Emotional utopias-
how does emotional security strengthen our democracy?
Democracy needs trust. But how can it be established? Marie-Luise Hünerbein (EvH Bochum) asks what a democracy that focuses on people’s emotional security might look like.
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16.
April
2026
16. April 2026 – 16. April 2026
18:00 – 19:00
Querenburg Public Library, Querenburger Höhe 270, 44801 Bochum
Free
Speaker: Marie-Luise Hünerbein (EvH Bochum)
Emotional security is more than a personal need—it is a social and democratic resource. When people feel secure, seen, and connected to one another, the foundation for trust, participation, and co-creation is created.
Marie–Luise Hünerbein highlights how responding to human needs can promote social stability. As a certified special education teacher, she asks: What could a democracy look like that does not leave emotional security to chance, but understands it as the basis of its cohesion?
This event is part of the lecture series “Wissensrunde Utopien” (Knowledge Roundtable Utopias) organized by vhs, the city library, and UniverCity Bochum e.V. on the way to the House of Knowledge.
Registration facilitates planning but is not required for participation.
Knowledge roundtable on utopias: How do we want to live in the future?
The event is part of our event series: Wissensrunde! In order to address current topics, UniverCity
Bochum e.V., vhs Bochum, and the city library have launched the “Wissensrunde” event series. Almost every month,
people from the Bochum scientific community are invited to give insights into their research and engage in conversation with the audience.
In 2026, the answer is: utopias! How do we want to live in the future? Between the climate crisis, AI, and challenges to democracy and cohesion, this question is becoming increasingly urgent. Utopian visions of the future often seem further away than ever before. That’s exactly what we want to change with our lecture series Knowledge Roundtable Utopias!
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