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Doctoral programme "De-Globalisation and Global Decoupling" (DeGlobE)
Project management
Several Duration
01/2025 - 12/2029 Funding
Hans-Böckler-Stiftung:
567 000 €
The doctoral programme "De-Globalisation and Global Decoupling" (DeGlobE) is researching how the recalibration of market and state, economic paradigms and regulatory levels and approaches that is emerging under conditions of de-globalisation manifests itself. On the one hand, DeGlobE is interested in the developing, specific "post-globalisation logics" that characterise these sectors. On the other hand, the question will be asked as to what consequences de-globalisation, unbundling and global…
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Erfurter Forschungsstelle für Geoökonomie (EFGEo)
Project management
Several Duration
11/2024 - 10/2027 Funding
Several donors
400 000 €
The research centre aims to conduct interdisciplinary basic research at the interface of international political economy, law, international relations and conflict research as well as public policy and to tie this back to the special situation of the European, German and Thuringian economies. It has its origins in the ‘Security Capitalism Research Group’.
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JITSUVAX. Jiu-jitsu with misinformation in the age of COVID: Using refutation-based learning to enhance vaccine uptake and knowledge among healthcare professionals and the public.
Project management
Prof. Dr. Cornelia Betsch Duration
04/2021 - 03/2025 Funding
Horizon 2020 (EU):
747 584 €
Vaccine hesitancy—the delay or refusal of vaccination without medical indication—has been cited as a serious threat to global health by the World Health Organization (WHO), attributing it to misinformation on the internet. The WHO has also identified Health Care Professionals (HCPs) as the most trusted influencers of vaccination decisions. JITSUVAX leverages those insights to turn toxic misinformation into a potential asset.
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Measures Motivated by Behavioural Economics to Ensure the Study Success
Project management
Prof. Dr. Oliver Himmler Duration
11/2016 - 06/2020 Funding
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF):
472 000 €
The project deals with measures motivated by behavioural economics to ensure the study success.
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Politics and the Future of Work in Middle-Income Countries (PolDigWork). How Hopes and Fears about Digitalization Shape Opinions on Social and Labour Policies
Project management
Prof. Dr. Achim Kemmerling Duration
10/2022 - 10/2025 Funding
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG):
716 027 €
The project looks at the social and political impact of digitalization and automation for labour markets in selected middle-income countries. For three years, a team will employ a mixed methods approach with an original survey component combined with social network analysis as well as case studies from Mexico, South Africa and Indonesia.
Protecting Academia At Risk: Towards a New Policy Agenda for a Thriving Culture of higher education in Europe
Project management
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Kleeberg Duration
03/2024 - 02/2026 Funding
Gerda Henkel Stiftung:
183 000 €
The current situation of academia at risk in the European landscape raises three distinct research questions. First, what is the current institutional framework that responds to academic displacement in Europe? Second, what are the normative contours of protecting academic freedom in future democratic societies? Third, how does an improved system of integrating displaced academics connect to broader values such as the protection of a thriving academic culture? This project builds on our seed…
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Research Network External Democracy Promotion (EDP)
Project management
Prof. Dr. Solveig Richter Duration
07/2015 - 06/2018 Funding
Leibniz-Gemeinschaft:
24 000 €
Solveig Richter: The research network 'External Democracy Promotion' (EDP) brings together political scientists from Germany who work at the interface between international relations and comparative political science. Our common interest lies in the area of cross-border activities of states, non-state actors and international organisations working to establish, improve or defend democracy in third countries. The EDP Network is a collaborative project of six partner institutions: the two Leibniz…
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SvStud - Scalable behavioural economic measures to ensure study success
Project management
Prof. Dr. Oliver Himmler Duration
02/2021 - 01/2024 Funding
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF):
440 000 €
The SvStud project follows on from the predecessor project VStud and deals with behavioural economic approaches to ensure the success of studies and to avoid dropouts.

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