Dr. Doris Unger

Georg Forster-Building
Jakob-Welder-Weg 12
55128 Mainz
Room: 04-415
Phone: 06131-39-21052
Email: unger@politik.uni-mainz.de

 

I will be on maternity/parental leave from December 2023 and will therefore not be offering office hours until the end of September 2024.
If you are interested in the trinational MA "European Studies", please address your questions to Dr Johannes Muntschick (muntschick@uni-mainz.de) and Ms Laura Ulrich (europamaster@politik.uni-mainz.de).

Research Interests

  • Cultural pluralism in liberal democracies, Multiculturalism and Minority Rights
  • International Relations Theory and Theories of International Relations
  • Liberalism and Neorepublicanism
  • Non-Discrimination and Hate Speech

Current Research

  • Alan Patten's "Equal Recognition" and Cultural Accommodation in Liberal Democracies
  • with Jürgen Sirsch: Neorepublicanism and Egalitarian-Liberalism as "Public Philosophies" / "Normative Research Programs"

 

Publications

Monograph:

(2018): Gleichheit, Freiheit und kultureller Pluralismus: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Begründung staatlicher Kulturakkommodierung aus egalitär-liberaler Perspektive. Mainz: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität.

Articles (peer-reviewed):

with Jürgen Sirsch, Daniel Stockemer, Arne Niemann (2023): What guides citizen support for redistributive EU measures as a response to COVID-19: Justice attitudes, self-interest or support for European integration? In: European Union Politics, 0(0). Link

with Daniel Stockemer, Arne Niemann und Friedrich Plank (2021): Equally at risk? Perceived financial differences, risk assessment and containment measures in the COVID-19 pandemic. In: Contemporary Politics. Online first. Link

with Jürgen Sirsch (2021): The Neorepublican Challenge to Egalitarian-Liberalism: Evaluating Justifications of Redistributive Institutions. In: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. 24: 7, 1000-1023 (Online first July 2019): doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2019.1644580. Link

with Daniel Stockemer, Arne Niemann und Johanna Speyer (2020): The “Refugee Crisis,” Immigration Attitudes, and Euroscepticism. In: International Migration Review. 54: 3, 883–912. (online first:  Sept. 2019) doi.org/10.1177/0197918319879926. Link 

with Daniel Stockemer, Arne Niemann, Johannes Rabenschlag und Johanna Speyer (2018): Immigration, Anti-Immigration Attitudes and Euroscepticism: A Meta-Analysis. In: French Politics, 16: 3, 328-340. Link

Book chapters:

with Jürgen Unger-Sirsch (2023): „Ihr gehört nicht dazu!“ Soziale Ausgrenzung durch Hate Speech als Problem für liberale Demokratien. In: Jaki, Sylvia / Steiger, Stefan (Hg.): Digitale Hate Speech: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf Erkennung, Beschreibung und Regulation. J. B. Metzler, 173-195. Link

with Jürgen Sirsch (2019): Does Non-Domination Imply Freedom? A Discussion of the Neorepublican Conception of Freedom. In: Marker, Karl / Schmitt, Annette / Sirsch, Jürgen (Hg.): Demokratie und Entscheidung: Beiträge zur Analytischen Politischen Theorie. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 65-80. Link

(2013): Das Recht auf Gleichbehandlung und die (Ir)Relevanz von gruppenspezifischen Merkmalen am Beispiel des Antidiskriminierungsrechts. In: Bonn, Eva / Knöppler, Christian / Souza, Miguel (Hg.): Was machen Marker? Logik, Materialität und Politik von Differenzierungsprozessen. Bielefeld: Transcript, 2013, 317-342. Link

(2013): Kriterien zur Einschränkung von hate speech: Inhalt, Kosten oder Wertigkeit von Äußerungen? In: Meibauer, Jörg (Hg.): Hassrede/Hate Speech. Interdisziplinäre Beiträge zu einer aktuellen Diskussion. Gießen: Gießener Elektronische Bibliothek, 2013, 257-285. Link

Reviews and Articles in Encyclopedia:

(2013): Review of „Van Parijs, Philippe, Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World”. In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 54: 1, 220-222. Link

(2011): Art. Christine Chwaszcza. In: Chatterjee, Deen K. (Hg.): Encyclopedia of Global Justice. Dordrecht u. a.: Springer Verlag, 128-129. Link

Newspaper article:

with Jürgen Sirsch (2015): Gegen den Hass muss argumentiert werden. In: Causa, Tagesspiegel.de vom 27. November 2015: https://causa.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/hass-im-netz/gegen-den-hass-muss-argumentiert-werden.html. Link

 

 

Current Teaching

Summer Term 2023:

Lecture (BA/BEd): Introduction to International Relations (in German)

2 x Seminar (BA/BEd): Introduction to International Relations (in German)

 

Winter Term 2022-23:

Seminar (BA/BEd/MEd): Humanitarian Intervention (in German)

Seminar (BA/BEd/MEd/MA): Global Climate Policy (in German)

Seminar (BA/BEd): Introduction to International Relations (in German)

 

Curriculum Vitae

  • Since 2018: Coordinator of the trinational MA “European Studies” (Cooperation between Dijon (France), Mainz (Germany) and Opole (Poland))
  • 02/2017: PhD in Political Science (Political Theory); Thesis on Cultural Accommodation in Liberal Democracies
  • Since 2016: Researcher and Lecturer, Department of Political Science, International Relations, Mainz University
  • Since 2013: Researcher and Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Political Theory, Mainz University
  • 2009 - 2013: PhD-Student at the Interdisciplinary Research Center “Social and Cultural Studies Mainz” (SoCuM); Working Group 2: “The Public Constitution of Minorities”
  • 2008 - 2009: PhD-Student and Lecturer, Political Science, TU Kaiserslautern
  • 2007: MSc in Political Theory (Dissertation on Walzer's Conception of State Sovereignty), Cardiff University
  • 2005 - 2006: Master of Economic and Social Studies in Political Theory, Cardiff University
  • 2001 - 2008: Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies in Philosophy and Political Science, Mainz University