Dr. Manon Westphal
Current affiliations
- Professur für Politische Theorie mit dem Schwerpunkt Politik und Religion (Prof. Willems)
- Institute of Political Science (IfPol)
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Political Theory
- Democratic Theory, esp. Agonistic Democracy
- Pluralism and normative disagreements
- Political conflict regulation
- Institutions and democratic innovations
Academic Education | |
| 2010 - 2016 | Doctoral Studies in Political Science, University of Münster (Doctoral Thesis: "The normativity of agonistic politics. Conflict regulation and institutional design in pluralist democracy") |
| 2005 - 2010 | Studies in Political Science, Communication Science, and Modern and Contemporary History (M.A.), University of Münster (Master Thesis: "Democracy without consensus? An examination of models of agonistic democracy") |
| 2008 | Studies in Political Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand |
Work Experience | |
| since 02/2017 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Lehrstuhl für Politische Theorie mit dem Schwerpunkt Politik und Religion, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| 2011 - 2017 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Kolleg-Forschergruppe "Theoretische Grundfragen der Normenbegründung in Medizinethik und Biopolitik", Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| 2014 | Gastforscherin am Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, Großbritannien (Betreuer: Prof. Graham Smith) |
| 2010 | Student and Graduate Assistant at the Centre for Advanced Study in Bioethics, University of Münster |
| 2009 - 2010 | Student Assistant at the Institute of Political Science, University of Münster, Chair for Political Theory and Politics and Religion (Prof. Dr. Ulrich Willems) |
| 2008 | Student Assistant in the Research Project "Risk Perception in the Case of Nanotechnology: Analysis of Media Coverage", Institute of Communication Science, University of Münster (Prof. Dr. Matthias Kohring, Prof. Dr. Frank Marcinkowski) |
Publications
Prinz, Janosch; Westphal, Manon (2024) In: Political Theory, 52(1) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Westphal, Manon; Willems, Ulrich (eds.) (2023) In: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP), 26(3) Type of Publication: Special issue of a journal | |
Westphal, Manon; Willems, Ulrich (2023) In: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP), 26(3) Type of Publication: Review article (journal) | |
de Boer, Jan-Hendryk; Westphal, Manon (2023) In: Neue Politische Literatur. Berichte aus Geschichts‐ und Politikwissenschaft, 68(2) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Westphal, Manon (2023) In: Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy , 52(1) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) |
Projects
Duration: 01/01/2014 - 30/09/2018 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: DFG - Centres for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/01/2010 - 31/12/2013 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Centres for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster |
Talks
| Can the Idea of Democratic Resistance be Institutionalised? Westphal, Manon (22/11/2019) Workshop "Widerstand und Demokratie. Zur Normativität politischen Protests", Universität Wien, Wien Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Context and Critique in Realist Political Theory Westphal, Manon (10/10/2019) Workshop "Political Normativity: Realism meets Critics", University of Milan, Milan Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Uniting Through Opposition: The Chains of Equivalence Politics of the Populist Right and Its Use of Religion Westphal, Manon (06/09/2019) ECPR General Conference, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Modus Vivendi, Toleration, and the Politicised Relationship Between Liberal Democracy and its Critics Westphal, Manon (04/09/2019) ECPR General Conference, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Political Realism and Contextualism Westphal, Manon (24/06/2019) Association for Social and Political Philosophy (ASPP) 2019 Annual Conference, Newcastle University, Newcastle Type of talk: scientific talk |
Prizes
| Dissertationspreis 2019 Awarded by: Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW) Award given to: Westphal, Manon Announced at: 01/01/2020 | Date of awarding: 01/01/2020 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction |
Doctorates
| The normativity of agonistic politics. Conflict regulation and institutional design in pluralistic democracy Candidate: Westphal, Manon | Supervisors: Willems, Ulrich; Schmücker, Reinold Period of time: 01/01/2011 - 20/07/2016 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |