Guest lecture: What Makes a Good Military? Normative Evaluation and Institutional Design

On 15.12.2026 (18-19.30h | KGA-106) Dr. Sven Altenburger from the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford will join us for a guest lecture.

His lecture “What Makes a Good Military? Normative Evaluation and Institutional Design” addresses the normative evaluation and institutional design of the military in democratic societies. Its main focus is on questions of civil-military relations, normative standards for assessing military institutions, and the institutional preconditions for a democratically accountable military. All those interested are warmly invited.