The InIIS is a research institution for political science at the department for social sciences (Fachbereich 8) at the University Bremen and one of the fundamental institutions of the Bremen Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) und the master programme International Relations. The InIIS links the research fields "International Relations" and "European Policy" with "Political Theory". With its transnational research profile it represents a core area of the department for social science’s activities in research and teaching. Read more (German)
The university has been put into an emergency operation mode. Therefore the InIIS will be closed until further notice. The employees can no longer be reached by telephone. Please contact us by email. However, you must expect delays in replying. All e-mail addresses of InIIS members can be found on the page persons. Read more ...
The InIIS Newsletter 11 reports, among others, on research trips to Malaysia, Tanzania and Uganda. Who is coming? Who leaves? The newsletter can be downloaded as PDF. Read more ...
This section seeks to highlight changes and continuities of internationalised welfare. It is therefore structured in a historical order that connects the past, present, and future. With this call we are inviting paper proposals in particular relating to the following panels: - Imperial, Late Imperial and Post-Imperial Welfare Politics in the Global South - Welfare in the Post-colony: Between Popular Contention, Statebuilding and Internationalisation - Beyond Capital IR – Studying Social Questions in the Countryside - Climate Change and Poverty: Vulnerable Populations, Human Security & Social Justice. Please submit your paper proposal through the EISA-PEC online platform until March 16, 2020. Read more ...
Protests in Africa have starkly increased over the past decade. Widespread protests challenge governments and their policies. This panel asks: What have protest movements achieved so far? What are the compositions of current movements? What lessons can be drawn from movements in the South for social movement theory? Julian Friesinger (InIIS) and Lisa Mueller (Macalester College, Saint Paul) expect both comparative analyses and in-depth case studies. Moreover, we invite contributions looking at the micro- and meso-level, studying the processes of coalition building. Deadline is 15.03.2020. The conference "Africa Challenge" is an event of the African Studies Association in Germany (VAD e.V.). Read more ...
In addition to articles on key concepts and contributions on the history of ideas and important controversies, the handbook also contains portraits of influential representatives of radical democratic theory.
Special Section of "The Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding" (Vol 13:4), with an introduction by Alex Veit: "Feminism in the Humanitarian Machine" and article by Alex Veit and Lisa Tschörner: "Creative appropriation: academic knowledge and interventions against sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo"
This book argues that the implications of the supremacy and direct effect of the EU Treaty have still been overlooked.
Roy Karadag constantly comments on developments in Turkey and the situation of the population with Turkish roots in Germany
Special Section published in the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
