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Political Theorist, University of Hamburg.

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Anna Meine @meineanna.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The last act of this summer term: Out today in #PoliticalStudies is my new paper: "Constituent power and constituent collectives in a Union context: Deciding the futures of Scotland and the United Kingdom" ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #Scotland #UK #politicaltheory @ifpolms.bsky.social
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Abstract: "Over the last few decades, interconnected debates about Scottish independence and Brexit have shaped politics in the United Kingdom and raised questions of constituent power that remain controversial both politically and theoretically. Against this backdrop, this article proposes a nuanced democratic conception of constituent power that serves as an alternative to orthodox sovereigntist accounts. This conception is theoretically more compelling and, moreover, enables fruitful engagement with contemporary constitutional controversies. By establishing a dialogue between theoretical discussion and the Scottish and UK case, the article, first, explores constituent power as one dimension of popular sovereignty and its interplay with constituted powers over time. Second, it examines how constituent collectives can and, in recent history, have become subject to contestation and change. Third, it sketches monist and pluralist conceptions of constituent power and peoples that co-exist, yet conflict within the United Kingdom, thereby mapping distinct trajectories for possible constitutional futures in a union setting."
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Max Schaub @maxschaub.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
We are looking for a colleague to fill a part-time (50%) teaching position in IR. Ability to teach in German is required, though courses may also be offered in English. Deadline: 3 July Ad (in German): tinyurl.com/ysnjcwwn Please share - and PM in case of questions @politikuhh.bsky.social
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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🚨🚨 Job: Please share 🙌 - what? PhD position in my DFG-funded project on how citizens understand their role in democracy. - when? Application deadline Jul 1, job start Sept 1 or soon thereafter - how? www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...
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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Very excited to welcome @ammassarisofia.bsky.social here at @politikuhh.bsky.social on Wednesday!
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peterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
In der Politischen Theorie an der Uni Hamburg ist zum 1.10. eine postdoc-Stelle zu besetzen, hier auf Deutsch und im Kommentar auf Englisch: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
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Theorieblog @theorieblog.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Am Greifswalder Lehrstuhl für Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte ist, voraussichtlich zum 01.10.2026, eine Stelle als wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (PostDoc, 100%, zunächst 3 Jahre, E 13 TV-L) zu besetzen. Die Qualifikationsstelle umfasst übliche... www.theorieblog.de/?p=30777
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peterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Am 18.5., 19.30 h, in Hadleys Bar beim Schlump www.hadleys.de/salon/
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Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
And there it is
A copy of The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham Volume 14, standing on a desk
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Universität Hamburg @uni-hamburg.de · 23/04/2026
Willkommen an Bord! ⚓ Arndt Leininger (@aleininger.bsky.social) hat eine Professur für Politikwissenschaft (@politikuhh.bsky.social) an der UHH angetreten. Er versucht zu verstehen: Warum wählen Menschen so, wie sie wählen? Und warum entscheiden sich manche Menschen für rechtspopulistische Parteien?
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„Methoden sind Werkzeuge, mit denen man relevante Fragen beantworten kann“
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peterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Last night, thanks to Felix Hanschmann at buceriuslaw.bsky.social, we launched our Handbook of Constituent Power, chaired by svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social with three generous critics from Law: Sigrid Boysen, Stefan Oeter, Günter Frankenberg. mpatberg.bsky.social; politikuhh.bsky.social.
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peterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Buchvorstellung und Debatte in der @buceriuslaw.bsky.social Hamburg: was taugt die Kategorie der verfassunggebenden Gewalt *in troubled times*? @politikuhh.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de @mpatberg.bsky.social @svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social
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Arndt Leininger @aleininger.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
And with that, I'm closing a wonderful chapter at the Institute of Political Science at TU Chemnitz. Being an assistant professor of research methods there taught me so much. I am grateful to colleagues and students there for what I learned.
