What’s Special About Human Rights?

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Laura Valentini (LMU Munich)

Research Innovation Hub Lecture Series WiSe 2026/2027

The Research Innovation Hub will hold a public Lecture Series on major questions in human rights theory and philosophy in the upcoming winter semester.

About the Speaker

The first lecture will be given by Prof. Dr. Laura Valentini, Chair of Philosophy and Political Theory at LMU Munich and Visiting Professor at King's College London. She works in the areas of contemporary political and social philosophy, as well as ethics and philosophy of law. Her special research interests include global justice, democracy, freedom, (human) rights, political obligation, the methodology of political theory and the relationship between ethics and social ontology.

Please RSVP to Dr. Caroline Lichuma: caroline.lichuma@fau.de

This event is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy – EXC 3039 – 533607764.