Die College of Fellows Lecture Series lädt internationale Fellows und Tübinger Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler ein, ihre Forschung vorzustellen und sich zu vernetzen. Jeden Monat stellen Fellows und internationale Gastwissenschafter:innen der Universität Tübingen ihre Forschungsergebnisse vor. Wir freuen uns über Ihr Interesse: infospam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de 

Die CoF Lunch Talk Series lädt internationale Fellows und Tübinger Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler ein, sich in entspannter Atmosphäre während der Mittagspause auszutauschen. Jeden Monat stellt ein Fellow seine Forschung vor. Die CoF Lunch Talks finden in der Villa Köstlin statt. 

Die CoF Lunch Talks im Wintersemester 2025/26 finden Sie hier.

12.-13. Februar 2026 Villa Köstlin

The Dark Sides of Rights of Nature

This international workshop explores the often-overlooked “dark sides” of Rights of Nature (RoN), bringing critical perspectives from the Global South and North into dialogue. While RoN are frequently celebrated for their transformative potential, the workshop foregrounds growing skepticism about their political, legal, and ideological implications. Key sessions address Nature, Rights, and the Far-Right in Germany and Rights of Nature, Human Rights, and Far-Right Ecologism, examining how legal innovations around nature intersect with nationalist, exclusionary, and authoritarian discourses. Contributions further explore the coloniality of (inter)national law, the racialization of nature, Indigenous critiques, and the appropriation of RoN by states, corporations, and political movements. Under the guiding question Back to nature?, the program also investigates far-right lifestyles, environmental activism, land-use conflicts, and everyday practices in Germany and Europe. Case studies from Latin America and Europe address ecofascism, Indigenous (land) rights , tensions between human and non-human rights, and the academic hype surrounding RoN. The workshop brings together scholars, practitioners, activists, and journalists to critically reassess Rights of Nature within contemporary power relations.

Veranstaltet mit Riccarda Flemmer (Institute of Political Science, UT), Matthias Kramm (Ethics, Philosophy and History of the Life Sciences, UT), Léonie de Jonge (Institute for Research on Far Right Extremism (IRex), UT)