News from the Department

Wars shape our present – not only through military violence, but also through their far-reaching political, social and moral consequences. Against this background, the KAAD seminar "Current challenges in peace ethics" was dedicated to the question of how peace ethics can be thought of and lived responsibly today in the…

From 16 to 19 December 2024, 15 KAAD scholars discussed the rise of populism and the challenges it poses for individual countries and the European Union as a whole at the Franz Hitze Haus in Münster.

In cooperation with the Catholic Sulkhan Saba University, 32 participants from eight countries met in Tbilisi on 24 and 25 October 2024 to discuss the developments and challenges facing Eastern European universities in the institutional field as well as in research and teaching.

The KAAD International Academy of 2023, which took place in Lublin, Poland, in early June (June 1-4), focused on the history of the region, starting from the present, under the title "Understanding the pain, enduring the tensions - Eastern Europe today".

From 6 to 9 February 2023, the seminar "Good Governance in Central and Eastern Europe – better than its reputation?" took place in Bonn at Haus Venusberg.

From 4th to 7th September 2020, 13 KAAD scholars and the Albertus Magnus Scholarship Programme from five different countries were able to meet at the „Alten Feuerwache“ in Berlin to take part in the Eastern European regional seminar of KAAD. Due to the restrictions imposed by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, only a limited…