Tuesday, 25 November 2025, 7:15 p.m.

In recent years, the law has become a central arena for socio-ecological disputes: climate lawsuits, rights of nature and strategic litigation are shaping public debate. Students at TU Darmstadt and the University of Hamburg have researched these issues from a social science perspective. Their work has resulted in an anthology that offers diverse insights into current transformation conflicts and the role of law.

Markus Lederer und Tim Kornprobst besuchten die Vizepräsidentin der Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) und besprechen zukünftige Kooperationen. Der Besuch ist Teil einer Zusammenarbeit mit der GIZ Jordanien bei welcher Tim Kornprobst zu 50 Prozent angestellt ist und ein Beratungsprojekt im Abfallsektor begleitet.

New article out now in Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy

Researchers from the Chair of International Relations at TU Darmstadt, together with colleagues from the University of Potsdam, held the concluding workshop of their DFG-funded research project Institutionalizing Low-Carbon Development (INLOCADE).

Das Graduiertenkolleg „Standards des Regierens“ der TU Darmstadt und der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main hat seit Beginn des Sommersemesters 2025 einen eigenen Podcast.

by Prof. Dr. Heribert Dieter (German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin) at the International Relations Department:

The lecture will take place on 16 July 2025 at 6:05 p.m. in S 3|12 Room 12.

In 2022, Jens Marquardt joined a workshop on democratic innovations at the Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference in Gothenburg. The participants explored how such innovations can – and cannot – promote sustainability transformations. Three years later, a collective research paper is finally out.