Research projects

re:demo - Promoting dialog and strengthening community/ Podpora dialogu a posílení komunity

RE:DEMO is a a German-Czech teaching and research project on cross-border democracy promotion. It is a cooperative effort between the TUD Dresden University of Technology, Institute of Political Science, the Univerzita J.E. Purkyné Usti nad Labem, Katedra politologie, the Euroregion Erzgebirge, and Aktion Zivilcourage e.V.

Research project "Violence and Transformation: The Political Economy of Russia's War against Ukraine"

In this pilot research project, funded by the German Foundation for Peace Research, Ivan Bakalov investigates how the war against Ukraine is transforming the state-society complex in Russia. The project opens new research avenues by proposing an original framework for understanding the relationship between violence and political economy.

Research project "Frames in Production: Actors, Networks, Diffusion (FRAMENET)" - with Canada and the UK

In the trinational research project FRAMENET, Prof Anna Holzscheiter collaborates with researchers from the United Kingdom (Prof Özlem Atikcan/Warwick, Prof Philip Leifeld/Essex, Dr Tim Henrichsen/Birmingham, Dr Kerem Öge/Warwick) and Canada (Prof Jean Frédéric Morin). The project is also supported by Prof Clara Brandi from the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS). FRAMENET is funded through an ORA-grant (Open Research Area) by the ESRC in the United Kingdom, the DFG in Germany, and the SSHRC in Canada.

Research Project “De-Centering Human Rights: Liberalism, Human Rights, and the Global South” 

The project is led by Prof Dr Anna Holzscheiter, together with Prof Dr Tobias Berger and Prof Dr Thomas Risse. It is part of SCRIPTS, a cluster of excellence based at Freie Universität Berlin.

Research project "Youth representation in global politics" - with Linköping University (Sweden)

The research project was led by Prof Anna Holzscheiter in collaboration with Prof Jonathan Josefsson and Prof Eva Lövbrand (both from Linköping University, Sweden). It was funded by the Swedish Riksbankens Jubileumsfond.