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By Birgitte Beck Pristed

By Timo Mohr

By Félix Krawatzek and Hakob Matevosyan

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By Yulia Abibok

Our online dossier gathers videos, podcasts, publications and assessments of our experts in the media on Russia's war against Ukraine.

ZOiS Spotlight 7/2026

Children’s Books in Wartime

by Birgitte Beck Pristed 02/04/2026

Children’s book publishers in Ukraine are being shut down, losing staff, and facing economic pressure. In Russia, meanwhile, they are increasingly under state control and internationally isolated. On top of that, addressing the war in children’s literature poses an ethical challenge.

ZOiS Report 2/2026

Estonia’s Fractured Social Landscape: Views on Security, Politics and History

by Félix Krawatzek Hakob Matevosyan 26/03/2026

The ZOiS research project MoveMeRU has collected new data on critical aspects of Estonian society. In this report, we compare attitudes on national security, the war in Ukraine, and Estonian politics and history among individuals with and without a Russian background.

ZOiS Spotlight 6/2026

Japan’s Russian Energy Dilemma

by Timo Mohr 25/03/2026

Japan is one of Ukraine’s most ardent supporters in Asia, but it still buys Russian gas. The country has no significant energy reserves of its own and relies on cheap imports. Timo Mohr explains why Japan is taking this approach, and what it means for Western sanctions.

ERDAM Online Event

In this presentation, we look at how exiled Russian activists perceive and react to transnational repression by the Russian regime in different political contexts. This ‘bottom-up’ approach offers a new perspective on their individual and collective strategies of resilience and resistance.

07/05/2026 01.00 pm 03.00 pm

The individual projects of ZOiS are currently divided into five research clusters.

New KIU Format ‘To the point’

The Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies Frankfurt (Oder) – Berlin (KIU) has launched a new format ‘To the point’, where Ukraine focused researchers discuss current questions and developments from two contrasting perspectives in an engaging, accessible way.

The Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS) offers researchers the opportunity to undertake longer residencies as part of external funding programmes (e.g. Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Erasmus+, Max Weber Program, DAAD, MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships). These stays are intended to forge lasting connections and further the internationalisation of research at ZOiS. In addition to working on their own projects, visiting researchers enter into an intensive dialogue with ZOiS researchers and are encouraged to present their research findings at the ZOiS colloquium.

Roundtable Osteuropa is a podcast by the Centre for East European and International Studies. Scholars of ZOiS and their guests discuss their research of Eastern Europe. We consider events in politics and society, while also trying to shed light on lesser-known issues – with insights from sociology, political science, geography, social anthropology, literary studies and theology.

Video: Ukraine Research Network@ZOiS

As seen in the Ukrainian context, science and innovation are pivotal in propelling economic development and regional prosperity, even in conflict-affected areas. In this event, we discuss the intricate relationship between science, innovation, and broader regional dynamics.

Video: Ukraine Research Network@ZOiS

Russia's war against Ukraine raises ethical questions for researchers working on Ukraine. This workshop, organised by UNET, examined the situation of researchers affected by the war and compared the experiences of Ukrainian researchers with those from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kosovo.

Reseachers from various academic disciplines do research in five clusters and publish their result in peer-reviewed journals.

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