Workshop | 17 October | (Un)frozen Conflicts: Polymorph aspects of contested sovereignty and multi-dimensional borders in Europe and beyond

The workshop will explore the intersection of conflicts over sovereignty, territory, the dynamics of frozen conflicts in and beyond Eastern Europe, including the strains within non-recognized de facto states from a global comparative perspective, and protracted border disputes. It will examine their historical underpinnings, political developments and consequences, politico-legal challenges, socio-economic effects, and viable managements and resolution approaches. The event will showcase the latest research progress from various networks based in Europe.

We invite colleagues from UR and IOS, including doctoral researchers, to register to join the workshop. Please email campus@europeamerica.de by 10 October to participate.

Preliminary Programme:

09:00–09:30  Welcome & Opening Remarks

• Mélanie Sadozaï (U Regensburg) & Cindy Wittke (IOS Regensburg)

09:30–11:00  Session I – Researching and Comparing (Contested) Border Regions / Experiences from the Field

Chair: Mélanie Sadozaï (U Regensburg)

• Tetyana Malyarenko (EUI/U Odesa) – New People for the Old Empire: Russian Policy of Citizenship in the Occupied Territories of Ukraine and Beyond
• Elia Bescotti (Free University of Brussels/U Oxford) – Ontological In-Securities in the Post-Soviet Politics of International Law. Contested sovereignties between Georgia-Abkhazia, and Moldova-Transnistria

11:00–11:30  Coffee Break

11:30–13:00  Session II – Mapping, Visualizing and Sharing Research Data and Result

Chair: Cindy Wittke (IOS Regensburg)

• Katarina Damčević (IOS Regensburg) and Iaroslav Boretskii (ZOiS, Berlin) – Mapping Peace and Conflict Studies in Eastern Europe
• Eiki Berg (U Tartu) – De Facto State Research Unit / mapping

13:00–14:30  Lunch Break

14:30–16:00  Session III – Networking Research

Chair: Mélanie Sadozaï

• Eiki Berg (U Tartu) – De Facto State Research Unit
• Vera Axyonova (U Vienna) – ECPR Research Network on Statehood, Sovereignty and Conflict
• Cindy Wittke (IOS Regensburg) – Bavarian Research Alliance on Peace, Conflict and Security Research

16:00–16:30  Coffee Break

16:30–18:00  Closing Session. Networking Networks – Engaging with (Un)frozen Conflicts in Research and Teaching

• Mélanie Sadozaï (U Regensburg) & Cindy Wittke (IOS Regensburg)
• Participant feedback

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