Current news and events

Chad: The Uphill Battle Facing Chad's New Transition Council

In an interview Helga Dickow talks about Chad's interim parliament, which is supposed to prepare Chad for a civilian rule and has now finally been announced.

22. October 2021

Conflict Model of Migration and Perception of Human Insecurity

Cita Wetterich recommends a book chapter that examines the ways in which conflict and migration are linked, lead to or even cause each other.

19. October 2021

Gendered Geographies of Elimination: Decolonial Feminist Geographies in Latin American Settler Contexts

Rosa Lehmann highly recommends an article that draws attention to "gendered geographies of elimination" using the example of the indigenous Epera.

20. September 2021

Author exchange about ´Democracy and Autocracy: The International Aftermath of the Arab Spring´

Dana El-Kurd and Benjamin Schuetze discuss their book publications in the current newsletter of the American Political Science Association (APSA).

17. September 2021

Lesson Materials Relating to Colonialism and Genocide

In July the German-Namibian Commission for Extracurricular Lesson Materials Relating to Colonialism and Genocide met at the ABI for the first time.

17. September 2021

ALMA Reviews Blog: Looking Back, Moving Forward: Philippine Migration Issues, Policies and Narratives

Stefan Rother has read an article that provides a more nuanced view of the attributions of the Philipines in case studies of labor migration research.

19. August 2021

Authoritarianism in Jordan, a transnational production

In an interview, Benjamin Schütze explains his research, according to which Western money sent to Jordan to "promote democracy" strengthens authoritarianism.

12. August 2021

ALMA Reviews Blog: Valeurs républicaines et vivre-ensemble au Tchad. Appartenances religieuses

Helga Dickow has read Ladiba Gondeu's book "Valeurs républicaines et vivre-ensemble au Tchad" and pays tribute to its topical subject, among others.

20. July 2021

Transnational Skills Partnerships between Ghana and Germany: A “triple-win” solution?

Stefan Rother together with Susanne Schultz and Mary B. Setrana wrote on AMMODI Blog about Transnational Mobility and Skill Partnerships (TMSP).

29. June 2021

Video: Perspectives on migrant immobilities during the COVID-19 pandemic from the Global South

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, migrant communities in the Global South have become immobile: four scholars give their perspectives.

25. June 2021