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Happy Lunar New Year from the Center of Global Politics!
To all our cooperation partners and students celebrating now, the Center of Global Politics wishes you a happy, peaceful, wealthy and healthy new year. May your endeavors succeed, in academia and beyond!
News from Feb 02, 2019
Apply now for our Spring School in Vietnam!
This year's Global Politics Spring School takes place in Hanoi, Vietnam (March 18-28). Get on board and apply until Sunday, February 10.
News from Jan 11, 2019
GPSS Vietnam & China, GWP Ukraine 2019
DAAD approves grants, funding CGP's 2019 Global Politics Seasonal Schools (GPSS) in Vietnam and China as well as fourth Global Politics Workshop (GPW) Ukraine
News from Jan 10, 2019
2019 PhD and Postdoc Workshop in Ukraine
The DAAD has granted funds to continue CGP’s successful series of PhD and Postdoctoral workshops held in cooperation with the Ukrainian Catholic University.
News from Jan 10, 2019
CGP guest researcher publishes book chapter on Euromaidan
On the five-year anniversary of the Revolution of Dignity (aka Euromaidan) in Ukraine, Dr Kateryna Zarembo, guest researcher at the Center of Global Politics (CGP), has published a contribution to the book Civil Society in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine.
News from Dec 06, 2018
CGP Guest Researchers
The Center for Global Politics (CGP) is pleased to host four international guests whose research stays present an opportunity to exchange ideas, share best practices, deepen networks and sound out opportunities for future joint projects. Our guests gain valuable experience as they shadow Prof. Segbers and his team in seminars and lectures, as well as pursuing their own research and attending meetings in the day-to-day organization of CGP.
News from Nov 16, 2018
GPSS alumna working at the Asia Foundation
Shwe Yee was one of our participants of Global Politics Seasonal School in Cambodia 2016. Here she tells us about her career and current work experience with the Myanmar chapter of the Asia Foundation. As a researcher and program officer she works on enhancing women's political participation and urban safety in Myanmar.
News from Oct 11, 2018
Iranian GPSS alumnus appraises China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Global Politics Seasonal School alumnus Behzad Abdollahpour explains why Iran and China are keen to remember ancient roads and build new ties.
News from Sep 28, 2018
GPSS presented as model international summer school
In its new online publication, the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD presents Global Politics Seasonal Schools (GPSS) as one of ten exemplary programs of international summer schools. The brochure is available in German here, and we have recapped some highlights below in English. DAAD funds high-quality international summer schools both in Germany and abroad.
News from Sep 28, 2018
GPSS Jordan 2018 comes to an end
While it is difficult to predict the future, there are distinct developments that already reveal what the world will look like in the upcoming years. Among others, China and the European Union are important actors on the global stage who claim their right to have a say in finding solutions for the most pressing issues of our times.
News from Sep 08, 2018
Global Politics Fall School Jordan taking off for the 7th time
This year’s school revolves all around the guiding theme “Migration in the Middle East and Europe: Challenges and Opportunities”. Once again, the Center for Global Politics invited renowned lecturers from Jordan and Germany to jointly discuss current hot topics, this year with a focus on Migration.
News from Aug 30, 2018
Global Politics Summer School China taking off for the 14th time
CGP is happy to be back to SIRPA/ Fudan University with their 14th joint Global Politics Summer School China. This year's guiding theme "How many World Orders will we See in the Future?" will steer discussions around recent developments at the global level and look at diverging views on global orders.
News from Aug 01, 2018
Seasonal School returns to University of Tehran
For the second time after 2017, the Center for Graduate International Studies of the University of Tehran and the Center for Global Politics of Freie Universität Berlin joined efforts to organize the Global Politics Summer School (GPSS) Iran. CGP is not only glad to continue its cooperation with the University of Tehran, but is also thankful that Heinrich Böll Stiftung agreed to partner-up once again.
News from Jul 02, 2018
Global Politics Summer School Iran 2018
In less than two weeks, 27 students from Iran, Germany and Denmark will participate in this year’s Global Politics Summer School Iran. It is the second time after 2017 that the school will take place at the University of Tehran. The program is jointly organized and funded by the Center for Global Politics of FU Berlin, the Center for Graduate International Studies of the University of Tehran and Heinrich Boell Foundation.
News from Jun 18, 2018
Review of workshops in Lwiw
On 27th and 28th of April two workshops with the topics “Framing Strategies for the Conflict in (Eastern) Ukraine” and “The Minsk Process: Taking Stock” took place at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lwiw, Ukraine. We welcomed renowned experts and had interesting and productive panels, which invite all participants to further discussions.
News from May 15, 2018
What Academia can Contribute to Moderating Conflicts
For this year’s Global Politics Workshop in Ukraine, fifteen young researchers from around the globe gathered to discuss current trends and developments in International Relations.
News from May 08, 2018
Global Politics Workshop Ukraine
What can academia contribute to moderating conflicts? CGP is happy to be able to carry out its third research workshop with PhDs and practitioners in the field, jointly organized by the Ukrainian Catholic University and the Center for Global Politics of Freie Universität Berlin.
News from Apr 26, 2018
End of the GPSS Cambodia 2018
After nine days full of new insights and experiences, the Global Politics Spring School (GPSS) Cambodia 2018 has come to an end. Now that we take a look back at the exciting time in Phnom Penh, we would like to thank once again our partners, lecturers and participants!
News from Mar 28, 2018
Public Lecture at KAS
On March 21, Prof. Segbers, the director of the Center for Global Politics (CGP), held a public lecture on the topic of "Europe in Transition: A Pillar of the Liberal World Order or Object of Populist Seduction?" at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
News from Mar 22, 2018
Start of the GPSS
The Global Politics Seasonal Schools are short-term intensive certificate programs for advanced students with a talent for research and a global mindset. Organized by Freie Universität Berlin and a renowned partner university abroad, each school brings together highly qualified students to discuss today’s main developments in politics, economy and society.
News from Mar 19, 2018
