SFB 1342

📢NEW PUBLICATION:
Do you think work-family challenges are limited to advanced economies, where many women work in the formal sector? Our review article disagrees (w @aysegulkayaoglu.bsky.social ).
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Food policy is a predominantly overlooked vector of state formation in Africa. Comparing the trajectories of food policy in Senegal and Uganda, this article shows how internationally embedded food policies underpin state domination. It highlights three themes – early colonial food policies, the rise of organisational knowledge and the internationalisation of state domination through multilateral “assistance”. This argument is based on field research in both countries and on official documents and secondary literature. Its theoretical orientation draws upon a historical sociology of the State, as opposed to the idea of the heroic nation-state or the State as a component of “global ‘governance'”. We claim that food policy is highly politicised and that its effects on the State deserve much more attention in International Relations (IR), on the one hand, and state theory on the other. To study politics around food, we argue, would help to globalise IR.

Our next monthly pick for February is "Food policy and state formation in Senegal and Uganda" by Alex Nadège Ouedraogo and Klaus Schlichte (both University of Bremen). Be sure to give it a read!

#OpenAccess #Food #Sengal #Uganda

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Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter für das Projekt MIND.set im Cluster "Daten-Methoden-Monitoring" & FDZ

Wir stellen ein: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit (50 % DeZIM Berlin / 50 % MHB Neuruppin) im Projekt MIND.set. Experimentelle Forschung & indirekte Messverfahren, Methodenberatung sowie Lehre (max. 6 SWS). Start: 01.04.2026. Bewerbung bis 22.02.2026.

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) in Latin American Politics The GIGA seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) in Latin American Politics Applications are invited for a full-time position, with an initial contract of three years and the possibili...

Colleagues! We are recruiting a scholar of Latin American politics, doing excellent & policy relevan research. If this soudns like you & you are interested in pursuing a career in Europe, this 3+3 post-doc might be the perfect opportunity.

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Job Offer: 🖥️ Our Project A07 "New Politics of the Ageing Welfare State? Comparing Political Outcomes and Policy Feedback of Long-term Care Policies" is looking for a Student Assistant at the University of Bremen, starting April 2026. Read more: socialpolicydynamics.de/en/

⏰ Job alert: We are looking for PhD Researchers! Only one week left to apply for our open #PhD positions in #socialpolicy at CRC 1342 | @unibremen.bsky.social.
🗓️ Application deadline: 14.01.2026 Details: www.socialpolicydynamics.de/about-the-cr...

JOB VACANCIES! 🌍 CRC 1342 is looking for new employees for the 3rd phase (2026-2029). Closing date: 14.01.2026. Check out our #PhD positions @unibremen.bsky.social! Read more: www.socialpolicydynamics.de/about-the-cr...

🚨🚨 job alert time 🚨🚨 @unibremen.bsky.social

3 PhD positions within the 3rd phase of the @sfb1342.bsky.social, with a focus on computational methods and/or on protest mobilization, specifically with a focus on Africa.

Starting time: early 2026, deadline: 14th of January.

more info below:

Die DFG richtet 9 neue Sonderforschungsbereiche ein, mit einer Förderung von 120 Mio. Euro für die erste Förderperiode. Ein neuer Verbund ist SFB/Transregio (TRR), getragen von mehreren Hochschulen. 32 Sonderforschungsbereiche, darunter 15 SFB/Transregio, werden verlängert.

Die #DFG fördert zur weiteren Stärkung der #Spitzenforschung an den Hochschulen 9 neue #Sonderforschungsbereiche (SFB). Die Themen reichen von pilzbasierten Baumaterialien über Autoimmunkrankheiten bis zu molekularer Bor-Chemie. Einzelheiten 👉 www.dfg.de/de/service/p...

CRC 1342 "Global Dynamics of Social Policy" Enters Third Funding Phase! 🌏🥳 DFG is supporting the CRC for another four years until the end of 2029! #socialpolicy Read more: socialpolicydynamics.de/en
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🔴New Article🔴 by Kerem Gabriel Öktem & Lutz Leisering: "Emerging social assistance regimes in middle income countries: Turkey in comparative perspective" @journals.sagepub.com @sagepub.com #socialassistance #socialpolicy #globalsocialpolicy #sociology
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🌍 CRC 1342 Jour Fixe: Julia Shu Huah Wang from National Taiwan University will give a talk on "Social Safety Net Features from a Global Perspective" on Wednesday, October 15, 12 to 2 pm, Room 7.1020, UNICOM. #SocialPolicy Read more on our website: socialpolicydynamics.de/en/

