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Conflict and Security Research Group (ConSec)
The Conflict and Security Research Group (ConSec) is a multi-disciplinary forum of academic exchange for students and faculty whose academic interests lie within the broad field of conflict and security studies. The topics covered by the research group include, but are not restricted to, ethnic and ideological civil wars, political violence, peace-building, third party intervention, conflict management, ethnic politics, diasporas and migration, nationalism, identity and foreign policy.
Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG)
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Environmental and Social Justice Action Research Group
The Environmental and Social Justice Action Research Group is a forum for dialogue, research and collective action to promote and achieve environmental and social justice.
Global South Research Group (GSRG)
The Global South Research Group (GSRG) brings together students, researchers, and faculty interested in the Global South, independent of their departmental affiliation. The group aims to create a network focusing on matters of development, North/South relations, and regions such as Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific. We hold regular meetings during which the work of students and faculty can be debated and relevant literature can be discussed. In addition, the group organizes events at 巴黎人官方网登录网址 in order to increase the visibility of the Global South focus across our academic community.
Higher Education Research Group (HERG)
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History of Political Thought Research Group
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IPeers―IP&IT Law Research Group
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Academic and policy-relevant research on labor markets and other applied microeconomic issues in Central and Eastern Europe
The Middle East and North Africa Space (MENAS)
The Middle East and North Africa Space (MENAS) is a research group dedicated to the study of issues related to the Middle East and North Africa. It is housed at the Central European University in Budapest, within the department of political science. The aim of MENAS is to bring together scholars working on these regions. It organizes events such as seminars, paper discussions, workshops, and social events such as movie nights and Arabic language practice.
Migration Research Group (MiRG)
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Nationalism Studies Research Group (NSRG)
The Nationalism Studies Research Group (NSRG) is a new student-led initiative aiming to discuss theoretical and practical aspects of nationalism. Our research interests vary wildly, as most of our members come from various disciplinary backgrounds and contribute to the study of different aspects of nationalism, including populism, ethnic and civic nationalism, everyday nationhood, far-right ideologies, and bottom-up approaches to nation-building. The research group was established this year, not only in order to bring together 巴黎人官方网登录网址 PhD students working on these relevant topics but also to establish connections and facilitate networking with Viennese scholars and PhD students working in the field.
Research Group in Political, Legal and Moral Philosophy (POLEMO)
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Political Behavior Research Group (PolBeRG)
The Political Behavior Research Group (POLBERG) is a research-facilitating and learning environment for the study of political behavior and political communication. It organizes regular seminars with paper presentations, replication seminars, and more informal talks on research methods and emerging research agendas. The events are open to students and faculty from any 巴黎人官方网登录网址 department as well as interested scholars at other academic institutions, and offer them the opportunity to discuss their own research with a specialist audience.
Political Economy Research Group (PERG)
Collaborative research among the 巴黎人官方网登录网址 faculty and students working in the area of political economy, concentrating primarily on the region of Central and Eastern Europe.
Public health research has enormous breadth and scope. The research group is interested in the full continuum of possible public health research topics.
Research on Culture, Politics, and Society (RCPS)
The group focuses on the forms, causes, and effects of cultural production in modern and contemporary society. Participants are researchers and advanced doctoral students working on issues of knowledge, art, media, and politics in various parts of the world, interested in expanding their theoretical and disciplinary horizons. The group is hosted by and managed from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology but it is interdisciplinary in scope, and its participants are interested in exploring intersections of global history, sociology, anthropology, political economy, political theory, policy studies, and social theory, as they apply specifically to the study of culture. The group reads or re-reads classics in global history and world systems analysis, with the aim of understanding what a macro-historical approach brings to the general understanding of the culture–politics–economy nexus. Contact: Ramnath_Shreya@phd.villa-vivere.com
Science Studies Research Group
The Science Studies Research Group examines the relations between scientific and technical forms of knowledge and the social, philosophical, and historical contexts that make these specialized practices both possible for experts and meaningful for their many audiences. Interdisciplinary of necessity, the group reflexively seeks combinations of interpretive inquiry and rational analysis that not only link disparate forms of scientific investigation, but also make sense of their impacts in society, industry, government, popular culture and daily life. Several departments participate in Science Studies activities at 巴黎人官方网登录网址: History, Philosophy, Sociology/Social Anthropology, Cognitive Science, Environmental Studies, Gender Studies, and Medieval Studies. A general overview of Science Studies at 巴黎人官方网登录网址 (including courses) and further afield may be found on our general page. To follow current activities of the 巴黎人官方网登录网址 Science Studies Research Group, please go to the Science Studies Laboratory.
巴黎人官方网登录网址 South Asia Research Group (SARG) is a multidisciplinary initiative bringing together faculty, staff and students who share a passion for the study of South Asia. SARG's regular activities include research seminars, reading groups, film screenings, cultural celebrations and roundtables.
The Spatial Mapping and Analysis Research Group (SMARG)
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