Think Critically, Act Democratically: Voices from the Technische Hochschule Mannheim

The event will be held in German and will be moderated by Prof. Dr. Alexander Noyon.

Impulse lectures:

• “The student self-organization as part of a strong democrazy and open society”
  Juliane Foitzik, social education worker, head of the AStA of the Technische Hochschule Mannheim
• “Opennes to conflict and  an atmosphere of constructive debate as requirements for democrazy in pluralistic societies?“
  Prof. emer. Dr. Rainer Kilb, educator, social worker, former dean of the school for social sciences
• Tradwives and toxic masculinity in the digital age: how online phenomenons influence the public discourse regarding gender roles
  Prof. Dr. Jessica Steinberger, computer scientist, equal opportunity commissioner of the Hochschule
• Trumpismus, Orbanismus, Broligarchie – the new authoritarian populism
  Prof. Dr. Ralf Vandamme, political scientist, dean of the school for social sciences

Registration is required. Further information on the event and registration can be found here.

This event is part of the “Democracy needs discourse” series of the Mannheim universities in the spring semester 2025.