In her dissertation, titled “How the Governed Claim Agency: Organized Working Children in Global Child Rights Governance,” she examined local practices of working children’s movements and their engagement with international …
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 …
We are delighted to present our research program and the diverse work of our members. The podcast not only offers insights into the various research topics of the research training …
Following up on Ömer Demirtaşoğlus research stay at the RTG during the month of July 2025 we would like to reflect with him about his experience and the impact it …
We cordially invite you to the lecture ‘The new political economy of education and its discontents: marketisation, standardisation and digitalisation’ by Dr Michael Schedelik and Dr Marc Schelhase on January …
In light of the widely discussed crisis in democracy, there is a growing demand to enhance citizen participation in the political process. Moritz Fromm observed the “Richtlinien-Prozess” (external links) for …
Dr. Maryam Zarnegar Deloffre has recently published a piece for the Centre of Humanitarian Action (Berlin) on Germany’s humanitarian strategy. The piece aligns well to the scope of the Research …
The 175th anniversary of the 1848/1849 Revolution provides an occasion to revisit scholarly reflections on democratic awakenings and political mobilisation. In an age when citizens in Europe continue to express …
