The DFG Research Training Group “Standards of Governance” is concerned with ideas and practices for which the term “good governance” has become established. It is an interdisciplinary research initiative of ten professors of the TU Darmstadt and the Goethe University Frankfurt from the fields of political science, sociology, philosophy and law. On these pages you will find information about the research programme and the participating academics who support this research group.
On 29 and 30 January 2026, the DFG Research Training Group “Standards of Governance” held its midterm conference in the Casino building at Goethe University Frankfurt. Under the title “Standards, …
We are pleased to invite you to the Midterm Conference of the DFG Research Training Group “Standards of Governance”, titled “Standards, Governance, and Global Transformations.” The conference will take place on 29–30 January …
A new (German) podcast episode has been released. In this episode, we talk to Prof. Dirk Jörke about the relationship between democracy and governance from the perspective of political theory …
The DFG Research Training Group “Standards of Governance” focuses on its members and their research projects. But who is actually responsible for providing academic support and helping to organize the …
