Remember the Holocaust

Fight antisemitism

Strengthen democracy

Our mission

Together with our project partners we protect our democratic institutions and strengthen democratic values.


Our projects

Find out more about our projects to strengthen democracy.

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Intellectual Journeys

Intellectual Journeys

Nurturing a new generation of intellectual leadership

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Close the Gap - Securing Women's Voices in Politics.

Close the Gap - Securing Women's Voices in Politics.

Countering the challenges of digital violence against politically active women

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Digital Policy Lab

Digital Policy Lab

Digital Policy Lab

Facilitating transformative digital policy efforts

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Partnership with the University of Cologne

Partnership with the University of Cologne

Interdisciplinary cooperation between history and international law

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"Mach Meldung!" Powerful voices for the police

"Mach Meldung!" Powerful voices for the police

Protection for police officers who uncover violations of the law and misconduct in their department

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FragDenStaat

FragDenStaat

Establishing an infrastructure against antidemocratic attacks

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Social Sentiment in Times of Crisis

Social Sentiment in Times of Crisis

Innovative research design for crisis-proof democracies

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Hillel Deutschland

Hillel Deutschland

A leadership and empowerment program to foster Jewish life and promote democratic participation

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Auditing Algorithms for Systemic Risks

Auditing Algorithms for Systemic Risks

Evaluation and analysis of algorithms and their influence on our society

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Marie-Munk-Initiative

Marie-Munk-Initiative

Justice against hate and incitement on the internet

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CeMAS & Landecker re|con project

CeMAS & Landecker re|con project

An early warning system against the spread of conspiracy thinking, antisemitism, disinformation and right-wing extremism

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DISARM Foundation

DISARM Foundation

Creating a shared language to combat disinformation

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Program at Oxford University

Program at Oxford University

Research and teaching to secure democratic values, institutions and good governance

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The Landecker Digital Justice Movement

The Landecker Digital Justice Movement

For a democratic internet: legal support for those affected by digital violence

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Cooperation with the Hebrew University Jerusalem

Cooperation with the Hebrew University Jerusalem

Research and teaching on issues of individual and collective human rights

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Zeitenwende on tour

Zeitenwende on tour

Townhall discussions on the challenges of our time

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Introducing AlgorithmWatch - Auditing Algorithms for Systemic Risks

Introducing AlgorithmWatch: Protecting democracy through analysis and evaluation of algorithms and their effects on society

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Opinion

Quo Vadis, USA? The effect of disinformation in this year’s midterm election

Quo Vadis, USA? The effect of disinformation in this year’s midterm election

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Opinion

On resilience: Making us tired is their goal. Let it not be ours. By Rebecca Blady.

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Introducing DISARM - Disinformation Analysis and Risk Management

Introducing DISARM Foundation: Leveraging a shared communication framework to combat disinformation

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Introducing Digital Democratic Ukraine

Introducing Digital Democratic Ukraine:

Creating a digital platform to maintain Ukraine’s democratic & independent statehood.

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Article

Novel research with real-world impact

Novel research with real-world impact. By Matthew Williamson

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Introducing the Marie-Munk-Initiative

Introducing the Marie-Munk-Initiative: Defending democratic discourse on the net against discrimination and hate

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Between Nazi Comparisons and Conspiracy Theories: A Relativisation of History During the Corona Pandemic

A Relativisation of History During the Corona Pandemic. By Pia Lamberty and Steffen Jost

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Introducing Mnemonic - the Ukrainian Archive

Introducing Mnemonic - the Ukrainian Archive: Preservation, verification, and investigation of human rights violations in the Ukraine.

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