Markus Patberg

@mpatberg.bsky.social

Professor of Political Theory and History of Ideas at @unigreifswald.bsky.social, working on democratic theory, constituent power, Habermas, European Union, exit politics, digitalization.

"Auch für das Schreiben gilt, was ... Kleist einst 'Über die allmähliche Verfertigung der Gedanken beim Reden' schrieb. Das fertige Produkt oder Werk ist als Ausdruck menschlichen Denkens nicht vom Prozess der schriftlichen Verfertigung jener Gedanken zu trennen." www.philomag.de/artikel/digi...

Digitale Entgeisterung

Droht mit der generativen KI auch das Ende geisteswissenschaftlicher Bildung? Daniel M. Feige und Arnd Pollmann über das Wesen der Geisteswissenschaften und warum es sich mit der Arbeitserleichterung ...

philomag.de

A few thoughts on the EU after Jürgen Habermas. Key idea: The defense of a democratic public sphere, esp. against Big Tech, should be regarded today as one of the EU’s foremost tasks. For the EU, this offers a chance to prove its (dormant) democratic value. ucleuropeblog.com/2026/05/18/t...

The European Union after Jürgen Habermas

Markus Patberg considers Habermas’s contributions to the political theory of democracy in the EU, and the digital transformation of the public sphere.

ucleuropeblog.com

A few thoughts on the EU after Jürgen Habermas. Key idea: The defense of a democratic public sphere, esp. against Big Tech, should be regarded today as one of the EU’s foremost tasks. For the EU, this offers a chance to prove its (dormant) democratic value. ucleuropeblog.com/2026/05/18/t...

The European Union after Jürgen Habermas

Markus Patberg considers Habermas’s contributions to the political theory of democracy in the EU, and the digital transformation of the public sphere.

ucleuropeblog.com

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 Postdoc in Comparative Politics/Public Opinion/IR (3 yrs) @unigreifswald.bsky.social Work on democratic resilience in times of crisis using cross-national survey data. flexible start (earliest possible) deadline: 31 May 2026 🔗 www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Interdisciplinary Centre for Baltic Sea Region Research (IFZO) 26/E08

Stellenausschreibung des Interdisziplinären Forschungszentrum Ostseeraum (IFZO)

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We have two vacancies for Assistant Professors (UD with prospect of tenure) in our Political Science and International Relations Group @Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 1) An Assistant Professor with a focus in International Political Economy: workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/as... and........ 1/2

Vacancy — Assistant Professor (UD) in International Political Economy

Are you a political scientist with an engaging research agenda and a strong profile in international political economy (IPE)? Then, please apply at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU).

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Orban called Magyar to congratulate Magyar - and admitted defeat to his supporters. It's over. Peter Magyar and his Tisza Party wins with such an overwhelming victory that he has two-thirds of the seats in the parliament and can undo Orban's autocratic legalism!

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