Annual Themes

Cold Conditions, Cold Subjects: On the Affective Challenges of Deep Democracy

Felicitas Kübler · 16.04.202616.04.2026

They Can’t Represent Us! How to Cross Out Revenge and Highlight Justice

Eliana Otta Vildoso · 26.03.202626.03.2026

The Canton of Cartagena: A Forgotten Experiment in Municipal Democracy Without Borders

Jeanne Moisand · 24.03.202610.04.2026

Who Decides? How to Transform Society Through Self-Management

Jörg Nowak · Gabriel Teles · 19.03.202610.04.2026

Mainstreaming the Far Right, Entrenching Neoliberalism: Italy’s Political Laboratory From Berlusconi to Meloni

Daniela Caterina · Adriano Cozzolino · Gemma Gasseau · Davide Monaco · 12.03.202612.03.2026

From the Ruins of Democracy as We Know It: In Defense of Autonomy

Carlos Tornel · 05.03.202606.03.2026

Feminist Housing Policy: Socializing Living Space, Democratizing Care

Paulina Domke · Janne Martha Lentz · 03.03.202603.03.2026

Realizing Democracy: Why We Need to Switch Off the Autopilot and Take Control

Lukas Warning · 25.02.202626.02.2026

Daring to Democratize Mobility: Conversion and Socialization in the Automotive Industry

Lotte Herzberg · 19.02.202620.02.2026

Beyond Disaster Nationalism: Democratic Movements Must Rethink Territoriality

Slave Cubela · 17.02.202618.02.2026

What Is True Democracy and How Do We Achieve It? Notes From the People’s Summit in Belém

Caitlin Schroering · 11.02.202616.02.2026

Democratic Confederalism: Forging Collective Agency Beyond State Borders

Gülay Kilicaslan · 29.01.202630.01.2026

Democratization of Health: What Can We Learn From the Self-Organized Solidarity Clinics in Greece?

Dilan Köse · 23.01.202613.03.2026

Contesting Anti-Gender Politics: Struggles Over Democracy, Belonging, and the Right to Shape Collective Futures

Leda Sutlović · 19.01.202616.02.2026