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Countries and Regions
Democracy and Democratisation in Africa
(In-)Formal Political Institutions in Emerging Democracies
Political Representation
Parliaments in Africa
Personalization of Executive Power in Africa
Intra/inter-party competition
Sub-Sahara Africa
Ghana
South Africa
Civil-Military Relations in the Middle East and North Africa
Military Coups and Civilian Control of Armies
Authoritarian Regimes, Authoritarian Institutions
Regime Stability and Destabilization
Party Systems and Cleavages in the Middle East and North Africa
German Military Deployments in the MENA-Region and Sahel
Middle East
North Africa
Sudan
Large-scale land acquisitions
Africa
Latin America
Asia
Regional Explanations for Authoritarianism
Statethood and Political Domination in the Middle East (with a focus on Jordan and Syria)
The War in Syria
Regional Politics and the Relationship between Arabism and Islamism
Jordan
Syria
Palestine/Israel
Turkey (Near East Politics)
Resources conflicts
Religion and violent conflict
Civil–military relations
Political institutions
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mali
Niger
Chad
Botswana
International Political Economy
Energy Economics
Iran
GCC
Legitimacy in global governance
Science, experts, and politics
Nationalism and ethnicity in China
Global IR
China
East Asia
Cambodia
Kenya
World Order Narratives of the Maghreb’s Leftist Movements
States and Authoritarianism
North African Politics
Maghreb region
Morocco
Tunisia
Social Protection Systems and Labour Markets
Latin America
Mexico
Brazil
The Political Economy of AKP's Foreign Aid: A Regional Assessment of Middle East and North Africa
Middle East
North Africa
Large-scale land investments
Rural development
Socioeconomic inequalities and institutions
Liberia, Sub-Saharan Africa
Indonesia, South-East Asia
China
China
Asia
International sanctions
Persistence and change of authoritarian regimes
Legitimation of authoritarian regimes
Simbabwe
Burundi
Fiscal Federalism
Asia
Latin America
Family economics, social norms and marriage
Fertility and religion
Political representation, public policies and gender
Burkina Faso, Benin, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Uganda, Malawi
Indonesia
Saudi Foreign Policy towards Sub-Saharan Africa
Political Opposition in Authoritarian Regimes
Political Islam
International Relations of the Persian Gulf
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Cuba's Transformation: Crisis, Continuity and Change in Socialist Cuba
Latin America
Cuba
The politics of the People‘s Republic of China
Ideology and political legitimation
State-society relations in the Chinese reform period
Protection of weak groups and interests in China and Japan
Comparative research into authoritarianism
Asia-related area studies
VR China
SVR Hongkong
Kurdish Studies
Democratization & Decentralization
Security policy in & around Kurdistan
Survey data harmonization
Kurdistan
Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East and North Africa
Authoritarian learning
Legitimation of authoritarian regimes
Repression of protest movements
Algeria
Jordan
Impacts on inter-gender relations in Libya
Libya
MENA regions
Cyber-Mediation / Digital Mediation / E-Mediation in international conflicts
International conflict resolution
Mediation in inter-state and intra-state conflicts
Regional patterns and variations of mediation
Regional security architecture of the Middle East
Peace and conflict research
Middle East
Emerging Powers
International Climate Policy
Brazil
India
China
Religion
Social Identities and Social Psychology
Moral Foundations Theory
Reconciliation
Post-Conflict Societies
Africa
The Indo-Pacific as a New Strategic Space
Comparative Area Studies: Analytical and Organisational Issues
Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Island Countries
Japan
Korean peninsula
Indo-Pacific
Migration and Refugee Studies
Critical Citizenship Studies
Border Regimes
Political Agency
Civil Society Organisations
Latin America
Central America
Mexico
Economic and social impacts of land-use change and global land acquisitions
Smallholder farming systems in developing countries
Development and Agricultural Economics
Civil-military relations
Democratization
Authoritarianism
Research methods
Taiwan
South Korea
Postwar Societies
Violence and Social change
Youth
Central America
Colombia
Responses to the Belt and Road Initiative
Digital networks
Weaponized interdependence
EU and WTO trade policy
EU
China
Africa
Uganda
Informal entrepreneurship in developing countries
Structural change and its poverty and distributional implications
Natural resources, economic development and conflict
Africa
Experimental political economics: social preferences, norm-oriented behaviour, and social incentives of political decision makers
Political accountability
Corruption and abuse of power
Civic engagement and voter behaviour
Policy innovation and experimentation
Africa
Political institutions in Latin America
Presidentialism
Latin American congresses
Latin American courts
President-Congress relations; president-court relations
Latin America
Argentina
Brazil
Party systems
Sub-National Elections
Local Politics
Federalism
Democracy
