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Scholar Helga Nowotny Awarded Yehuda Elkana Fellowship
Helga Nowotny is one of the most prominent scholars in science studies worldwide, an area that counted Yehuda Elkana as one of its pioneers and promoters. For several decades she has been one of the most influential institution builders in European…
Rektorin Shalini Randeria fragt “Wer ist das Volk?” in der Zeit Online
IWM Rektorin Shalini Randeria hat einen Artikel in der Zeitung "Die Zeit" veröffentlicht, in welchem sie den Begriff und die Entwicklung des “sanften” Autoritarismus anhand konkreter Beispiele betroffener Staaten…
New Blog from our Podcast Partner
While we are currently recording the second season of our Democracy in Question podcast, the Research Group on Soft Authoritarianisms, our partner at Bremen University, initiated a blog series with commentaries on podcast episodes, …
Germany Needs Change. Europe Needs Integration.
Europe's Futures Visiting Fellow, Judy Dempsey, in this post, discusses the current political situation in Germany, and its outlook for the future of Europe.
In Memoriam Marcin Król (1944-2020)
"We were stupid."
Marcin Król interviewed by Grzegorz Sroczyński, 7 February 2014, Gazeta Wyborcza, excerpted.
Translation by Timothy Snyder.
Welcome to the new IWM website
The IWM aims to promote intellectual exchange across disciplines and regions, between academia and society, between experts and a variety of publics. Our new website offers a window into life at the IWM and brings you insights into the work…
Introducing our fellows arriving in April
In April we welcome five new fellows to the IWM. Read on for more information about their projects, affiliations and their associated programs.
In fremden Städten bleiben
Erinnerung an Adam Zagajewski
(Lemberg/Lviv 1945 – Krakau/Craców 2021)
Die Impfung – ein knappes Gut? Europa im Diskurs-Debatte
Der Theatersaal des Burgtheaters musste nicht nur zum Bedauern von Direktor Martin Kušej erneut leer bleiben – doch virtuell verfolgten am Sonntagvormittag zahlreiche Zuschauer*innen die Europa im Diskurs-Debatte zum Thema…
Call for Applications for Global Protection of Refugees and Migrants Workshop
Applications are now open for the 2021 Annual Research and Orientation Workshop on Global Protection of Refugees and Migrants.
IWM Visiting Fellow Comments on Lukashenko’s Cultural Activist Crackdown
Last week, the largest newspaper in Poland Gazeta Wyborcza published an article by our current Visiting Fellow Felix Ackermann about the ongoing repression of the cultural activists in Belarus.
Rector Randeria Asking Is Facebook a Danger to Democracy?
Shalini Randeria on a Swiss Broadcasting Corporation podcast tackling whether the information sharing has become a democracy and to human rights?