englischPeace has to be thought of in a more complex way, which is mainly stimulated by women from civil society. Many questions can no longer be addressed in a thematically and politically isolated or delimited way; chains of action and challenges are too interwoven. So far, too little attention [...]

englischThe gene scissors CRISPR/Cas9 has revolutionized genetic engineering in many ways. The technology promises to precisely cut and change gene segments from humans, animals and plants. But how should we deal with a technology that could irreversible change the genetic make-up? A public debate [...]

englischThis work is a case study analysis of the contemporary feminist academic pornography discourse. Based on two academic articles, two competing discourses are identified and examined using constructivist grounded theory and discourse analysis. This clash of discourses is traced back firstly to [...]

englischThe involvement of plaintiffs contributed significantly to the development of the European Union's equality law. On the basis of 70 judgments of the European Court of Justice, the use of European law since the famous Defrenne cases in the 1970s, and up to more recent judgements such as the [...]

englischThe politicization of religion in armed conflicts is a global challenge that is being intensively researched within political science debates. But why do Western societies find it so difficult to engage in critical and differentiated forms of debate about religious justifications of [...]

englischReason is a precious commodity, but it is contested. It is constantly in danger of being subjected to power-political calculations of the actors. But if global society wants to organise coexistence on this planet without violence, then reason represents the only concept in intellectual [...]