Latin America, particularly Argentina and Brazil
Justice
Security
Community-building
Latin America
Brazil
Indian foreign policy
Role of identities in international relations
Media and politics
India
South Asia
Health and health systems
Antimicrobial resistance
Africa
Religion and National Identity
Marginalization and Social Inequality
Borderlands
Transitional Justice
Kinship and Ambiguous Loss
Middle East
Tunisia
Persian Gulf politics
Geopolitics
Security in the Persian Gulf
Feminist Foreign Policy
Persian Gulf
Iran and Saudi Arabia
The Politics of COVID-19 Vaccination in Central America
Latin America
International Trade
International Negotiation
Multilateralism
World Trade Organisation
Geoeconomics
Economic Statecraft
International Negotiation
Indian Foreign Policy
Rising Powers
BRICS, especially India
India
Brazil
China
Social protection mechanisms in Latin America, Asia and the Middle East during the COVID-19 pandemic
Policies on violence against women in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic
Policy efforts to eliminate child labor in Latin America
Latin America
Multipolarity, rising powers, and International Politics
Legitimacy and International Institutions
Populism and Foreign Policy
India
South Asia
Mozambique
Regional and emerging powers
Global and regional environmental politics
Global climate regime
India
BRICS
Security Sector Reforms
State Repression
Violent Democracies
Social Protest
Discursive Politics
Central America
Latin America
Large-scale land acquisitions
Rural Development
Land conflicts
Land policy in Colombia
Colombia
Inclusion of smallholder farmers in more modern and high-value markets, and the resulting effects on e.g. household welfare and productivity
Socioeconomic- and ecological trade-offs of small- and large-scale producers in Indonesia
Asia
Regional Organisations
League of Arab States & African Union
Legitimacy and Legitimation Strategies
WMD Disarmament and non-proliferation.
North Africa
Foreign direct investments
Training and job creation
Africa
Global South, in particular Africa
Democratization
Civil-Military Relations
Political Islam
Identity Politics in the Middle East
Power and Resistance
Turkey
Egypt
Democratisation in Indonesia and Malaysia
Political parties in Southeast Asia
Populism in Southeast Asia
Civil society in Indonesia and Malaysia
Southeast Asia
Indonesia
Political Institutions
Social Movements
International sanctions and interventions
Authoritarian regimes
Foreign policy and development policy
Southern Africa and East Africa
South Africa
Botswana
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Kenya
The politics of the People‘s Republic of China
E-government & e-participation
Ideology and political legitimation
Central-local relations
PR China
Innovation processes and networks in Japanese economy, science and society in international comparison
Japan
Contemporary history of Iraq (1979-2003)
Political Economy of the Middle East
Energy and food security
Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation
Gulf region
Iraq
Egypt
Syria
Ecuadorian Foreign Policy
Emerging Powers: China and Brazil
International Cooperation
South-South Cooperation, Integration and Regionalism in Latin America
Ecuador
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Countries and Regions
Security
Development
Ecological change
Middle East
Post-conflict transformation and institutional reform
Security sector reform
Peacekeeping
Peacebuilding
Regional dynamics of conflict and violence
Conflict analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa
DR Congo
Togo
Burkina Faso
International sanctions
International organisations (U.N Studies)
Authoritarian regimes
Quantitative methods
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
International and regional Oil Politics
Arab Spring
Regional Politics and Regional Powers in the Middle East
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Middle East (esp. Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria)
Political parties in India
Regional Powers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Social policies of Indian states
South Asia
India
Sri Lanka
Comparative Regional Democratization
Institutional Design in Divided Societies
South Africa
Peacekeeping in Africa
International organizations and regime complexity
Africa
Comparative research on democracy and political regimes
Authoritarianism and civil society development in Mozambique
Governance, decentralisation, civil society participation, participatory budgeting
Local government development and local economic development in South Africa and Mozambique
Main regional focus on sub-Saharan Africa
Mozambique
South Africa
Politics in Southeast Asia, especially in Indonesia, Thailand and Myanmar
Violence
Decentralization
Thailand
Indonesia
Myanmar
Comparative social policy
Democratic representation
Latin American politics
Latin America
National, regional, and sectoral systems of innovation
Large scientific infrastructures and innovation platforms
Technology transfer
China
State-building in everyday practice
Borders and borderlands
state-society relations in (post-) conflict settings
South Sudan
Central African Republic
Horn of Africa
West Africa
Africa
Conflict analyses
