Fellow Workshop: Concepts and Crises of Liberal Democracy in Contemporary Europe

5 June 2026 | University of Göttingen | Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum (KWZ), Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen
Organisation: Hugo Bonin and Benjamin Möckel

Programme

9.30–10.30 Introduction

Hugo Bonin (Paris):
Investigating “Liberal Democracy” in Europe, 1989–2025: Hypotheses and Challenges

11.00–13.00 Session 2

Philip Manow (Siegen):
Liberal Democracy: The Measurement, the Concept and Its Problems

Tobias Adler-Bartels (Göttingen):
Democracy versus Democratization: The (Radical-)Conservative Critique of Liberal Democracy

14.00–16.00 Session 3

Ramona Coman (Bruxelles):
Dissensus over Liberal Democracy: Conceptualising the Politics of Conflict in the European Union

Jonas Wolff (Frankfurt):
Contesting Democracy Inside and Outside Academia: Democracy Research in Times of Autocratization

17.00–18.00 General Discussion & Conclusion

Poster for the fellow workshop "Concepts and Crises of Liberal Democracy in Contemporary Europe" by Hugo Bonin and Benjamin Möckel, Göttingen, 5 June 2026