Markus Patberg has been Visting Professor of Political and Legal Theory since the winter semester 2024/25. Patberg has been working at the University of Hamburg since 2013 and has spent research stays at the London School of Economics and Political Science, University College London and the Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. His work focuses on democratic theory, constitutional theory and international political theory. His current projects deal with withdrawals from international institutions and the digital transformation of democracy.

Link to his homepage in Hamburg: https://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereich-sowi/professuren/niesen/team/patberg-markus.html

15041 Proseminar
Basic Concepts of Political Theory: Current Debates
Schedule: Monday, 12-14h (Class starts on: 2024-10-14)
Location: Ihnestr. 22, Seminarraum UG 3

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15431 Seminar
Global Constitutionalism: Crisis and Renewal
Schedule: Monday, 14-16h (Class starts on: 2024-10-14)
Location: Ihnestr. 22, Seminarraum UG 2

Patberg, Markus (2025). What is Social Media’s Place in Democracy? In: The Review of Politics 87/2, 236-257.

Patberg, Markus/Ahlhaus, Svenja (2023). Exit-Politik als Regression. Wider den souveränen Voluntarismus. In: Leviathan 51/40 (special issue), 170-192.

Patberg, Markus (2020). Constituent Power in the European Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Patberg, Markus (2020). Can Disintegration Be Democratic? The European Union Between Legitimate Change and Regression. In: Political Studies 68/3, 582-599.

Patberg, Markus (2016). Against Democratic Intergovernmentalism. The Case for a Theory of Constituent Power in the Global Realm. In: International Journal of Constitutional Law 14/3, 622-638.