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Dr. Berit Ebert

Berit Ebert specializes in European Union law with a focus on gender equality. She received her master’s (2006) and doctoral degrees (2012) in political science from Aachen University, and a master’s degree in European studies (2007) from Vienna University. Her research interests lie at the intersection of gender equity and the rule of law, the judicial reform in Poland, and subnational influence on supranational policymaking. She is the author of Wie Europa Zeus bändigte. Transnationalität im Gleichstellungsrecht der Europäischen Union (Tectum/Nomos, 2021), which elaborates on the impact of EU citizens on the development of the Union’s gender equality framework. Her articles appeared in Democracy SOS, the Open Gender Journal, The Berlin Journal, and the blog History|Sexuality|Law. Recent articles are “Elections in Poland, with democracy hanging in the balance” (Democracy SOS, 2023) and “Gender Equality und Rechtsstaatlichkeit in der EU. Die polnische Justizreform” (Open Gender Journal, 2022). Ebert contributed the chapter "International Investment Treaties and the Promotion of Gender Equality" to the forthcoming Open-Source Textbook International Investment Law and Investor-State Dispute Settlement. Ebert is also the Director of Public Programs and Strategic Initiatives at Bard College Berlin. Previously, she served as Vice President of Programs at the American Academy in Berlin. She was affiliated with UNESCO in South Africa and the Committee for Foreign Affairs at the Deutsche Bundestag.

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Prof. Dr. Boris Vormann

Boris Vormann is Professor of Politics and Director of the Politics Concentration at Bard College Berlin. He is also an associated researcher at the Chaire de Recherche du Canada en Études Québécoises et Canadiennes at the Université du Québec à Montréal, and serves on the editorial board of American Studies/Amerikastudien, A Quarterly. Vormann has held visiting positions at the CUNY Graduate Center, Harvard University, Sciences Po Paris, and New York University. His research and teaching lie at the intersection of comparative politics and economic geography and focus on the role of the state in globalization and urbanization processes; nations and nationalism; and the crisis of democracy. Vormann is a regular commentator on public policy debates for different media outlets (including The Economist, Deutsche Welle, Tagesschau, and Deutschlandfunk). Recent books include the monograph Democracy in Crisis: The Neoliberal Roots of Popular Unrest with Christian Lammert (Pennsylvania University Press, 2019), the co-edited volume The Emergence of Illiberalism: Understanding a Global Phenomenon with Michael Weinman (Routledge, 2021), and the monograph Legitimizing Authority: American Government and the Promise of Equality co-authored with Christian Lammert and translated by Susan H. Gillespie (Routledge, 2024).