The content on this page was translated automatically.
Single appointment
Strategies against the right - contradictions of defensive democracy May 21-22, 2026 | Evangelische Tagungsstätte Hofgeismar
Right-wing extremism poses major challenges for democracy and society. In the public debate, reference is often made to "defensive democracy", but often in a narrow understanding that focuses primarily on firewalls and party bans. This is where the conference comes in and deliberately discusses defensive democracy more broadly: as a task for politics, civil society and business - and thus seeks to discuss the conditions for democratic resilience.
The BMBF-funded OrgZiv conference (University of Kassel/Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, WZB) brings together different perspectives and asks: What works against right-wing influence on society, the economy and democratic institutions? What are the limits of previous approaches? And how can a contemporary understanding of defensive democracy be defined that is effective and remains democratically legitimate?