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Preparing to launch on March 1, 2013 … (Direct link to this post on IR Blog: Hello world!.)
View ArticleWelcome to the International Relations blog!
Here we’ll do our best to cover three perspectives on international relations: Showcasing and discussing our own and other people’s current RESEARCH Commentary on political WORLD EVENTS, ideally...
View ArticleLinks: The Bad News Edition
Some of us our on our way to the ISA conference today, leaving behind cold, still slightly snowy Berlin for California, while others remain, trying to remember what the sun looks like. So, to go along...
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We’re working on it…
During our last afternoon beer editorial meeting, we discussed new ideas to combat the recent shortage of … well, ideas for the blog. One of the proposals was to introduce a new series called “Venn...
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MOOC: publicity bubble or game changing development?
Lots of questions regarding MOOC. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) 2012 is considered to be the year of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC), most related media contributions date back only a few weeks, and...
View ArticleKFG Newsletter looks back at ISA
We completely forgot to link to this, but better late than never: The KFG Newsletter 1/2013 is available available online, including a look back at ISA 2013 written by two contributors to this blog...
View ArticleLinks: European floods, Middle East, NSA, Game of Thrones
Flood disaster in Central Europe Central Europe has to bear with a lot of water as the rivers Danube, Elbe, Saale, Inn, Mulde, and several more tributaries are swollen up to the upper limit. The...
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Social Media for Academics
Some in the audience were applying lessons right away… This morning, I went to a talk (#wzbhypo) by Mareike König and Sascha Förster – who are involved in the European blog portal hypotheses.org –...
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The Cultural Impact of Blogs: Awareness, Affinity, Reflection
A map of the traffic to this blog. Darker color = higher share of visitors. FutureChallenges.org and Google’s Internet and Society Collaboratory are running a “blog carnival”, inviting comments on the...
View ArticleGender Gap in IR and Political Science
This is my first post on and from APSA 2013 in Chicago. It concerns the increasingly intense debate on a gender gap in International Relations and Political Science. This issue has been raised from...
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Links: Good Abstracts, News from the Blogs, Misunderstood Data
Abstracts “check list” from the LSE’s Impact blog Tips & tricks for academics - How to write a good abstract, with some interesting advice on how to manage search keywords. This is part of a bigger...
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The Virtues of Theories
Last week I attended a lecture by Stephen Walt on Why simplistic hypothesis testing is bad for International Relations.1 The lecture took place at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg (VA)...
View ArticleInternational Investment Treaties and IR
A few weeks ago I attended a conference at the Freie Universität – International Investment Agreements – Balancing Sustainable Development and Investment Protection. The conference brought together an...
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IR Journals Off the Beaten Track
">">"> Whenever you write an acacemic paper – no matter whether it is for school, for a journal or as part of your thesis – you are in need of literature. You need to find other papers or...
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Links: Transparency Intl.; Financial Secrecy; Social Sciences Funding
First, a warning to all visiting researchers in Germany, who might entertain false hopes based on this year’s relatively friendly October: OK, back to business… three links today, and all of them are...
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Links: Graduate Conferences; Betrayers’ Banquet; Blogging Awards; Compliance
Today, I’d like to share two calls for applications for graduate conferences: First, our colleagues at the Graduate School of North American Studies hold a conference on “Trust Issues. Community,...
View ArticleWhat we talk about when we talk about compliance
How to write about, or whether to even use, the concept of compliance is something I’ve struggled with in my own work. I was therefore thrilled to read Lisa Martin’s convincing piece on what she deems...
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Links: Long Research Papers in College; EU Citizenship for Sale
Snow in Jerusalem 2013 (CC-by Miriam Mezzera via flickr) Unlike Jerusalem, Berlin has not had its share of snow so far. Nonetheless, we’re taking a short Christmas / winter break. Enjoy the holiday...
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IR Blog Anniversary #1
Birthday cake (image credit: Wikimedia Commons) We’re celebrating one year of IR Blog with some virtual cake and, unless you’re underage, sparkling wine. Many, many thanks to all contributors and...
View ArticleLinks: International Law; Mali; Rwanda; Blogs in Germany
With a couple of bloggers back from ISA and MPSA, I hope we’ll be able to do some follow-up work in the next days. Meanwhile, here are some links to start the week: At e-IR, Eric Lenier Ives writes...
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