Reposted by Jana Hönkeafricamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The student association Model African Union Bayreuth will hold its annual elections on 8 September 2026 and is calling on students to put themselves forward. Location: FZA, Room S147 To apply: send a brief motivational letter to info@modelafricanunion.de More information: www.modelafricanunion.de 001
Reposted by Jana HönkeJan Sändig @jan-saendig.bsky.social · 03/07/2026How Chinese mining is contested in Africa – presenting our latest research (with Yifan Yang and Jana Hönke @janahoenke.bsky.social) at the wonderful #POLLEN2026 Conference. #PoliticalEcology #ChinaInAfrica #Extractivism #SocialMovements @pollenetwork.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Jana HönkeConflicts.Meanings.Transitions @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Stabübergabe: Julia Eichenberg @jeichenberg.bsky.social aus unserem Verbund "Deutungskämpfe im Übergang" vertritt fortan die Uni Bayreuth @unibayreuth.bsky.social im Leitungsgremium der Bayerischen Wissenschaftsallianz für Friedens-, Konflikt- und Sicherheitsforschung (FoKS) @foksbayern.bsky.social 131
Reposted by Jana HönkeDeutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung @dsfrieden.bsky.social · 07/05/2026FriedensStiftung in Zeiten globaler Krisen – unter diesem Titel haben wir am 5. Mai in Berlin das 25. Jubiläum der DSF gefeiert. Gemeinsam mit hochrangigen Gästen aus Politik und Wissenschaft diskutierten wir über Europas Optionen zur Stabilisierung der internationalen Ordnung. 📸©Ronka Oberhammer 011
Reposted by Jana HönkeJan Sändig @jan-saendig.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Now available – our introduction to the ZeFKo-Forum on #Deutungskämpfe im Übergang Florian P. Kühn and I summarize key insights of the Forum, showing how actors promote, negotiate, or resist political change – a central issue in today's #MultipleCrises 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s425... 052
Reposted by Jana HönkeDr. Marie Huber @mariehuber.bsky.social · 20/04/2026The first of several jobs in our project on corporate social responsibility as a transnational cause: 1 PhD position in sociology. We are a very supportive and ambitious international team. 2 PhD positions in history coming soon! 032
Reposted by Jana HönkeReview of International Political Economy @ripejournal.bsky.social · 20/04/2026The extractive foundations of Bretton Woods: gold, apartheid, and the racial politics of monetary order, by @jbrgreen.bsky.socialtandfonline.comThe extractive foundations of Bretton Woods: gold, apartheid, and the racial politics of monetary orderThis article revisits gold’s role within Bretton Woods, contributing to recent efforts to develop a more global and thematically inclusive international political economy (IPE). Challenging dominan... 022
Reposted by Jana HönkeConflicts.Meanings.Transitions @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social · 10/04/2026📣 Reminder – one week left, apply now! 031
Reposted by Jana HönkeConflicts.Meanings.Transitions @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Speakers: Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt (@tum.de), Abraham L. Newman (Georgetown University), and Andreas Kruck (@lmu.de) Hosted by @janahoenke.bsky.social (@unibayreuth.bsky.social) Video @amerikahaus.de Cut by Niclas Boenki (@conf-mean-trans.bsky.social) 012
Reposted by Jana HönkeConflicts.Meanings.Transitions @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Watch our #MSC2026 event recap: Roundtable – "Defuse It or Lose It: How to Defuse #Interdependence Without Blowing Up the Liberal World Order" Organized by @foksbayern.bsky.social at @amerikahaus.deyoutube.comEvent recap – How to Defuse Interdependence Without Blowing Up the Liberal World Order? (MSC 2026)YouTube video by C³ Research Center 132
Reposted by Jana Hönkeafricamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Save the Date! The Model African Union Bayreuth e.V. will be hosting their annual conference from 9-12 April. For more information you can visit their page or website: www.modelafricanunion.de @unibayreuth.bsky.social 002
Jana Hönke @janahoenke.bsky.social · 27/03/20262 #postdoc positions available at UBT: on South - South security arrangements and transnational security/aid professionals from the Global South and East. Happy to answer questions! www.uni-bayreuth.de/job-vacancy-... @postcolh.bsky.social @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.socialuni-bayreuth.deJob advertisement of the University of Bayreuth - Chair for Sociology in AfricaTwo Postdoctoral Positions (m/f/d) 0912
