Zentrum für Osteuropa- und internationale Studien (ZOiS)
@zois.bsky.social
Independent, int., publicly funded research institute focusing on Eastern Europe & sharing the results with policymakers, media & public.
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2005 & 2020 kam es in #Kirgistan zu Unruhen und dem Rücktritt des Präsidenten, nachdem die Wähler*innen sich um die Ergebnisse betrogen sahen. Könnte sich das nach den Wahlen diesen Sonntag wiederholen?
ZOiS-Forscherin Beate Eschment in der Expertinnenstimme: www.zois-berlin.de/presse/exper...
ZOiS-Forscherin Beate Eschment in der Expertinnenstimme: www.zois-berlin.de/presse/exper...
November 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
2005 & 2020 kam es in #Kirgistan zu Unruhen und dem Rücktritt des Präsidenten, nachdem die Wähler*innen sich um die Ergebnisse betrogen sahen. Könnte sich das nach den Wahlen diesen Sonntag wiederholen?
ZOiS-Forscherin Beate Eschment in der Expertinnenstimme: www.zois-berlin.de/presse/exper...
ZOiS-Forscherin Beate Eschment in der Expertinnenstimme: www.zois-berlin.de/presse/exper...
Noch nie in der jüngeren Geschichte gab es in #Kirgistan vorgezogene Wahlen.
Kann Präsident Dschaparow das Land nach der Parlamentswahl diesen Sonntag weiter in eine autoritäre Richtung steuern?
ZOiS-Zentralasienforscherin Beate Eschment in der Expertinnenstimme: www.zois-berlin.de/presse/exper...
Kann Präsident Dschaparow das Land nach der Parlamentswahl diesen Sonntag weiter in eine autoritäre Richtung steuern?
ZOiS-Zentralasienforscherin Beate Eschment in der Expertinnenstimme: www.zois-berlin.de/presse/exper...
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Noch nie in der jüngeren Geschichte gab es in #Kirgistan vorgezogene Wahlen.
Kann Präsident Dschaparow das Land nach der Parlamentswahl diesen Sonntag weiter in eine autoritäre Richtung steuern?
ZOiS-Zentralasienforscherin Beate Eschment in der Expertinnenstimme: www.zois-berlin.de/presse/exper...
Kann Präsident Dschaparow das Land nach der Parlamentswahl diesen Sonntag weiter in eine autoritäre Richtung steuern?
ZOiS-Zentralasienforscherin Beate Eschment in der Expertinnenstimme: www.zois-berlin.de/presse/exper...
Taking the 'international' in our name to heart:
Ahead of the #G20 summit, researchers Lunting Wu & Valentin Krüsmann discuss how #China’s Belt & Road Initiative unfolds in Eastern Europe & Central Asia, but also Latin America & Southeast Asia.
Tune our podcast #Roundtable_Osteuropa now! 🔗⤵️
Ahead of the #G20 summit, researchers Lunting Wu & Valentin Krüsmann discuss how #China’s Belt & Road Initiative unfolds in Eastern Europe & Central Asia, but also Latin America & Southeast Asia.
Tune our podcast #Roundtable_Osteuropa now! 🔗⤵️
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Taking the 'international' in our name to heart:
Ahead of the #G20 summit, researchers Lunting Wu & Valentin Krüsmann discuss how #China’s Belt & Road Initiative unfolds in Eastern Europe & Central Asia, but also Latin America & Southeast Asia.
Tune our podcast #Roundtable_Osteuropa now! 🔗⤵️
Ahead of the #G20 summit, researchers Lunting Wu & Valentin Krüsmann discuss how #China’s Belt & Road Initiative unfolds in Eastern Europe & Central Asia, but also Latin America & Southeast Asia.
