2️⃣ Die Sicherheitsexpertin Míla O’Sullivan konzentriert sich die Geschlechterdimension von Russlands Krieg gegen die #Ukraine, und fordert, dass diese bei Sicherheitsgarantien an die Ukraine & bei Konfliktprävention allgemein mitgedacht wird. Im #KonKoop In:Security Report: konkoop.de/f/is-report-...

3️⃣ Drawing on data collected as part of the #KonKoop research network, ZOiS Director @gwendolynsasse.bsky.social draws attention to the prevalence of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Ukraine. She investigates the link between #trauma & political attitudes and calls for more attention to the issue.

Good news: The research network #KonKoop, coordinated by ZOiS, has been granted a second project phase by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology & Space. It develops peace & conflict research on Eastern Europe & connects researchers in Germany & beyond: www.zois-berlin.de/en/ueber-uns...

Thursdays are for Searches: The Russian Repression Calendar in Occupied Crimea - KonKoop Authoritarian control follows a grim calculus. The literature on state repression shows that coercion is not random but operates under a highly strategic logic. Russia’s repressive campaign in its occupied territories in Ukraine is no exception. Shortly after the illegal occupation and annexation of Crimea in February and March 2014,…

Russian repression against Crimean #Tatars in occupied Ukraine follows a pattern.
Using a new geo-coded event dataset, researchers Elmira Muratova & @felixschulte.bsky.social map human rights violations & explain why repression is often carried out on Thursdays. More on the #KonKoop DataLab blog ⤵️

Out now: the latest In:Security Report @zois.bsky.social #KonKoop on bottom-up perspectives on #security from Ukraine, Moldova and Poland. They are an important element of foreign- and security policy. ⬇️

Russia’s war against Ukraine has shaken people’s sense of safety across Europe. A new report by the #KonKoop network shows how insecurity is felt on the ground in Ukraine, Moldova & Poland.

Bottom-up perspectives matter for the European #security order, the researchers argue: bit.ly/konkoop2-25

Applications are now open for an academic coordinator position in the #KonKoop lab at @leibniz-ios.de in Regensburg! We are looking forward to the continuation of the KonKoop network. ⤵️

Job vacancy announcement: Research Coordinator (f/m/d) for KonKoop Early Career Lab at Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies. 75% position, TV-L E 13, focusing on Peace & Conflict Studies in East & Southeast Europe. Start date: April 1, 2026. Application deadline: November 9, 2025.

💼 #JoinUs in beautiful #Regensburg as a #ResearchCoordinator (f/m/d, 75%, up to TV-L 13) for an Early Career Lab in Peace and #ConflictStudies in Eastern & Southeastern Europe. The lab is part of the research network #KonKoop.
📅 Application deadline: 9 Nov 2025
➡️ leibniz-ios.de/en/vacancies...

What solutions are out there for researchers in authoritarian evironments, where statistics are censored & academic freedom is shrinking?

Read the #KonKoop DataLab Blog post by @edklein.bsky.social about the stoty of the @discussdata.bsky.social platform⤵️

DataLab BLOG: Studying the Multilingual Landscape in Azerbaijan - Methodological Challenges - KonKoop Authors: Yulia Aliyeva, Tsypylma Darieva | 25.08.2025 How to study a Multilingual Linguistic Landscape? – Yulia Aliyeva (ADA University, Baku) and, Tsypylma Darieva (ZOiS, Berlin) reflect on this question with research notes from Baku, Azerbaijan.

Documenting the street signs of #Baku to reveal the competitive social & political realities of multilingualism in #Azerbaijan:
Researchers Yulia Aliyeva & Tsypylma Darieva share field notes and reflect on their mothodology on the #KonKoop DataLab Blog. Read now 👇

#ICCEES day 4: Today, the 3rd party-funded projects at ZOiS came through – @sophiawinkler.bsky.social presented her PhD research on Russian migrants navigating transnational belonging for #MoveMeRu & Sabine von Löwis discussed maps & map making as critical resources as part of the #KonKoop network.

#ICCEES2025 day 3: @gwendolynsasse.bsky.social & @oonuch.bsky.social presented findings from their #KonKoop Trauma Study, investigating links betw. traumas & pol. attitudes and trust patterns in Ukr. society & discussed recovery & reforms in with Ukraine scholars like #UNET alumn Yuliya Bidenko.

Exciting news from the #KonKoop network:

A new map tool for scholars, practitioners, or policymakers 👇

#ICCEES2025 is about to start & we are happy to be a cooperation partner! ZOiS has organised & sponsored several panels & roundtables, including a @basees.bsky.social-ZOiS Roundtable on Thursday.

Come meet the ZOiS panelists👇 and many more researchers from the #KonKoop & #UNET networks!

Interactive research map of Eastern and Southeastern Europe showing colored markers for peace and conflict organizations. Left side displays a regional map with numbered points, right side features blue background with title "Explore Peace & Conflict Organizations in Eastern & Southeastern Europe". Bottom shows logos of Leibniz-IOS and KonKoop. Text indicates "Interactive | Open Access" and "New Research Map"

🗺️ New interactive map live!
Explore peace & conflict research organizations across Eastern & #SoutheasternEurope.
Browse by theme, focus, and region.
➡️ conflictresearchmap.ios-regensburg.de
#PeaceResearch #KonKoop #EasternEurope #ConflictStudies #OpenData #DigitalHumanities

📌 We are pleased to support the 6th Graduate Workshop of the Graduate School for East- and Southeast European Studies at the @uniregensburg.bsky.social.
Organized by: @cindywittke.bsky.social, Nikola Gajić, @katarina-damcevic.bsky.social
🔗 lnkd.in/d7PsXfpe

#ScienceCampus #KonKoop @leibniz-ios.de

DataLab BLOG: In/visible Contested Border: Im/material Evolutions of the Georgian-Abkhazian Divide - KonKoop How can you study a contested border that is not a fixed line, but an evolving assemblage of material and immaterial elements – including infrastructure, narratives, security practices and lived experiences? Gaëlle le Pavic does so in the case of the Georgian-Abkhazian divide.

