Email: unger@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