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All eyes on UCL for its 200th birthday. Across 3 nights our Wilkins Building and main Quad will transform into an immersive sound and light experience as UCL illuminated takes us through the history of London’s oldest university. 11–13 Feb 2026 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/app/ev/25074/
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
All eyes on UCL for its 200th birthday. Across 3 nights our Wilkins Building and main Quad will transform into an immersive sound and light experience as UCL illuminated takes us through the history of London’s oldest university. 11–13 Feb 2026 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/app/ev/25074/
Upcoming: #HannahArendt goes Barcelona.
Couldn't be more excited for next week's Hannah Arendt Days at the @ateneubcn.cat - curated with the Goethe Institute Barcelona.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Upcoming: #HannahArendt goes Barcelona.
How AI imagines "Europe".
So I asked it for an "accurate" map rather than a "fantasy" one. I'm now planning a grand tour from Madogla to Romanio.
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
How AI imagines "Europe".
Thank you for joining us for Paris+10! 🌱
With thanks to H.E. Madame Hélène Duchêne for her insightful opening remarks, to our chair Prof Eloise Scotford, and to our expert panel: Adam Berman, Lisa Vanhala, Pedro Schilling de Carvalho, Dan Bradley, and Jean Jouzel, for a rich and hopeful discussion.
With thanks to H.E. Madame Hélène Duchêne for her insightful opening remarks, to our chair Prof Eloise Scotford, and to our expert panel: Adam Berman, Lisa Vanhala, Pedro Schilling de Carvalho, Dan Bradley, and Jean Jouzel, for a rich and hopeful discussion.
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Thank you for joining us for Paris+10! 🌱
With thanks to H.E. Madame Hélène Duchêne for her insightful opening remarks, to our chair Prof Eloise Scotford, and to our expert panel: Adam Berman, Lisa Vanhala, Pedro Schilling de Carvalho, Dan Bradley, and Jean Jouzel, for a rich and hopeful discussion.
With thanks to H.E. Madame Hélène Duchêne for her insightful opening remarks, to our chair Prof Eloise Scotford, and to our expert panel: Adam Berman, Lisa Vanhala, Pedro Schilling de Carvalho, Dan Bradley, and Jean Jouzel, for a rich and hopeful discussion.
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We covered plenty of ground here.
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
Last week Robert Spano, Jens Elo Peters Rytter, @colmocinneide.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social and @profveronika.bsky.social discussed the future of the European Convention on Human Rights, including what Denmark has done.
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
The Future of the ECHR - In Europe and UK
Speakers:
Former Judge Robert Spano, Former President of European Court of Human Rights, Partner at Gibson Dunn
Professor Jens Elo Peters Rytter, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of…
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November 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
We covered plenty of ground here.
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
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It’s out! Here’s @LordsEUCom Report ‘Unfinished Business: resetting the UK- EU relationship’. The Gov’t have made a strong start, esp on security and defence, but there’s still much to do in turning aspirations and goodwill into workable agreements 1/8
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
publications.parliament.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
It’s out! Here’s @LordsEUCom Report ‘Unfinished Business: resetting the UK- EU relationship’. The Gov’t have made a strong start, esp on security and defence, but there’s still much to do in turning aspirations and goodwill into workable agreements 1/8
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
We hosted a roundtable on academic freedom, fostering dialogue and collaboration across the higher education sector 👇
Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
In collaboration with @laws.ucl.ac.uk and UCL Disagreeing Well
Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
In collaboration with @laws.ucl.ac.uk and UCL Disagreeing Well
University leaders and academics consider role of universities in a time of democratic backsliding
UCL European Institute convenes sector roundtable on academic freedom in collaboration with UCL Laws and Disagreeing Well.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
We hosted a roundtable on academic freedom, fostering dialogue and collaboration across the higher education sector 👇
Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
In collaboration with @laws.ucl.ac.uk and UCL Disagreeing Well
Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
In collaboration with @laws.ucl.ac.uk and UCL Disagreeing Well
🚨 Calling all UCL students! Become a UCL European Institute Ambassador
Work with us to:
- Promote the Institute to fellow students
- Help plan & run Europe-focused events
- Contribute ideas, content, and social media
- Collaborate with student societies
For more info: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
Work with us to:
- Promote the Institute to fellow students
- Help plan & run Europe-focused events
- Contribute ideas, content, and social media
- Collaborate with student societies
For more info: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
Become a European Institute Student Ambassador 2025-26
Are you interested in European politics, culture and identity? Would you like to gain valuable experience advising on how best to engage UCL students, promoting the Institute in the student community ...
