Letzte Woche konnten wir – zum Glück bei bestem Wetter – bei unserem alljährlichen Grillen unter der Linde das Sommersemester ausklingen lassen. Dank technisch versiertem Einsatz der Fachschaft konnte sogar das Fußball-EM Halbfinale der Frauen zwischen Deutschland und Spanien an der Hauswand des Instituts verfolgt werden!

Despite the unstable weather, we were able to debate with Dr. Marco Krüger under the linden tree last week. The talk on the links between security ethics and migration policy focused on what is happening in Europe and beyond.

Am Mittwoch, den 23.07.2025 findet ab 18 Uhr unser jährliches Grillfest „Grillen unter der Linde“ (veranstaltet von der Fachschaft und POLIS) vor dem Institut für Politikwissenschaft statt. Alle Institutsangehörigen und Familien sind dazu herzlich eingeladen.

We are pleased to announce that next Tuesday, July 15, our next DudL of the semester "On closed Borders and externalised Responsibility: Security Ethics and Migration Politics" with Dr. Marco Krüger takes place.

After two DudLs with input from members of our institute we were able to welcome our first external guest of the semester on the 17th of June: Rainer Kimmig from the department of Indology at the Asia-Orient-Institute, who gave a captivating presentation – inspired by current events on the topic of “Kashmir as a bone of contention between India, Pakistan and the Kashmirs.

We are pleased to announce that next Tuesday, June 17, our next DudL of the semester "Kashmir as a bone of contention between India, Pakistan and the Kashmirs" with Rainer Kimmig takes place.

Today we were finally able to start the outdoor season of DudL and literally debate under the linden tree for the first time this year. We had the pleasure of hearing an exciting talk by Dr Juliana Tappe Ortiz on the psychology of strong leaders in international relations.

We are pleased to announce that next Tuesday, May 20, our next DudL of the semester "The Psychology of strong (wo)men and the End Times of International Relations" with Dr. Juliana Tappe Ortiz takes place.

During last week's DudL, Joscha Abels gave a talk on modern oligarchy in the US.

We are pleased to announce that next Tuesday, May 6, we will have our first DudL of the semester on modern oligarchy with Dr. Joscha Abels.

POLIS fördert dieses Jahr erstmalig zwei Studierende des IfPs bei ihrem ERASMUS Aufenthalt.

During today's DudL, Cecilia Bruzelius gave a talk on migration and the shortage of skilled workers in ageing societies.

We are pleased to announce that next Tuesday, 21 January, we will have our next DudL on Migration with Prof. Dr. Cecilia Bruzelius.

During today's DudL, Sarah Bassisseh gave us a very valuable insight into the developments in Syria.

We are pleased to announce that next Tuesday, 14 January, we will have our first DudL of 2025 on the events in Syria with Sarah Bassisseh.

Der POLIS Masterplan 2024 war ein voller Erfolg! Dank unseren Gästen haben wir spannende Eindrücke bekommen, was nach dem BA kommen kann.

Am 12.12.2024 findet der POLIS Masterplan 2024 statt!

In der Debatte unter der Linde hat vergangenen Dienstag Prof. Dr. Gabriele Abels mit uns über die innenpolitischen Entwicklungen diskutiert.

Bei unserer heutigen Debatte unter der Linde war Dr. Thomas Gijswijt aus der Amerikanistik zu Gast, um mit uns über die Wahlen in den USA in

We are pleased to announce that next Tuesday, 12 November, we will have our next DudL, where we will discuss the 2024 US elections. Our...