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On the 18th of May, the Equal Partnerships Project organizes a migration workshop at Africities. The workshop brings together local, national and international actors to discuss opportunities for multi-stakeholder partnerships addressing mixed migration in African intermediary cities. Details: ...

Dr Eva Seiwert has been appointed Associate Research Fellow at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. As part of the one-year Fellowship, she will continue her research on China’s influence in Central Asia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. For more information on the Fellowship and Dr Seiwert’s proje...

Academic freedom is a universal human right. Yet, the 2022-release of the Academic Freedom Index (AFI) reveals that almost two out of five people worldwide live in countries where academic freedom has declined substantially over the past ten years. Countries with such declines in academic freedom in...

War made the state, and the state made war” is Charles Tilly’s famous dictum that has become highly influential both in comparative macrosociology and in International Relations. However, its applicability to warfare in the Global South is controversial. While some argue that the relationship remain...

Interested in studying human rights? Look no further! We run an international, interdisciplinary MA programme covering human rights in their legal, political and philosophical dimensions. See our call for applications and visit our website to find out more about the programme, and meet our teachers ...

One year after the military coup in Myanmar the Institute of Political Science is organizing together with the Standards of Decision-Making Across Cultures (SDAC) the Symposium „Hard Choices for the Democracy Movement in Myanmar and for the Myanmar Diaspora“. More information about participation ...