Reposted by Jana HönkeEJIR @ejir.bsky.social · 02/03/2026"How empires emerge" by @skumsrud.bsky.social has been recently published in EJIR and is available online! You can read it here: t1p.de/w01bi 034
Jana Hönke @janahoenke.bsky.social · 24/02/2026www.meta-klage.de Sammelklage gg den Datenklau: zum Anschließen für alle, die noch einen Facebook oder Insta-Account habenmeta-klage.deVerbandsklage gegen MetaInstagram- und Facebook-Nutzer: Kostenfrei bei der Verbandsklage gegen Meta anmelden und Unterlassung und 5.000 Euro Schadenersatz fordern 000
Jana Hönke @janahoenke.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Wichtige Petition - unterschreiben hier: civi.digitalcourage.de/recht-auf-le...civi.digitalcourage.deRecht auf Leben ohne Digitalzwang | civi.digitalcourage.de 000
Reposted by Jana HönkeKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Here’s that (disturbing) new study about the effects of Twitter/X’s biased algorithm: bsky.app/profile/eliz... 312652
Reposted by Jana HönkeFoKS @foksbayern.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Tag 2 unserer Fellow Assembly 🚀 Round Table zu „Verteidigung im Umbruch“ – mit intensiver Diskussion über Verteidigungspolitik, Resilienz, Wehrpflicht und aktuelle Herausforderungen. Mit Oliver Hidalgo, @drfranksauer.bsky.social Sauer, Inga Schalinski, Axel Schulte & Bernhard Stahl. 011
Reposted by Jana HönkeFoKS @foksbayern.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Thrilled! 🔥 Gestern beim #MSC: „Defuse it or lose it?“ Intensive Diskussion mit Abraham L. Newman, Andreas Kruck & Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt zu strategischer Interdependenz und der Zukunft der liberalen Ordnung. 001
Reposted by Jana HönkeFoKS @foksbayern.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Let’s go! 🚀 „Defuse it or lose it?“ – Wie Staaten Interdependenz strategisch nutzen und was das für die liberale Ordnung heißt. Impuls: Abraham L. Newman (Underground Empire). Gerade gestartet beim #MSC. 021
Reposted by Jana HönkeConflicts.Meanings.Transitions @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Lesenswert: Kurzanalysen der FoKS-Fellows für politische Entscheidungsträger*innen – herausgegeben von der Bayerischen Wissenschaftsallianz für Friedens-, Konflikt- und Sicherheitsforschung #FoKS www.foks-allianz.de/outreach/fok... 111
Reposted by Jana HönkeInternational Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · 10/02/2026ISA’s Call for Proposals for the 2026 Midyear Conference at the University of Pretoria are open. The conference theme is African States vs States in Africa: An Epistemological Interrogation of Africa and the World. Deadline to submit is February 27th. For more info click here: buff.ly/ZzhcPFs 022
Jana Hönke @janahoenke.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Defuse it or lose it? For those in/coming to Munich, join us for this essential #MSC2026 side event and discuss with us. 031
Reposted by Jana HönkeFoKS @foksbayern.bsky.social · 07/02/2026🆕 FoKS Fellow Perspektive 07/2026 Wie verändert sich Entwicklungszusammenarbeit – und was heißt das für globale Sicherheit? Dr. Anja Menzel @anjamenzel.bsky.social & Dr. Philipp Gieg zeigen: US-Rückzug, Kürzungen & Geopolitik gefährden langfristig Stabilität & Multilateralismus. 👉 2cm.es/1jj-D 041
Reposted by Jana HönkeGlobal Society @globalsociety.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Our second monthly pick for February is "Liminally Positioned in the South: Reinterpreting Brazilian and Chinese Relations with Africa" by @janahoenke.bsky.social, @eric-cezne.bsky.social, and Yifan Mia Yang. Do give it a read! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 065
Reposted by Jana HönkeConflicts.Meanings.Transitions @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social · 06/02/2026🌎 Join us for an exciting roundtable discussion at the #MSC2026 with leading experts, including Prof. Abraham L. Newman – hosted by @janahoenke.bsky.social from our Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions network Register now!conflicts-meanings-transitions.deInvitation to the Roundtable „Defuse It or Lose It“ – MSC Side-Event (12.2., Munich) - Conflicts.Meanings.TransitionsRoundtable discussion – „Defuse It or Lose It: How to Defuse Interdependence Without Blowing Up the Liberal World Order“ 12.2.2026 | 18:30 | Amerikahaus, Karolinensaal, Karolinenplatz 3, Munich The Ba... 011
