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Read our BKHS Magazine "Living Democracy!"

Topics:EuropeJusticeDemocracy
Authors:Magnus KochJulia StrasheimMerle StrunkNina-Kathrin WienkoopElisabeth Winter

The pressures democracy faces both at home and abroad have given a real boost to thinking about and mobilizing for democracy. But what does it mean to really "live democracy"?

Download our BKHS Magazine “Living Democracy!” to find out – published on the occasion of the Helmut Schmidt Lecture 2021. The issue includes more than 20 opinion pieces and impulses from numerous authors, activists and artists - all about and for a living democracy.

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With contributions by Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop, Julia Strasheim, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Donatella Della Porta, Ivan Krastev, Thorsten Benner, Helfried Carl, Jan Eichhorn, Christine Hübner, Luca Manucci, Marta Pardavi, Sophie Pornschlegel, Sarah Brockmeier, Elisabeth Winter, Peer Steinbrück, Julia Wolf, Michael Trube and Lars Brozus.

Author: Dr. Magnus Koch

Head of Exhibitions and History

Before joining the Foundation, Dr. Magnus Koch worked as a freelance historian and exhibition curator with a focus on contemporary German and European history. He implemented projects for the Hamburg Foundation for Science and Culture, the German Historical Museum, the Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, and the Körber Foundation, among others.

Author: Dr. Julia Strasheim

Dr Julia Strasheim is Head of International Affairs at the Berlin Police Headquarters. Until May 2024, she was Deputy Managing Director of our foundation and held the position of Programme Director for Europe and International Politics at the BKHS. She is also an associate researcher at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) and regularly lectures in the field of peace and conflict research. Her work focuses on peacebuilding, peace negotiations and the transformation of post-war societies in Europe and Asia.

Author: Merle Strunk, M.A.

Education and Knowledge Transfer Officer

Merle Strunk, M.A., is a historian with a focus on knowledge transfer in museums. She has been involved in exhibition and publication projects at various institutions, including the Museum of Work. As a history educator, she is engaged in building bridges between historical events and the present at the Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Schmidt-Stiftung. In addition, she works on issues of visual and public history.

Author: Dr. Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop

Dr. Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop was Programme Director „Democracy and Society“ until 2022. She is an associate of the Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung (Institute for the Study of Protest and Social Movements) in Berlin and the Deutsches Zentrum für Integrations- und Migrationsforschung (German Centre for Integration and Migration Research). At the latter, she previously headed a research project on participation in youth activism and commitment. She publishes, consults, researches and teaches on topics such as the resilience of democracies, domestic and international democracy promotion, youth engagement, non-violent resistance, diversity and protest, the culture of debate, and diversity-conscious organizational development in civil society. Her approach is actor-oriented and sensitive to diversity.

Author: Dr. Elisabeth Winter

Programme director „Global Markets and Social Justice“

In addition to her work as programme director at the Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Schmidt-Stiftung, Elisabeth Winter regularly lectures at the Freie Universität Berlin. As a political economist, she focuses on foreign economic policy and the reorganisation of the world economic system, transatlantic relations and the urgent challenges of social inequality.