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Spotlight 1/2024
Climate Change and Water Security in Central Asia
by Nafisa Mirzojamshedzoda
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To tackle the growing problem of drought in Afghanistan, the Taliban is constructing an ambitious irrigation canal. But the project also has repercussions for neighbouring Central Asian countries and shows how the effects of global heating require cooperation that transcends political differences.
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Call for papers: ceecon 24
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On 7 and 8 October 2024, the German Association for East European Studies (DGO), the Freie Universität Berlin and ZOiS will host the second Congress of Central and East European Studies (ceecon24) in Berlin. Ceecon is the largest multidisciplinary congress on Central and Eastern Europe in the German-speaking world. It provides the international research community with an important venue for exchanging and discussing the latest research findings on the region. Deadline for submission of proposals is 18 February 2024.
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Panel discussion | 19/02/2024, 05:15 pm – 06:15 pm | Colosseum Berlin, Gleimstraße 31, 10437 Berlin
Save the date: Café Kyiv 2024
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Café Kyiv is back! Under the motto "The Future of Ukraine in Europe", the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is organising the second edition of this event filled with political and cultural discourse. This year, ZOiS and DGO (German Association for East European Studies) will host a panel on the influence of Russia's war on Ukrainian academia and research on Ukraine. The discussion's focus is on mental health and how to deal with traumatising contexts fo researchers both on the ground and outside Ukraine.
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New Europe-Wide Research Network on War-Induced Migration from Russia
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In the Emerging Russian Diasporas and Anti-war Movements (ERDAM) research network, researchers from various European countries will work together to investigate war-induced migration from Russia with a particular focus on pro-democracy and peace engagement in Russian migrant communities. ERDAM is funded be the German Foundation for Peace Research.
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ZOiS Spotlight 2/2024
From War Zone to Conflict Region: Ukrainian Refugees in Transnistria
by Sabine von Löwis
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Some of the people who were forced to leave Ukraine after the Russian invasion have fled to Transnistria. Why are Ukrainians seeking sanctuary in a de facto state that receives financial and military support from Russia, and what is their status there? A ZOiS study provides some insights.
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Spotlight on Ukraine 3
Geographic Differences in Ukrainian Refugees’ European Experiences
by Tetiana Skrypchenko
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Depending on the host country, Ukrainian refugees report on different living conditions, available support, contact with locals, language skills and integration into the labour market. A study compares how Ukrainians in the four regions of Europe view their experiences and the differences to life in Ukraine.
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Workshop | 06/02/2024, 11.00 am – 01.00 pm | Online
The Ethics of War and Post-war Research: Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kosovo
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Russia’s war against Ukraine raises ethical questions for scholars working on Ukraine. In this workshop, we explore the situation of researchers from different countries affected by the war. We compare the experience of Ukrainian researchers with those based in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kosovo.
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Book Talk | 15/02/2024, 04.00 pm – 05.30 pm | ZOiS, Mohrenstraße 60, 10117 Berlin
Making a Homeland. Roots and Routes of Transnational Armenian Engagement
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To mark the publication of her book on Armenian diasporic mobility and the search for roots, Tsypylma Darieva will talk with other experts on transnational diasporas in Eastern Europe about how encounters with the homeland shape diasporic identity and assess the implications of this for Armenia.
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Talk show on the Russian-language Deutsche Welle channel with Tatiana Golova (25/01/2023)
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Article by Gwendolyn Sasse for Carnegie Europe (16/01/2024)
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Interview with Nadja Douglas (15/01/2024)
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Article by Alexandra Prokopenko in Foreign Affairs (08/01/2024)
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Links to more media coverage on current topics can be found on our website ZOiS in the media.
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