In 2019, the Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script” set out to study why liberal ideas and institutions regarding the organization of societies had become increasingly under pressure. Six years later, contestations of the liberal script have multiplied and intensified or deepened. The attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and the re-election of Donald Trump four years later, Russia‘s war of aggression against Ukraine which escalated the hybrid conflict in Donbass in Februrary, 2022, the massacres of October 7, 2023, and the ensuing wars in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria, the continuing rise of authoritarian populism and religious nationalism around the world – these deep contestations all target the liberal script and have been fueled by multiple crises, including climate change, mass migration, pandemics, and famines. The research program of SCRIPTS is as relevant as ever. People want to know why liberal ideas and institutions continue to be contested and what these contestations mean for the resilience of the liberal script. The working paper presents the abridged version of the renewal proposal of the Cluster of Excellence 2055 “Contestations of the Liberal Script” approved in May 2025. SCRIPTS looks forward to another seven years of funding to inquire why liberal ideas and institutions continue to be under pressure and how resilient they are in coping with deepening contestations. The renewal proposal draws on five years of joint research in the Cluster and numerous discussions among the SCRIPTS PIs. It represents a truly collaborative endeavor and claims many authors.