Current Fellows' research
- GENEX: Practicing Gender in EU External RelationsThe EU often seeks to project its internal identity as a gender equal polity in its external relations normative and policy frameworks. The implementation of these frameworks, however, are dependent on specific knowledge and processes that emerge from the local contexts of the implementers.
- Beautiful but Useful: An Anthropology of Aesthetic Materialism / Postcolonies of Communism: Soviet Pasts in the Afterlife of EmpireDuring his stay at IWM, Serguei Oushakine plans to work on two book-length projects. One of them is a book on the material production of personal living space in the late Soviet Union.
- "Aus dem Schatten der Geschichte heraustreten:" Das aktuelle Vermächtnis der DissidenzRadka Denemarkovás bislang letzter Roman "Stunden aus Blei" beschäftigt sich eindringlich mit den gegenwärtigen gesellschaftlichen und politischen Entwicklungen in China. Im Hintergrund spielen jedoch die mitteleuropäischen Erfahrungen des 20.
- Understanding and Evaluating Machine Learning ErrorsNowadays, machine learning (ML) models are evaluated based on their success. For example, a good model has an accuracy of over 90%. However, less attention is paid to the impact of the errors.
- Value Polytheism during the Pandemic: Philosophical Questions on Value Problems in Light of Recent EventsYannis Ktenas’s research program uses the Weberian concept of “value polytheism” to examine the ethico-political debates around the Coronavirus pandemic.
- Dreaming of Europe: Refugees and the Old ContinentRandall Hansen’s book will examine the work-refugee nexus in Europe. Focusing on five cities––Rome, Vienna, Paris, Berlin, and London––the book will explore refugee journeys to, hopes for, and lives in these five European capitals.
Jobs and Open Calls
The Most Documented War. Symposium for Documentation and Archiving Initiatives
24.03.2023
Deadline for Application: 18 April 2023
ERC Mentoring Initiative - Call for Applications
09.03.2023
Deadline for Application:
19 May 2023
News
- "Dialogues for Tomorrow" - Recording Now Available28.03.2023On 15 March, this year's first event in the Dialogues for Tomorrow series took place at the AIL – Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab.
- The Most Documented War. Symposium for Documentation and Archiving Initiatives24.03.2023We are inviting individual and collective projects, regardless of discipline or methodology, to participate in The Most Documented War. Symposium for Documentation and Archiving Initiatives that will take…
- Timothy Snyder’s Testimony to the United Nations Security Council on Russian Hate Speech17.03.2023On 14 March 2023, IWM Permanent Fellow Timothy Snyder participated in a session called by the Russian Federation to discuss "russophobia" in which he provided a briefing to the United Nations Security Council.…
Upcoming events
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Upcoming events
- Seminars and ColloquiaCET
- LectureCET
- Panels and DiscussionsCET
- Conferences and WorkshopsCET
News
- "Dialogues for Tomorrow" - Recording Now Available28.03.2023On 15 March, this year's first event in the Dialogues for Tomorrow series took place at the AIL – Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab.
- The Most Documented War. Symposium for Documentation and Archiving Initiatives24.03.2023We are inviting individual and collective projects, regardless of discipline or methodology, to participate in The Most Documented War. Symposium for Documentation and Archiving Initiatives that will take…
- Timothy Snyder’s Testimony to the United Nations Security Council on Russian Hate Speech17.03.2023On 14 March 2023, IWM Permanent Fellow Timothy Snyder participated in a session called by the Russian Federation to discuss "russophobia" in which he provided a briefing to the United Nations Security Council.…
Current Fellows' research
- Power of Tech Companies and Artificial Intelligence in Directing the Public: Recommender Algorithms as Public Good and Virtual Identity as Human RightBoth tech companies and AI algorithms exercise an immense power in today’s global interconnected world, which is based on big data and the digital footprints of online users.
- Influence of Chinese Development Assistance on Democratic Institutions in Europe: A Case Study of SerbiaChina's foreign aid agenda is based on mutually beneficial cooperation with developing countries and is mostly realized through loan schemes with high-interest rates.
- Kateryna Sergatskova: Прощай, "Исламское Государство": остается только будущее. Истории террористов Восточной Европы [Goodbye, ISIS: Only the Future Remains. Stories from of Eastern European Terrorists] (RUS > ENG)This book describes how people from across the post-Soviet space became involved in the so-called Islamic State. Ukrainian journalist Kateryna Sergatskova spent years interviewing women who were married to militants, as well as militants themselves and the people who radicalized them.
- "Aus dem Schatten der Geschichte heraustreten:" Das aktuelle Vermächtnis der DissidenzRadka Denemarkovás bislang letzter Roman "Stunden aus Blei" beschäftigt sich eindringlich mit den gegenwärtigen gesellschaftlichen und politischen Entwicklungen in China. Im Hintergrund spielen jedoch die mitteleuropäischen Erfahrungen des 20.
- National Identity in War-Torn UkraineThis project examines how Russia's full-blown invasion of Ukraine has affected the salience and content of Ukrainian national identity. It is based on data from a nationwide survey and a series of focus group discussions in different parts of the country.
- Russia’s Church Under PutinThe invasion of Ukraine has become a holy war for Russia. At the outset, some hoped Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, would call for peace. Instead, he told Russian troops, committing daily atrocities in Ukraine, that God is on their side.
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