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🚨 Calling all UCL students! Become a UCL European Institute Ambassador
Work with us to:
- Promote the Institute to fellow students
- Help plan & run Europe-focused events
- Contribute ideas, content, and social media
- Collaborate with student societies
For more info: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
Work with us to:
- Promote the Institute to fellow students
- Help plan & run Europe-focused events
- Contribute ideas, content, and social media
- Collaborate with student societies
For more info: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
Join us tomorrow!
Following an opening talk from Excellency Madame Hélène Duchêne, French Ambassador to the UK, join our chair Prof Eloise Scotford, Dean of the Faculty of Laws and distinguished panel of experts and policymakers for an important discussion.
#ClimateCrisis #UCL #ParisAgreement
Following an opening talk from Excellency Madame Hélène Duchêne, French Ambassador to the UK, join our chair Prof Eloise Scotford, Dean of the Faculty of Laws and distinguished panel of experts and policymakers for an important discussion.
#ClimateCrisis #UCL #ParisAgreement
🎫Upcoming event: Paris +10: Reflections on the impact of the Paris Agreement | 12 Nov @ 6pm
Join us for a compelling conversation featuring climate experts and policy makers as we revisit the legacy of Paris & explore the path ahead.
Secure your spot 👇 https://bit.ly/48AELyS
Join us for a compelling conversation featuring climate experts and policy makers as we revisit the legacy of Paris & explore the path ahead.
Secure your spot 👇 https://bit.ly/48AELyS
Paris +10: Reflections on the impact of the Paris Agreement
UCL and the French Embassy in the UK bring together an expert panel of scholarship, diplomacy and policymaking.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Join us tomorrow!
Following an opening talk from Excellency Madame Hélène Duchêne, French Ambassador to the UK, join our chair Prof Eloise Scotford, Dean of the Faculty of Laws and distinguished panel of experts and policymakers for an important discussion.
#ClimateCrisis #UCL #ParisAgreement
Following an opening talk from Excellency Madame Hélène Duchêne, French Ambassador to the UK, join our chair Prof Eloise Scotford, Dean of the Faculty of Laws and distinguished panel of experts and policymakers for an important discussion.
#ClimateCrisis #UCL #ParisAgreement
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We’re delighted to have co-curated the latest issue of the Swedish Book Review! 📚
This special issue on city writing features works by Lyra Ekström Lindbäck, Aris Fioretos, Maxim Grigoriev, Gabriella Håkansson, @ukstaiger.bsky.social and more.
swedishbookreview.org/2025-2
#Europe #CityWriting
This special issue on city writing features works by Lyra Ekström Lindbäck, Aris Fioretos, Maxim Grigoriev, Gabriella Håkansson, @ukstaiger.bsky.social and more.
swedishbookreview.org/2025-2
#Europe #CityWriting
2025:2 | Swedish Book Review
A special issue on city writing, featuring works by Lyra Ekström Lindbäck, Aris Fioretos, Maxim Grigoriev, Gabriella Håkansson, Uta Staiger, Hjalmar Söderberg, Elisabeth Åsbrink and more.
swedishbookreview.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We’re delighted to have co-curated the latest issue of the Swedish Book Review! 📚
This special issue on city writing features works by Lyra Ekström Lindbäck, Aris Fioretos, Maxim Grigoriev, Gabriella Håkansson, @ukstaiger.bsky.social and more.
swedishbookreview.org/2025-2
#Europe #CityWriting
This special issue on city writing features works by Lyra Ekström Lindbäck, Aris Fioretos, Maxim Grigoriev, Gabriella Håkansson, @ukstaiger.bsky.social and more.