Tune our podcast #Roundtable_Osteuropa now! 🔗⤵️
20 November | Online event
Since 2022, the world has seen the largest wave of #migration from #Russia in decades. This presentation by the #ERDAM network views this exodus in a historical perspective, tracing continuities with earlier waves of Russian migration & identifying what is genuinely new ⤵️
Since 2022, the world has seen the largest wave of #migration from #Russia in decades. This presentation by the #ERDAM network views this exodus in a historical perspective, tracing continuities with earlier waves of Russian migration & identifying what is genuinely new ⤵️
November 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
20 November | Online event
Since 2022, the world has seen the largest wave of #migration from #Russia in decades. This presentation by the #ERDAM network views this exodus in a historical perspective, tracing continuities with earlier waves of Russian migration & identifying what is genuinely new ⤵️
Since 2022, the world has seen the largest wave of #migration from #Russia in decades. This presentation by the #ERDAM network views this exodus in a historical perspective, tracing continuities with earlier waves of Russian migration & identifying what is genuinely new ⤵️
#Georgia, formerly not a popular destination for migrants, has seen a surge in Russians arriving since 2022.
Researchers Tsypylma Darieva & Margarita Zavadskaya discuss how politics & history influence locals' reactions to immigration in the South Caucasus on #Roundtable_Osteuropa: bit.ly/3JEy057
Researchers Tsypylma Darieva & Margarita Zavadskaya discuss how politics & history influence locals' reactions to immigration in the South Caucasus on #Roundtable_Osteuropa: bit.ly/3JEy057
November 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
#Georgia, formerly not a popular destination for migrants, has seen a surge in Russians arriving since 2022.
Researchers Tsypylma Darieva & Margarita Zavadskaya discuss how politics & history influence locals' reactions to immigration in the South Caucasus on #Roundtable_Osteuropa: bit.ly/3JEy057
Researchers Tsypylma Darieva & Margarita Zavadskaya discuss how politics & history influence locals' reactions to immigration in the South Caucasus on #Roundtable_Osteuropa: bit.ly/3JEy057
What do we know about #Russia?
At this one-day joint conference for policymakers, journalists and scholars, we will assess:
▫️political and ideological dynamics
▫️how Russia exports strategic narratives
▫️the state of the Russian economy
▫️the (change in) methods available for research
Register now!👇
At this one-day joint conference for policymakers, journalists and scholars, we will assess:
▫️political and ideological dynamics
▫️how Russia exports strategic narratives
▫️the state of the Russian economy
▫️the (change in) methods available for research
Register now!👇
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
What do we know about #Russia?
At this one-day joint conference for policymakers, journalists and scholars, we will assess:
▫️political and ideological dynamics
▫️how Russia exports strategic narratives
▫️the state of the Russian economy
▫️the (change in) methods available for research
Register now!👇
At this one-day joint conference for policymakers, journalists and scholars, we will assess:
▫️political and ideological dynamics
▫️how Russia exports strategic narratives
▫️the state of the Russian economy
▫️the (change in) methods available for research
Register now!👇
Both #Georgia and #Armenia have received a large number of Russian migrants since 2022. Local reactions however differ between the two South Caucasus countries.
Researchers Margarita Zavadskaya & Tsypylma Darieva explain why in a new #Roundtable_Osteuropa episode: www.zois-berlin.de/en/podcast-r...
Researchers Margarita Zavadskaya & Tsypylma Darieva explain why in a new #Roundtable_Osteuropa episode: www.zois-berlin.de/en/podcast-r...
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Both #Georgia and #Armenia have received a large number of Russian migrants since 2022. Local reactions however differ between the two South Caucasus countries.
Researchers Margarita Zavadskaya & Tsypylma Darieva explain why in a new #Roundtable_Osteuropa episode: www.zois-berlin.de/en/podcast-r...
Researchers Margarita Zavadskaya & Tsypylma Darieva explain why in a new #Roundtable_Osteuropa episode: www.zois-berlin.de/en/podcast-r...
Was bedeutet eigentlich kollektive Freiheit? Darf die Freiheit einzelner Menschen z.B. durch einer Wehrpflicht beschnitten werden, um die Freiheit vieler zu verteidigen?
In der #Ukraine ist das Realität, auch Deutschland beschäftigt das Thema.
Gestern gab es am ZOiS dazu eine vielstimmige Debatte👇
In der #Ukraine ist das Realität, auch Deutschland beschäftigt das Thema.
Gestern gab es am ZOiS dazu eine vielstimmige Debatte👇
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Was bedeutet eigentlich kollektive Freiheit? Darf die Freiheit einzelner Menschen z.B. durch einer Wehrpflicht beschnitten werden, um die Freiheit vieler zu verteidigen?
In der #Ukraine ist das Realität, auch Deutschland beschäftigt das Thema.
