Videos

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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The Global Machinery: Revisiting Technocracy, Depoliticization and International Organizations
07.12.2021

The Global Machinery: Revisiting Technocracy, Depoliticization and International Organizations

Booklaunch with: Marieke Louis, PhD, Sciences Po Grenoble, Grenoble Alpes University, Lucile Maertens, PhD, University of Lausanne and Prof. Jens Steffek, Technical University of Darmstadt and Normative Orders Discussant: Prof. […]

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„It‘s complicated“ - Zur Beziehung von algorithmischen Entscheidungen und demokratischem Rechtsstaat
30.11.2021

„It‘s complicated“ – Zur Beziehung von algorithmischen Entscheidungen und demokratischem Rechtsstaat

Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Emanuel V. Towfigh (EBS Universität, Professor für Öffentliches Recht, Empirische Rechtsforschung und Rechtsökonomik) innerhalb der Ringvorlesung “Algorithmen und die Transformation von Demokratie” am 16. November 2021. […]

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News from the research center

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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Publication
21.11.2025 | Anthology

Handbook of Leadership. Applied Business Psychology for Managers

Felfe, Jörg; Dick, Rolf van (eds.) (2025): Handbook of Leadership. Applied Business Psychology for Managers. Springer.

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News
20.11.2025

Voluntary or compulsory? Military service, peace and democratic responsibility

Review of the 58th "Römerberggespräche". The topic of compulsory military service and the question of what a democratic state is allowed to demand of its citizens were at the center of the 58th "Römerberggespräche" "Conditionally ready for action? Military service and the duty to serve the state", which took place on November 15 in cooperation with the Research Centre Normative Orders in the Chagallsaal at Schauspiel Frankfurt.

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News
13.11.2025

Goethe Lecture Offenbach on ableist discrimination

Regina Schidel hat im Rahmen der Goethe Lectures Offenbach eine Kritik ableistischer Diskriminierung präsentiert. In ihrem Vortrag „Ich kann, also bin ich?“ diskutierte sie praktische Ausprägungen und philosophische Herkünfte von Ableismus.

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Event
10.02.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Satanic Politics. Democracy after Liberalism

Lecture, Lecture Series

Lecture by Michael Rosen (Harvard University) as part of the lecture series "At the Crossroads? On the crisis of democracy" in the winter semester 2025/2026

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Event
04.02.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Demokratien verteidigen. Zur Aktualität des Gewaltbegriffs bei Camus und Derrida

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Christine Abbt (Universität St. Gallen) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung "Am Scheidepunkt? Zur Krise der Demokratie" im Wintersemester 2025/2026

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Event
29.01.2026 | Frankfurt

Civil Geopolitics and the Dilemmas of the Democratic State

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von David Owen (Universtiy of Southampton) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung "Am Scheidepunkt? Zur Krise der Demokratie" im Wintersemester 2025/2026

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Event
14.01.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Vom Retten der Welt zum Vorbereiten auf den Kollaps: Neuorientierungen in katastrophischen Zeiten

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Christine Hentschel (Universität Hamburg) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung "Am Scheidepunkt? Zur Krise der Demokratie" im Wintersemester 2025/2026

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