Is It Still Worth Fighting for Something?

Two people are sitting on a sofa on a stage in front of an audience. To their left is a large screen displaying the words “W:51:Wortwechsel” in purple and blue.

Christin Stühlen at Wortwechsel at the Junges Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Photo: Lukas Anton.

Christin Stühlen at Wortwechsel at the Junges Staatstheater Wiesbaden

Christin Stühlen, Doctoral Researcher in the Research Department Intra­state Conflict, partici­pated as an expert at the kickoff event for the “Wort­wechsel” discussion series at the Junges Staats­theater Wiesbaden on September 17, 2026.

Moderated by teacher and con­tent creator Svenja Post, she dis­cussed the question “Is it still worth fighting for some­thing?” with students from the Oranien­schule and the Theodor-Fliedner-Gymnasium. Against the backdrop of world­wide Gen Z protests for social justice and climate protec­tion, the young people grappled with feelings of resig­nation in the face of seemingly unstop­pable global crises, such as climate change.

Christin Stühlen con­tributed her expertise in social move­ment research and socio-ecological trans­formation to the discussion.

The event accompanied the pro­duction “Am Samstag gehen die Mädchen in den Wald und jagen Sachen in die Luft” at the Staats­theater Wiesbaden and was a colla­boration with the Hessian State Agency for Civic Education.