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Practical seminar in international law

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:05:48 +0200

The course "Practical Seminar in International Law" takes place weekly on Thursdays from 18:00 to 20:00 in C07-LG 2 | HS 6. Start is on 09.04.2026!

Panel discussion: "De-globalisation and global decoupling. A recalibration of market and state?"

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:28:14 +0100

The newly founded doctoral programme "De-Globalisation and Global Decoupling" (DeGlobE) at the University of Erfurt invites you to its first public panel discussion on Wednesday, 22 April, entitled "De-Globalisation and Global Decoupling. A recalibration of market and state?". The event starts at 6 pm at "Haus Dacheröden".

Call for Abstracts

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:13:40 +0100

The Third International Workshop on Gender Issues in Philosophy of Law and Legal Reasoning (GePhiL2026) will address the manifold epistemic-theoretical, ethical, and methodological concerns that emerge from a gendered approach to Philosophy of Law and Legal Reasoning. Furthermore, the discourse on gender-related legal issues raised by emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, shall be addressed.

Therefore, GePhiL, in its third edition, aims to address the following research questions:

How do issues arising from the field of Gender Studies contribute to the development of Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law?
What are the implications of a transversal gender perspective upon the law?
What are the implications of Feminist Ethics on the moral dimension of law (e.g., Natural Law Theory, Human Rights, Non-Positivism, Radbruch’s Formula)
How does a gender perspective on Legal Theory challenge universalist and objectivist Theories?
How do gender issues reflect on Legal Methodology and/or legal logic?
What are the inter-relations between gender issues, Legal Theory, rule of law and democracy?
Do gender studies offer possible alternatives to deal with current challenges of the legal theory in the face of changing problems of the world?
Gender, queerness, and discriminatory technologies
Sexuality, gender and privacy / data protection
Gender and good (digital) governance
Legal/Moral aspects of Sex-Robots
Love, sexuality, family and dating apps and its regulation

The Workshop invites contributions that approach these and related questions from various perspectives, especially Legal Theory, Philosophy of Law, and Gender Studies. Accepted papers will be presented and discussed during the workshop. The subsequent publication of the accepted papers is intended.

The call for applications is open until May 25th.

Further information can be found here.

Michael Riegner associated with the Max-Weber-Kolleg

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 06:44:12 +0100

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.

Film night!

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:06:17 +0100

We cordially invite you to the film evening of the StuFu seminar (Post)Human Rights Visual Aesthetics with seven different film contributions.

When? Wednesday, 28 January 2026, 6 - 8 pm

Where? Lecture hall 3, teaching building C03

To the complete programme.

Is international law no longer worth anything? A law professor disagrees.

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 11:38:26 +0100

To the full interview with Michael Riegner.

Best Practice Forum

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 11:35:22 +0100

As part of its academic staff and skills development programme, the University of Erfurt is inviting all its academics to a best practice forum entitled "Advice, treatment, knowledge transfer - how science becomes socially effective".
In addition to short content-related inputs from academics, the aim is to exchange ideas about exchange ideasexperiences with the transfer of their own research into society.

Where and when: 21.04.2026, 16:00 - 18:00 with a get-together afterwards, C19 - Research Building
Target group: Scientists
Language: German
Registration deadline: 12.04.2026 (registration form)
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Two-Year Extension Granted for the Research Network Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:59:00 +0100

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

Call for Papers: Workshop for Young Researchers on State-Business Relations

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:51:30 +0100

The event will focus on current transformations in the relationship between state and economy in times of geopolitical tensions, disrupted supply chains and new forms of economic interventionism.

You can find more information here.