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Merritt Fedzin

@merrittfedzin.bsky.social

PhD researcher on security, peace and conflict @leibniz-ios.de & @gsoses.bsky.social 🔎 East Europe, West & Central Asia Views are my own.

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Leibniz-Institut für Ost- & Südosteuropaforschung @leibniz-ios.de · 01/06/2026

📣 #CfA: We invite applications for up to two Visiting Fellowships on the politics of international law, contested sovereignty & hybrid conflicts in the #SouthCaucasus. Funded by @daadworldwide.bsky.social, co-organized w/ Yerevan State University. 📅 Deadline: 20 June ➡️ leibniz-ios.de/en/knowledge...

Flyer for the Visiting Fellows Program 2026 at IOS Regensburg. Application deadline: 20 June 2026. Duration: up to 3 months within 2026. Focus: "Contested Spaces, Fragmented Orders: International Law and Politics in the South Caucasus." Target audience: PhD holders and experienced researchers. Benefits: monthly stipend, travel allowance, research support. Co-funded by DAAD and German Federal Foreign Office.

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Leibniz-Institut für Ost- & Südosteuropaforschung @leibniz-ios.de · 31/03/2026

"From Contested Pasts to (In)Secure Futures": At the 2026 IOS Conference, we will examine the profound political upheavals underway in Eastern Europe and introduce our new Department of Politics. Keynotes by Iryna Marchuk and Maria Mälksoo. 🔗 Program is now online: leibniz-ios.de/veranstaltun...

Online banner for 13th IOS Annual Conference, title: "From Contested Pasts to (In)Secure Futures – Politics in East and Southeast Europe". 22-24 April, Regensburg, URL: www.leibniz-ios.de/conference2026

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Leibniz-Institut für Ost- & Südosteuropaforschung @leibniz-ios.de · 22/04/2026

We are delighted—and a little proud, too—to introduce you to our new Department of Politics and its team. Today, we are kicking off our annual conference, which also marks the launch of our new Department of Politics. 🔭 Explore the slides in this thread to meet the team. 1/3

Slider with text: About the Department. Established at the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies in 2025, we are committed to: • Conducting theoretically and methodologically driven research on politics in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. • Taking regional specifics seriously and approaching political inquiry with a strong foundation in area studies. • Advancing interdisciplinary research with an emphasis on peace and conflict studies, international relations and international law, and comparative political science. • Pursuing extensive knowledge transfer activities, including policy advice.

Slider with a photo of a person and text: Head of the Department. Prof. Dr. Cindy Wittke-Hohlfeld. Cindy is Professor for Normativity in International Politics at the University of Regensburg and Head of the Department of Politics at the IOS. She studies war and territorial conflicts, peace negotiations, and the politics of international law, focusing on Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

Slider with a photo of a person and text: Research Associate. Dr. Fabian Burkhardt. Fabian is a senior researcher and editor of the Country Analytical Digest series. A political scientist, he is interested in comparative authoritarianism and studies the domestic governance and transnational influence of autocracies. His regional focus is Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.

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