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The ABI is one of Germany’s major research centers in the domain of both comparative area studies and transregional studies. As an independent, non-profit research institution, the institute cooperates with the University of Freiburg. The Institute was founded in 1960 and goes back to Arnold Bergstraesser, at that time Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Freiburg.
News
27. October 2022
The University of Freiburg awards prizes for the promotion of young researchers. One of these is the Arnold Bergstraesser Prize.
25. October 2022
What might a counter-hegemonic, integrative rethinking of climate science look like? Solveig Degen and Ann Philipp have reviewed a chapter on this.
25. October 2022
Helga Dickow spoke to Deutsche Welle about the ongoing demonstrations in Chad.
14. October 2022
Helga Dickow speaks about the delay of the elections in Chad.
Publications
This article builds an analytical framework to study the relation between security and informality and the extent to which it contributes to producing hegemony in local politics.
2022
In 2019, the tiny West African country of the Gambia imposed a moratorium on all deportation flights from the EU. Though West African countries are notoriously reluctant to cooperate on forced returns, such a moratorium was unheard of and caused an uproar within diplomatic circles in Europe. In the age of deportability, why is deporting ‘unwanted’ migrants an illustration of a nation’s sovereign rights, yet refusing to accept deportees is not?
2022
Die Perzeption afrikanischer Migration nach Europa ist von vielen Mythen geprägt. Ursächlich für diese Migration ist ein komplexes Zusammenspiel von gesellschaftlichen Normen, restriktiven Migrationspolitiken, kolonialem Erbe und innerstaatlichen Konflikten.
2022
