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ConTrust Podcast #6 / Can we trust documentaries?
19.03.2025

ConTrust Podcast #6 / Can we trust documentaries?

With Laliv Melamed and Vinzenz Hediger in conversation with Ra’anan Alexandrowicz In a world where conflicts seem to escalate repeatedly – whether in the Middle East, Ukraine, or the rising […]

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ConTrust Podcast #5 / The Deconstruction and Reproduction of Mistrust with Jonas Wolff
13.03.2025

ConTrust Podcast #5 / The Deconstruction and Reproduction of Mistrust with Jonas Wolff

In a world where conflicts seem to escalate repeatedly – whether in the Middle East, Ukraine, or the rising tensions between China and the USA – finding peaceful solutions often […]

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ConTrust Podcast #4 / Trust under Conditions of Extreme Uncertainty with Irene Weipert-Fenner
11.03.2025

ConTrust Podcast #4 / Trust under Conditions of Extreme Uncertainty with Irene Weipert-Fenner

In a world where conflicts seem to escalate repeatedly – whether in the Middle East, Ukraine, or the rising tensions between China and the USA – finding peaceful solutions often […]

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ConTrust Podcast #3 / Terrorism and Voting with Guido Friebel
06.03.2025

ConTrust Podcast #3 / Terrorism and Voting with Guido Friebel

In a world where conflicts seem to escalate repeatedly – whether in the Middle East, Ukraine, or the rising tensions between China and the USA – finding peaceful solutions often […]

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ConTrust Podcast #2 / Knowledge and Trust with Regina Schidel
04.03.2025

ConTrust Podcast #2 / Knowledge and Trust with Regina Schidel

In a world where conflicts seem to escalate repeatedly – whether in the Middle East, Ukraine, or the rising tensions between China and the USA – finding peaceful solutions often […]

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ConTrust Podcast #1 / A Critical Theory of Trust with Rainer Forst
28.02.2025

ConTrust Podcast #1 / A Critical Theory of Trust with Rainer Forst

In a world where conflicts seem to escalate repeatedly – whether in the Middle East, Ukraine, or the rising tensions between China and the USA – finding peaceful solutions often […]

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Trust and Conflict: ConTrust Final Annual Conference | Roundtable
28.02.2025

Trust and Conflict: ConTrust Final Annual Conference | Roundtable

„Trust and Conflict: Taking stock and looking ahead“ Final Annual Conference of the Research Initiative „ConTrust – Trust in Conflict“, January 23 and 24, 2025 Roundtable „Trust, Conflict and Beyond“ […]

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Trust and Conflict: ConTrust Final Annual Conference | Panel 3
28.02.2025

Trust and Conflict: ConTrust Final Annual Conference | Panel 3

„Trust and Conflict: Taking stock and looking ahead“ Final Annual Conference of the Research Initiative „ConTrust – Trust in Conflict“, January 23 and 24, 2025 Panel 3 Trust in Political […]

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Trust and Conflict: ConTrust Final Annual Conference | Panel 2
28.02.2025

Trust and Conflict: ConTrust Final Annual Conference | Panel 2

„Trust and Conflict: Taking stock and looking ahead“ Final Annual Conference of the Research Initiative „ConTrust – Trust in Conflict“, January 23 and 24, 2025 Panel 2 Mediations of Trust […]

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Trust and Conflict: ConTrust Final Annual Conference | Panel 1
28.02.2025

Trust and Conflict: ConTrust Final Annual Conference | Panel 1

„Trust and Conflict: Taking stock and looking ahead“ Final Annual Conference of the Research Initiative „ConTrust – Trust in Conflict“, January 23 and 24, 2025 Panel 1 The Justification of […]

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LECTURE & FILM: Black Atlantic Cinema // »Symbolic Capital: MANDABI (1968) by Ousmane Sembene«
19.12.2024

LECTURE & FILM: Black Atlantic Cinema // »Symbolic Capital: MANDABI (1968) by Ousmane Sembene«

»Symbolic Capital: MANDABI (1968) by Ousmane Sembene« Lecture von Dr. Daniel Fairfax (Frankfurt/M.) Aufzeichnung der Veranstaltung vom 19.12.2024 im Kino des DFF “Ibrahima, ein liebenswerter arbeitsloser Mann, der mit seinen […]

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56. Römerberggespräche: Wie hältst Du’s mit der Migration
07.12.2024

56. Römerberggespräche: Wie hältst Du’s mit der Migration

Zuwanderung scheint aktuell das wichtigste Problem Deutschlands zu sein. Mit dem Thema werden Wahlen gewonnen oder verloren. Die Angst vor wachsender Kriminalität, Terroranschlägen ausländischer Täter und die Alarmrufe überforderter Kommunen […]

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News from the research center

Event
19.06.2026 | Frankfurt

„Dass niemand wirklich frei ist, bevor es nicht alle sind.“

Symposium

International Symposium in Memory of Jürgen Habermas. Featuring international panels on the rise of authoritarianism and the threats to democracy as well as on the communicative turn in philosophy and sociology, followed by a keynote from by Axel Honneth.

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Event
23.06.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

AI Truth Regimes

Panel Discussion

Artificial intelligence is currently transforming the way knowledge and truth are produced and understood. With the advent of AI, people are progressively transitioning from being active subjects and producers of epistemic processes to becoming their mere objects. The of this discussion will be critical engagements towards these developments as well as opportunities for resistance. With Antonio Somaini, Júlia Nueno Guitart (Forensic Architecture) and Medico International.

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Event
23./24.06.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

The Legacy of Kant’s Political Philosophy

Workshop

A two-day workshop on Howard Williams‘ new book about Immanuel Kant‘s political philosophy.

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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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Event
22.06.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Rechtsextremismus und Polizei - Erscheinungsformen, Umgangsweisen, Perspektiven

Panel Discussion

Die Diskussion knüpft an den Sammelband „Rechtsextremismus als Herausforderung für Polizei und Gesellschaft“ an, der aktuelle Perspektiven aus Wissenschaft, Praxis und Zivilgesellschaft zusammenführt.

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News
18.05.2026

Videopodcast-Reihe „Our Planet, Our Health“ gestartet

Mit „Our Planet, Our Health“ startet eine neue Videopodcast-Reihe zu Fragen globaler Gesundheitsgerechtigkeit. Die Reihe, gehostet von Dr. Romina Rekers, ist eine Initiative des Global Health Justice Postdoctoral Programme (GHJ), gefördert von der Höppschen Stiftung.

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Publication
12.05.2026 | Online article

Disinhibited Informalization: Talk Radio, Bro Podcasts and the Aesthetics of Populism

This essay by Johannes Völz is a revised and updated translation of “Enthemmte Informalisierung: Talk Radio, Bro-Podcasts und die Ästhetik des Populismus,” WestEnd: Neue Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung 22.2 (2025): 3–24. It is published here as part of the b2o Review’s “Stop the Right” dossier.

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Event
25./26.06.2026 | Frankfurt

DGTF Conference 2026: Shifting Regimes, Changing Orders

Conference

Conference as part of WDC 2026 in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Designtheorie und -forschung (DGTF), Kunstgewerbemuseum/Design Campus SKD and Design and Democracy

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