Events

International Security Research Colloquium

The Centre for International Security regularly organizes a research colloquium on issues related to international security and defense. We aim to build a community of scholars, experts and policymakers interested in topics ranging from European and transatlantic security and defense cooperation, and conventional and nuclear disarmament and arms control, to civil war, violence against civilians, and terrorism. It features a variety of external and internal guests, such as academic scholars, post-docs and PhD students.

Research event

Advancing Communal Conflict Research: Defining, Coding and Measuring Communal Violence

Thursday, 27.02.2025 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CET)

Marika Miner (University of Oslo) presents joint research on refining the classification and coding of communal conflict. Using Nigeria as a case study, she explores how clearer definitions and improved methodologies can enhance conflict analysis, peacebuilding, and climate research. 

This event is part of the International Security Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for International Security.

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Personalising mobilisation: The impact of public figures on protest events

Thursday, 13.02.2025 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am (CET)

Anna-Lena Hönig presents joint research on how public figures - be they activists, opposition leaders, or celebrities - impact the persistence of protest movements in autocratic settings. This event is part of the International Security Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for International Security.

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Guerrilla governance and the durability of rebel regimes

Thursday, 10.10.2024 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (CET)

Sean Paul Ashley presents his research on why some victorious rebel groups successfully establish durable postwar regimes, while others face renewed conflict and regime collapse. This event is part of the International Security Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for International Security.

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The Effects of Tagesschau Depictions of the Refugee Crisis on Public Opinion

Thursday, 12.09.2024 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CEST)

Oliver Lang, PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, presents joint work with Adeline Lo (also UW-Madison) on the effects of media coverage of refugees in Germany. This event is part of the International Security Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for International Security.

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Trials and triangulations: Aggregation problems in event data on political violence

Thursday, 02.05.2024 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (CEST)

Sebastian van Baalen, Assistant Professor in the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, presents his research on improving the reliability, transparency, and replicability of political violence event datasets. This event is part of the International Security Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for International Security. 

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Hierarchies of victimhood in war-to-peace transition: Gendered innocence and perceptions of deservingness for justice and reparations

Thursday, 18.04.2024 | 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm (CEST)

Milli Lake, Associate Professor of International Security at the London School of Economics, presents her research on gendered constructions of innocence in post-war accountability efforts in Colombia and Nepal.

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Overseer or protector: Understanding the roles of defense agencies

Thursday, 14.03.2024 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CET)

Stephen Saideman, Centre Research Fellow and Paterson Chair in International Affairs at Carleton University, presents his research on the varying roles played by defence agencies among the world’s democracies. This event is part of the International Security Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for International Security. 

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Taming the bear? Russian defence production and exports in the war economy

Thursday, 07.03.2024 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CET)

Alex Burilkov, Centre Research Fellow and post-doctoral researcher at the Centre for the Study of Democracy, presents his research on the changes in Russian industrial defence policy since 2022. This event is part of the International Security Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for International Security.

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The missiles of 1962: Entanglements in world politics and the power of uncertainty

Thursday, 22.02.2024 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CET)

Peter Katzenstein, Professor of International Studies at Cornell University, will lead a discussion of a draft chapter on nuclear politics from his upcoming book Entanglements in World Politics: The Power of Uncertainty. This session is part of the International Security Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for International Security.

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Replicating the resource curse: A qualitative replication of Ross 2004

Thursday, 08.02.2024 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (CET)

Megan Becker, Associate Teaching Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California, presents her research on the pathways through which natural resources may be linked to conflict. This event is part of the International Security Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for International Security.

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Deterrence or backlash: How online censorship affects offline protest

Thursday, 30.11.2023 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CET)

Lisa Garbe, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), presents her research on the consequences of sudden restrictions on internet access for mobilization. This event is part of the International Security Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for International Security.

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Arctic shock: Utilizing climate change to test a theory of resource competition

Thursday, 16.11.2023 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (CET)

Jonathan Markowitz, Associate Professor at the University of Southern California, presents his research on which states project military force to seek control of natural resources. This event is part of the International Security Research Colloquium hosted by the Centre for International Security.

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