Civilian crisis prevention
Development theory / progress research
Comprehensive measures of societal development levels
The “good live” in the “good Society”
Strategies for fostering sustainable and egalitarian societies
Effects of global land acquisitions on economic development and the environment
Globalising agricultural markets and private governance structures
Globalisation and natural resources
Africa
Energy Policy
Climate Policy
Infrastructure Studies
Natural Resources & Resource Conflicts
(Neo)Gramscian Approaches and Hegemony Analysis
Critical Political Economy
Indonesia / Southeast Asia
Brazil / South America
Regional Powers in the Middle East
Political Islam
Egypt
Iraq
Iran
Arabian Peninsula
Urban Violence and Non State Armed Actors in Latin America
Security and Defence in South America
Armed Conflict and Peace Process in Colombia
Illegal Markets and Violence in Latin America
Latin America
The Security Paradox
The Security Arena
Local Security Studies
Restoration of State Authority
Central African Republic
Lebanon
Somalia/Somaliland
Comparative politics
Latin American politics
Gender and politics
First Lady
Presidencialism
Latin America
Chile
Global Health Governance; Schwerpunkt: WTO/TRIPS und der Zugang zu Medikamenten
Akteure, Koordination und Contestation in Global Governance
Global Environmental/ Climate Governance
Globale Normbildungsnetzwerke
Latin America
Migration Policy of EU
Persistence of Authoritarian Regimes
Militarisation
Diasporas and sanctions
Peace and conflict studies
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Djibouti
East Africa
Tanzania
Conflict and Security
South Asian Politics
Rohingya Crisis
Ethnic Violence
International Relations Theory
Researching Violence
South & Southeast Asia
International sanctions
Religion and conflict
Africa
International and Regional Organisations
African Union in Global Politics
Sociological Institutionalism
Postcolonial Theory
Africa
Energy choices for transport and cooking
Entrepreneurship, formalization and enterprise development
Financial linkages, MFIs sustainability and poverty reduction
Gender and agribusiness
Africa
Revisiting ‘Regions’ in a Changing World Order: The Case of India and the Indo-Pacific
The future of alliances in a changing world order
The rise and resurgence of regional powers in international relations
Status-seeking in world politics
Indo-Pacific
Global South
India
Transnational student mobility
Migration infrastructures
Social media
Indian middle classes
Social mobility
South Asia
Europe
Shrinking civic spaces and covid-19
Authoritarianism and democratic backsliding
Civil and political rights
Business and human rights
Accountability and transparency
International focus
Latin America
Ecuador
Political Anthropology
Civil Society
Transnationalism
Audiovisual Anthropology
West Africa
Security
Intervention norms
Responsibility to protect
Brazil
Africa
Political Islam in the Middle East and North Africa
Power and Norms in Islamist Organizations
Muslim Brotherhood in the MENA-Region and the Gulf
Hezbollah, Hamas
Lebanon
Palestinian Territories
African Union (AU)
AU Peace and Security Council (PSC)
Multilateral Diplomacy
Regional Security in Africa
Legitimation of Regional Organisations
Africa
International and regional governmental organizations in comparative perspective
EU in global regionalism
International institutional complexity
Institutional design and evolution
Legitimacy and legitimation
Diffusion theories
Latin America
Transnational Diffusion of Policing Doctrines (Europe – Maghreb Region)
New Forms of Authoritarian Practices in the MENA region
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Petro-states in world politics: foreign, security and defence policies
Venezuelan foreign policy toward great powers
Colombia-Venezuela relations
South America, especially Venezuela, Colombia, and Guyana
Petrostates (OPEC)
China’s foreign policy
Authoritarian regimes
Methods for text analysis
China
(Im)mobility in the context of conflict and war
Drivers of (forced) migration
Migration governance
Diaspora politics and transnational political participation
North Africa
Middle East
Europe
Extent, processes and effects of large-scale land acquisitions
Rural development
Agricultural transformations
Zambia
Kenya
Mali
Regional Powers
Political Institutions in Latin America
"Failed presidencies"
Transitional Justice
Argentina
Chile
Mexico
Paraguay
Critical development studies
Comparative area studies
Gender and queer theory
Qualitative methodologies
Central America
Peru
A Cross National Survey of the Reports of International Election Observation Missions in Africa
Policies Tackling Electoral Violence in Africa
Evolution of Political Institutions in Africa
Africa
Nigeria
Global Value Chains and Sustainability
Africa
Migration policies
Diaspora engagement
Political representation
Migration data
Latin America
Comparative migration and citizenship policies in Latin America, Asia and Europe
Representation and participation of migrants across democracies in the world
Diaspora politics and policies
Political transnationalism
North-South relations with regard to migration policies
Mexican politics
Latin America
Mexico
Behavioral development economics
