Turkish academics who signed the Peace Petition have been linked by the Government of Turkey with the coup attempt in July 2016. Following the coup attempt, the government and university administrations systematically attempted to purge public services from influences of …

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In the Agenda 2030 with its global goals for sustainable development (Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs) the international community has made an attempt to define universal governance standards.

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in: Pensamiento Propio, 43, 19-64.

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in: Review of International Studies, 42: 3, 513-534.

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in: Review of International Organizations, 11:2, 247-282

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The political changes in certain South American countries, including most notably the case of Bolivia, could act as inspirations in the ongoing search for locally grown, hybrid variants of a post-liberal peace.

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We are happy to announce that Johannes has been awarded the “Gero Erdmann-Preis für vergleichende Area-Forschung”. The prize is awarded by the Journal Comparative Governance and Politics and the working group ‚Democracy Research’ of the German association for Political Science. …

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During the last ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops that took place in Pisa in late April, Johannes co-directed a workshop on legitimation in non-democratic contexts. With Alex Dukalskis (UC Dublin) he discussed conceptual and empirical challenges of translating a contested …

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Those that justify restrictions on foreign funding for civil society have strong normative arguments that cannot be dismissed lightly. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on closing space for civil society.

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Tina Freyburg will hold her inaugural lecture as Professor at the University St. Gallen on May 17, 2016. The lecture “Internationalization of Politics and Preferences of the Citizens” asks how citizens really perceive the internationalization of politics. Tina Freyburg examines …

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