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Markus Patberg
@mpatberg.bsky.social
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Research Associate in Political Theory at @politikuhh.bsky.social, working on democratic theory, constituent power, Habermas, European Union, exit politics, digitalization.
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peterniesen.bsky.social
Between Wilderness and Polis: The Dairy Cow.
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
📢 Recap: The Workshop on Critical Theory of the Computational (16–17 Oct 2025, Weizenbaum Institute) brought 40 experts to explore how AI and digital systems shape society.
Read the report 👉 buff.ly/PR56xLO
Photo of the workshop participants at the Weizenbaum Institute, 17 October 2025
November 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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steffenmau.bsky.social
Ein von Michael Zürn und mir verfasster Nachruf auf Claus Offe. Ein bemerkenswerter Mensch und Wissenschaftler www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Sozialwissenschaftler Claus Offe gestorben
Claus Offe prägte die Sozialwissenschaften mit scharfsinnigen Analysen und gesellschaftskritischen Perspektiven. Als Grenzgänger zwischen Soziologie und Politologie bleibt sein Werk wegweisend.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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steffenmau.bsky.social
Herausragender Wissenschaftler, bewunderter Autor, befreundeter Kollege, kluger Ratgeber: Claus Offe ist gestorben!
October 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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jwmueller-pu.bsky.social
"I never imagined I would see fear spread so far and fast in the US."

This from the writer who gave us definitive accounts of East Germany and other late state socialist societies in the 1980s.
September 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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gregjenner.bsky.social
This is an excellent article that brings an empathetic eye to an escalating crisis in higher education 👇👌
September 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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irishtimes.com
Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI
Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI
Even if all the known issues were magically resolved, we would still not want our students to use GenAI
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September 4, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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asherwolf.bsky.social
A Victorian solicitor has been stripped of his ability to practise as a principal lawyer after being caught using AI-generated false citations in court case - he has acknowledged he did not verify the case list www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep...
Lawyer caught using AI-generated false citations in court case penalised in Australian first
Victorian solicitor stripped of his ability to practise as a principal lawyer after acknowledging he did not verify case list
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September 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
mpatberg.bsky.social
At the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference this week. My own talk will be tomorrow in the "Normativity of International Institutions" panel. If you're here and interested in the foundations of and challenges to the legitimacy of international institutions, join us!
svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social Svenja Ahlhaus @svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social · Aug 26
Looking forward to these two panels at #ecprgc2025

"The Normativity of International Institutions: Between Commitment and Contestation" (with @brianmilstein.bsky.social @mpatberg.bsky.social Eva Erman, Silviya Lechner)

"Postnational Constitutionalism" (with Carmen Pavel, Francesco Rizzi Brignoli)
ECPR Panel: The Normativity of International Institutions: Between Commitment and Contestation.
August 27, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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dailynous.com
Wiley officially closes the Journal of Political Philosophy, which was abandoned by its editorial team and shunned by academics after Wiley attempted moves that would have compromised the journal's editorial independence.
Journal of Political Philosophy Officially Ends - Daily Nous
"The Journal of Political Philosophy will cease publication effective January 1, 2026." That's from an email sent by the journal's publisher, Wiley, earlier today, calling the move "a difficult decisi...
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July 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
mpatberg.bsky.social
NEW SPECIAL ISSUE: Much of political theory today is informed, explicitly or implicitly, by the model of the democratic underlabourer, which, however, assumes the political context of the (democratic) nation-state. journals.sagepub.com/toc/iptb/21/2
Cover of the most recent issue (2/2025) of the Journal of International Political Theory.
July 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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politikuhh.bsky.social
Eine Ausschreibung für eine Dauerstelle als Senior Lecturer in den Lehramtsstudiengängen Sozialwissenschaften an der Universität Hamburg. Danke fürs Teilen!
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Ausschreibung
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July 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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peterhenderson.bsky.social
First time a judge has decided a case based on hallucinated case law in the US that I've encountered.

