Guest Lecture: Public Communication and Constitutional Protection

25. Feb

On 25 February 2026, Professor Antje von Ungern-Sternberg will deliver a guest lecture at the Joachim Herz Doctoral School on the topic of 

'Public Communication and Constitutional Protection'.

Professor von Ungern-Sternberg has examined a 2025 ruling by the Rhineland-Palatinate State Constitutional Court (link), drawing conclusions about how governments at state and federal levels may express themselves regarding constitutional parties and the limits of public relations work by public authorities.

Professor von Ungern-Sternberg is a professor of German and foreign public law, state church law and international law at the University of Trier, where she is also the director of the Institutes for Law and Digitalisation (link) and Legal Policy (link).

The lecture will be held digitally and in German.

If you are interested in participating, please register in advance by email.