Lecture series: Transformation of political actors - Who represents the city, who represents the country?

The lecture series "Transformations and the urban-rural relationship (in North Hesse)" focuses on different facets of the socio-ecological turnaround, including the region of North Hesse. Every week, two speakers from academia and practice will give lectures and discuss with each other. One of the lectures will be dedicated to reviewing the general state of knowledge on individual aspects of the transformation. The second lecture will focus on North Hesse and discuss the challenges arising from the socio-ecological transition for the region. The aim is to work out which new urban-rural conflicts are associated with the expansion of renewable energies, which challenges the North Hessian economy is facing and that the transformation processes not only have an economic side, but are also changing the North Hessian party and media landscape

Organization: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schroeder, Head of Department Political System of the Federal Republic of Germany - Statehood in Transition

Topic on 06.12.2022: Transformation of political actors - Who represents the city, who represents the country?
Urban centers and rural areas are confronted with the challenges of socio-ecological transformation in different ways. So what are the resulting interests of urban centers, medium-sized cities and rural regions in Germany and which actors represent these often divergent interests vis-à-vis political decision-makers at state and federal level and vis-à-vis the European Union? In this context, the way in which the urban-rural relationship will develop in the future depends largely on the extent to which the interests of urban centers and peripheral areas are taken into account in the political decision-making process.

Speakers: Prof. Dr. Aiko Wagner (FU Berlin), Bishop Dr. Beate Hofmann (Evangelical Church of Kurhessen Waldeck)