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Sabine Carey redete mit ca. 80 Jugendlichen von Gymnasien aus der Rhein-Neckar Region über die Eskalation von Kriegen, wieso es zu Kriegen kommt und wie man das Risiko von Kriegsausbrüchen verringern kann. Die Vorlesung war Teil der Aktion “Mehr WISSENschaft” der Universität Mannheim.

Sabine Carey has been voted onto the Council of the Peace Science Society. Her four-year term starts in the summer 2024.

Sabine Carey presented her ongoing work at the Politics Lecture Series at the Humboldt University Berlin. She also met with PhD students and postdocs to talk about their research.

Sabine Carey and Jürgen Brandsch have published a new article on how living near different boundary lines affects perceptions of security and preferences towards dealing with a significantly stronger neighbour. Using novel survey data, they show that ambiguous borderlines are linked with greater ...

Marie-Therese Meye presented her seminar concept for which she received the GESS Teaching Award 2023 at the “Gallery of Good Teaching” as part of the University’s “Day of Teaching 2024” on 16 May 2024.

Marie-Therese Meye participated in a workshop at the Department of Government at Uppsala University, held on 20 May 2024. The workshop was organized by Emma Elfversson and Ivan Gusic. Marie-Therese presented a paper investigating the short-term consequences of political assassinations of opposition ...

Sabine Carey is participating in a workshop organized by the Centre for the Study of Illicit Economies, Violence and Development (CIVAD) at SOAS University of London, and the Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC-ACE) Research Programme early May, focusing on the role of ...

Read Amelie Freiberg's post on the Civil War Paths blog about political education in rebel groups.

From 10–12 April 2024 we are holding a workshop at the MZES as part of our DFG-funded project on support for human rights. At this workshop the project team (Sabine Carey (University of Mannheim), Katrin Paula (TUM), Rob Johns (University of Southampton), Nadine O’Shea (TUM) ) presents the research ...

Amelie Freiberg will participate at the International Studies Association Annual Convention 2024 April 3rd – 6th 2024 in San Francisco, USA.  She will present her research “How Rebel Groups Socialize: Introducing the Socialisation & Political Education in Rebel Groups (SOPERG) Data Project”.  ...