Hot off the press: Research perspectives on globalisation and world relations

Our 2021 thematic issue on the topic of „Globalisation and World Relations“ has just been published. It brings together perspectives and academic approaches from researchers from the various disciplines at the University of Erfurt and is now available online and in print.

Globalisation and world relations – a topic that may sound abstract at first, but which we encounter „live“ every day. One that we argue about, that challenges us, that drives us – in very different ways – and that sometimes also makes us doubt. And above all, one that academics at the University of Erfurt are researching and thus have a great deal to contribute. Each from their own perspective and discipline. Whether climate policy or COVID-19, conflict research or space-time observations, historical observations on the beginnings of global phenomena, religion, colonialism, world economy and financial crisis: the spectrum is broad. Our thematic issue is intended to provide an insight into this – our – research and, with a selected student contribution, also to show a perspective of tomorrow’s researchers.

You can download the issue as a PDF here or pick it up as a print brochure from the Office of University Communications in the Administration Building (while stocks last). We hope you enjoy reading it!

Stefan Schmalz receives Heisenberg research funding

PD Dr. Stefan Schmalz, currently deputy professor at the Latin America Institute of Freie Universität Berlin, will be included in the Heisenberg Programme of the German Research Foundation (DFG). The funding is based at the Max-Weber-Kolleg for Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt.

Schmalz will conduct research at the Max Weber College on „Globalisation in the Cancer Course: New Lines of Conflict in the International Division of Labour“. The project is devoted to current conflicts which are being caused by the rise of China in the world economy. One focus is on disputes over Chinese direct investment in the high-tech sector. It discusses what ‚deglobalisation‘ means. Schmalz also plans to conduct research in China and the USA in the coming years.

The Heisenberg Programme is aimed at „outstanding scientists“ whose research projects are characterised by „high scientific quality and originality“. Hartmut Rosa, Director of the Max-Weber-Kolleg: „In this project, which focuses on problems of the international division of labour using the example of China, we also see great potential for inter-faculty cooperation with colleagues at the Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences, and especially the Willy Brandt School.“