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From which practices does knowledge about foreign policy intervention contexts emerge in Germany? We present a study that systematically analyses knowledge production in Germany on Afghanistan during the period of the intervention. For this purpose,…

Dr Ilyas Saliba has published two new papers on the documentation of violent conflicts in Gaza and on academic freedom in Germany.

Dr Amelie Harbisch's book 'Making Refugees’ Political Agency Visible. Practices of the Subject' was published at the beginning of the year

Professor Hoffmann has been appointed to the independent scientific Advisory Board of the Centre for Analysis and Research (ZAF). The ZAF is a research centre at the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. The scientists on the…

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Sophia Hoffmann in an interview with KATAPULT

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Sophia Hoffmann in the show KiKa Aktuell

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Scholars from the University of Erfurt take over the editorship of the "European Journal of International Relations".

Prof. Dr. Oliver Kessler, Professor of International Relations, will hold the position of Editor-in-Chief. He is supported in the editorial work by Dr. Zeynep Gülşah Çapan, Visiting Scholar, and Prof. Dr. Sophia Hoffmann, Junior Professor of International Politics and Conflict Studies. Furthermore, the Norwegian political scientist Halvard Leira and the Belgian political scientist Jorg Kustermans are part of the editorial board. The Editorial Board now also includes Prof. Dr. Andreas Goldthau and Prof. Dr. Achim Kemmerling, both from the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt. Madeleine Böhm, a staff member at the Chair of International Relations, supports the journal in social media. 

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