Research subject Political Theory

Globalisation and New Political Rights. The Challenges of the Rights to Inclusion, Self-Determination and Secession.

Reconstructing democracy in times of crisis: a voter-centered perspective (REDEM) aims to create a common platform for researchers on democracy together with non-academic experts focusing on voting behavior.

Shaping the Online Public Sphere: How and Why do Democracies Regulate Social Media Platforms and with what Consequences?

The impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on society raises inherently normative questions, which call for political answers. In democratic societies, the goals and means of AI governance should be identified and decided upon collectively by those who are affected by AI technology, yet what this entails is currently undertheorized.

The Role of Civil Society Actors for the Democratization of Global Governance Institutions: A Function-Sensitive Approach.

A central idea in modern democracies is that the coercive powers of the state are legitimate only if they derive from the people. The significance of this idea can be found in the numerous constitutional documents where popular sovereignty is highlighted as key principle, or where “we the people” is declared the ultimate source of the constitutional order.