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The Chair of Democracy Promotion and Digital Policy at the University of Erfurt has a vacancy for a Student Assistant (m/f/d) for up to 40 hours per month starting 1 January 2026.

Call for applications for the tutorial positions (introduction to social science work) for the winter semester 2025/2026

We are very pleased to have won the social scientist Max Schnetker for a lecture in lecture hall 3 (C03-LG1) on Tuesday, 17 June at 18:00.

The lecture is entitled "Longermism - The "spirit" of digital capitalism".

Lecture open to the university public by Dr Robert Gorwa. The event is organised by Thorsten Thiel (Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences) and Andreas Goldthau (Willy Brandt School of Public Policy).

20. Nov 2024, 6.15 pm - 7.45 pm

Event…

The basic political-theoretical concept of the public sphere is currently of particular relevance. To what extent are the much-vaunted threats to democracy due to the erosion of the democratic public sphere?

Under the title "Bytes and bias - digital political education, but how?", this year's "Blickwinkel" conference series, a forum for education and science critical of anti-Semitism and racism, will take place at the University of Erfurt from 16 to 17…

At this year's re:publica in Berlin, Professor Dr Thorsten Thiel joined Björn Staschen, Tabea Rößner and Wiebke Loosen to discuss the topic of the Democracy Pass (29.05.24, 13:45-14:45). This is the idea of voucher funding for media companies or even…

This summer semester, a lecture series entitled "Opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence" organised by the city of Erfurt and the universities is taking place in Erfurt. Professor Thiel was one of the eight speakers and gave a lecture on "…

The Professorship for Democracy Promotion and Digital Policy is looking for support in carrying out exercises.

As a teaser, so to speak, for Professor Thiel's lecture in the Erfurt lecture series "Opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence", in which he will give a lecture on Tuesday, 14 May 2024, he has conducted an almost one-hour radio interview…