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Editorial

Jun 21, 2017

Tanja A. Börzel and Thomas Risse

Tanja A. Börzel and Thomas Risse

Dear friends and colleagues of the Kolleg-Forschergruppe,

Welcome to our summer newsletter edition!

The first half of 2017 is almost over, and we would like to keep you informed about what is happening at the KFG. As you might know, we are on sabbatical right now, but the work at the KFG is still going on with the weekly Jour Fixe meetings, workshops, and preparations for our final conference in summer 2018. More details on that will follow within the next months.

In this newsletter edition, you will find a report about the final stage of our roadshow for the Oxford Handbook of Comparative Regionalism. This time a roundtable on the topic “European Solutions for Global problems? The European Union and Comparative Regionalism” was held at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences in February.

Furthermore, KFG- associated Fellow Elin Hellquist hosted a workshop on the “Varieties of Punishment” regarding the practice of regional sanctions. You can find a review in this edition.

Our Visiting Fellow Professor Jolyon Howorth contributes to this edition an advanced overview of the EU-NATO relations and estimates their future by developing three possible scenarios.

We would also like to introduce our new associated and DFG-funded project “Global Pathways – Knowledge Diffusion in International Relations Research”, co-led by Thomas Risse and executed by Wiebke Wemheuer-Vogelaar.

Even though there are not many PhD candidates and PostDoc fellows left at the KFG, the remaining ones are very active. We congratulate Harrison Kalunga Mwilima on successfully defending his dissertation. In the “Famous Last Words” section, you will find his goodbye statement. Among other things, KFG PostDoc Stefano Palestini Céspedes published two articles online at Open Democracy and IPI Global Observatory, which we highly recommend reading. In addition, we would like to draw your attention to the forthcoming publication of Digdem Soyaltin’s dissertation “Europeanisation, Good Governance and Corruption in the Public Sector - The Case of Turkey”. Last but not least, you will find an overview of the latest working papers published in our series.

Finally, we co-organized an event about so-called “post-factual” politics and how political science should deal with this phenomenon at the annual Long Night of Sciences 2017, consisting of a minute-madness session and a panel discussion.

We wish you a relaxing summer break and look forward to another productive term in autumn 2017!

Best regards,

Tanja A. Börzel, Thomas Risse & the KFG Team