Socio-economic energy-climate modelling for European green transition (M4G)
The global M4G project aims to provide a comprehensive framework for socio-economic energy-climate modelling in support of EU climate and energy policies and the transition to net zero greenhouse gas…
The European Union’s Quest for a Relational Open Strategic Autonomy (QUEST)
QUEST – “The European Union’s Quest for a Relational Open Strategic Autonomy” tackles one of the most pressing strategic questions facing the EU today: what Open Strategic Autonomy (OSA) is,…
Walking in Their Shoes: Just and Sustainable Transport Policymaking, Embodiment, and the Policy Adoption Gap (WITS)
There is no absence of policy recommendations that endorse and prescribe means to support a just and sustainable transition in transport systems. Yet, this transition currently falls well short of…
Understanding and Experiencing Sexual Violence in the Late Habsburg Monarchy
This project examines sexual violence in the late Habsburg Monarchy through the lens of local actors—both ordinary people and meso-elites. Taking a bottom-up approach, it analyzes how sexual violence was…
The influence of the USA and Russia on the quality of democracy in post-communist Europe and Latin America
Political science literature argues that after the Cold War international linkages affect democracy at home. While a high linkage to a democracy will have a positive effect on democracy at…
Research in Societal Extremism (RISE)
RISE (Research in Societal Extremism) establishes a pioneering research team dedicated to exploring the many dimensions of (violent) extremism. Our project delves into the ideologically embedded, culturally sanctioned, and digitally…
Problems of Access to Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age
The aim of the project is to explore the opportunities, challenges, and conflicts arising from the digitization and platformization of access to cultural heritage. The following will be examined: 1)…
Shadowed lives of Older migrants and Little ones: Access to Care andEquity (SOLACE)
The SOLACE project examines access to health care for undocumented migrants infour European countries — Czechia, Germany, Switzerland, and Denmark — withspecial attention to children, older people, and those living…
Displacement and (Post)secular Memory: Contemporary Crises and Historical Legacies inSoutheastern and East-Central Europe (MEMCRIS)
The MEMCRIS project investigates how societies in Poland, Serbia and Greece engage withtheir own histories of displacement while addressing the challenges posed by recent migratorycrises. By focusing on museums, memorial…
Riders on the storm: Future imaginaries of populist leaders and their followers
The project aims to understand how populist leaders and their followers construct long-term visions – Populist Temporal Imaginaries (PTIs) – to shape political discourse and societal expectations. Although populism is…