INCHER-Kassel research colloquium: De-legitimization of science through populism

Populist movements particularly provoke conflicts with organizations that cannot rely on direct forms of input legitimacy. These include not only constitutional courts or public media, but also universities and non-university scientific research institutions. In the recent past, this has repeatedly led to disputes that can be attributed, among other things, to a high degree of intolerance of ambiguity and a refusal to accept complexity, and which are specifically aimed at de-legitimizing science in general. The populist de-legitimization strategies thus target the very foundations of research and teaching. The lecture explores the question of what such de-legitimization strategies look like and what implications they may have for the relationship between science and society.

Professor Dr. Markus Seyfried
FB Allgemeine Verwaltung/Rentenversicherung, FG Soziologie, Hochschule für Polizei und öffentliche Verwaltung Nordrhein-Westfalen (HSPV NRW)

This event is expected to take place exclusively online - as a ZOOM conference. If a hybrid event (online and presence) is possible, this will be communicated in good time.

Dial-in information for Zoom participation via koch@incher.uni-kassel.de