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Call for Papers

Call for Papers – Workshop: Immunity and Resistance – (re)valuing vaccines and antibiotics in the shifting terrains of global health

This call invites critical contributions from the social sciences and humanities to a workshop (15-16 December 2025) themed ‘immunity and resistance’....

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Call for Abstracts - Workshop: Discursive and Epistemic Selectivity in Global Environmental Negotiations

Abstracts for a workshop with Colin Hay and Alice Vadrot on 23 January 2026 can be submitted until 20 October 2025 (maximum 300 words).

Publikationen | Publications

BBNJ PrepCom II: Are We Any Closer to an Operational Agreement?

Wenwen Lyu has written a blog post on the second meeting of the Preparatory Commission (PrepCom II) of the UN Agreement on Biodiversity Beyond...

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Parasitical Solidarity. A Conceptual Framework for Analysing the Misappropriation of Solidarity

Elias Weiss has published a new article in The Annual Review for the Sciences of the Democracies. In his article he examines the concept of...

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Why the Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations in Geneva Failed

Felix Nütz has written a blog post on the global plastics treaty negotiations in Geneva: What was the plan, how did the negotiations unfold, how did...

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"It has to somehow permeate to the public": expert views on the solidaristic potential of Israel’s National genomic biobank initiative

Elias Weiss, together with colleagues, has published a new article in Social Theory & Health. In the article they assess the potential of establishing...

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New rules are required for WHO’s engagement with Big Tech

Barbara Prainsack, together with Ilona Kickbusch and Louise Holly, has published a new article in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). In the article...

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Structural limitations of the decarbonization state

Ulrich Brand, Alina Brad and Gabriel Eyselein, together with Daniel Hausknost, Mathias Krams, Danyal Maneka, Melanie Pichler and Etienne Schneider,...

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Happy 30th, ISA. Time to rethink your priorities? – A researcher’s report on the International Seabed Authority’s 30th Session

Emil W. Hildebrand has written a blog post on the 30th Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Kingston, Jamaica. His report gives us...

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