabel Benno; Singelnstein; Tobias und Burchard, Christoph (Hrsg.): Zwischen Transformation und Abolitionismus. Das Strafrecht und die Vielfalt der Alternativen. Velbrück Wissenschaft, S. 207-241.

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News
11.12.2025

Jonathan White on future thinking in democracies

On the second date of the lecture series "At the crossroads? On the crisis of democracy". Political scientist White discusses views on the future of democracies. A follow-up report

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News
04.12.2025

The crisis of democratic theory from a sociological perspective

Sociologist Jenny Brichzin's lecture "Crisis of Democratic Theory? A sociological intervention" opened our lecture series "At the crossroads? On the future of democratic theory". The sociologist criticized the fact that social coexistence has so far been insufficiently addressed in democratic theory. A follow-up report

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