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Event Series | Meet The Scientist

At Meet the Scientist events, SCRIPTS researchers introduce themselves and their exciting and diverse fields of research. Visitors are offered insights into current scientific projects of different disciplines and are welcome to talk to researchers on an eye-to-eye level.

This page highlights past events as well as Meet The Scientist events that are going to take place soon.

What to do about Wealth Inequality

“Meet the Scientist" with Martyna B. Linartas at Humboldt Lab Berlin
Apr 13, 2023 | 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
What to do about wealth inequality in liberal democracies that are inheritance societies rather than meritocracies? SCRIPTS doctoral researcher Martyna B. Linartas reflects in her üpublic presentation on political and social challenges of rising and extreme inequality.

"And how do you feel about freedom?" Opportunities, limits and results of global survey research

“Meet the Scientist" with Heiko Giebler at Humboldt Lab Berlin
Oct 13, 2022 | 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
As part of the “Meet the Scientist” series, Heiko Giebler reflects on limits, results and opportunities of global survey research on attitudes towards the liberal script and answers questions from visitors of the Humboldt Lab in Berlin (in German).

Russia's war against Ukraine

Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2022 |"Meet the Scientists of Excellence" with Gwendolyn Sasse at Humboldt Lab Berlin
Jul 02, 2022 | 05:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Why is Russia waging war in Ukraine? What explains the unity of Ukrainian military and civil resistance? What is the significance of this war for Europe as a whole and for liberal social orders? Political scientist Gwendolyn Sasse contextualizes the current Russian-led against Ukraine, its background and consequences.

How does research on scientific freedom work?

"Meet the Scientist" at Mall Anders
Jun 17, 2022 | 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
In times of war and authoritarianism, academic freedom is threatened in many places. Yet, it is the basis of open and informed debates. As part of our "Meet the Scientist" series at Mall Anders SCRIPTS researchers, Academic freedom experts and scholars living in exile in Germany present their current research and talk about their work or their personal experiences with academic freedom or its lack in other countries.

“Is Democracy Perishing?" Research on the new populism

"Meet the Scientist" with Michael Zürn at Humboldt Lab Berlin
Mar 24, 2022 | 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
SCRIPTS director Prof. Michael Zürn presents research on authoritarian populism as a core challenge to liberal democracies. While its broad ideology undermines liberal orders and attacks the weaknesses of existing democracy, it also challenges the liberal truth regime

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