Gestern gab es am ZOiS dazu eine vielstimmige Debatte👇
In der #Ukraine ist das Realität, auch Deutschland beschäftigt das Thema.
Gestern gab es am ZOiS dazu eine vielstimmige Debatte👇
Out now & #OpenAccess:
Does #China’s growing role and the #BRI challenge the EU’s approach to promoting development in in Eastern Europe?
A new article by ZOiS researchers Julia Langbein & Valentin Krüsmann with Tanja Börzel & Lunting Wu in @globalpolicy.bsky.social ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/1758...
Does #China’s growing role and the #BRI challenge the EU’s approach to promoting development in in Eastern Europe?
A new article by ZOiS researchers Julia Langbein & Valentin Krüsmann with Tanja Börzel & Lunting Wu in @globalpolicy.bsky.social ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/1758...
October 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Out now & #OpenAccess:
Does #China’s growing role and the #BRI challenge the EU’s approach to promoting development in in Eastern Europe?
A new article by ZOiS researchers Julia Langbein & Valentin Krüsmann with Tanja Börzel & Lunting Wu in @globalpolicy.bsky.social ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/1758...
Does #China’s growing role and the #BRI challenge the EU’s approach to promoting development in in Eastern Europe?
A new article by ZOiS researchers Julia Langbein & Valentin Krüsmann with Tanja Börzel & Lunting Wu in @globalpolicy.bsky.social ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/1758...
Was bewegt, was verbindet, was trennt Menschen mit Russlandhintergrund in Deutschland?
In der aktuellen Folge des ZOiS-Podcast Roundtable Osteuropa sprechen Alex Yusupov und Félix Krawatzek mit Sophia Winkler auch über neue Konfliktlinien rund um Gedenken und Identität:
In der aktuellen Folge des ZOiS-Podcast Roundtable Osteuropa sprechen Alex Yusupov und Félix Krawatzek mit Sophia Winkler auch über neue Konfliktlinien rund um Gedenken und Identität:
October 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Was bewegt, was verbindet, was trennt Menschen mit Russlandhintergrund in Deutschland?
In der aktuellen Folge des ZOiS-Podcast Roundtable Osteuropa sprechen Alex Yusupov und Félix Krawatzek mit Sophia Winkler auch über neue Konfliktlinien rund um Gedenken und Identität:
In der aktuellen Folge des ZOiS-Podcast Roundtable Osteuropa sprechen Alex Yusupov und Félix Krawatzek mit Sophia Winkler auch über neue Konfliktlinien rund um Gedenken und Identität:
Zur #BerlinSienceWeek beleuchtet eine Reihe von @scripts-berlin.eu "Umkämpfte Freiheit(en)" - und welche Rolle sie für die Resilienz demokratischer Gesellschaften spielt.
Los geht's am 4.11. am ZOiS mit dem Schwerpunkt Ukraine: berlinscienceweek.com/programme/um...
Los geht's am 4.11. am ZOiS mit dem Schwerpunkt Ukraine: berlinscienceweek.com/programme/um...
October 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Zur #BerlinSienceWeek beleuchtet eine Reihe von @scripts-berlin.eu "Umkämpfte Freiheit(en)" - und welche Rolle sie für die Resilienz demokratischer Gesellschaften spielt.
Los geht's am 4.11. am ZOiS mit dem Schwerpunkt Ukraine: berlinscienceweek.com/programme/um...
Los geht's am 4.11. am ZOiS mit dem Schwerpunkt Ukraine: berlinscienceweek.com/programme/um...
#WelomeToZOiS: Gaëlle Le Pavic is a postdoctoral fellow at Ghent University & a fellow at the United Nations University Bruges. As a visiting researcher at ZOiS, she is working on research about displaced Ukrainians in #Transnistria, as well as an additional research proposal.
More: bit.ly/4pVt5wN
More: bit.ly/4pVt5wN
October 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
#WelomeToZOiS: Gaëlle Le Pavic is a postdoctoral fellow at Ghent University & a fellow at the United Nations University Bruges. As a visiting researcher at ZOiS, she is working on research about displaced Ukrainians in #Transnistria, as well as an additional research proposal.
