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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
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
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
NETWORK MEETING: International Visibility
Closed online network meeting
with: Dorota Dakowska (Sciences Po Aix), Gerard Toal (Virginia Tech) & Gwendolyn Sasse (ZOiS)
5 March 2025
CHAPTER: Bulgaria—Protest Movements Transforming the Party System
Author: Ivaylo Dinev (ZOiS) and Dragomir Stoyanov
In: Crăciun, C., Rammelt, H.P. (eds.), ‘Power and Protest in Central and Eastern Europe’, Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Published online: March 2025
CHAPTER: Progressive Politics in Central and Eastern Europe
Author: Ivaylo Dinev (ZOiS) and Julia Rone
In: Alice Mattoni (Hrsg.) ‘Handbook of Progressive Politics’. Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham
Published online: March 2025