swedishbookreview.org/2025-2
#Europe #CityWriting
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Shady Quakers, or How Second Empire France Turned Against the Friends
19 Nov 4pm
Using novels, plays & newspaper columns, Andrea Goulet proposes the fictional Quaker as a screen onto which the French projected their own ambivalence about “liberté, égalité et fraternité"
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19 Nov 4pm
Using novels, plays & newspaper columns, Andrea Goulet proposes the fictional Quaker as a screen onto which the French projected their own ambivalence about “liberté, égalité et fraternité"
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Shady Quakers, or How Second Empire France Turned Against the Friends
The Centre for French and Francophone Research welcomes Andrea Goulet (University of Pennsylvania) to give this talk.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Shady Quakers, or How Second Empire France Turned Against the Friends
19 Nov 4pm
Using novels, plays & newspaper columns, Andrea Goulet proposes the fictional Quaker as a screen onto which the French projected their own ambivalence about “liberté, égalité et fraternité"
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
19 Nov 4pm
Using novels, plays & newspaper columns, Andrea Goulet proposes the fictional Quaker as a screen onto which the French projected their own ambivalence about “liberté, égalité et fraternité"
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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British Academy Early Career Network: Writing Retreat
28 Nov, 9am-5pm @britishacademy.bsky.social
If you are an early career researcher looking to finish (or start) that piece of writing/lecture/grant application/proposal, this event might be for you!
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
28 Nov, 9am-5pm @britishacademy.bsky.social
If you are an early career researcher looking to finish (or start) that piece of writing/lecture/grant application/proposal, this event might be for you!
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Early Career Network: Writing Retreat
If you are an early career researcher looking to finish (or start) that piece of writing/lecture/grant application/proposal, this event might be for you!
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
British Academy Early Career Network: Writing Retreat
28 Nov, 9am-5pm @britishacademy.bsky.social
If you are an early career researcher looking to finish (or start) that piece of writing/lecture/grant application/proposal, this event might be for you!
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
28 Nov, 9am-5pm @britishacademy.bsky.social
If you are an early career researcher looking to finish (or start) that piece of writing/lecture/grant application/proposal, this event might be for you!
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Today!
Between 11am and 1pm tomorrow, join Robert Spano, Jens Elo Peters Rytter, @colmocinneide.bsky.social and @profveronika.bsky.social to discuss the future of the European Convention on Human Rights, both in Europe and the UK.
Sign up to attend this in-person event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
Sign up to attend this in-person event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
The Future of the ECHR - In Europe and UK
Organised by the Human Rights Institute and the Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Today!
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A core challenge of epistemology—especially political epistemology—is that the final, all things considered answer to hugely important & consequential questions is often: "we don't know, and probably can't know."
A desperation for such unavailable answers drives demand for snake oil substitutes.
A desperation for such unavailable answers drives demand for snake oil substitutes.
John sides on moderation
"I have a half-baked thesis that the more uncertainty surrounds some empirical claim, the more heated the argument. It should be the opposite, I think. If the evidence is pretty mixed or uncertain [....] The right view is basically 'it’s hard to know.' "
"I have a half-baked thesis that the more uncertainty surrounds some empirical claim, the more heated the argument. It should be the opposite, I think. If the evidence is pretty mixed or uncertain [....] The right view is basically 'it’s hard to know.' "
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November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A core challenge of epistemology—especially political epistemology—is that the final, all things considered answer to hugely important & consequential questions is often: "we don't know, and probably can't know."
A desperation for such unavailable answers drives demand for snake oil substitutes.
A desperation for such unavailable answers drives demand for snake oil substitutes.
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Two weeks left to apply for a PhD at UCL Laws — ranked the UK’s top law school for research quality (REF 2021). 🎓
Deadline: 18 Nov, 5pm (UK)
Apply: buff.ly/YRdH08Q
Join our research community and help shape the future of law. 🌟
#LawSky #PhDOpportunity
Deadline: 18 Nov, 5pm (UK)
Apply: buff.ly/YRdH08Q
Join our research community and help shape the future of law. 🌟
#LawSky #PhDOpportunity
Applying
Find out how to apply to study an MPhil/PhD programme at the Faculty of Laws
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November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Two weeks left to apply for a PhD at UCL Laws — ranked the UK’s top law school for research quality (REF 2021). 🎓
Deadline: 18 Nov, 5pm (UK)
Apply: buff.ly/YRdH08Q
Join our research community and help shape the future of law. 🌟
#LawSky #PhDOpportunity
Deadline: 18 Nov, 5pm (UK)
Apply: buff.ly/YRdH08Q
Join our research community and help shape the future of law. 🌟
#LawSky #PhDOpportunity
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German Court: Systemic flaws in Poland’s asylum system, especially for people entering via Belarus, mean Germany can’t send them back under the Dublin rules.