More: bit.ly/4pVt5wN
More: bit.ly/4pVt5wN
#WelcomeToZOiS: Olena Bogdan is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. During her #UNET Fellowship at ZOiS, she explores policy trajectories around Orthodox issues in Ukraine since 2014: www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/...
October 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#WelcomeToZOiS: Olena Bogdan is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. During her #UNET Fellowship at ZOiS, she explores policy trajectories around Orthodox issues in Ukraine since 2014: www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/...
#WelcomeToZOiS: Volodymyr Vakhitov is the Director of the Institute for Behavioral Studies at the American University Kyiv. His #UNET fellowship research is on effect of social cohesion on the integration & employment aspirations of Ukrainian refugees in Germany: www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/...
October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
#WelcomeToZOiS: Volodymyr Vakhitov is the Director of the Institute for Behavioral Studies at the American University Kyiv. His #UNET fellowship research is on effect of social cohesion on the integration & employment aspirations of Ukrainian refugees in Germany: www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/...
Letzte Woche diskutierten beim #ZOiS_Forum Vertreter*innen aus Wissenschaft & Zivilgesellschaft über pol. Repressionen in #Russland.
Ein Punkt: Menschen werden dort zunehmend allein aufgrund ihrer Identität, z.B. Sexualität verfolgt – und sind in den Gefängnissen genau deshalb besonders gefährdet.
Ein Punkt: Menschen werden dort zunehmend allein aufgrund ihrer Identität, z.B. Sexualität verfolgt – und sind in den Gefängnissen genau deshalb besonders gefährdet.
October 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Letzte Woche diskutierten beim #ZOiS_Forum Vertreter*innen aus Wissenschaft & Zivilgesellschaft über pol. Repressionen in #Russland.
Ein Punkt: Menschen werden dort zunehmend allein aufgrund ihrer Identität, z.B. Sexualität verfolgt – und sind in den Gefängnissen genau deshalb besonders gefährdet.
Ein Punkt: Menschen werden dort zunehmend allein aufgrund ihrer Identität, z.B. Sexualität verfolgt – und sind in den Gefängnissen genau deshalb besonders gefährdet.
Yesterday, writer Sofi Oksanen joined ZOiS researcher Félix Krawatzek & @gwendolynsasse.bsky.social at @bbaw.bsky.social. Her reading of the novel 'Purge' set in 20th century #Estonia opened doors to discussing memory, identity & trauma.
Don't miss any ZOiS events: www.zois-berlin.de/en/newsletter
Don't miss any ZOiS events: www.zois-berlin.de/en/newsletter
October 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Yesterday, writer Sofi Oksanen joined ZOiS researcher Félix Krawatzek & @gwendolynsasse.bsky.social at @bbaw.bsky.social. Her reading of the novel 'Purge' set in 20th century #Estonia opened doors to discussing memory, identity & trauma.
Don't miss any ZOiS events: www.zois-berlin.de/en/newsletter
Don't miss any ZOiS events: www.zois-berlin.de/en/newsletter
#WelcomeToZOiS: Tetiana Lukeria is a sociologist & researcher at the Kyiv School of Economics & a lecturer at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. As a #UNET Fellow, she compares Ukraine's decentralisation process & social cohesion in across the country: www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/...
October 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
#WelcomeToZOiS: Tetiana Lukeria is a sociologist & researcher at the Kyiv School of Economics & a lecturer at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. As a #UNET Fellow, she compares Ukraine's decentralisation process & social cohesion in across the country: www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/...
#WelcomeToZOiS: A recent Sociology & Social Anthropology graduate, Oleksandra Kokhan continues her academic path as a #UNET fellow. She researches unpaid care work by women over 60 in small Ukrainian settlements, showing how they contribute to wartime resilience: www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/...
October 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
#WelcomeToZOiS: A recent Sociology & Social Anthropology graduate, Oleksandra Kokhan continues her academic path as a #UNET fellow. She researches unpaid care work by women over 60 in small Ukrainian settlements, showing how they contribute to wartime resilience: www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/...
#WelcomeToZOiS: During her #UNET fellowship, Oleksandra Keudel, Associate Professor at Kyiv School of Economics, will co-lead a research project on governing diversity in polycentric political systems, particularly #Ukraine before & during Russia’s full-scale war: www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/...
