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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”.  ...

Sabine Carey will participate at the Workshop “Wissenschaft meets Außenpolitik” Deutsche Außenpolitik aus der Sicht der Internationalen Beziehungen on 21/22 March 2024. She will contribute to a panel on civil war and fragile states. The workshop is jointly organized by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für ...

Sabine Carey will give a guest lecture at the Challenges in Advanced Democracies (CHAD) Research Group at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, on 6th March 2024. She will present her work on perceptions of the police in Northern Ireland, co-authored with Marcela Ibanez ...

Marie-Therese Meye participated in the workshop „Political Violence in Democracies“ at the University of Amsterdam, held on 5–6 February 2024. The workshop was organized by Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad, and Andrea Ruggeri. The workshop’s aim is to challenge prevailing prescriptive views on the ...