Philipps Reel - Connection vlocast series
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Check out the third episode of our CONNECTION vlogcast series.
Check out the third episode of our CONNECTION vlogcast series.Edoardo Baldaro discussed the entanglement between politics and conspiracy theories in West Africa with Prof. Joshka Philipps, Professor of Sociology at the University of Bayreuth and guest of our 2026 Path of Excellence at the Master of Arts in International Relations.
Joshka Philipps offered us some stimulating insights on the relationship between conflict and uncertainty, showing how rumors and conspiracy theories can become points of reference for people and groups in times of political transition.
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Reel TERREFE - Connection vlogcast series
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Check out the first episode of our CONNECTION vlogcast series.
Check out the first episode of our CONNECTION vlogcast series.Luca Puddu discussed the entanglement between infrastructure and state making in Africa with Dr. Biruk Terrefe, Researcher in African Politics at the University of Bayreuth and 2026 ASCENT Visiting Fellow at the University of Palermo.
Biruk Terrefe gave us some stimulating insights on his forthcoming book entitled “Infrastructural Statecraft: Politics, Development & Conflict in Ethiopia”.
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Reel Cuttitta - Connection vlogcast series
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Check out the second episode of our CONNECTION vlogcast series
Luca Puddu discussed the process of border externalization and the agency of non-state actors in the Mediterranean basin with Dr. Paolo Cuttitta, 2026 ASCENT Visiting Fellow at the University of Palermo.
Paolo Cuttitta gave us a stimulating overview of the special issue “The Mediterranean as a Laboratory of Border Externalization”, published by An International Journal for Critical Geographies.
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