Lausitz Labor #2

Prof. Dr Rahel Jaeggi is Professor of Practical Philosophy, Legal Philosophy and Social Philosophy at Humboldt University in Berlin. Working within the tradition of Critical Theory, her research focuses, among other things, on questions of the possibility and normative justification of critique, and on theories of social change. In her work, she combines elements of historical materialism and the Frankfurt School with influences from American pragmatism. Rahel Jaeggi is co-founder and co-director of the Center for Social Critique in Berlin. Her latest monograph, »Fortschritt und Regression«, was published in 2023; »Kritik von Lebensformen« and »Entfremdung« were published in 2016 and 2013 respectively.

Prof. Dr Sarah Speck is Professor of Comparative Cultural Sociology at the European University Viadrina. She is a member of the academic board of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt am Main. Her research in recent years has focused on the production of suspect knowledge and the contradictory transformation of gender relations. Recent publications include: 2022: Normative Paradoxien. Verkehrungen des gesellschaftlichen Fortschritts. Frankfurt: Campus Verlag. Co-authored with Axel Honneth, Kai-Olaf Maiwald and Felix Trautmann.

Maria-Sibylla Lotter is a full professor specialising in ethics and aesthetics at the University of Bochum. In recent years, her research has focused on the themes of guilt and responsibility, lying, freedom of expression and academic freedom, and changes in the ethics of everyday life. Her most recent publication is »Opfer. Verwundbarkeit als Selbstbild« (2026).

Prof. Dr Tilo Wesche is Professor of Practical Philosophy at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg and conducts research into, amongst other things, issues relating to democracy, property and the significance of revenge for the rise of new authoritarianism. His most recent publication is »Die Rechte der Natur. Vom nachhaltigen Eigentum« (2023).

Prof. Dr Christoph Menke is Professor of Practical Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main. In recent years, his research has focused on the question of »Normativität und Freiheit« in the fields of philosophy of law, political philosophy and aesthetics. His most recent publication is »Theorie der Befreiung« (2022).

Prof. Dr Christiane Voss is Professor of Philosophy and Aesthetics at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Her research and teaching focus on media philosophy, philosophical aesthetics and anthropology. She is currently the coordinator of the DFG Research Training Group »Medienanthropologie« at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Her most recent publication (co-authored with Lorenz Engell) is »Die Relevanz der Irrelevanz. Aufsätze zur Medienphilosophie« (2022).