Check out the new Oxford Handbook of Constituent Power edited by Peter Niesen, Markus Patberg @mpatberg.bsky.social and Lucia Rubinelli @luxirubsi.bsky.social global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Our Hamburg colleagues at GIGA rapidly responding to Trump/Maduro in Thursday roundtable www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co...

📢On Wednesday, January 14th (5:15 PM, VMP9 B130), we continue our HPS³ seminar series with @heikekluever.bsky.social (Humboldt University). All are welcome to attend! No prior registration is needed. For more information: www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/en/fachberei...

@peterniesen.bsky.social reviews La délibération politique by Bernard Manin.

"Sollten die Parteien der Mitte im Zweifel mit der AfD kooperieren? Wer dieses Szenario zu Ende denkt, kann derzeit nur zu einem Schluss kommen" schreibt Thomas Biebricher in seinem Gastbeitrag "Die Kosten der Brandmauer sind hoch – und doch braucht es sie" in @zeit.de: www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...

Between Wilderness and Polis: The Dairy Cow.

Donnerstag und Freitag in Gießen! @politikuhh.bsky.social

Thought lost when it closed in 2017, the Jeremy Bentham pub on University Street has risen from the ashes

Der Hamburger Sender Ahoy-Radio hat am vergangenen Samstag vor den Volksentscheiden einen Thementag veranstaltet und ein paar grundsätzliche Fragen gestellt. www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereich-...

Das fängt gut an .... Semesterauftakt in der Politikwissenschaft am 22.10., 12 h.

The idea is to confront current trends of democratic decay and executive self-aggrandizement with Bentham’s idea of a thoroughly political constitutionalism, and the lessons it might hold for today. Hamburg, Nov. 21-22, 2025. Thanks to Tim Reuscher and Smilla Zierau for the posters ...

Die Eule der Minerva überlegt noch, ob sie nicht vielleicht ausnahmsweise doch mal in der Morgensonne fliegen sollte.

Line-up for this year's Constellations conference.

Last but not least, there is a response from @peterniesen.bsky.social, whose work on Demokratiewissenschaft inspired this project and to whom the SI is dedicated. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Die Politikwissenschaft an der Universität Hamburg droht eine Professur für Internationale Beziehungen zu verlieren. Bitte teilt und unterschreibt den Protestbrief auf uhh-ib-erhalten.de

Eine Ausschreibung für eine Dauerstelle als Senior Lecturer in den Lehramtsstudiengängen Sozialwissenschaften an der Universität Hamburg. Danke fürs Teilen! www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

The 'Joerges issue' just dropped- Law, Conflict and Transformation. Thank you @annabeckers.bsky.social, @vbogoesky.bsky.social, @stevenklein.bsky.social, @annapeychev.bsky.social, @mariaweimer.bsky.social, and others for brilliance and patience. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

From a workshop in May 2024 that has now resulted in a special issue on *Demokratiewissenschaft* in the journals.sagepub.com/home/ipt, OnlineFirst. Many thanks to @mpatberg.bsky.social , @svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social and Oliver Eberl for organizing and editing, @proftonylang.bsky.social for hosting, ..

Here's now Ben Schupman's response to my critique of his 2024 book, Democracy Despite Itself (OUP). journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

After the Overlapping Consensus. One-day workshop, Hamburg University next Thursday. All welcome, please register.

Our article is out! We argue that formal citizenship isn’t enough when citizens with a perceived immigration background are still treated as guests in their own home. Read it here: doi.org/10.1515/mopp...

Two upcoming public lectures diagnosing the state of Trump's America. All welcome.

Kommenden Montag diskutieren wir im Warburghaus Wolfgang Künnes opus magnum "Bernard Bolzano" (Frankfurt/M. 2024, 4 Bde., 2500 S.). Bei Interesse teile ich den Zoom-Link.

The philosopher Felmon Davis passed away on May 7, 2025 in his adopted home of Mannheim, Germany. He is one of the people for whom the term 'irreplaceable' was invented. My obituary is at www.academia.edu/129272441/Fe...

Have been lured back into the debate on militant democracy by @bas2181.bsky.social Ben Schupmann's book, Democracy Despite Itself. Here's our exchange now in Philosophy and Social Criticism. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/RKFGC...

Should be: "meets admirers".