SCRIPTS News

Steffen Mau receives the first prize of the Fritz-Thyssen Stiftung for social science essays in 2020

Principal investigator and professor of macrosociology Prof. Dr. Steffen Mau was awarded with his co-authors for the article "The three arenas of new conflicts over inequality. An analysis of the relationship between socio-structural positions and attitudes towards redistribution, migration and sexual diversity" (Berlin Journal für Soziologie, 2020). The press release and the link to the article can be found below.

Jul 21, 2021

Exhibition "After Nature" opens at Humboldt Labor

The exhibition "After Nature" at the Humboldt Laboratory in the rebuilt Humboldt Forum in Berlin opens its doors to the public. SCRIPTS researchers have contributed video statements on the promises and challenges of the liberal model of order, the “liberal script”.

Jul 20, 2021

International Theory devotes a symposium to Michael Zürn’s book “A Theory of Global Governance”

SCRIPTS co-director Michael Zürn, published his "A Theory of Global Governance" (Oxford University Press) in 2018. The book represents the culmination of years of study focusing on international power systems, authority and attribution. It showcases Michael Zürn’s long-lasting commitment to deepening and developing a comprehensive understanding of international relations. Now, a top international journal devotes a symposium to the monograph.

Apr 13, 2021

Challenges to the Liberal Order: Reflections on International Organization

75 th anniversary issue of the journal International Organization edited by David A. Lake (University of California, San Diego), Lisa Martin (University of Wisconsin, Madison), and Thomas Risse (SCRIPTS) The liberal international order (LIO) is under challenge, perhaps as never before. The articles in special issue explore the nature of these challenges by examining how the “Westphalian” Order and the Liberal International Order have co-constituted one another over time; how both political and economic dynamics internal to the LIO threaten its core aspects; and the nature of external threats to the LIO. The special issue discusses central challenges to the LIO and reflects on the analytical lessons that we should learn, as the study of the LIO has sometimes overlooked or marginalized dynamics that now appear central to the functioning, and dysfunction, of the order itself. Among the topics covered in the special issue are the economic causes and consequences of the current backlash, the exclusionary foundations of embedded liberalism, race and racism in the LIO, the challenge of truth subversion to the LIO and the self-undermining features of the global information order. Authors examine struggles for recognition and status and its challenges to the LIO as well as the politicization of international cooperation and China’s rise and its consequences for the LIO. SCRIPTS co-directors Tanja Börzel and Michael Zürn contribute an article on the various contestations of the LIO from liberal multilateralism to postnational liberalism. The IO special issue is one of the first SCRIPTS publications, since SCRIPTS hosted the second authors’ workshop in June 2019 at Freie Universität Berlin.

Jan 15, 2021

Appointment of Steffen Mau to the Council of Experts on Integration and Migration (SVR)

Principal investigator and professor of macrosociology Prof. Dr. Steffen Mau has been appointed to the German Council of Experts on Integration and Migration (SVR). The Expert Council on Integration and Migration is an independent body of scientific policy advice for the German Federal Government. With its expert reports, the panel contributes to the decision-making process of all bodies responsible for integration and migration policy as well as the public. Please find below the press release (German).

Jan 14, 2021

Marianne Braig Becomes Vice President of Freie Universität Berlin

Principal investigator and professor of political science at the Latin American Institute (LAI) Prof. Dr. Marianne Braig has been elected to the Executive Board of Freie Universität Berlin as the new Vice President for Research. She received 41 yes votes of the 47 cast at Wednesday's meeting of the university's Extended Academic Senate. The position had become vacant in the spring when the previous vice president, Prof. Dr. Klaus Mühlhahn, moved to Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen. The election of Professor Braig requires the appointment by the Berlin Senate Department for Science, which is responsible for universities.

Dec 15, 2020

Steffen Mau Receives Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation

Principal investigator Prof. Dr. Steffen Mau is one of the winners of this year's Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, which is awarded for outstanding achievements in science. The award comes with prize money of 2.5 million euros. The honorees can use these funds for their research work according to their own ideas and without bureaucratic effort for up to seven years. The Leibniz Prizes 2021 will be awarded on March 15 in a virtual setting.

Dec 11, 2020

What does the outcome of the U.S. elections mean for the Liberal Script?

The election of Joe Biden as the next president of the United States was a sharp contest between those who supported the liberal order and those who questioned basic values and rights. The big question and challenge facing the incoming administration is whether the political polarization that characterized the campaign can be overcome. In this regard, we asked some experts to answer that question:

Nov 10, 2020

Daniel Drewski Receives the Dissertation Prize of the German Society for Sociology

At the 40th Congress of the German Sociological Association, Dr. Daniel Drewski received the award for the best dissertation for his 2019 thesis 'National and Regional Symbolic Boundaries among European Elites. A Qualitative Interview Study of the Higher Officials of the European Commission'. A revised version is available from Routledge.

Sep 29, 2020

Reaffirmation: SCRIPTS’ Spirit of Diversity

The Scripts Cluster of Excellence strongly and irrevocably condemns all types of racism, both inside and outside of academia. As an international cluster that engages and collaborates with people of all backgrounds, we reaffirm our place as an inclusive and supportive community. Scripts does not tolerate discrimination of any form and is committed to building a space that is welcome of all, constantly learning from and engaging with different perspectives and experiences. As such, we reaffirm our commitment to diversity and inclusivity.

Jul 21, 2020

Challenges for Liberal Democracies

When the Humboldt Laboratory opens this autumn, the cluster of excellence SCRIPTS will be one of the first exhibitors with an elaborate video installation. Here is a first outlook. The article is only available in German.

Jul 03, 2020

Camilla Reuterswärd Receives Kenneth Sherrill Prize

In 2020, Camilla Reuterswärd has been awarded the Kenneth Sherrill Prize for outstanding dissertations proposals in the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) topics in political science. The purpose of this prize is to encourage and enable empirical work on LGBT topics by graduate students, and to broaden the recognition of this work within political science.

Jun 30, 2020

IRC Call for Applications 2020 - CLOSED

The 2020 Call for Applications for the 4 postdoctoral fellowships within the Cluster’s International Research College (IRC) is now online.

Apr 03, 2020

Workshop: Eurosceptic Contestations in EU Legislative Politics

Mar 02, 2020

Postdoctoral researcher within the Einstein Visiting Fellowship of Prof. Andrew Hurrell at SCRIPTS – CLOSED

The Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script” (SCRIPTS) in cooperation with the Einstein Stiftung Berlin (ESB) is seeking to employ one postdoctoral fellow.

Feb 24, 2020

Postdoctoral researcher within the Einstein Visiting Fellowship of Prof. Andrew Hurrell at SCRIPTS