Zimbabwe: What if not a coup?

Was President Robert Mugabe’s forced retirement really a coup d’état in disguise? And what policies will his successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa, now offer the country? A conversation with the political scientist and expert on Africa, Martin Welz

30. October 2017

New approaches to fascism

After 100 years of research on fascism can we still learn anything new about it? Historian Sven Reichardt identifies current developments.

25. October 2017

How can the police responsibly deliver death notifications?

Training for an exceptional situation: Cultural theorist Kirsten Mahlke wants to better prepare prospective police officers for this difficult task. Here is the interview

11. October 2017

Don’t lose sight of the big picture

Anthropologist Tim Bunke went to Kenya immediately after receiving his PhD. A half year later we spoke to him about his experience.

4. October 2017

On Orchestrating Awareness. Or: Things you Really Need to Know

Ice bucket challenge, shocking pictures and a red ribbon: Melanie Brand on awareness-raising as a socio-cultural practice

25. September 2017

Saints in politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the dilemmas of political desire

Is it possible to both ‘embody the state’ and ‘do the right thing’? A commentary by Judith Beyer on OpenDemocracy.net

26. September 2017

Making regional citizens?

What are the drivers and effects of immigrant integration policy at the subnational level? Christina Zuber reports on a workshop in Konstanz

21. September 2017

American Iconoclasm: Why the broken statues shouldn’t be removed

Tearing down ‘offensive’ monuments? Keep the relics in place, but with a radical mutilation, argues historian David de Boer.

10. August 2017

Share with Whoever is Here

James Ferguson (Stanford) held the Dahrendorf Lecture 2017, in which he explored whom social obligation could – or should – address to benefit society as a whole. Refer to report

6. June 2017

Interview with Judith Beyer about her book “The force of Custom in Kyrgyzstan”

refer to podcast episode on Sean’s Russia Blog Podcast