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Ausschreibungen | Announcements

University assistant (predoctoral) at the Department of Political Science

The Department of Political Science announces a job vacancy for a university assistant (predoctoral), starting on 1 December 2026. Working hours: 30 hours per week. Classification in accordance with the CBA. Application deadline: 10 July 2026.

Publikationen | Publications

Trust, infrastructure and sociopolitics in online drug markets: an exploratory socio-technical analysis of cryptomarket uptake in Europe and Latin America

In the journal "Trends in Organized Crime", Tobias Boos and colleagues examine why cryptomarkets have flourished in Europe while remaining marginal in the traditional drug-producing region of Latin America.

Publikationen | Publications

Charisma without routinization, or how tech entrepreneurs turn into tech oligarchs

In a new article in the journal "Science as Culture", Dmitrii M. Zhikharevich and Vassily Pigounidès argue that tech oligarchy is not simply a matter of political influence or infrastructural power, but is the outcome of a broader process of...

Publikationen | Publications

Uncertainty, (de)valuation, and the limits of legal calculability: litigating vaccine injury in American torts

In the journal "Transnational Legal Theory", Dmitrii M. Zhikharevich and Katharina T. Paul analyse vaccine injury litigation in the U.S. before the introduction of a federal compensation scheme in 1986. Using this case study, they show how law does...

Publikationen | Publications

Reimagining environmental science & policy: From emerging themes of plurality, justice, and sense-making to future research directions

In the Journal "Environmental Science & Policy" Alice Vadrot and colleagues from the editorial board, which she will join in July, are investigating the shifting conditions at the environmental science–policy interface in recent years.

Publikationen | Publications

Studying International Organizations in Turbulent Times – new challenges and chances

Arne Langlet-Uranüs, David Gazsi, Emil Wieringa Hildebrand, Wenwen Lyu and colleagues report on an EPRG workshop that explored how research can help us better understand and address current challenges.

Auszeichnungen | Awards

Ivan Josipovic receives sowi:doc Award 2025

Each year, the Faculty of Social Sciences awards the sowi:doc Awards to doctoral graduates for their outstanding research contributions in the framework of their doctoral thesis. Ivan Josipovic is one of the awardees for the 2024/25 academic year.

Publikationen | Publications

Interoperability: A Paradigm Shift in EU Counterterrorism?

In their new article, published in the journal "Studies in Conflict & Terrorism", Christine Gajo (EIF) and Oldrich Bures present the findings of a study on information sharing in the context of counterterrorism.

Publikationen | Publications

EU political structuring during the 'social turn' (2014–2024)

Beatrice Carella (EIF) has published a new article in the "Journal of European Public Policy", together with Maurizio Ferrera and David Caprioglio.

Neuigkeiten | News

Valuing nature: implications for EU governance

The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), which is chaired by Barbara Prainsack, has published an opinion in which the experts call for placing ecological sustainability at the core of EU policies.

Publikationen | Publications

The single market and environmental policy: Catalysts and constraints

Henning Deters and Sebastian Heidebrecht (EIF) have contributed a book chapter to "De Gruyter handbook on European Union environmental policy", edited by Anthony R. Zito and Ekaterina Domorenok.

Publikationen | Publications

Social Europe after the European Pillar of Social Rights: The role of political dynamics in expanding the social dimension of European integration

A contribution by Beatrice Carella (EIF) has now been published in the book "A research agenda for European Union politics" edited by José M. Magone.

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