Past Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Dialogues for Tomorrow: Russia – A Society in Meltdown	Wed, 15.03.2023	Panels and Discussions	Philipp BlomNina Khrushcheva	Dialogues for Tomorrow: Russia – A Society in Meltdown Wed, 15.03.2023 Speakers: Philipp BlomNina Khrushcheva Series: Panels and Discussions Philipp Blom and political scientist Nina Khrushcheva in Conversation Sequel of our discussion series Dialogues for Tomorrow. This semester historian, journalist, and author Philipp Blom invites renowned, innovative, intelligent, and provocative international guests to talk about transformation, reasonable change, necessary steps, and new conceptual spaces. Read more
Dialogues for Tomorrow: Russia – A Society in Meltdown Wed, 15.03.2023 Speakers: Philipp BlomNina Khrushcheva Series: Panels and Discussions Philipp Blom and political scientist Nina Khrushcheva in Conversation Sequel of our discussion series Dialogues for Tomorrow. This semester historian, journalist, and author Philipp Blom invites renowned, innovative, intelligent, and provocative international guests to talk about transformation, reasonable change, necessary steps, and new conceptual spaces. Read more
	Contradictions in the Governance of Environmental Mobility: Evidence from African Cities	Mon, 13.03.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Achilles Kallergis Ayşe Çağlar	Contradictions in the Governance of Environmental Mobility: Evidence from African Cities Mon, 13.03.2023 Speakers: Achilles Kallergis Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this colloquium, Achilles Kallergis discussed environmental mobility in the context of sub-Saharan Africa. It considered environmental mobility in the broader context of the region's urbanization. Drawing on evidence from participatory research in Accra, Dar es Salaam, Freetown, and Monrovia, Kallergis discussed the role of low-income urban neighborhoods as receiving areas simultaneously shaped by frequent, recurring mobility and immobility. Read more
Contradictions in the Governance of Environmental Mobility: Evidence from African Cities Mon, 13.03.2023 Speakers: Achilles Kallergis Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this colloquium, Achilles Kallergis discussed environmental mobility in the context of sub-Saharan Africa. It considered environmental mobility in the broader context of the region's urbanization. Drawing on evidence from participatory research in Accra, Dar es Salaam, Freetown, and Monrovia, Kallergis discussed the role of low-income urban neighborhoods as receiving areas simultaneously shaped by frequent, recurring mobility and immobility. Read more
	The Sahel and Africa’s Future in a World of Geopolitical Confrontation	Wed, 08.03.2023	Panels and Discussions	Ivan VejvodaEmanuela Claudia Del Re	The Sahel and Africa’s Future in a World of Geopolitical Confrontation Wed, 08.03.2023 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaEmanuela Claudia Del Re Series: Panels and Discussions Violence and instability have been on the rise in the Sahel region of Africa over the last three years. Moreover, Russia’s multi-pronged penetration in the Sahel has made the region into a new zone of geopolitical confrontation over political influence and control of valuable resources. How does, and how should, the European Union act to stabilize and improve the situation? Read more
The Sahel and Africa’s Future in a World of Geopolitical Confrontation Wed, 08.03.2023 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaEmanuela Claudia Del Re Series: Panels and Discussions Violence and instability have been on the rise in the Sahel region of Africa over the last three years. Moreover, Russia’s multi-pronged penetration in the Sahel has made the region into a new zone of geopolitical confrontation over political influence and control of valuable resources. How does, and how should, the European Union act to stabilize and improve the situation? Read more
	Following Anti-Gender Movements in Europe: What’s Next?	Mon, 06.03.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Mieke Verloo Tatev Hovhannisyan	Following Anti-Gender Movements in Europe: What’s Next? Mon, 06.03.2023 Speakers: Mieke Verloo Tatev Hovhannisyan Series: Seminars and Colloquia Over the past 20 years, anti-democratic transnational movements against women’s rights and gender equality have grown in strength across Europe. In this talk, Tatev Hovhannisyan presented a number of openDemocracy’s investigations, according to which the backlash in Europe is well-organized and extensively funded by transnational actors, including US Christian conservatives. Read more
Following Anti-Gender Movements in Europe: What’s Next? Mon, 06.03.2023 Speakers: Mieke Verloo Tatev Hovhannisyan Series: Seminars and Colloquia Over the past 20 years, anti-democratic transnational movements against women’s rights and gender equality have grown in strength across Europe. In this talk, Tatev Hovhannisyan presented a number of openDemocracy’s investigations, according to which the backlash in Europe is well-organized and extensively funded by transnational actors, including US Christian conservatives. Read more
	The Russo-Ukrainian War One Year On	Sun, 05.03.2023	Panels and Discussions	Mischa Gabowitsch Nathalie Tocci Misha GlennyOlga Tokariuk, Ursula Plassnik, Michael Clarke	The Russo-Ukrainian War One Year On Sun, 05.03.2023 Speakers: Mischa Gabowitsch Nathalie Tocci Misha GlennyOlga Tokariuk, Ursula Plassnik, Michael Clarke Series: Panels and Discussions A year after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Debating Europe series brought together five leading experts to examine to what degree the Russo-Ukrainian War is shifting the geo-political landscape. Read more
The Russo-Ukrainian War One Year On Sun, 05.03.2023 Speakers: Mischa Gabowitsch Nathalie Tocci Misha GlennyOlga Tokariuk, Ursula Plassnik, Michael Clarke Series: Panels and Discussions A year after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Debating Europe series brought together five leading experts to examine to what degree the Russo-Ukrainian War is shifting the geo-political landscape. Read more
