News from the Cluster
SCRIPTS Working Paper No. 57 by Gülay Çağlar, Dominik Hammer, Charlotte Drath, Paula Matlach, and Karolin Schwarz
This pilot study is the first analysis of German misogynous online milieus across platforms and sub-groups. The „Mannosphäre“ – the German variant of the anglophone manosphere – encompasses movements such as „Incels“, „Pick-Up Artists“, and „Men‘s Rights Activists“ that propagate misogynist ideology, reject gender equality and the liberal social order, and spread violent fantasies.
May 15, 2025
Call for Papers | Author's Conference: Contestations of the Liberal Script in Regional Organizations in the Global South and the Global North
Application Deadline: 15 May 2025
Apr 17, 2025
35 Jahre Mauerfall | SCRIPTS-Forschende reflektieren über den Einfluss des Mauerfalls auf ihr Forschungsfeld
Mit dem Fall der Berliner Mauer verkündeten einige den „Sieg des Liberalismus“. 35 Jahre später stehen liberale Gesellschaftsmodelle weltweit unter Druck.
Nov 22, 2024
Polarization and Deep Contestations | SCRIPTS researchers discuss results of US Election during book launch
Nov 12, 2024
Berlin Science Week 2024 | SCRIPTS scholar Sergei Akopov addresses academic freedom
The rising challenges faced by scientists in conducting research and publishing findings without constraints were at the heart of a theatrical performance and panel debate organised by the Hidden Research project during the 2024 Berlin Science Week.
Nov 11, 2024
Oxford University Press Series | The Liberal Script at the Beginning of the 21st Century
Oct 31, 2024
SCRIPTS Blog Post No. 76 by Anastasia Mgaloblishvili
SCRIPTS Doctoral Researcher Anastasia Mgaloblishvili analyses the 2024 elections that were viewed by many as an existential battle for Georgia’s democracy – a referendum between moving towards Europe and falling back into Russian influence.
Oct 31, 2024
Asia Conferences | SCRIPTS holds Regional Workshops with International Partners
From 7 to 11 October, seven SCRIPTS members participated in two workshops hosted by SCRIPTS in collaboration with international partners in China and Japan.
Oct 11, 2024
New Centre for Advanced Studies in Berlin
Sep 30, 2024
Renewal Proposal | SCRIPTS Sets Course for its Second Act: An interview with Tanja Börzel
SCRIPTS has just submitted its renewal proposal for the next phase of the German Research Foundation's (in German, DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) Excellence Strategy, marking an exciting milestone for the entire SCRIPTS community. We had the opportunity to sit down with our speaker, Tanja A. Börzel, to discuss the future of the Cluster. In this interview, Tanja shares her groundbreaking and inspiring thoughts on SCRIPTS' future direction, including new research priorities and reflections on the goals already achieved.
Sep 26, 2024
The PALS Survey | An Interview with Lukas Antoine
In 2020 Lukas Antoine joined SCRIPTS to work as a researcher in the global comparative public opinion survey “Public Attitudes towards the Liberal Script” (PALS) . Antoine worked on the PALS survey as a doctoral researcher and is currently a data analyst at the 'Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft'. We spoke with him about his work on PALS and his experience as a doctoral researcher at SCRIPTS. He also gave us a few personal tips that could be useful for future PhD candidates.
Aug 12, 2024
