re:constitution is a programme of cross-border exchange, debate and capacity-building for scholars and practitioners about the rule of law, democracy and the shifting political dynamics in Europe.

Our interactive Network Map illustrates the Fellows' connections to places of scholarship and practice across Europe.

Fellow Talk
Thu 03 Apr 2025 | 15:00–16:00
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Doctrines and Facts - Evidence Based Review in Fundamental Rights Litigation

Fellow Talk by Noémi Fanni Molnár (K-Monitor / HCLU / Streetlawyer Association) | Chair: Ezgi Özlü (University of Strasbourg) | Discussant: Bogdan Dima …

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Fellow Talk
Thu 10 Apr 2025 | 15:00–16:00
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Necessary in a Democratic Society? The Prosecution of Disruptive Climate Activism as Organized Crime

Fellow Talk by Philipp Schönberger (Green Legal Impact Germany / FragDenStaat) | Chair: Maria Crippa (University of Milan) | Discussant: Colleen Boland …

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Fellow Talk
Thu 24 Apr 2025 | 15:00–16:00
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Human Rights and Human Rights Defenders in the decline of the Rule of Law: A Study on Human Rights Lawyers at the European Court of Human Rights

Fellow Talk by Ezgi Özlü (University of Strasbourg) | Chair: Noémi Fanni Molnár (K-Monitor / HCLU / Streetlawyer Association) | Discussant: Catherine Warin …

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Fellow Talk
Wed 07 May 2025 | 15:00–16:00
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Castles of Illiberal Thought and Mercenary Thinkers: Academic Legitimation of Authoritarian Politics in Hungary

Fellow Talk by Etienne Hanelt (Masaryk University / Verfassungsblog) | Chair: Corina Heri (University of Zurich) | Discussant: Dániel G. Szabó (Budapest …

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Fellow Talk
Thu 15 May 2025 | 15:00–16:00
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Recapturing Concepts: Beyond Rule of Law Minimalism in the European Union

Fellow Talk by Max Steuer (O.P. Jindal Global University) | Chair: Jennifer Orlando-Salling (University of Copenhagen) | Discussant: Nicholas Reed Langen …

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Fellow Talk
Thu 22 May 2025 | 15:00–16:00
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Litigating for Change? The Role of Adjudication in Challenging Law and Policy

Fellow Talk by Corina Heri (University of Zurich) | Chair: Philipp Schönberger (Green Legal Impact Germany / FragDenStaat) | Discussant: Satyajit Sarna (Lawyer)

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PUBLICATIONS

Streicher, Beate

Breaking Bias: Entry Points for Gender Stereotypes in Judicial Decision-Making

TRAFO - Blog for Transregional Research, 2025

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Meyer-Resende, Michael and Tsereteli, Nino

The 'smoking gun' in the Georgian election? The whole process was a smoking gun

euobserver, 2024

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Contact

re:constitution – Exchange and Analysis on Democracy
and the Rule of Law in Europe

c/o Forum Transregionale Studien
Wallotstraße 14, 14193 Berlin
T +49 30 / 89 001 453
F +49 30 / 89 001 440
reconstitution(at)trafo-berlin.de

 

re:constitution – Exchange and Analysis on Democracy
and the Rule of Law in Europe

c/o Democracy Reporting International
Elbestr. 28/29, 12045 Berlin
T +49 30 / 27 877 300

info(at)democracy-reporting.org