Happy to share the programme for the 9th edition of the "Political Economy: Theory meets Empirics" workshop, taking place over the next 2 days in Bremen, Germany. #EconSky

Herzliche Einladung zur FGZ-Jahreskonferenz nach #Leipzig! Im Dialog mit Gästen und Kooperationspartner:innen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis erkunden wir dort, welche Auswirkungen die aktuellen „Disruptionen“ auf den gesellschaftlichen #Zusammenhalt haben. Alle Infos hier: fgz-risc.de/veranstaltun...

Visit our colleagues at #ESPAnet2025!

ESPAnet2025 at University of Milan: Visit our CRC 1342 booth and try out the new Global Welfare State Information System (WeSIS)! wesis.org Wednesday: 13:00-17:00 Thursday: 11:00-14:30 and Friday: 11:00-14:00 Read more: socialpolicydynamics.de/en/

The CRC 1342 projects B10 and B06 present their research on Ukraine at the XI World Congress of the International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES) #iccees2025. 21-25 July 2025 at the University College London: iccees2025.org

🌍 CRC 1342 Jour Fixe: Prof. Sen Gong from Zhejiang University will hold a lecture on "Major Factors for the Good Practices of AI R&D and Wider Application of AI in Hangzhou" on Tuesday, July 8, 12 to 2 pm, Room 7.1020, UNICOM. Read more on our website: www.socialpolicydynamics.de/en/

🌏 CRC 1342 Jour Fixe: Prof. Dr. Eva Wegner from University of Marburg will give a talk on "The Citizen Side of Clientelism" on Wednesday, June 11, 2 to 4 pm, Room 7.1020, UNICOM. Read more on our website: socialpolicydynamics.de/en/

Gleiche Chancen in der Wissenschaft – Gleichstellung und Diversität

Die DFG hat den chancengleichen Zugang zu allen Förderprogrammen und die Vielfalt in der wissenschaftlichen Bestenauswahl zu zentralen Zielen gemacht. Entscheidend dabei: die Anerkennung verschiedener Lebenswege und deren Einflüsse auf die Karriere:⬇️ www.dfg.de/chancengleic...
#DiversityTag #DDT2025

The Kafala System and Sri Lankan Migrant Domestic Workers by Gulnaz Isabekova-Landau

The ongoing Middle East conflict has rejuvenated attention towards Lebanon. Scrutiny is growing on labor conditions, safety, and wellbeing of migrant workers.

This week's article delves deep into the Kafala sponsorship system and the experience of Sri Lankan domestic workers.

@sfb1342.bsky.social

We revise the conventional wisdom that Africa’s international borders were drawn arbitrarily. Europeans knew very little about most of Africa in the mid-1880s, but their self-interested goals of amassing territory prompted intensive examination of on-the-ground conditions as they formed borders. Europeans negotiated with African rulers to secure treaties and to learn about historical state frontiers, which enabled Africans to influence the border-formation process. Major water bodies, which shaped precolonial civilizations and trade, also served as focal points. We find support for these new theoretical implications using two original datasets. Quantitatively, we analyze border-location correlates using grid cells and an original spatial dataset on precolonial states. Qualitatively, we compiled information from treaties and diplomatic histories to code causal process observations for every bilateral border. Historical political frontiers directly affected 62% of all bilateral borders. Water bodies, often major ones, comprised the primary border feature much more frequently than straight lines.

In @apsrjournal.bsky.social, @jackpaine.bsky.social, Xiaoyan Qiu, and @ricarthuguet.bsky.social show that new spatial and historical data call into question the claim that European nations imposed arbitrary and exogenous borders on African states.

Call for Papers: Apply now! The 14th International NordWel Summer School will take place at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense from 18 to 22 August 2025. Current application deadline is 31 March 2025. Read more: www.socialpolicydynamics.de/about-the-cr...

Announcing the Global Work-Injury Policy database v2.0 and some preliminary applications of the data for 189 countries in 2020. Here a map of coverage rates. doi.org/10.1111/spol...

www.wesis.org: Early Access to New Information System with Data on Global Dynamics of Social Policy. 🌏 Sign up and log in for free! 💻 Read more: www.socialpolicydynamics.de/about-the-crc-1342/news/detail/en/?news=408