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July 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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peterniesen.bsky.social
From a workshop in May 2024 that has now resulted in a special issue on *Demokratiewissenschaft* in the journals.sagepub.com/home/ipt, OnlineFirst. Many thanks to @mpatberg.bsky.social , @svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social and Oliver Eberl for organizing and editing, @proftonylang.bsky.social for hosting, ..
l-r Daniel Häuser, Ilaria Cozzaglio, Carmen Pavel, Bernd Ladwig, Regina Kreide, David Owen, Bill Scheuerman, Peter Niesen, Katrin Flikschuh, Oliver Eberl, Svenja Ahlhaus, Cord Schmelzle. Suzanne Bloks', Dominik Austrup's backs. l-r, t-b David Owen, Jakob Huber. Dominik Austrup, Christian Carl, Oliver Eberl, Cord Schmelzle, Dorothea Gädeke, Bernd Ladwig. Palle Bech-Pedersen, Suzanne Bloks, Markus Patberg, Svenja Ahlhaus, Bill Scheuerman, Lore-Marie Junghans, Daniel Häuser. Peter Niesen, Carmen Pavel, Regina Kreide, Claudia Landwehr, Katrin Flikschuh, Ilaria Cozzaglio, Matthew Braham.
July 2, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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janahoenke.bsky.social
This could be of interest for colleagues in #politicaltheory as well!: The University of #Bayreuth is currently seeking to appoint a Full Professor of #Political #Philosophy (m/f/d) at salary grade W3
For mor information:
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June 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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cordschmelzle.bsky.social
Publication day! The paper is part of a special issue on the methodological self-understanding of International Political Theory. I argue that the beloved model of the democratic underlabourer, which defines the role of political theory in practical politics, rests on two...
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Underlabouring at home, moralising abroad? On the role of international political theory - Cord Schmelzle, 2025
The democratic underlabourer has become a popular model for the role of political theory in practical politics in recent years. Its charm lies in the fact that ...
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June 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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maartenpvink.bsky.social
Still recovering from shock of having just read a large grant application with made-up reference list. Familiar authors but most refs don’t exist. ChatGPT written all over it

Must sound familiar to those marking student essays. But, really, in a grant application? Who do they think they’re kidding?
June 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
mpatberg.bsky.social
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ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study
The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.
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June 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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aureliabardon.bsky.social
One more week to apply!
Full Professorship (W3) for Practical Philosophy with a special focus on Political and Social Philosophy
Deadline: June 18, 2025
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June 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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anewq.bsky.social
CfA: PhD scholarship in political theory @ucph.bsky.social

Part of my project "Citizens' Agenda-Setting in Democratic Systems," which will explore how citizens should participate in making political agendas

Apply by Aug. 3, 2025
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#PolTheory #demoinno
PhD Scholarship at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH): Citizens’ Agenda-Setting in Democratic Systems (CASDS)
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June 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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honeypisquared.bsky.social
We found that AI tools - both general like #ChatGPT and research-specific like #Elicit - lack the reliability, relevancy and accuracy to summarise research for teachers. This is important because we have been sold the idea that AI will make research more accessible.
honeypisquared.bsky.social Dr Lucy Rycroft-Smith @honeypisquared.bsky.social · Jun 9
I am delighted to announce that my new paper with @darrenmacey.bsky.social is now published, entitled 'All sizzle, no steak: AI tools are not able to act as credible knowledge brokers by summarising evidence in mathematics education'

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A picture of the title and abstract of the research paper: All sizzle, no steak: AI tools are not able to act as credible knowledge brokers by summarising evidence in mathematics education Lucy Rycroft-Smith, Darren Macey University of Cambridge Current discourse around AI (artificial intelligence) tools suggest they can offer users quick access to research evidence, with the goal of improving our practice and policies in mathematics education. However, recent evaluations suggest that AI often falls short of human capabilities in accurately summarising complex information, raising questions about trust, credibility, and reliability. In this paper, we investigate whether AI tools are able to successfully perform the educational knowledge brokering function of finding, selecting, and summarising research with implications for practitioners. In particular, we ask if AI tools are able to find research papers that actually exist (accuracy), are relevant to the question (relevancy) and are able to interpret findings into useful, actionable implications for practitioners (applicability). We find that generally they are not, and even when they are, they do so in a way that is so inconsistent as to be a serious threat to credibility. Keywords: artificial intelligence; AI; knowledge brokering; large language models; mathematics education
June 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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politikuhh.bsky.social
After the Overlapping Consensus. One-day workshop, Hamburg University next Thursday. All welcome, please register.
June 6, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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aysezarakol.bsky.social
An article I could have written but have not written has mysteriously appeared on my Google Scholar page with two citations (now hidden). It has a journal name, volume, page numbers what have you. Pretty good journal too. Thanks ChatGPT, I guess? 🤔
May 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
mpatberg.bsky.social
Sure, term papers consisting of AI slop and hallucinated references are annoying. But have you met LLM-invented case law filed in court?

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The use of artificial intelligence in courts: a warning
A judge deployed an onerous sanction when lawyers seemed to use fake, AI-generated case law
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May 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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philorchard.bsky.social
The Oxford Handbook on Norm Research in International Relations, edited by @sassangholiagha.bsky.social, @antjewiener.bsky.social, and myself, now has a webpage (and a cover!) and will be out in November.

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May 7, 2025 at 6:07 AM