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The first part of the lecture offers a brief overview of current international findings on recidi­vism rates of sexual (re-)offending, followed by an introduction to the main methods and models used in recidivism risk assessment. Next, selected recent developments and research findings across these methodological groups are presented. The lecture also examines the relevance of mental health diagnoses for predicting reoffense and the application of machine learning algorithms in applied recidivism risk assessment settings. Finally, it addresses the specific challenges and potential solutions in the comparatively new field of recidivism risk assessment for digital sexual violent behaviors (e.g., sexual offenses involving the use and/or production of Child Sexual Exploitation Material [CSEM] or cybergrooming). [mehr]

Staatliche Überwachung – wo sind wir überhaupt betroffen? Ob Handy, Auto, Bankkonto, Reise oder Wohnung: Das Über­wa­chungs­­barometer zeigt, was Behörden dürfen, was sie wirklich tun und wie wahrscheinlich es ist, dass auch wir selbst einmal in den Fokus von Überwachungsmaßnahmen geraten könnten. [mehr]

The concentration of legislative, executive, and judi­cial powers within online platforms raises profound questions about how they influence society. The as­sumption of state-like powers by companies such as Meta, Google, X, and TikTok invites critical exam­ination of their impact on fundamental rights, governance, and democracy. [mehr]

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Despite everything, liberalism remains the one true political philosophy. Liberal principles – something about liberty and autonomy, something about equality, perhaps some universalist and rationalist assumptions – are still the right fundamental principles for political philosophy. [mehr]

We are pleased to host the 23rd Annual Meeting of the German Law and Economics Associ­ation on July 16–17, 2026, along with a pre-conference workshop on "LLMs for Large-Scale Data Collection" on July 15. The meeting will feature presentations and panel sessions spanning a wide range of topics in law and economics. [mehr]

This talk explores how contemporary political and academic discourse is being shaped by the expansion of con­cepts used to describe aspects of human vulnerability. Psychological terms such as trauma, anxiety, and de­pres­sion, as well as moral categories like violence, hate, discrimination, and oppression, have been extended to cover an even wider range of experiences. As a result, individuals increasingly appear more vulnerable, and an increas­ing number of situations are interpreted through the lens of harm. [mehr]