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Bruno Leipold @brunoleipold.com · 27/03/2026
Really pleased to advertise these 4 LSE postdocs in the history of popular government as part of our ERC Synergy Project "Popular Government in Global Perspective (POPGOV)"
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peterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Here's today's German language obituary for Jürgen Habermas for Kölner Stadtanzeiger. www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereich-...
Niesen, Habermas im Juni 2019. Credit Paul Kindermann/Normative Orders
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Normative Orders @normativeorders.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Anlässlich des Todes von Jürgen #Habermas hat Rainer Forst in der @fr-zeitung.bsky.social ein Interview gegeben: Rainer Forst über Habermas – „Die Diskursethik bleibt ein Meilenstein“: www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...
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Rainer Forst über Habermas – „Die Diskursethik bleibt ein Meilenstein“
Philosoph Rainer Forst über die Theorie und die Wirkung von Jürgen Habermas.
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Shifting Sovereignties @shiftingsovs.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Check out the new Oxford Handbook of Constituent Power edited by Peter Niesen, Markus Patberg @mpatberg.bsky.social and Lucia Rubinelli @luxirubsi.bsky.social global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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peterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Our Hamburg colleagues at GIGA rapidly responding to Trump/Maduro in Thursday roundtable www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co...
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Global Implications of US Intervention in Venezuela
The consequences of the US administration’s military intervention in Venezuela to capture former president Nicolás Maduro, and Trump’s pledge to “run” the country indefinitely via interim president De...
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Politikwissenschaft Universität Hamburg @politikuhh.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
📢On Wednesday, January 14th (5:15 PM, VMP9 B130), we continue our HPS³ seminar series with @heikekluever.bsky.social (Humboldt University). All are welcome to attend! No prior registration is needed. For more information: www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/en/fachberei...
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Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
@peterniesen.bsky.social reviews La délibération politique by Bernard Manin.
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Normative Orders @normativeorders.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
"Sollten die Parteien der Mitte im Zweifel mit der AfD kooperieren? Wer dieses Szenario zu Ende denkt, kann derzeit nur zu einem Schluss kommen" schreibt Thomas Biebricher in seinem Gastbeitrag "Die Kosten der Brandmauer sind hoch – und doch braucht es sie" in @zeit.de: www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
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Brandmauer-Debatte: Die Kosten der Brandmauer sind hoch – und doch braucht es sie
Sollten die Parteien der Mitte im Zweifel mit der AfD kooperieren? Wer dieses Szenario zu Ende denkt, kann derzeit nur zu einem Schluss kommen.
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peterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Between Wilderness and Polis: The Dairy Cow.
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peterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Donnerstag und Freitag in Gießen! @politikuhh.bsky.social
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Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Thought lost when it closed in 2017, the Jeremy Bentham pub on University Street has risen from the ashes
The Jeremy Bentham pub on University Street, with green walls, benches, and a drawing of Bentham on a sign by the door
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peterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Der Hamburger Sender Ahoy-Radio hat am vergangenen Samstag vor den Volksentscheiden einen Thementag veranstaltet und ein paar grundsätzliche Fragen gestellt. www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereich-...
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Politikwissenschaft Universität Hamburg @politikuhh.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Das fängt gut an .... Semesterauftakt in der Politikwissenschaft am 22.10., 12 h.
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peterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The idea is to confront current trends of democratic decay and executive self-aggrandizement with Bentham’s idea of a thoroughly political constitutionalism, and the lessons it might hold for today. Hamburg, Nov. 21-22, 2025. Thanks to Tim Reuscher and Smilla Zierau for the posters ...
Poster for a Hamburg Conference on Bentham's conception of constitutional law.
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Sektion Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte in der DVPW @dvpwtheoriesektion.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Die Eule der Minerva überlegt noch, ob sie nicht vielleicht ausnahmsweise doch mal in der Morgensonne fliegen sollte.
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peterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Line-up for this year's Constellations conference.
