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Michael Riegner has been appointed as an associate member of the Max-Weber-Kolleg. From 1 April 2026, he will be assigned to the "Social Philosophy and Social Theory" research group there.

Does nature have rights?

To the full interview with Michael Riegner.

"Counselling, treatment, knowledge transfer - how science becomes socially effective"

The competence network Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict(Hierarchies) has been granted a two-year extension by the BMFTR, beginning 1 April 2026.

The Young Scholars' Workshop "Young Scholars' Workshop "State-Business Relations and Geoeconomics: Theories, Methods, and Comparative Perspectives" will take place from 22 to 24 April 2026 at the University of Erfurt.

On 13 and 14 October, the Global Justice Clinic is organising a conference on "Clinical Legal Education in Times of Polycrisis".

On 3 July 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued Advisory Opinion OC-32/25. For the first time, the Court addressed the climate emergency and expressly recognised Nature and its components as rights-holders. This marks a historic…