Watch & Listen

In the Watch & Listen section, you can access recorded talks, interviews, and media content featuring SCRIPTS researchers and experts. The content explores key global issues, such as the political shocks of the last two decades, which have occurred despite significant economic and social advancements—from a reduction in interstate wars to a decline in absolute poverty in many regions. These recordings provide deeper insights into how these developments challenge the liberal script and offer perspectives on its future trajectories.

Video | The SCRIPTS research programme: Contestations of the Liberal Script

The world has experienced a series of political shocks in the last two decades despite huge economic and social achievements that range from a decreasing number of interstate wars to a delcine of absolute poverty in many parts of the world. Through its research programme, SCRIPTS has set out to investigate the puzzle of an increasing number and and frequency of contestations of the liberal script.

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Perspectives of SCRIPTS

As part of the SCRIPTS research programme, four Research Units systematically cut across disciplinary and epistemic boundaries, and promote joint publication and diffusion of research results. In our video series "Perspectives of SCRIPTS", Principal Investigators present puzzles related to one of the four RUs: Borders, Orders, (Re-)Allocation and Temporality.

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Faces of SCRIPTS

A short interview series with young researchers at SCRIPTS where they talk about their personal journey into academia and show the people behind academic research.

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Futuring the Liberal Script

“Futuring the Liberal Script” is a conversation series live from the silent green. Researchers of SCRIPTS and guests discuss the current crisis of liberal societies and democracies from diverse perspectives.