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Markus Patberg @mpatberg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Last but not least, there is a response from @peterniesen.bsky.social, whose work on Demokratiewissenschaft inspired this project and to whom the SI is dedicated. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Politikwissenschaft Universität Hamburg @politikuhh.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Die Politikwissenschaft an der Universität Hamburg droht eine Professur für Internationale Beziehungen zu verlieren. Bitte teilt und unterschreibt den Protestbrief auf uhh-ib-erhalten.de
Protest gegen die Streichung einer IB-Professur an der Universität Hamburg
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Politikwissenschaft Universität Hamburg @politikuhh.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Eine Ausschreibung für eine Dauerstelle als Senior Lecturer in den Lehramtsstudiengängen Sozialwissenschaften an der Universität Hamburg. Danke fürs Teilen! www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
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European Law Open @europeanlawopen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The 'Joerges issue' just dropped- Law, Conflict and Transformation. Thank you @annabeckers.bsky.social, @vbogoesky.bsky.social, @stevenklein.bsky.social, @annapeychev.bsky.social, @mariaweimer.bsky.social, and others for brilliance and patience. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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peterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
From a workshop in May 2024 that has now resulted in a special issue on *Demokratiewissenschaft* in the journals.sagepub.com/home/ipt, OnlineFirst. Many thanks to @mpatberg.bsky.social , @svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social and Oliver Eberl for organizing and editing, @proftonylang.bsky.social for hosting, ..
l-r Daniel Häuser, Ilaria Cozzaglio, Carmen Pavel, Bernd Ladwig, Regina Kreide, David Owen, Bill Scheuerman, Peter Niesen, Katrin Flikschuh, Oliver Eberl, Svenja Ahlhaus, Cord Schmelzle. Suzanne Bloks', Dominik Austrup's backs.l-r, t-b David Owen, Jakob Huber. Dominik Austrup, Christian Carl, Oliver Eberl, Cord Schmelzle, Dorothea Gädeke, Bernd Ladwig. Palle Bech-Pedersen, Suzanne Bloks, Markus Patberg, Svenja Ahlhaus, Bill Scheuerman, Lore-Marie Junghans, Daniel Häuser. Peter Niesen, Carmen Pavel, Regina Kreide, Claudia Landwehr, Katrin Flikschuh, Ilaria Cozzaglio, Matthew Braham.
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peterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Here's now Ben Schupman's response to my critique of his 2024 book, Democracy Despite Itself (OUP). journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Politikwissenschaft Universität Hamburg @politikuhh.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
After the Overlapping Consensus. One-day workshop, Hamburg University next Thursday. All welcome, please register.
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Hong Do @hongdp.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Our article is out! We argue that formal citizenship isn’t enough when citizens with a perceived immigration background are still treated as guests in their own home. Read it here: doi.org/10.1515/mopp...
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‘Not a Guest in My Country’: Immigration Background, Social Hierarchies, and the Fundamental Interest in ‘Being at Home’
The prevailing belief, both within the immigration literature and in current political debate, is that the cornerstone of resolving immigration issues is the attainment of citizenship. In contrast, th...
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peterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Two upcoming public lectures diagnosing the state of Trump's America. All welcome.
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peterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Kommenden Montag diskutieren wir im Warburghaus Wolfgang Künnes opus magnum "Bernard Bolzano" (Frankfurt/M. 2024, 4 Bde., 2500 S.). Bei Interesse teile ich den Zoom-Link.
Ein Plakat, das auf eine Veranstaltung hinweist: Wolfgang Künne, Bernard Bolzano, Book Launch am Mo. 19.5.2025, ab 14 h im Warburghaus, Heilwigstr. 116, Hamburg
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peterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The philosopher Felmon Davis passed away on May 7, 2025 in his adopted home of Mannheim, Germany. He is one of the people for whom the term 'irreplaceable' was invented. My obituary is at www.academia.edu/129272441/Fe...
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peterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Have been lured back into the debate on militant democracy by @bas2181.bsky.social Ben Schupmann's book, Democracy Despite Itself. Here's our exchange now in Philosophy and Social Criticism. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/RKFGC...
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Militant liberalism and democratic eclipse - Peter Niesen, 2025
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peterniesen.bsky.social @peterniesen.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Should be: "meets admirers".
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