In another episode of #UTR, the Polis Blog presents four news stories that undeservedly slipped through the cracks of...
Archive for year: 2017
UK Pen Pal: A Candid Correspondence on Brexit
Polis180 Europa, Migration, Partizipation, Brexit, David Cameron, George Osbourne, Immigration, Remain Supporters, Theresa May, UKIPThis project was born from the idea to bring young people together from across Europe and let them exchange...
How Women in Tech Fight for Development and Good Governance
Sonja Schiffers Digitalisierung, Gleichstellung, Partizipation, Data Journalism, DataFest Tbilisi, ForSet, Georgia, Good Governance, Ministry of Data, Nino Macharashvili, Nino Nanitashvili, TraktorGeorgia has undergone major political and economic reforms since the 2003 Rose Revolution. After years of rapid transformation, the...
The Chances and Challenges of Georgia’s EU Association Process
Sonja Schiffers Europa, Handel, DCFTA, EU Association Agreement, European Integration, Georgia, Kakha GogolashviliAfter a Soviet-dominated 20th Century, Georgia is trying hard to make the 21st a European one. By signing the...
Die Grünen und das Internationale
Michael Knoll Energie & Klima, Europa, Migration, Sicherheit, Auswärtiges Amt, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Christian Lindner, Emmanuel Macron, Guido Westerwelle, Joschka FischerDie Vorhaben einer Regierung werden durch den Koalitionsvertrag geregelt. Den Charakter einer Regierung bestimmt die Zusammensetzung des Kabinetts und...
What I Have Learned from Travelling Through Post-2014 Ukraine
Sophie Falsini Europa, Migration, Partizipation, Sicherheit, Civil Society Organisations, Displacement, Euromaidan, Humanitarian Aid, Ukraine CrisisI left Berlin for Ukraine in autumn 2016 with the aim of analysing post-Euromaidan civil society organisations and their...
Is Scotland Ready for a Second Independence Referendum?
David Tschorr Europa, Partizipation, Brexit, General Election 2017, Nicola Sturgeon, Referendum, Scottish independence, SNP, Theresa MayThe formula seems simple: Brexit plus a hung parliament plus an already failed referendum equals another shot at independence...
Northern Ireland’s Brexit Opportunity: Building Bridges, Not Borders
Grace McLoughlin Europa, Handel, Partizipation, Brexit Position Paper, Democratic Unionist Party, Irish Border, Northern Ireland, The Good Friday Agreement, UK ParliamentThe UK and the EU will eventually part ways in 2019. Some say Northern Ireland may fall through the...
Peace and Conflict Studies: 5 Urgent Questions of the Discipline
Janna Hartmann Migration, Sicherheit, Håkan Wiberg, Johan Galtung, Peace and Conflict Studies, Peter Wallensteen, R2P, Research, United NationsThe interest in peace as an academic pursuit originally evolved in 19th-century America and Sweden, and is now well-established...
The Role of Female Entrepreneurship in a Globalised Economy
Lea Spörcke Gleichstellung, Business 20, Dr. Stormy-Annika Mildner, G20, Gender Diversity, Women's Economic Empowerment, World EconomyFrom small and medium enterprises to booming giants: the Business 20 forum brings international businesses, organisations and NGOs together...