Occupation line, Boundary Line, border – the Georgian-Abkhazian divide has many names, reflecting its contested nature.

Gaëlle Le Pavic provides an overview of the transformation of the ceasefire line and the material and immaterial realities it creates.

Read now on the #KonKoop DataLab Blog.

DataLab BLOG: Constructing ‘the People’: Strategies, Modes, Scales What does it mean when a political actor refers to ‘the people’? Where do we locate him or her in a political discourse? Bojidar Kolov presents a model that could help answer these questions and much more.

The people' - the use of this term is often a signifier of one's political position. Researcher Bojidar Kolov scrutinises how this reference can have several political implications.

Read more in his text for the #KonKoop DataLabBLOG👇

Catalog of Conflict and Cooperation Datasets - KonKoop This catalog features key research platforms and public datasets on conflict and cooperation, political developments, socio-economic trends, and public opinion across Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the South Caucasus.

📢 New public research resource!

Looking for datasets on conflict & cooperation in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the South Caucasus? The #KonKoop DataLab compiles key datasets on armed conflicts, public opinion, elections and more.

Explore now: konkoop.de/index.php/da...

DataLab BLOG: …. there is so much more we do not know - Data Visualisation in Peace and Conflict Research Data visualization in peace and conflict research is becoming more and more important. Josip Glaurdić reflects on the advantages and pitfalls of data visualisation with regard to his own projects with focus on South Eastern Europe.

'Inevitably, the students are left stunned by the monumentality of problems faced by post-conflict societies.'

Political science professor Josip Glaurdić ponders the advantages & pitfalls of #DataVisualization in peace & conflict studies focusing on South Eastern Europe on the #KonKoop DataLabBlog⤵️

DataLab BLOG: ‘Stealing’ and ‘Combining’ Time for Meaningful Contributions Beyond Academic Anthropology How can anthropological research produced for Western markets of academic knowledge become more relevant and benefit the people and societies studied? Nikola A. Venkov-Rose’s answer is ‘stealing and c...

'How can anthropological research produced for Western markets of academic knowledge become more relevant to the people studied?' Nikola A. Venkov-Rose asks on the #KonKoop DataLabBlog.
Read his piece on connecting fieldwork & collaborative art in a racialised community in Stolipinovo, #Bulgaria:

New database out now!

Where, when & how have people protested in Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus & Central Asia?
From strikes, rallies & mass protests to revolutions, the #KonKoop DataLab just published a new resource for #quantitative protest event analysis.
More in @ivodinev.bsky.social's 🧵⤵️

Our new platform in #KonKoop presents 51 #protest datasets for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, covering countries, time, sources, event types, and publications. It aims to deepen understanding of societal dynamics while addressing methodological challenges. konkoop.de/index.php/pr...

DataLabBLOG: Reflexivity, Hierarchy and Ethics in Research Encounters and Collaborations - KonKoop What ethical approaches can be taken to address knowledge hierarchies in joint data collection initiatives? Veronika Pfeilschifter explores this question and elaborates on political subjectivity in re...

How can researchers respond ethically to knowledge hierarchies in joint data collections? Doctoral researcher & ZOiS affiliate Veronika Pfeilschifter reflects on this question and political subjectivity in #research collaborations on the #KonKoop DataLab Blog: konkoop.de/index.php/bl...

The report is based on the 2024 workshop ‘The Risks of Decoupling: Post-Soviet Critical Infrastructure Legacies, New Challenges and the Societal Dimension’ organised by the research network ‘Cooperation & Conflict in Eastern Europe’ #KonKoop, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Confidence building and intra- and inter-societal dialogue in the South #Caucasus is a timely issue – yesterday's event by @berghoffnd.bsky.social, the #KonKoop research network and ZOiS provided fruitful exchanges.

The report is based on a workshop organised by the research network #KonKoop, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF). At ZOiS, Nadja Douglas coordinates KonKoop’s In:Security topic line. The results will be published periodically in the KonKoop In:Security Reports.

Old Fears and New Threats: Insecurity and Societal Cohesion in Russia’s Neighbourhood KonKoop In:Security Report Series /1 von Nadja Douglas, Weronika Grzebalska, Kornely Kakachia, Andrei Kazakevich, Asbed Kotchikian, Yuliia Kurnyshova, Inna Șupac, Joni Virkkunen

Out now: #KonKoop In:Security Report 1/2024
The new report focuses on #security ‘from below’ and finds that societal cohesion is crucial for security in countries in #Russia’s neighbourhood.

Read the full report here: www.zois-berlin.de/publikatione...

Join us a for a presentation on the new educational platform #REESOURCES: Rethinking #EasternEurope by Ivanna Cherchovych (CUH Lviv). Moderated by Katarina Damčević (#LeibnizIOS), organized by #KonKoop & our Leibniz ScienceCampus.
🗓️ May 17 | 14:00 CET | IOS
➡️ leibniz-ios.de/en/events/de...

Today at ZOiS: Natalia Otrishchenko and Ivanna Cherchovych (both Center for Urban History Lviv and #KonKoop fellows at ZZF Potsdam) talked about documenting #Russia's war against #Ukraine and its effects on society and #research. Find out more about #KonKoop: konkoop.de