Oha: Wer über Belarus und Polen nach Deutschland reist, kann hier einen Asylantrag stellen, so das VG Hannover. "Systemische Mängel" in Polen verhinderten eine Rücküberstellung nach den Dublin-Regeln. Details von @mkolter.bsky.social.
Systemische Mängel: Keine Dublin-Überstellung nach Polen
Wer über Belarus und Polen nach Deutschland reist, kann dort zulässigerweise Asyl beantragen, so das VG Hannover. Polen verweigere ein ordentliches Verfahren.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
German Court: Systemic flaws in Poland’s asylum system, especially for people entering via Belarus, mean Germany can’t send them back under the Dublin rules.
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The Starmer government repeating many of the same cackhanded blunders that reflect a lack of strategic vision which Johnson and May stumbled into are another datapoint for the hypothesis that the UK has deeper structural dysfunctions towards the EU beyond party politics
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The Starmer government repeating many of the same cackhanded blunders that reflect a lack of strategic vision which Johnson and May stumbled into are another datapoint for the hypothesis that the UK has deeper structural dysfunctions towards the EU beyond party politics
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Good morning from Brussels, where an EU struggling internally and with its global position is trying to respond as it knows best, by punching down on smaller partners. For opening paragraphs suggest it is trying to renege on the common understanding with the UK. www.ft.com/content/8963...
EU demands UK pay into budget as part of relationship ‘reset’
Growing tension between London and Brussels just six months after summit set out to build stronger ties
www.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Good morning from Brussels, where an EU struggling internally and with its global position is trying to respond as it knows best, by punching down on smaller partners. For opening paragraphs suggest it is trying to renege on the common understanding with the UK. www.ft.com/content/8963...
We’re delighted to have co-curated the latest issue of the Swedish Book Review! 📚
This special issue on city writing features works by Lyra Ekström Lindbäck, Aris Fioretos, Maxim Grigoriev, Gabriella Håkansson, @ukstaiger.bsky.social and more.
swedishbookreview.org/2025-2
#Europe #CityWriting
This special issue on city writing features works by Lyra Ekström Lindbäck, Aris Fioretos, Maxim Grigoriev, Gabriella Håkansson, @ukstaiger.bsky.social and more.
swedishbookreview.org/2025-2
#Europe #CityWriting
2025:2 | Swedish Book Review
A special issue on city writing, featuring works by Lyra Ekström Lindbäck, Aris Fioretos, Maxim Grigoriev, Gabriella Håkansson, Uta Staiger, Hjalmar Söderberg, Elisabeth Åsbrink and more.
swedishbookreview.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We’re delighted to have co-curated the latest issue of the Swedish Book Review! 📚
This special issue on city writing features works by Lyra Ekström Lindbäck, Aris Fioretos, Maxim Grigoriev, Gabriella Håkansson, @ukstaiger.bsky.social and more.
swedishbookreview.org/2025-2
#Europe #CityWriting
This special issue on city writing features works by Lyra Ekström Lindbäck, Aris Fioretos, Maxim Grigoriev, Gabriella Håkansson, @ukstaiger.bsky.social and more.
swedishbookreview.org/2025-2
#Europe #CityWriting
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What does it mean mean to write through war? Please join us for an evening with Ukrainian writer and war reporter Myroslav Laiuk, who will reflect on the challenges of representing violence and suffering.
Moderated by @odrekhivska.bsky.social.
🗓️ 14 November at 5pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ buff.ly/WqZKbU6
Moderated by @odrekhivska.bsky.social.
🗓️ 14 November at 5pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ buff.ly/WqZKbU6
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
What does it mean mean to write through war? Please join us for an evening with Ukrainian writer and war reporter Myroslav Laiuk, who will reflect on the challenges of representing violence and suffering.