September 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
#WelcomeToZOiS: During her #UNET fellowship, Oleksandra Keudel, Associate Professor at Kyiv School of Economics, will co-lead a research project on governing diversity in polycentric political systems, particularly #Ukraine before & during Russia’s full-scale war: www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/...
#WelcomeToZOiS: Yulia Abibok, an independent researcher & journalist with a background in History & Jewish Studies, joined ZOiS as a #UNET Fellow this autumn. Her research focuses on the dynamics between local & displaced communities in #Ukraine from 2014 to 2025: www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/...
September 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
#WelcomeToZOiS: Yulia Abibok, an independent researcher & journalist with a background in History & Jewish Studies, joined ZOiS as a #UNET Fellow this autumn. Her research focuses on the dynamics between local & displaced communities in #Ukraine from 2014 to 2025: www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/...
The last part of the fellows' week is a retreat away from the city that aims to make space for trauma-informed approaches both to academic work and life under the conditions of war.
September 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The last part of the fellows' week is a retreat away from the city that aims to make space for trauma-informed approaches both to academic work and life under the conditions of war.
This week was special for ZOiS: We welcomed both the departing & new cohort of fellows in the Ukraine Research Network@ZOiS #UNET in Berlin. We discussed both the new fellows' research projects, who will focus on the theme of unity/diversity, as well as the research outcomes by the departing cohort.
September 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This week was special for ZOiS: We welcomed both the departing & new cohort of fellows in the Ukraine Research Network@ZOiS #UNET in Berlin. We discussed both the new fellows' research projects, who will focus on the theme of unity/diversity, as well as the research outcomes by the departing cohort.
Tomorrow, #Moldova will elect a new parliament. Could the oppositional pro-Russian 'Patriotic Bloc' win?
Political scientists Nadja Douglas & @pociumban.bsky.social analyse voters' motivations & the role of Russian destabilisation in a new episode of our podcast #Roundtable_Osteuropa: bit.ly/3Knpdo8
Political scientists Nadja Douglas & @pociumban.bsky.social analyse voters' motivations & the role of Russian destabilisation in a new episode of our podcast #Roundtable_Osteuropa: bit.ly/3Knpdo8
September 27, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Tomorrow, #Moldova will elect a new parliament. Could the oppositional pro-Russian 'Patriotic Bloc' win?
Political scientists Nadja Douglas & @pociumban.bsky.social analyse voters' motivations & the role of Russian destabilisation in a new episode of our podcast #Roundtable_Osteuropa: bit.ly/3Knpdo8
Political scientists Nadja Douglas & @pociumban.bsky.social analyse voters' motivations & the role of Russian destabilisation in a new episode of our podcast #Roundtable_Osteuropa: bit.ly/3Knpdo8
How can researchers study & teach Russian-language literatures
& cultures while shifting our focus away from Russia as a space towards a language-based approach? Which academic work needs to be done to do justice to the diversity & complexity of Russian-speaking societies around the world?
& cultures while shifting our focus away from Russia as a space towards a language-based approach? Which academic work needs to be done to do justice to the diversity & complexity of Russian-speaking societies around the world?
September 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
How can researchers study & teach Russian-language literatures
& cultures while shifting our focus away from Russia as a space towards a language-based approach? Which academic work needs to be done to do justice to the diversity & complexity of Russian-speaking societies around the world?
& cultures while shifting our focus away from Russia as a space towards a language-based approach? Which academic work needs to be done to do justice to the diversity & complexity of Russian-speaking societies around the world?
Glückwünsche, Sebastian Hoppe! Der ZOiS-Forscher hat letzte Woche seine Promotion "The Politics of Regional Development. State, Patronalism & Political Economy in the Russian Far East (2007-2022)" bei Prof. Rafael Biermann an der Universität Jena verteidigt.
Mehr zu seiner Forschung: bit.ly/3JV80Sy
Mehr zu seiner Forschung: bit.ly/3JV80Sy
September 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Glückwünsche, Sebastian Hoppe! Der ZOiS-Forscher hat letzte Woche seine Promotion "The Politics of Regional Development. State, Patronalism & Political Economy in the Russian Far East (2007-2022)" bei Prof. Rafael Biermann an der Universität Jena verteidigt.
Mehr zu seiner Forschung: bit.ly/3JV80Sy
Mehr zu seiner Forschung: bit.ly/3JV80Sy