Welcome to the Research Network
Conflict and Cooperation in Eastern Europe
The research network “Cooperation and Conflict in Eastern Europe: The Consequences of the Reconfiguration of Political, Economic, and Social Spaces since the End of the Cold War” (KonKoop) comprises six academic institutions from across Germany and is associated with many partners worldwide. It examines various conflict constellations and dynamics of cooperation in Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus. Our aim is to understand and explain interactions and integrate the expertise available in Germany
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Latest News
DataLab BLOG: In/visible Contested Border: Im/material Evolutions of the Georgian-Abkhazian Divide
How can you study a contested border that is not a fixed line, but an evolving assemblage of material and immaterial elements – including infrastructure, narratives, security practices and lived experiences? Gaëlle le Pavic does so in the case of the Georgian-Abkhazian divide.
PARTICIPATION in Border Regions in Transition XVII Conference
Sabine von Löwis (ZOiS) and Géza Tasner (FSU) will participate in Border Regions in Transition XVII Conference.
26-28 May 2025 – 9:00 CET in UCLan Cyprus
Organisation: University of Central Lancashire (UCLan Cyprus)
WORKSHOP: Post-Cold War Transformations: Navigating Conflict and Cooperation in Eastern and Southeast Europe
Katarina Damčević, Nikola Gajić, Cindy Wittke (all IOS) will organize a two-day workshop dedicated to conflict and cooperation in Eastern and Southeast Europe.
3-7 July 2025 – 9:00 CET in Regensburg
Organisation: Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies at the University of Regensburg
PARTICIPATION in Graduate Student Conference on Central Asia
Nafisa Mirzojamshedzoda (HNEE) will participate in Graduate Student Conference on Central Asia at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
18-20 April 2025 – 9:00 CET in Harvard University
Organisation: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
OPEN CALL: Visiting fellows programme (f/m/d)
The Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography in Leipzig, Germany, invites applications for its Visiting fellows programme (f/m/d) in the framework of the KonKoop research network. Academic and non-academic applicants are […]
VACANCY: Postdoctoral Researcher in Caucasus Studies
The University of Jena, Institute for Slavic languages and Caucasus Studies of the Faculty of Arts in cooperation with the Institute of Political Science seek to fill the position of […]
DataLab BLOG: Constructing ‘the People’: Strategies, Modes, Scales
What does it mean when a political actor refers to ‘the people’? Where do we locate him or her in a political discourse? Bojidar Kolov presents a model that could help answer these questions and much more.
Kick-off WORKSHOP: KoDaNetOst
Kick-off Workshop of the Collaborative Data Network with Eastern Europe
25 & 26 March 2025 – Berlin/ hybrid
Organisors: Benjamin Beuerle (CMB), Kerstin Bischl (ZOiS), Sabine von Löwis (ZOiS), Felix Schulte (ECMI)
DATA: New Catalog of Conflict and Cooperation Datasets
Author: Ivaylo Dinev (ZOiS)
This catalog features key research platforms and public datasets on conflict and cooperation, political developments, socio-economic trends, and public opinion across Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the South Caucasus.
Published online: March 2025
BLOG Post: Serbia’s Protests as a Cultural Explosion: Symbols, Memory, and the Struggle for Meaning
Author: Katarina Damčević (IOS)
In: Hypotheses – ostBLOG
Published online: 21 March 2025