Welcome to the Professorship for Democracy and Digital Policy

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

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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…