Jana Hönke @janahoenke.bsky.social · 05/02/2026So it is even getting coverage in the economist. A striking phenomenon in several African contexts. @adamsandor.bsky.social 121
Jana Hönke @janahoenke.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Our book was reviewed in @africaspectrum.bsky.social. I was not here for a while - belated thanks for engaging with the work and the generous remarks! 061
Reposted by Jana HönkeEnvironmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · 19/01/2026New article! Youth climate activism in shrinking spaces: how Uganda’s activists navigate red lines by Jan Sändig, Laura Krehbiel & Jana Hönke. @jan-saendig.bsky.social @janahoenke.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0964... 122
Reposted by Jana HönkeJan Sändig @jan-saendig.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Thrilled to announce that our study on youth climate activism in Uganda is now published in Environmental Politics! It was a pleasure to co-author this with Laura Krehbiel and @janahoenke.bsky.social #ClimateActivism #FridaysForFuture #Framing #ShrinkingSpaces 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 131
Reposted by Jana HönkeUniversität Bayreuth @unibayreuth.bsky.social · 16/12/2025BMFTR Approves Extension of "Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict" Network www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/press... #BMFTR #UniBayreuth #UBT #ABI #Frieden #Forschunguni-bayreuth.deBMFTR Approves Extension of "Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict" NetworkJana Hönke, Sociology of Africa, Biruk Terrefe, University of Bayreuth, Adam Sandor 093
Reposted by Jana HönkeSIPRI.bsky.social @sipri.org · 16/12/2025Processes linked to the militarization of technology are increasingly blurring the line between civilian and military or security applications. This Paper examines the diversion and misuse risks generated by these developments and assesses potential policy responses. Read more: bit.ly/3KyZ2LF 041
Reposted by Jana HönkePostcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict @postcolh.bsky.social · 11/12/2025We are happy to announce that the competence network Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict(Hierarchies) has been granted a two-year extension by the BMFTR, beginning 1 April 2026. 2115
Reposted by Jana HönkeConflicts.Meanings.Transitions @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Reminder – tomorrow with livestream! 022
Jana Hönke @janahoenke.bsky.social · 01/12/2025„Orange the World“: Krise und Radikalisierung. Extremistische Männlichkeiten und ihre Medien Vortrag morgen, online. www.uni-bayreuth.de/uninotizen-1...uni-bayreuth.deDigitaler Vortrag der Uni Bayreuth im Rahmen von „Orange the World“: Krise und Radikalisierung. Extremistische Männlichkeiten und ihre MedienIm Rahmen der Aktionstage in Bayreuth rund um den Internationalen Tag gegen Gewalt an Frauen im Rahmen von „Orange the World: Stopp Gewalt gegen Frauen“ hat die Servicestelle Chancengleichheit an der ... 031
Reposted by Jana HönkeConflicts.Meanings.Transitions @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social · 01/12/2025📣 Bayreuth Peace Talk with Lina Benabdallah (Associate Professor at Wake Forest University) & Livestream! "Whither Solidarity? The Global South between Fragmentation and Shifting Architectures of Power" 👉 www.peaceandconflict.uni-bayreuth.de/en/news/2025... 121
Jana Hönke @janahoenke.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Global South Politics - Withering Solidarity? Join Lina Benabdallah and I on 10 December 16:00!african-sociology.uni-bayreuth.deTalk by Lina Benabdallah: Whither Solidarity? The Global South between Fragmentation and Shifting Architectures of PowerUniversität Bayreuth 000
Reposted by Jana HönkeKai Koddenbrock @kaikodden.bsky.social · 23/11/2025The archive of silence, listing people silenced because they spoke up for Palestine in Germany, now with a handy website with dates, links and more. archiveofsilence.orgarchiveofsilence.orgArchive of Silence | home 1136
Jana Hönke @janahoenke.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Come work with us! This is an exciting role, to work with five cluster locations, to transform the structures we work in, plus shaping and doing research as well. 012
Reposted by Jana Hönkeafricamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · 26/11/2025New IAS Expert Search! Bringing together the diverse expertise of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence & the Institute of African Studies at @unibayreuth.bsky.social. A hub for finding collaborators and connecting scholars across disciplines and regions. experts.ias.uni-bayreuth.de 002
