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Resilient Democracies

Multiple crises, conspiracy myths and autocracies are putting democracies under pressure. In the established research area "Resilient Democracies", our researchers are investigating the dynamics involved in order to identify ways of strengthening their resilience. Theme archive:

Labor für Demokratiebildung, Prof. Dr. Inken Heldt
Labor für Demokratiebildung

‘A strong signal at a time when democracies around the world are under pressure’

The interdisciplinary Laboratory for Democracy Education aims to develop educational programmes that strengthen open, liberal and human rights-based democracy through research, teaching and social dialogue.
OpenWebSearch.EU

More digital sovereignty for Europe – Open Web Index launched

The OpenWebSearch.EU project aims to strengthen Europe's digital independence. With the launch of the Open Web Index (OWI), it has reached a milestone for open internet search.
EU Horizon project TaCT-FoRSED

"Strengthening the self-healing powers of democracy against conspiracy myths"

Professor Hidalgo and Dr Birnkammerer coordinate a new EU Horizon research project that develops strategies to make democracies resilient against consolidated conspiracy beliefs.

 
Prof. Dr. Lars Rensmann bei der Pressekonferenz zur Dunkelfeldstudie zu Antisemitismus in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Foto: Land NRW / Martin Götz
Large-scale study

Study reveals widespread antisemitism in North Rhine-Westphalia

The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has presented the findings of a large-scale study co-led by political scientist Professor Lars Rensmann from the University of Passau.
Policy advice

German Democracy Promotion Act: "A model for other countries in the EU"

Professor Lars Rensmann from the University of Passau served as an expert advisor to the Bundestag, Germany's federal Parliament, in the public hearing of the Committee on Family Affairs. In his view, the law has been…
Prof. Dr. Lars Rensmann
Interview with Professor Rensmann

"We know too little about the dark field of antisemitism"

Interview with political scientist Professor Lars Rensmannm, who is one of the two principal investigators of the large North Rhine-Westphalia dark-field study on antisemitism.

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