	Cities and Human Mobility Research Collaborative Vienna Research Symposium	Wed, 01.03.2023 - Thu, 02.03.2023	Conferences and Workshops	Achilles Kallergis Ayşe ÇağlarColleen Thouez, Alex Aleinikoff, Liav Orgad, Lucy Earle, Gianluca Gatta	Cities and Human Mobility Research Collaborative Vienna Research Symposium Wed, 01.03.2023 - Thu, 02.03.2023 Speakers: Achilles Kallergis Ayşe ÇağlarColleen Thouez, Alex Aleinikoff, Liav Orgad, Lucy Earle, Gianluca Gatta Series: Conferences and Workshops The Cities and Human Mobility Research Collaborative held a two-day symposium presenting new research at the intersection of cities, citizenship, migration, and displacement. The symposium brought together scholars and practitioners from around the globe with the objective to advance knowledge that contributes to a greater understanding of the role of cities in accommodating human mobility. Read more
Cities and Human Mobility Research Collaborative Vienna Research Symposium Wed, 01.03.2023 - Thu, 02.03.2023 Speakers: Achilles Kallergis Ayşe ÇağlarColleen Thouez, Alex Aleinikoff, Liav Orgad, Lucy Earle, Gianluca Gatta Series: Conferences and Workshops The Cities and Human Mobility Research Collaborative held a two-day symposium presenting new research at the intersection of cities, citizenship, migration, and displacement. The symposium brought together scholars and practitioners from around the globe with the objective to advance knowledge that contributes to a greater understanding of the role of cities in accommodating human mobility. Read more
	Move Over, Mona Lisa. Move Over, Jane Eyre: Making the World’s Universities, Museums, and Libraries More Welcoming to Everyone	Mon, 27.02.2023	Lecture	Ayşe Çağlar Peggy Levitt	Move Over, Mona Lisa. Move Over, Jane Eyre: Making the World’s Universities, Museums, and Libraries More Welcoming to Everyone Mon, 27.02.2023 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Peggy Levitt Series: Lecture Across the world, calls for greater equity in the halls of academia, museum galleries, and libraries are loud and clear. If everyone agrees that business as usual is no longer acceptable, why is progress so slow? In this presentation, Peggy Levitt argued that the simple answer is that the lack of diversity in intellectual and cultural institutions is the product of a supply chain of exclusions that leave out a broader set of experiences at every turn. Read more
Move Over, Mona Lisa. Move Over, Jane Eyre: Making the World’s Universities, Museums, and Libraries More Welcoming to Everyone Mon, 27.02.2023 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Peggy Levitt Series: Lecture Across the world, calls for greater equity in the halls of academia, museum galleries, and libraries are loud and clear. If everyone agrees that business as usual is no longer acceptable, why is progress so slow? In this presentation, Peggy Levitt argued that the simple answer is that the lack of diversity in intellectual and cultural institutions is the product of a supply chain of exclusions that leave out a broader set of experiences at every turn. Read more
	Non-Territorial Autonomy and National Minorities in Interwar Europe	Mon, 20.02.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Börries Kuzmany Katherine Younger Marina Germane	Non-Territorial Autonomy and National Minorities in Interwar Europe Mon, 20.02.2023 Speakers: Börries Kuzmany Katherine Younger Marina Germane Series: Seminars and Colloquia This talk examined the concept of non-territorial autonomy (NTA) as a common ideological platform shared by numerous ethnic minorities in interwar Europe, with a particular focus on Jews and Germans. Through a reflection upon the advantages and pitfalls of NTA, Marina Germane explored the limits to minorities’ cooperation in a world of nation-states. Read more
Non-Territorial Autonomy and National Minorities in Interwar Europe Mon, 20.02.2023 Speakers: Börries Kuzmany Katherine Younger Marina Germane Series: Seminars and Colloquia This talk examined the concept of non-territorial autonomy (NTA) as a common ideological platform shared by numerous ethnic minorities in interwar Europe, with a particular focus on Jews and Germans. Through a reflection upon the advantages and pitfalls of NTA, Marina Germane explored the limits to minorities’ cooperation in a world of nation-states. Read more
	End of the Near Abroad	Fri, 17.02.2023	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Vejvoda Thomas de Waal	End of the Near Abroad Fri, 17.02.2023 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Thomas de Waal Series: Panels and Discussions Europe’s Futures Fellow Thomas de Waal spoke about how the Russo-Ukrainian War has ended the concepts of “the Near Abroad” and the “post-Soviet space” and what this means in the longer term for Russia’s own cohesion, state identity and relations with its neighbours. Read more
End of the Near Abroad Fri, 17.02.2023 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Thomas de Waal Series: Panels and Discussions Europe’s Futures Fellow Thomas de Waal spoke about how the Russo-Ukrainian War has ended the concepts of “the Near Abroad” and the “post-Soviet space” and what this means in the longer term for Russia’s own cohesion, state identity and relations with its neighbours. Read more
	The Role of Sanctions in US Foreign Policy	Thu, 16.02.2023	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Misha GlennyJames O'Brien	The Role of Sanctions in US Foreign Policy Thu, 16.02.2023 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Misha GlennyJames O'Brien Series: Panels and Discussions In this Geopolitical Talk, Ambassador James O’Brien, Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination at the U.S. Department of State, discussed the role of sanctions in US foreign policy with IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev. Read more
The Role of Sanctions in US Foreign Policy Thu, 16.02.2023 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Misha GlennyJames O'Brien Series: Panels and Discussions In this Geopolitical Talk, Ambassador James O’Brien, Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination at the U.S. Department of State, discussed the role of sanctions in US foreign policy with IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev. Read more