Reposted by Jana HönkeConflicts.Meanings.Transitions @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Vorstellung unserer Forschungsergebnisse & Transferstrategien zu Deutungskämpfen im Übergang – heute bei der BMFTR-Statustagung zur Friedens- und Konfliktforschung in Bonn Vortrag von @janahoenke.bsky.social & @jan-saendig.bsky.social @unibayreuth.bsky.social 022
Reposted by Jana Hönkeafricamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · 18/11/2025📢 Join us this Thursday, 20 November, for a hybrid roundtable at the University of Bayreuth! Details can be found in the poster. @unibayreuth.bsky.social @benjaminkirby.bsky.social @terrefebiruk.bsky.social @debele.bsky.social #UrbanStudies #AfricanCities #Migration #AfricaMultiple #BayreuthEvents 043
Reposted by Jana Hönkerobin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 18/11/2025„Diese Absage ist nicht nur ein Rückschlag für den akademischen Diskurs über palästinensische Wissenschaft im Kontext schwerster Völkerrechtsverletzungen, sie wirft zugleich fundamentale Fragen nach Wissenschaftsfreiheit, institutionellem Rassismus & universitärem Selbstverständnis auf.“ 02411
Reposted by Jana HönkeRalf Michaels @ralfmichaels.bsky.social · 17/11/2025„The Targeting of the Palestinian Academy“ sollte eine wissenschaftliche Konferenz an der @lmumuenchen.bsky.social heissen. Die Universität hat beschlossen, dieses Targeting selbst aktiv zu unterstützen. Ein Skandal. 1/ 15328
Reposted by Jana Hönkecaatuk.bsky.social @caatuk.bsky.social · 17/11/2025ARMS EMBARGO ON THE UAE NOW British weapons are fuelling Sudan’s genocide through arms exports to the UAE! End the massacres and forced starvation of the Sudanese people now! ✍️ SIGN THE PETITION: caat.org.uk/sign-the-pet... 11816
Reposted by Jana HönkeInternational Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Finally, in the practice category we have two articles. The first, by @ksailormoon.bsky.social @gadinsky.bsky.social & Stefan Groth, provides a framework for how to conceptualize the use of narratives in international studies. academic.oup.com/isp/article-...academic.oup.comStudying Narratives in International RelationsAbstract. Many scholars in international relations (IR) share an interest in narratives. With few, notable exceptions, IR scholars seem to lack clear metho 123
Reposted by Jana HönkeRegina Elsner @reginaelsner.bsky.social · 17/11/20252/2... Wolfgang Palaver ordnet seine Perspektive auf Gemeinsamkeiten und grundlegenden Dissens mit Thiel in einem aktuellen feinschwarz-Beitrag ein: www.feinschwarz.net/in-den-spure...feinschwarz.netIn den Spuren Carl Schmitts: Peter Thiels Kampf gegen den Antichrist - feinschwarz.netWolfgang Palaver kennt Peter Thiel seit vielen Jahren persönlich. Für Feinschwarz.net analysiert er dessen Politische Theologie. 021
Reposted by Jana HönkeRegina Elsner @reginaelsner.bsky.social · 17/11/20251/2 In der Analyse rund um Peter Thiel und seinen Umgang mit Theologie gibt es zwei neue Beiträge: Zeit-Redakteure besuchten die "Vorlesungen" Thiels in den USA, die er zuvor auch dank seiner langjährigen Bekanntschaft mit Wolfgang Palaver in Innsbruck hielt: www.zeit.de/2025/48/pete...zeit.dePeter Thiel: Warum die Welt bald untergehtAn vier Abenden hat der Techmilliardär Peter Thiel seine Ideologie erklärt. Sehr vertraulich, vor exklusivem Publikum. Es ist ein Blick in den Abgrund. 101
Reposted by Jana HönkeJoël Glasman @glasmanjo.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Call for Application: Full Professor of Modern and Contemporary History @unibayreuth.bsky.social 01010
Reposted by Jana HönkeJan Sändig @jan-saendig.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Sharing our insights from INFRAGLOB (ERC) on South-South governance practices and contestations regarding large-scale infrastructure projects in Africa. #ChinaInAfrica Together with @janahoenke.bsky.social in the latest issue of NAB 👉 www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/pool/dokumen... 031
Reposted by Jana HönkeStefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social · 10/10/2025The IAS is pleased to announce the publication of the new NAB. 🎉 This edition offers a comprehensive look back at the IAS’s initiatives, projects, & events throughout 2024. 👉 You can access the digital version directly here: www.ias.uni-bayreuth.de/de/IAS-Publi... @africamultiple.bsky.social 056