In this episode of our interview series, Lynda Iroulo talks to Prof. Siddharth Mallavarapu from the Department of International Relations and Governance Studies at Shiv Nadar University, Uttar Pradesh, India. Listen in, as Prof. Mallavarapu shares his thoughts on the current state of IR, how the discipline can profit from incorporating perspectives from the Global South and the politics of knowledge. For more, please visit our blog at www.ordersbeyondborders.blog.wzb.eu Follow us on...

This week, we are speaking with Prof. Dr. Jonas Tallberg. He teaches Political Science at Stockholm University and researches global governance, European Union politics and international organizations. Hear Tallberg and our host Jakob Angeli talk about the legitimacy of international organizations, whether we are witnessing a crisis in global governance and his favourite books both in and outside Political Science. For more, please visit our blog...

In this episode of our interview series, our host Lynda Iroulo talks to James Currey, co-founder of the Oxford-based James Currey Publishers and, together with Nigerian poet Chinua Achebe, creator of the African Writers Series launched in 1962. Listen in, as Currey gives insight into his first steps in the publishing business and contemporary African literature, and why he doesn’t intend to stop what he is doing any time soon. For more, please visit our blog...

In this week's podcast episode, listen to the second half of Lynda Iroulo's conversation with Prof. Dr. Sifiso Ndlovu, who took part in the 1976 Soweto youth protests against the oppressive apartheid regime. After talking about the events preceding the uprising in part one, hear Prof. Ndlovu speak about what happened on June 16, 1976, the paths that protesters have taken afterwards and his advice to young people today. For more, please visit our blog...

In this brand new episode of our interview series, our host Lynda Iroulo talks to Dr. Sifiso Ndlovu, Professor of History at the University of South Africa and executive director of the South African Democracy Education Trust. Listen in, as Prof. Ndlovu talks about how he experienced the Soweto Youth Uprising in June 1976 as a 14-year-old boy, the role of the Afrikaans language in education, and how an initial dissatisfaction led to a historic event in part I of the interview. Tune in next...

In this new episode of our interview series, our host Lynda Iroulo talks to Inken von Borzyskowski, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Florida State University. Listen in, as Professor von Borzyskowski gives insight into her research on states leaving international organizations, political backsliding, and potential lessons to be drawn from Brexit and US policy under Trump. For more, please visit our blog at ordersbeyondborders.blog.wzb.eu/ Follow us on social...

In this episode of our interview series, our host Lynda Iroulo talks to John Boli, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Listen in, as Boli gives insight into his journey to being a sociologist, current challenges within the discipline, and advice to young researchers on how to be better academic writers. For more, please visit our blog at ordersbeyondborders.blog.wzb.eu/ Follow us on social media: www.twitter.com/obbblog www.facebook.com/obbblog Finally,...

In this episode of our interview series, our host Luis Aue talks to Prof. Nitsan Chorev, Harmon Family Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs at Brown University. Listen in, as Chorev gives insight into her research on pharmaceutical production in Africa and the politics of trade, development and foreign aid. For more, please visit our blog at ordersbeyondborders.blog.wzb.eu/ Follow us on social media: www.twitter.com/obbblog www.facebook.com/obbblog Finally, let us...

In this episode of our interview series, our host Claire Galesne talks to Dr Enrique Beldarraín Chaple, Chief of the research department at the Cuban National Information Centre of Sciences and professor of Public Health and History of Medicine. Listen in, as Chaple gives insight into why he became a doctor, explains the Cuban health system, and talks about Cuban medical cooperation with other countries. For more, please visit our blog at https://ordersbeyondborders.blog.wzb.eu/ Follow us...

In this episode of our interview series, host Lynda Iroulo talks to Celine Jacquemin, Professor of Political Sciences and International Relations at St. Mary´s University, San Antonio, Texas. Listen in, as Jacquemin gives insight in her understanding of African Studies, explains how one should (not) talk about African countries, and explores the future of the field. For more, please visit our blog at ordersbeyondborders.blog.wzb.eu/ Follow us on social...

In the fifth episode of our interview series, host Lynda Iroulo talks to Prof. Dr. h.c. Jutta Allmendinger, Ph.D., President of the Berlin Social Science Center WZB. Listen in, as we discuss her journey to the presidency, the driving factors of gender inequality, and her vision for the WZB. For more, please visit our blog at https://ordersbeyondborders.blog.wzb.eu/ Follow us on social media: www.twitter.com/obbblog www.facebook.com/obbblog Finally, let us know what you think! You can...

In the fourth episode of our interview series, host Lynda Iroulo talks to Jingdong Yuan, Associate Professor in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. Listen in, as Yuan gives insight into his thoughts about the WZB, his research on the political economy of dual use-technology, studying China in the global order, and his appreciation for Berlin's well-insulated apartments. For more, please visit our blog...

In this third episode, host Lynda Iroulo talks to Mervyn Frost, Professor of International Relations at the Department of War Studies, King's College London. If you want to find out more about the debates and authors in International Relations (IR) that influenced Mervyn's career most, his first unexpected teaching experience and why he thinks traffic in Berlin is much more civilized than in London, we’ve got your back! For more, please visit our blog...

In the second episode of our new interview series, host Lynda Iroulo is interviewing Kenneth W. Abbott, visiting researcher at the WZB and Professor of Law, Jack E. Brown Chair in Law at Sandra Day O’Connor college of Law at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Arizona. Topics include the research projects he is involved with at the WZB, his interests and experiences in researching IR, and living and working in Berlin! For more, please visit our blog...

Welcome to the first episode of our new interview series as part of the WZB's Orders Beyond Borders Blog! For this occasion, host Lynda Iroulo is interviewing Michael Zürn, Director of the Research Unit Global Governance at the WZB and Professor of International Relations at the Free University of Berlin. Topics include the new blog, populism and international relations - and finding out which political theorist Michael would like to dine with! For more, please visit our blog...