This year's Arnold Bergstraesser Prize was awarded to Franziska Hohlstein. She received it for her doctorate
"Between Democratizing, Stabilizing and Protecting Incumbents: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Role of Regional Organizations after Coups d'État".
In this study, she examines how regional organisations (ROs) deal with coups d'état, for example, when and how strong their reactions are and whether they are guided by jointly defined norms.
To promote young researchers, the University of Freiburg and the ABI jointly award the Arnold Bergstraesser Prize. The prize is awarded for an outstanding dissertation in the social sciences that deals with political and social change in countries of the global South in the tradition of Arnold Bergstraesser.
Further information on the prize can be found on the website of the University of Freiburg.