PhD and Habilitation Projects
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First supervisor |
Steve Biedermann -External link Informal International Governmental Organizations Christopher Brucker -External link International Norms as Strategic Resources in Secession Conflicts Roman Labunski - The Russia-Ukraine Conflict: A Clash of Civilizations? Critical Discourse Analysis from the point of view of Critical Geopolitics Ivan Laškarin - Minority Groups between Secessionism and Irredentism: A Comparative Study Phuong Anh Nguyen - The Road to Reconciliation between Vietnam and the United States from 1975 to 1995 Bidzina Lebanon - de Old Wine in a New Bottle? Critical Appraisal of the Resilience Paradigm in the EU's New Global Agenda (Habilitation) Géza Tasner - Strategic Rivalry in Secessionist Conflicts Sung Jin Park - Politics of Memory in post-Conflict Societies Lea Zuliani - Why Do Rebels Shift Their Claim Between Autonomy and Secession? Ina Siemer - Mapping Frozen Conflict Lines and Analyzing Actor Strategies in Humanitarian Aid |
Second supervisor |
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Finished dissertations |
Sebastian Hoppe (2025) -External link The Political Economy of Rent and the Making of State Strategy in Putin's Russia Shota Shvelidze (2025) - Reconciliation – a Framework Concept in Politically Unresolved Ethno-Political Conflict: Case Study of Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict (First supervisor: Prof. Martin Leiner ) Sebastian Relitz ( 2021 ) - Conflict Resolution in De Facto States: The Practice of Engagement without RecognitionExternal link (First Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rafael Biermann, Second Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Wolff ) Christian Opitz ( 2019 ) - Between formality and informality. Structural conditions of influence in an international organization using the example of civil crisis management in the European Union (First Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rafael Biermann, Second Supervisor: Dr. Viktoria von Groddeck) Johannes Gold ( 2018 ) - Interethnic Relations in Post-War Societies: Everyday Life and Conflict in the Multiethnic City of PrizrenExternal link (First Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rafael Biermann, Second Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anton Sterbling) Carolina Rehrmann ( 2018 ) - The Cyprus Conflict: A Social-Psychological Discourse Analysis (First Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rafael Biermann, Second Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Leiner) Matthias Schulze (2017) - From Cyber-Utopia to Cyber-War. Advocacy Coalitions and the Normative Change in CyberspaceExternal link (First supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rafael Biermann, Second supervisor: Dr. Myriam Dunn Cavelty) Mladen Billionalj ( 2015 ) - Stasis among Powers. The Destruction of Yugoslavia after the Cold WarExternal link(First supervisor: Prof. Amilcar Barreto; Third supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rafael Biermann) Martin Beischl (2013) - The European policy of Croatian parties: models, priorities and development prospectsExternal link (First supervisor: Dr. Olaf Leisse; Second supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rafael Biermann) |