📢 Recap: The Workshop on Critical Theory of the Computational (16–17 Oct 2025, Weizenbaum Institute) brought 40 experts to explore how AI and digital systems shape society. Read the report 👉 buff.ly/PR56xLO

Ein von Michael Zürn und mir verfasster Nachruf auf Claus Offe. Ein bemerkenswerter Mensch und Wissenschaftler www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

Herausragender Wissenschaftler, bewunderter Autor, befreundeter Kollege, kluger Ratgeber: Claus Offe ist gestorben!

"I never imagined I would see fear spread so far and fast in the US." This from the writer who gave us definitive accounts of East Germany and other late state socialist societies in the 1980s.

This is an excellent article that brings an empathetic eye to an escalating crisis in higher education 👇👌

Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI

A Victorian solicitor has been stripped of his ability to practise as a principal lawyer after being caught using AI-generated false citations in court case - he has acknowledged he did not verify the case list www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep...

At the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference this week. My own talk will be tomorrow in the "Normativity of International Institutions" panel. If you're here and interested in the foundations of and challenges to the legitimacy of international institutions, join us!

Wiley officially closes the Journal of Political Philosophy, which was abandoned by its editorial team and shunned by academics after Wiley attempted moves that would have compromised the journal's editorial independence.

NEW SPECIAL ISSUE: Much of political theory today is informed, explicitly or implicitly, by the model of the democratic underlabourer, which, however, assumes the political context of the (democratic) nation-state. journals.sagepub.com/toc/iptb/21/2

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

First time a judge has decided a case based on hallucinated case law in the US that I've encountered. caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ga-cou...

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, ..

This could be of interest for colleagues in #politicaltheory as well!: The University of #Bayreuth is currently seeking to appoint a Full Professor of #Political #Philosophy (m/f/d) at salary grade W3 For mor information: lnkd.in/dEb8rSy5 @theorieblog.bsky.social

Publication day! The paper is part of a special issue on the methodological self-understanding of International Political Theory. I argue that the beloved model of the democratic underlabourer, which defines the role of political theory in practical politics, rests on two... doi.org/10.1177/1755...

Still recovering from shock of having just read a large grant application with made-up reference list. Familiar authors but most refs don’t exist. ChatGPT written all over it Must sound familiar to those marking student essays. But, really, in a grant application? Who do they think they’re kidding?

One more week to apply!

CfA: PhD scholarship in political theory @ucph.bsky.social Part of my project "Citizens' Agenda-Setting in Democratic Systems," which will explore how citizens should participate in making political agendas Apply by Aug. 3, 2025 ➡️ employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie... #PolTheory #demoinno

We found that AI tools - both general like #ChatGPT and research-specific like #Elicit - lack the reliability, relevancy and accuracy to summarise research for teachers. This is important because we have been sold the idea that AI will make research more accessible.

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

An article I could have written but have not written has mysteriously appeared on my Google Scholar page with two citations (now hidden). It has a journal name, volume, page numbers what have you. Pretty good journal too. Thanks ChatGPT, I guess? 🤔

Sure, term papers consisting of AI slop and hallucinated references are annoying. But have you met LLM-invented case law filed in court? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

The Oxford Handbook on Norm Research in International Relations, edited by @sassangholiagha.bsky.social, @antjewiener.bsky.social, and myself, now has a webpage (and a cover!) and will be out in November. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Social media can empower protest, deliberation and dissent. But only if we reform it with that in mind. Dr Markus Patberg argues the democratic purpose of social media platforms must be to strengthen civil society – not serve political elites. @eastangliabylines.co.uk @mpatberg.bsky.social

Today marks the final day of the DISINTEGRATION project, a project on the mass politics of disintegration generously funded by the @erc.europa.eu . We celebrate with a thread on all we have done and found: 1/20

The issue of regulating big tech is becoming increasingly urgent. This week Ursula von der Leyen warned social media companies to play by the EU's digital rulebook. Here is my brief take on which goals should guide platform regulation. theloop.ecpr.eu/the-democrat...

Seems about time to start a series of posts entitled "Great colleagues @ifpolms.bsky.social doing exciting (and enviable) research": Check out episode 1, @svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social's "Strategic Litigation as a Challenge for Deliberative Democracy" - highly recommended!

