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.
From 15 March to 11 April, Jens Steffek will be a visiting fellow at the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies at McGill University (CIPSS) in Montréal. Together with …
On 14 and 15 December 2023, the European Council decided to reform the Union. What guides the reform? This talk advocates for republicanism, building upon the principles laid out in …
Popular and state sovereignty have often been considered as two sides of the same coin. However, under conditions of interdependence, integration beyond the state and union, it has become necessary …
The kick-off conference of the Research Training Group “Standards of Governance” took place in Darmstadt from 15 to 16 November. Under the headline “Standards of Governance: Resilience, Tensions, and Innovation”, …
