HPS³ Seminar with Carla Winston- The Evolution of Transitional Justice

The seminar will be held in English.

The Hamburg Political Science Seminar Series (HPS³) features international speakers presenting cutting-edge research in all subfields of political science.

We welcome on

Tuesday, December 01, 2026 - 18:00-19:30 CET in Allende-Platz 1 (AP 1) Room 104

Carla Winston (University of Melbourne) 

Title: The Evolution of Transitional Justice: The Role of Creativity in Structure-Agent Coevolution

Abstract:
How do norm clusters (structures) and fields of practice (agents) relate to one another, and how can they evolve across time and space? This excerpt from a larger book project on transitional justice – how societies address legacies of severe or widespread human rights violations – examines the interplay between structures, agents, decision-making, precedent, innovation, and acceptance or rejection by the community. It interrogates the place and role of creativity in that process: how do actors work with what has come before to make something (more or less) new, and what happens to the menu of options for the next entrant into the field? The theory is demonstrated by variety of quantitative and qualitative analyses, using existing and newly collected data, showing the co-evolution of transitional justice as both a field of practice and a norm cluster.

The HPS³ seminars take place in person at the UHH. Please find the preliminary program (pdf) on the HPS³ Website.

We invite everyone interested to attend the HPS Seminar Series and are looking forward to seeing you. 

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