Thematic Focus

Democracy and Science

Graphic with young people giving political messages at a demonstration.

Ein Magazin mit dem Titel "Impulse" liegt auf einem grauen Sofa

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IMPULSE-Magazine 2025: Protecting democracy

In the current issue of our magazine IMPULSE, we ask: What holds us together in the face of the crisis of democracy? What fact-based concepts does science provide us with to keep democracy strong and alive?

IMPULSE magazine "Protecting democracy"

A free science needs a free society: We support a wide range of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research projects that are dedicated to highly topical issues of democracy research - and present them to you in this thematic focus.

How can we protect our democracy? How can science generate political recommendations for action on pressing socio-political issues with due haste? How can public awareness of anti-democratic tendencies be further raised? Scientists are looking for answers - we support them in their endeavours.

Illustration: Reproduktion von Reichtum

How does politics contribute to growing economic inequality?

To the article about the project by Eva Wegner and Miquel Pellicer

Illustration mit zwei Frauen und einem Mikrofon

Interview 16 April 2025

Research for democracy: funding programme for cooperation projects

Illustration with a group of protesting people

Funding Offer 20 March 2025

Democracies under Change: call for collaborative projects

Eine eingefärbte Weltkarte. Rote Bereiche zeigen Regionen mit eingeschränkter Wissenschaftsfreiheit an, dies sind vor allem Asien, Eurasien und Teile Afrikas. Blaue Bereiche Regionen mit großer Akademischer Freiheit, dies sind Europa, südliche Teile Afrikas und die beiden Amerikas.

News 13 March 2025

Academic Freedom Index 2025: Academic freedom has declined in 34 countries

Eine Frau, die aufmerksam zuhört

Story 06 March 2025

So that everyone can have their say: Citizens' assembly on AI research

Grafik mit jungen Menschen, die politische Botschaften auf einer Demonstration von sich geben.

News 20 February 2025

Democracies under pressure: 14 million euros to research how to overcome the crisis

Illustration einer Gruppe Protestierender

Story 05 December 2024

Radical democracy – How grassroots movements lead to solidarity and problem solution

Funding Offers #Demokratie