Zentrum für Osteuropa- und internationale Studien (ZOiS)
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Independent, int., publicly funded research institute focusing on Eastern Europe & sharing the results with policymakers, media & public.
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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
Das ZOiS macht Social Media Pause. Ab dem 1. September gibt es hier wieder Neues. Bis dahin wünschen wir eine schöne Woche und bedanken uns für das Interesse!
ZOiS ist taking a social media break. We will be back with new content on 1 September. We wish you a great week and thank you for following!
ZOiS ist taking a social media break. We will be back with new content on 1 September. We wish you a great week and thank you for following!
August 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Das ZOiS macht Social Media Pause. Ab dem 1. September gibt es hier wieder Neues. Bis dahin wünschen wir eine schöne Woche und bedanken uns für das Interesse!
ZOiS ist taking a social media break. We will be back with new content on 1 September. We wish you a great week and thank you for following!
ZOiS ist taking a social media break. We will be back with new content on 1 September. We wish you a great week and thank you for following!
Our 2024 Annual Report is now available in English!
It provides an overview of ZOiS's mission, goals, research projects, events, publications & other activities.
Here's a sneak peek: We counted how many people worked on how many projects & in how many areas to produce how many results in 2024 👇
It provides an overview of ZOiS's mission, goals, research projects, events, publications & other activities.
Here's a sneak peek: We counted how many people worked on how many projects & in how many areas to produce how many results in 2024 👇
August 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Our 2024 Annual Report is now available in English!
It provides an overview of ZOiS's mission, goals, research projects, events, publications & other activities.
Here's a sneak peek: We counted how many people worked on how many projects & in how many areas to produce how many results in 2024 👇
It provides an overview of ZOiS's mission, goals, research projects, events, publications & other activities.
Here's a sneak peek: We counted how many people worked on how many projects & in how many areas to produce how many results in 2024 👇
#ICCEES2025 day 5: This final day was packed, with Azerbaijan’s new Left, emigré Euromaidan participants, possible future(s) for Crimea & Ukraine's minorities in wartimes among our topics.
We are grateful for all the conversations had & glad to have contributed as a partner organisation this year!
We are grateful for all the conversations had & glad to have contributed as a partner organisation this year!
July 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
#ICCEES2025 day 5: This final day was packed, with Azerbaijan’s new Left, emigré Euromaidan participants, possible future(s) for Crimea & Ukraine's minorities in wartimes among our topics.
We are grateful for all the conversations had & glad to have contributed as a partner organisation this year!
We are grateful for all the conversations had & glad to have contributed as a partner organisation this year!
#ICCEES day 4: Today, the 3rd party-funded projects at ZOiS came through – @sophiawinkler.bsky.social presented her PhD research on Russian migrants navigating transnational belonging for #MoveMeRu & Sabine von Löwis discussed maps & map making as critical resources as part of the #KonKoop network.
July 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
#ICCEES day 4: Today, the 3rd party-funded projects at ZOiS came through – @sophiawinkler.bsky.social presented her PhD research on Russian migrants navigating transnational belonging for #MoveMeRu & Sabine von Löwis discussed maps & map making as critical resources as part of the #KonKoop network.
#ICCEES2025 day 3: @gwendolynsasse.bsky.social & @oonuch.bsky.social presented findings from their #KonKoop Trauma Study, investigating links betw. traumas & pol. attitudes and trust patterns in Ukr. society & discussed recovery & reforms in with Ukraine scholars like #UNET alumn Yuliya Bidenko.
July 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
#ICCEES2025 day 3: @gwendolynsasse.bsky.social & @oonuch.bsky.social presented findings from their #KonKoop Trauma Study, investigating links betw. traumas & pol. attitudes and trust patterns in Ukr. society & discussed recovery & reforms in with Ukraine scholars like #UNET alumn Yuliya Bidenko.
#ICCEES2025 day 2: From adaptation strategies at Moldovan bazaars to multilinguality, today's presentations covered many of our research areas, e.g. political economy, border regions and migration & diversity.
Another highlight: introducing the data network #KoDaNetOst, read more: bit.ly/415q9Ti
Another highlight: introducing the data network #KoDaNetOst, read more: bit.ly/415q9Ti
July 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#ICCEES2025 day 2: From adaptation strategies at Moldovan bazaars to multilinguality, today's presentations covered many of our research areas, e.g. political economy, border regions and migration & diversity.
Another highlight: introducing the data network #KoDaNetOst, read more: bit.ly/415q9Ti
Another highlight: introducing the data network #KoDaNetOst, read more: bit.ly/415q9Ti