Employment and entrepreneurship
Informal sector
Common-pool resource management
Microfinance
Nepotism and leadership
Religion and development
Southern Africa
Uganda
Poverty and Inequality
Education and teacher performance pay
Social consequences of disabilities
Discrimination in labor markets
Discrimination in access to schooling
Indonesia
India
Political Islam (in particular Salafism)
Social movements
Gramscian theory
Arab Middle East, in particular the Levant
Environmental and development economics
Poverty reduction and low carbon economic development
Sub-Saharan Africa
Business behavior in contexts of armed conflict and peacebuilding
Relationship between legal resources
Armed conflict and crime
Dynamics of transitional justice and reconciliation
Regional Organisation
Legitimacy and Legitimation Strategies
Human Rights
Tunisia
Lebanon
League of Arab States
Legitimacy and legitimation of international organizations
Politicization of international institutions
Change and Empowerment of International Organiztions
Latin America
The link between class and political attitudes
Different approaches to defining the middle class
The labour market as a transmission channel from growth to household welfare outcomes
Ex-ante evaluation of alternative policy and growth scenarios to access their potential for poverty and inequality reduction
Brazil
South Africa
Development of Chinese markets for natural resources, esp. mineral resources
Natural resources production and trade flows in Northeast and Southeast Asia
Electric batteries supply chains in China
China
Comparing innovation systems and policies in China, India and Southeast Asia
Research Cooperation between Europe and Southeast Asia
Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investments
High-Skilled Labour Migration: Brain Ciruculation between Asia and Europe
China’s Economic Transition
PR China
SAR Hong Kong
Fiscal Federalism: Theory and Practice
Distributive Fiscal Politics
Multi-level Politics and Party System Change
Foreign Relations of Subnational Units
Federalism and Disaster Management
India
South Asia
Mass-elite representation gap in old and new democracies, with specific focus on causes, measurement strategies, and normative implications
Comparative welfare states of OECD countries, with special focus on East Asian countries
Gender Politics of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, with special focus on legislative politics
Multi-methods, with special focus on social network analysis and media content analysis
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
Activities of UN peace operations
UN peacebuilding at the local level
Restrictions against civil society organizations, shrinking civic space
Quantitative methods and quantitative text analysis
Cote d'Ivoire
China's foreign policy
Civil society policies and theory in China
Authoritarianism
China
East Asia
War-to-peace transitions
Ceasefires
Political order
Local rebel governance
Legal systems
Syria
Legitimacy of state and non-state actors
Politics and religion
(Limited) statehood
Local security perceptions
Terrorism
Sahel region
Nigeria
Liberia
Libya
Post-conflict transitional governments
Institutional reform in post-conflict societies
Security Sector Reform (SSR)
Quantitative and qualitative methods
Nepal
Comparative Study of Democracy / Regime Research
Political role of constitutional courts
Institutions in processes of democratization
Parties, party systems and elections in Africa
Francophone West Africa, particularly Benin, Burkina Faso, Togo and Rwanda
Political psychology in peace processes
Political leadership and decision-making
Emotions in Peace and Conflict Studies
Africa (mainly South Africa)
Latin America (mainly Colombia)
Political attitudes and behaviour in autocracies
Contentious politics in the Middle East and North Africa
Authoritarian regimes and international cooperation
Empirical research methods
Maghreb
Morocco
Egypt
The role of courts in the political system
Judicial legitimacy
Courts and the public
Judicial independence in new democracies, especially Latin America
Development of democracy in Paraguay
Latin America
Paraguay
Social and ecological sustainability of cocoa cultivation (Indonesia)
Income Distribution (between Capital and Labor), International Capital Flows and Inequality
Indonesia
Narratives and local order in counterinsurgency/ceasefires
Armed Order-Making in Northeast India
Comparing Order and Knowledge across Counterinsurgencies
Rebel Ordering and Governance
India
Northeast India
South Asia
GCC Narratives of World Order
The GCC (Saudi, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates)
Iraq
Jordan
Comparative Democratization: Latin American Politics and Mexican Politics
Researcher in the Europe-Cuba Forum Network
Latin America
Mexico
Civil society action in Southeast Asia
Comparison of authoritarian regimes
Vietnam
Power-sharing
Post-conflict reforms
Civil society
Legitimacy and representation in peace negotiations
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Countries and Regions
Occupational Health
Health Statistics
Japan
International Aid Architecture
Official Development Assistance
European Development Policy
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