Viadrina Institute for European Studies (IFES) • European University Viadrina

Blick aus Slubice auf die Oder und Stadtbrücke

Welcome to the Institute for European Studies

The Viadrina Institute for European Studies (IFES) conducts interdisciplinary research on social, political and cultural figurations on the European continent and its global entanglements. The institute focuses both on historical and contemporary processes of Europeanisation, paying particular attention to their inherent complexities and ambivalences. Through its research, the IFES seeks to contribute to a deeper understanding of Europe and to foster a critical perspective within the field of European studies.

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15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
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Visitor address

Logenstr. 11
15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
Room LH 111

Team and members

News

Lunch lecture 'border controls': Recording and review published

The Viadrina news portal has published a review on the lunch lecture on the topic of the current border controls, which took place in cooperation between the Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION, the European Reform University Alliance (ERUA) and IFES. A recording of the event can be found on the Viadrina media portal.

New publication

"Unveiling Ecological Unequal Exchange: The Role of Biophysical Flows as an Indicator of Ecological Exploitation in the North-South Relations" by Georg Meran and Reimund Schwarze has just been published as an open access resource in the journal Economics (De Gruyter). In their publication the authors analyze the concept of "ecological unequal exchange" (EUE) as the "methodological basis for proving that the Global North is ecologically exploiting the Global South".

Global Trade War? Review and recording of the lunch lecture now available

A recording of our past lunch lecture "Global trade war? International Politics and Capitalism in Crisis" with Sascha Münnich, Jürgen Neyer and Sonja Priebus is now available to listen to online. A review of the event has also been published in the Viadrina Newsportal.

Review published

Despite the statistical average of their federal state in national comparison, the voters of Brandenburg chose the AfD at an above-average rate in the last federal election. A panel discussion organised by the IFES discussed possible causes and consequences of this election result. The report is now available on the Viadrina news portal.

Events

Jul

Thursday 18.00

Grenzkontrolle der Grenze Frankfurt (Oder) und Słubice

Border controls at the Oder: Legal, political and humanitarian challenges

Panel discussion with Marcus Engler (DeZIM), Lea Christinck (DeZIM) and Norbert Cyrus (B/ORDERS IN MOTION), the authors of a current expert report on the effects of internal border controls, as well as Claudia M. Hofmann, European and social law expert at Viadrina, and Anja Hennig, specialist for German-Polish relations at the EUV. Moderation by Kira Kosnick (B/ORDERS IN MOTION).

Jun

Wednesday 13.00

Global trade war? International politics and capitalism in crisis

In this lunch lecture, Jürgen Neyer and Sascha Münnich discuss the political and socio-economic dimensions of the current return of protectionism and escalating trade conflicts between the USA, China and the EU.

Apr

Tuesday 18.15

Brandenburg after the federal election: Analysis and outlook

The IFES invites to a round table discussion of the federal election results of 23 February 2025. In addition to the possible causes of the election result, the focus will be on the future prospects for the state, city and university.

May

Friday 18.00

The Reality of Ghosts: Haunted Landscapes in the Anthropocene

A keynote lecture by Juliane Rebentisch (Hamburg/Princeton) as part of the conference "Realisms of Relations. Ecologies of Art in the Aftermath of Modernity" organised by the Junior Professorship for Theory of Arts and Media in cooperation with the IFES talk series "Human and Planet".