Moderated by @odrekhivska.bsky.social.
🗓️ 14 November at 5pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ buff.ly/WqZKbU6
Moderated by @odrekhivska.bsky.social.
🗓️ 14 November at 5pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ buff.ly/WqZKbU6
This looks superbly interesting: 'The voyage [which carried Walter Benjamin’s son Stefan to Australia] is a compound of many other voyages, on different fictional and historical wavelengths, its passengers a collection of stowaways, stand-ins, impostors, understudies, namesakes and doppelgängers.'
Congratulations to John Schad! His #OpenAccess book Walter Benjamin’s Ark published today! Read and download free at: uclpress.co.uk/book/walter-... #WalterBenjamin #Biography #ComparativeLiterature
Walter Benjamin’s Ark
In July 1940, amidst fear of Nazi invasion, HMT Dunera left England. On board were a few British soldiers guarding over 2000 interned male Enemy Aliens, mostly Germans. Some of the internees were pass...
uclpress.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This looks superbly interesting: 'The voyage [which carried Walter Benjamin’s son Stefan to Australia] is a compound of many other voyages, on different fictional and historical wavelengths, its passengers a collection of stowaways, stand-ins, impostors, understudies, namesakes and doppelgängers.'
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In this new case note, Andreas Knecht discuss the 2024 Bundesverfassungsgericht's decision on the 2% threshold in EPelections. Read 'Breaking with Lisbon: The German Federal Constitutional Court’s New Approach to EU Democracy and Responsibility for Integration' at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Breaking with Lisbon: The German Federal Constitutional Court’s New Approach to EU Democracy and Responsibility for Integration | European Constitutional Law Review | Cambridge Core
Breaking with Lisbon: The German Federal Constitutional Court’s New Approach to EU Democracy and Responsibility for Integration
www.cambridge.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
In this new case note, Andreas Knecht discuss the 2024 Bundesverfassungsgericht's decision on the 2% threshold in EPelections. Read 'Breaking with Lisbon: The German Federal Constitutional Court’s New Approach to EU Democracy and Responsibility for Integration' at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Elsevier survey 'found that only Canada, the US and Germany are more attractive than the UK as relocation destinations—though the US has seen the percentage of its researchers looking to leave rise to 40 per cent, up from 24 per cent in 2022.'
UK ‘ranked fourth most attractive nation by researchers’.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Elsevier survey 'found that only Canada, the US and Germany are more attractive than the UK as relocation destinations—though the US has seen the percentage of its researchers looking to leave rise to 40 per cent, up from 24 per cent in 2022.'
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🤝75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights
A landmark treaty that reshaped Europe after the second World War, protecting millions of Europeans and supporting our shared values of human rights, democracy and rule of law.
Because human rights aren’t optional. They’re universal.
A landmark treaty that reshaped Europe after the second World War, protecting millions of Europeans and supporting our shared values of human rights, democracy and rule of law.
Because human rights aren’t optional. They’re universal.
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🤝75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights
A landmark treaty that reshaped Europe after the second World War, protecting millions of Europeans and supporting our shared values of human rights, democracy and rule of law.
Because human rights aren’t optional. They’re universal.
A landmark treaty that reshaped Europe after the second World War, protecting millions of Europeans and supporting our shared values of human rights, democracy and rule of law.
Because human rights aren’t optional. They’re universal.
The Verfassungsblog is 'a space where people can engage freely and reasonably about politics and its normative foundations. The authoritarian populists would prefer to close that space – quickly, efficiently, and quietly. They know why. And so do we.'
The AfD is asking questions about us and sending a message. No big surprise here. We are staying on course with our goal of providing constitutional expertise on the challenges democracy faces in Germany, the U.S., and elsewhere. Read more in our new editorial by MAX STEINBEIS buff.ly/eVxn5WT
Counting on You to Count on Us: The highly interesting question of how Verfassungsblog is financed
The highly interesting question of how Verfassungsblog is financed
verfassungsblog.de
November 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The Verfassungsblog is 'a space where people can engage freely and reasonably about politics and its normative foundations. The authoritarian populists would prefer to close that space – quickly, efficiently, and quietly. They know why. And so do we.'