von Megan Maruschke On 23 November 2020, I participated in a panel about comparative populism featuring research of the Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) at the Erasmus Mundus Global Studies Alumni Conference. Populism is an interesting starting point into the topic of understanding Donald Trump’s rise, his politics, and his supporters,...
by Megan Maruschke On 20 January 2020, Joseph R. Biden will be sworn in as the new president of the United States. For months, the ousted President Donald Trump and his supporters tried to prevent this from happening. But they did not understand how the American federal system actually works...
by Christoph Kleine Can Cultural Imprints Account for Success and Failure in Coping with the Pandemic? When Western observes comment upon the astonishing success of the People’s Republic of China in fighting the pandemic, they are often quick to offer explanations: one can hardly trust the official figures, and even...
by Günther Schlee In the third part of his blog series, Günther Schlee explores how the dangers coming from Covid-19 as well as from political conflicts are intertwined in Ethiopia. His students contributed to reporting again by sharing their observations from a region torn between conflicts. I have been invited...