📣 Call for Papers: Workshop Critical Theory of the Computational. 📌 Submit your abstract by 30 April 2025. ➡️ Learn more: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...

I received great questions and comments today on my talk in the UPF Social and Political Theory Seminar. Regrettably, this marks the end of my time as visiting scholar here. I am very grateful to @msanjaume.bsky.social for hosting me!

Die Panel zu Demokratietheorie und Politischer Bildung

Test, Test, 1, 2... Der Beginn des #poloeff Account Takeovers mit @koenigt.bsky.social! Wir fangen an mit dem ersten Panel dieser wunderbaren Tagung zu Strukturen politischer Öffentlichkeit: Konzeptualisierungen von Demokratie und Öffentlichkeit

@mpatberg.bsky.social wird am Mittwoch im Panel 1: Demokratie und Öffentlichkeit u.a. über das Verhältnis von Zivilgesellschaft und politischem Zentrum sprechen. Mehr Infos zur Tagung: www.poloeff.de #poloeff

Unser vollständiges Tagungsprogramm ist nun online. Es ist auch auf unserer Webseite barriereärmer abrufbar: www.poloeff.de/programm-erf... Wir freuen uns sehr auf die Tagung! #poloeff

What is social media's place in democracy? Tragically timely, given that the owner of a key social media platform is now part of the US government. Still, happy to see the article finally published (OA). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

What is social media's place in democracy? Tragically timely, given that the owner of a key social media platform is now part of the US government. Still, happy to see the article finally published (OA). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The new volume "Lawless Zones, Rightless Subjects. Migration, Asylum, and Shifting Borders" edited by Ayelet Shachar and Seyla Benhabib is now out and open access. www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...

Ingeborg Maus war eine der wichtigsten Demokratietheoretikerinnen der Nachkriegszeit. Am vergangenen Wochenende ist sie im Alter von 87 Jahren gestorben. Peter Niesen würdigt sie mit einem Nachruf in der Frankfurter Rundschau.

👇 The boundary problem meets democratic innovations. 👇

Our special section on Constitutionalism and Citizens Panels in Europe has an issue in @globcon.bsky.social Great to see the articles by @mpatberg.bsky.social Sandra Seubert, and myself + the wonderful discussion by Neil Walker together #GlobalConstitutionalism www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Freue mich sehr, in diesem Semester als Gastprofessor für theoretische und rechtliche Grundlagen der Politik am OSI der @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social zu arbeiten. Heute ging’s los mit Seminaren zu Global Constitutionalism und Grundbegriffen der politischen Theorie.

Should outsiders have a say in remaking political membership boundaries? Yes! Here is my longer answer in a new article in @crispp.bsky.social on citizenship and voting rights, belonging and boundary-making: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (open access)

The former editors of Philosophy and Public Affairs are thrilled to announced the name of our new journal. 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 & 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭: 𝘈 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 will launch and begin accepting submissions in September. Send us your work! dailynous.com/2024/08/13/j... #philsky #polisky #PolTheory

This spring I had the pleasure of co-hosting, with Lucia Rubinelli and Peter Niesen (@politikuhh.bsky.social), two conferences on constituent power. It was fantastic to see how dynamic the field has become in recent years. Now it's on to completing the Oxford Handbook of Constituent Power!

This spring I had the pleasure of co-hosting, with Lucia Rubinelli and Peter Niesen (@politikuhh.bsky.social), two conferences on constituent power. It was fantastic to see how dynamic the field has become in recent years. Now it's on to completing the Oxford Handbook of Constituent Power!

What does instant messaging imply for democracy? Read my new article on ‘WhatsApp Government’, online now @thejop.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Today we start reading and discussing @samuel-bagg.bsky.social fabulous new book "The Dispersion of Power" in my seminar on Contemporary Democratic Theory. We are looking forward to the "Author Meets Students" with Sam in Münster next month!

Jörg Später würdigt den „sozialistischen Praktiker der Kritischen Theorie“ in einem Nachruf (soziopolis.de/der-sozialis...), Jürgen Habermas erinnert an gemeinsame Autofahrten, Diskussionen und Oskar Negts Begriff von Bildung (www.soziopolis.de/bildung-als-...).

Jonathan’s book on the politics of the future is out today and we’ve come to celebrate with cappuccino in the local caffe 🎉🥳 “An extraordinary book of political theory” (not my words but I agree 😀) ! profilebooks.com/work/in-the-...