Trust and Conflict

1. Annual Conference of the Research Initiative “ConTrust: Trust in Conflict – Political Life under Conditions of Uncertainty”

Trust is often understood to be the opposite of conflict. Researchers at the cluster initiative ConTrust, on the other hand, assume that in modern societies trust can not only be tested in and strenghtened through conflicts but, under certain conditions, even emerge out of them. At the same time, there are also problematic dynamics in which trust in specific persons or parties can fuel or intensify conflicts. For ConTrust, these observations lead to the task of examining the contexts of trust and conflict to specify the conditions under which social conflicts can be resolved successfully.

Prof. Dr. Enrico Schleiff (Präsident der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)

Prof. Dr. Sally J. Scholz (Villanova University), Prof. Dr. Jan Delhey (Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg), Clara Weinhardt (Hertie School), Prof. Dr. Thomas Biebricher (Copenhagen Business School), Dr. Tobias Wille (Normative Orders, Goethe-Universität)

Prof. Dr. Mark Warren (University of British Columbia)

Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst (Normative Orders, ConTrust und Professor für Politische Theorie und Philosophie der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)

Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst (Normative Orders, ConTrust und Professor für Politische Theorie und Philosophie der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)

Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst (Normative Orders, ConTrust und Professor für Politische Theorie und Philosophie der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)

Prof. Dr. Nicole Deitelhoff (Leibniz-Institut Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Normative Orders, ConTrust, Goethe-Universität)

Prof. Dr. Enrico Schleiff (Präsident der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)

Program:

17.00h
Introduction
Prof. Dr. Enrico Schleiff (President of Goethe University)
Minister of State Angela Dorn (Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts)
Prof. Dr. Nicole Deitelhoff and Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst (Speakers of ConTrust)

17.30h
“What Kinds of Trust Does Democracy Need?”
Prof. Dr. Mark Warren (University of British Columbia, via livestream)

18.55h
Roundtable
Prof. Dr. Jan Delhey (Magdeburg), Prof. Dr. Sally J. Scholz (Villanova), Dr. Clara Weinhardt (Maastricht), Prof. Dr. Thomas Biebricher (PI ConTrust) Moderation: Dr. Tobias Wille (research coordinator ConTrust)