Miranda Schreurs was invited by the Japanese organization, Genjiren (Power and Renewable Energy Organization), to give a presentation on the impacts of the Ukraine war and the European Sustainability Taxonomy on European debates related to future energy paths. Miranda, who lived for many years in Japan in the past, gave the talk in Japanese. Japan is watching developments related to the Ukraine war and energy policy developments in Europe with great concern and interest. The audience included among others, former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Shiga Prefecture Governor Yukiko Kada, Asahi newspaper journalist Masami Aoki, former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Masaharu Nakagawa, founder of the organization Peace Boat Tetsuya Yoshioka, and Secretary General Hiroyuki Kawai and deputy Secretary General of Genjiren Yui Kimura.
Professorship of Political Philosophy and Theory
In research, teaching, and social impact activities, the professorship deals with the fundamentals of political philosophy and theory, i.e. theories about the being, the supposed, and the design of political communities, institutions, and processes.
The professorhip's courses provide a systematic overview of the research field of political theory, methods, and procedures of political theory, as well as comparisons between different political theories. In addition, central concepts such as freedom, justice, and power are examined from various theories. A central topic of the chair is democratic theory: Here, central concepts such as sovereignty, representation, participation, and pluralism are analyzed and various models of democracy are taught, such as liberal democratic theory, republican democratic theory, elite democratic theory, etc.
The professorship places a particular focus on theories of technology and society and of technology and politics. For example, current controversies about democracy in digitalized societies are central here: the digital state, digital participation, surveillance, disinformation, resistance to digital technology, and technology regulation.