Home Events Archive of Events All Events Max Planck Guest Lectures Freiburg Lectures on Staatswissenschaft and Philosophy of Law Guest Lectures “Society: Status Quo and Normative Change” Archive of Events Privacy Policy for Events Archive of Events Police Accountability Adrift? Proposals, Policies, and Politics in Light of Shifting Legitimacy Standards Lecture with the Police Accountability Conference Date: Feb 26, 2026 Time: 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Monica den Boer (Leiden University/Netherlands Defence Academy) Location: Freiburg/Germany, Fürstenbergstr. 19 Room: Seminar room (F 113) Host: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law Contact: s.ellebrecht@csl.mpg.de [more] The Wicked Problem of Police Accountability Lecture within the Police Accountability Conference Date: Feb 26, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Michael Rowe (Northumbria University) Location: Freiburg/Germany, Fürstenbergstr. 19 Room: Seminar room (F 113) Host: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law Contact: s.ellebrecht@csl.mpg.de [more] Police Accountability – Adapting Liability and Control Mechanisms to Heterogeneous Societies and Transnational Policing Conference Start: Feb 26, 2026 10:00 AM (Local Time Germany) End: Feb 27, 2026 03:00 PM Location: Freiburg/Germany, Fürstenbergstr. 19 Room: Seminar room (F 113) Host: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law Contact: s.ellebrecht@csl.mpg.de [more] A Barometer for State Surveillance (external event) Dialogue in the Museum Date: Feb 24, 2026 Time: 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ralf Poscher Location: online via Youtube (link address see below) Host: Daimler and Benz Foundation Contact: info@daimler-benz-stiftung.de ... [more] The Autonomy of Legal Doctrine. Its Merits in the Process of Social Differentiation (external event) Intervention dans le cadre du séminaire ThéorHis Date: Feb 16, 2026 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Paris UTC+01:00) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ralf Poscher Location: Université Paris Nanterre/France Room: bâtiment Veil, salle F352 Host: Université Paris Nanterre, Centre de Théorie et d’Analyse du Droit (CTAD) Contact: mbdiallo@parisnanterre.fr [more] Preventive Security and State Structures – Selected French/German Perspectives Workshop Date: Feb 13, 2026 Time: 09:30 AM - 06:00 PM (Paris UTC+01:00) Location: Université Paris Nanterre/France Room: bâtiment Veil, salle F352 Host: Université Paris Nanterre, Centre de Théorie et d’Analyse du Droit (CTAD) and Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Department of Public Law Contact: r.pougnet@csl.mpg.de ... [more] Verfassungsgerichte im Gespräch Freiburg Lectures on Staatswissenschaft and Philosophy of Law Date: Feb 2, 2026 Time: 06:15 PM - 08:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speakers: Christoph Grabenwarter (President of the Constitutional Court, Austria), and Andreas Voßkuhle (Former President of the Federal Constitutional Court, Germany) Location: University of Freiburg/Germany Room: Aula Host: Department of Political Science and Philosophy of Law at the University of Freiburg in cooperation with the MPI-CSL Contact: rechtstheorie@jura.uni-freiburg.de ... [more] Die Jugend wird braver – langfristige Trends der Jugendkriminalität (external event) Lecture (in German) within the lecture series TACHELES, University of Freiburg Date: Jan 15, 2026 Time: 07:15 PM - 08:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dietrich Oberwittler Location: University of Freiburg/Germany Room: HS 1098, KG I Host: Institute for Criminology and Commercial Criminal Law, University of Freiburg, and Humanistische Union Baden-Württemberg Contact: instkrim@jura.uni-freiburg.de [more] Farewell, Nordic Criminal Law? A Kantian Outlook Guest Lecture Date: Jan 12, 2026 Time: 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Jørn Jacobsen (University of Bergen/Norway) Location: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law Room: via Zoom Host: Max Planck Research Group “Criminal Law Theory” Contact: strafrechtstheorie@csl.mpg.de ... [more] The Weaponization of Expertise Freiburg Lectures on Staatswissenschaft and Philosophy of Law Date: Dec 16, 2025 Time: 06:15 PM - 08:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dennis Patterson (Rutgers University, USA) Location: University of Freiburg/Germany, Haus zur lieben Hand Room: Großer Saal Host: Department of Political Science and Philosophy of Law at the University of Freiburg in cooperation with the MPI-CSL Contact: c.hillemanns@csl.mpg.de ... [more] Show more
