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US elections 2024: Viadrina researchers analyse results

‘Harris vs. Trump - The Early Morning After’: The Viadrina hosted an election analysis on 6 November 2024 from 4.00 to 8.00 a.m. with live broadcasts to the USA. After an initially optimistic mood, the increasingly red map was dominated by the question why so many American citizens have voted for Donald Trump.

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ERUA Research Week at the Viadrina

The ERUA Research Week will be held at the Viadrina from 11 to 15 November 2024. There, early career researchers from all ERUA partner universities can strengthen their international careers through targeted workshops and networking opportunities. Participation is free of charge and is aimed at Viadrina doctoral candidates and postdocs.

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Student call for ViAPACs programme

ViAPACS – Viadrina Applied Peace and Conflict Studies is a condensed study and training programme that complements the Bachelor's, Master's and PhD degrees at the Viadrina. It offers an additional qualification for areas of politics, society, culture, science, law or business in which conflicts between different perspectives, interests and values are part of everyday work. In particular, the programme qualifies for the fields of diplomacy and peacebuilding, international cooperation, politics and administration, social dialogue and cultural work. If you are interested in participating, you may apply by November 30, 2024.

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Events

21
Nov
Thursday 13.00

Lunch Lecture: "Why did Trump win (at such scale)?"

25
Nov
Monday 14.00

Workshop: "Politics and Ethics of Activist Research"

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25
Nov
Monday 18.00

KIU Lectures: "History and Beyond: Frames for Sense-Making during the War"

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Shaping the future via European University

Courses in law, economics, cultural and social sciences

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Being international is our trademark. People from more than 100 countries meet on Viadrina campus. Foreign languages and study programs abroad at one of our 250 partner universities are a matter of course. Our study conditions are excellent: small seminars, close contact with your lecturers and counselling on your courses, internships and career service.

European and international perspectives play an important role in the study programs of our three faculties – the faculty of law, the faculty of economics and the faculty of social and cultural sciences. At Viadrina, counselling is given individually, students generally graduate within the standard study period of the course and, with our support, entry into a successful career awaits you.

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Prospective Students

Are you thinking about studying at the German-Polish border? If you have finished your school degree, Viadrina offers numerous study programs and occasions to see our campus. Visit us, meet academics, attend lectures and get a taste of student life in our twin city.

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Students

A very warm welcome in Frankfurt (Oder)! To help you find your way at Viadrina, we have a variety of things on offers for you. Find out about our tuition fees, re-registration deadlines, our courses as well as enrollment and exams.

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Graduates

Do want to start a career? Or are you thinking about a postgraduate program? There are many options. You might want to participate in our Doctorate programs, build up your academic network within our Mentoring program, or you simply want to keep in touch with Viadrina. We offer advice, support and information for your future career.

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Faculties and schools

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Faculty of Law

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Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences

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Faculty of Business Administration and Economics

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European New School of Digital Studies

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Research

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How is peace mediation established in the foreign policy context of Germany?

The analysis of this topic is a central research and transfer area at the Viadrina Center for Peace Mediation. Situated primarily in the environment of the third-party funded research project 'Mediation Hub of the European University Viadrina at the Federal Foreign Office', it provides a continuous comparison between methodological approaches, academic reflection and the realities of political processes.

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A social science lab for research-based learning

In the SKILL project, researchers from the European New School of Digital Studies (ENS), the Viadrina Center for Teaching and Learning (ZLL) and Bauhaus-Universität Weimar are building and applying artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to recognize, analyze and visualize the structure of argumentation in scholarly articles and political arenas.

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Social practice and language in cross-border peripheries

The joint project "Linking Borderlands" focuses on the dynamics of cross-border peripheries and compares the two European border regions Greater Region Saarland/Lorraine and Brandenburg/Lubuskie. The linguistic project “Communicative Borderlands: social practice and language in the vocational training context" at the Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION and at Saarland University analyses how trainees act communicatively and how the political framework and ideas are realized in cross-border vocational training at work and in vocational schools.

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Transformation in Poland and East Germany

The project “Transformation in Poland and East Germany. Barriers to modernisation in science and the economy” fills existing gaps in research on the origins and still lasting consequences of efforts at modernisation in East Germany and the barriers that they faced. It includes comparisons with West Germany and with other countries of East Central Europe. For the first time, modernisation processes in business and science, as well as their outcomes and consequences, will be comprehensively analysed using historical, sociological, economic and political science methods.

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