“Be courageous, be brave, say what you think” – Interview on human rights work with Lanna Idriss
YJEA: We would like to start with your academic background. Could you give a short introduction of yourself? Idriss: Yeah, I will, […]
Making Polluters Pay – Policy Options for an Ambitious Reform of the European Emissions Trading System
Guest Author: Benedikt Heyl Benedikt Heyl is a climate activist with German Zero, developing a concrete plan to make Germany climate neutral […]
Rule of Law in the EU – Killing the Goose that lays the Golden Eggs
“Because other issues are more important than ethics, ethics is more important than any issue” [1]. Similarly, I would argue that the […]
“We are all just a footnote to Plato”
As our series on how to improve your research continues, we went on to talk to Prof Dr Christian Kreuder-Sonnen about his […]
Future of Europe: Migration Policy – Aspirations vs. Reality
Starting into the Council Presidency, Germany declared that migration policy in the European Union would be one of the focal points during […]
Theories structure our thinking
With this article, we follow up on the previous IR in Science contribution with Dr Monique Taylor regarding theory. This time we […]
You can’t avoid theory
In our second contribution to the science blog, we are interested in how to find a suitable theory for your research. We, […]
Climate Diplomacy: Working towards climate neutrality
YJEA: Please introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your job. Leonie van der Stijl: My name is Leonie van der […]
Future of Europe: German Council Presidency – Sovereignty, but for whom?
On July, 1st, Germany took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union until the end of 2020. What an […]
Peacebuilding and Conflict Management – How recent graduates founded Wem’Afrika
This is the first contribution to the IR in Practice section of the blog. This category is designed to provide students of […]