The Department of Politics and Society is dedicated to the study of political and societal developments with local, national and /or international relevance. Our faculty research the past and the present in an effort to shape the future, and we transmit our research into a number of high quality educational programs. The department is located at the main campus of Aalborg University in Aalborg with a branch at the Copenhagen campus.
News
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19.05.2023
New associate professor: Kristina Jessen Hansen
As of 1 June, 2023 the research group on Political Sociology (PolSoc) will have a new associate professor.
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15.05.2023
What to expect – MIX conference panels, June 6-7, 2023
What happens when we include technical sciences, design studies, health science and architecture in the discussions around migration? Can we produce new questions and new insights? Can we ‘see’ something that we did not understand before? The MIX conference “Displacement, migration and integration – out of the silo” will address these questions on June 6-7 in Nordkraft, Aalborg.
Events
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09.06.2023 at 09.00 AM - 10.06.2023 at 18.00 PM
Conference on the Language of Autocracy: Ancient and Modern
2021 was the 16th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. Such, at least, is the verdict given by Freedom in the World, the flagship journal of the NGO ‘Freedom House’. Rather than harvesting the democratic gains expected from the fall of the USSR, the Arab Spring, and the expansion of the EU, we find ourselves in the midst of a resurgence of autocracy – a resurgence whose devastating consequences we are currently witnessing in real time in Ukraine. The sudden dramatic exposure to autocracy in the form of Putin’s invasion should not, however, obscure the fact that the current rise of autocracy is a world-wide phenomenon. All around the world, we find the upsurge of similar rhetoric: democratic institutions are too feeble and too inefficient to handle a crisis, and only a strong leader, unfettered by constitutional constraints, can guarantee peace and security. If we want to safeguard our societies from autocracy, we must first interrogate the rhetoric used to legitimise it.
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15.06.2023 at 12.00 PM - 16.06.2023 at 15.00 PM
Two day workshop on "post-pandemic transformations of citizenship"
In this two-day workshop, taking place in Aalborg on the 15th and 16th of June 2023, we would like to discuss the numerous contemporary breaks and continuities in the meaning of citizenship, especially – but not exclusively – under the impact of recent events.
Contact
Phone: +45 9940 8192
Email: inst.dps@dps.aau.dk
Department of Politics and Society • Fibigerstræde 1 og 3, 9220 Aalborg East • Frederikskaj 10B, 2450 Copenhagen SV
Phone.: +45 9940 8192 • Email: inst.dps@dps.aau.dk
VAT no.: 29102384 • EAN no.: 5798000420656 • P numbers: Aalborg: 1003888237, Copenhagen: 1018019139
Phone.: +45 9940 8192 • Email: inst.dps@dps.aau.dk
VAT no.: 29102384 • EAN no.: 5798000420656 • P numbers: Aalborg: 1003888237, Copenhagen: 1018019139