Interview: Why European Studies matter (to me)
Currently, polarization and radicalization of our societies is among the most pressing and worrying developments of our time. Last month I talked about my motivation […]
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The escalation of the U.S.A – Iran conflict: My take in Milénio Stadium
The Luso-Canadian media network MDC included my take on the recent tragedy of the death of 176 aircraft passengers in the middle of the U.S.-Iran […]
Remembering Raqqa – Memories of a violent order (ECPR General Conference, Poland)
I am looking forward to be joining the „Annual General ECPR Conference“ again. Social Scientists from all over Europe will be meeting in Wroclaw (Breslau) […]
The Center for Global Studies: Bridging the Global and the Local
It’s early February and I have returned to my alma mater once more: For six weeks I’ll be back at the Center for Global Studies, […]
Field Trip to Al-Azraq Refugee Camp, Jordan
From October 10th to October 28th 2018, I conducted a field trip to Al-Azraq Refugee Camp in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. My colleague Dr. […]
Boundless Community: Debating Daesh’s Caliphate at Queen’s University Belfast
I can’t waint to travel to the first joint annual conference between the BASR and Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions (ISASR) to be […]
Functional Logics of Political Violence at the ECPR in Hamburg
After a couple of months of preparation Michael, Sebastian and I were able to host a great panel at the ECPR in Hamburg under the […]
Transnational Relations between Eastern Europe/USSR and the Middle East: New Perspectives on the Cold War
From February 22nd to February 23rd the University of Geneva hosted an inspiring, interdisciplinary workshop to bring together fresh and unconventional voices on the relationship […]
CfP – Functional logics of political violence – ECPR Hamburg 2018: Political Violence Section
Dear colleagues, We are organizing a panel on the “Functional logics of political violence” at the next ECPR General Conference in Hamburg (see abstract below). […]
New Publication: Terror or Terrorism? The “Islamic State” Between State and Nonstate Violence
Terror or terrorism? The „Islamic State“ between state and nonstate violence. In: Digest of Middle East studies. 26(2017),2; S. 442-462