How Chinese mining is contested in Africa – presenting our latest research (with Yifan Yang and Jana Hönke @janahoenke.bsky.social) at the wonderful #POLLEN2026 Conference. #PoliticalEcology #ChinaInAfrica #Extractivism #SocialMovements @pollenetwork.bsky.social
Jana Hönke
@janahoenke.bsky.social
Researches Global/International Political Sociology, (in)security governance, infrastructures, extraction, politics of contestation, Africa, South-South relations Also on LinkedIn. https://www.african-sociology.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.html
Stabübergabe: Julia Eichenberg @jeichenberg.bsky.social aus unserem Verbund "Deutungskämpfe im Übergang" vertritt fortan die Uni Bayreuth @unibayreuth.bsky.social im Leitungsgremium der Bayerischen Wissenschaftsallianz für Friedens-, Konflikt- und Sicherheitsforschung (FoKS) @foksbayern.bsky.social
FriedensStiftung in Zeiten globaler Krisen – unter diesem Titel haben wir am 5. Mai in Berlin das 25. Jubiläum der DSF gefeiert. Gemeinsam mit hochrangigen Gästen aus Politik und Wissenschaft diskutierten wir über Europas Optionen zur Stabilisierung der internationalen Ordnung. 📸©Ronka Oberhammer
Now available – our introduction to the ZeFKo-Forum on #Deutungskämpfe im Übergang Florian P. Kühn and I summarize key insights of the Forum, showing how actors promote, negotiate, or resist political change – a central issue in today's #MultipleCrises 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s425...
The first of several jobs in our project on corporate social responsibility as a transnational cause: 1 PhD position in sociology. We are a very supportive and ambitious international team. 2 PhD positions in history coming soon!
📢 Contrat doctoral (2026–2029) – Projet TRIBECA 🔎 Recherche sur la RSE et les entreprises transnationales à l'exemple de l'industrie textile 📅 Basé à Berlin au Centre Marc Bloch Début sept. 2026 pour 3 ans Deadline : 29 mai 2026 🔗 cmb.hu-berlin.de/meldungen/23...
The extractive foundations of Bretton Woods: gold, apartheid, and the racial politics of monetary order, by @jbrgreen.bsky.social
The extractive foundations of Bretton Woods: gold, apartheid, and the racial politics of monetary order
This article revisits gold’s role within Bretton Woods, contributing to recent efforts to develop a more global and thematically inclusive international political economy (IPE). Challenging dominan...
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2 #postdoc positions available at UBT: on South - South security arrangements and transnational security/aid professionals from the Global South and East. Happy to answer questions! www.uni-bayreuth.de/job-vacancy-... @postcolh.bsky.social @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social
Speakers: Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt (@tum.de), Abraham L. Newman (Georgetown University), and Andreas Kruck (@lmu.de) Hosted by @janahoenke.bsky.social (@unibayreuth.bsky.social) Video @amerikahaus.de Cut by Niclas Boenki (@conf-mean-trans.bsky.social)
Watch our #MSC2026 event recap: Roundtable – "Defuse It or Lose It: How to Defuse #Interdependence Without Blowing Up the Liberal World Order" Organized by @foksbayern.bsky.social at @amerikahaus.de
Event recap – How to Defuse Interdependence Without Blowing Up the Liberal World Order? (MSC 2026)
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Save the Date! The Model African Union Bayreuth e.V. will be hosting their annual conference from 9-12 April. For more information you can visit their page or website: www.modelafricanunion.de @unibayreuth.bsky.social
2 #postdoc positions available at UBT: on South - South security arrangements and transnational security/aid professionals from the Global South and East. Happy to answer questions! www.uni-bayreuth.de/job-vacancy-... @postcolh.bsky.social @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social
Job advertisement of the University of Bayreuth - Chair for Sociology in Africa
Two Postdoctoral Positions (m/f/d)
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"How empires emerge" by @skumsrud.bsky.social has been recently published in EJIR and is available online! You can read it here: t1p.de/w01bi
www.meta-klage.de Sammelklage gg den Datenklau: zum Anschließen für alle, die noch einen Facebook oder Insta-Account haben
Verbandsklage gegen Meta
Instagram- und Facebook-Nutzer: Kostenfrei bei der Verbandsklage gegen Meta anmelden und Unterlassung und 5.000 Euro Schadenersatz fordern
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Wichtige Petition - unterschreiben hier: civi.digitalcourage.de/recht-auf-le...
Recht auf Leben ohne Digitalzwang | civi.digitalcourage.de
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Here’s that (disturbing) new study about the effects of Twitter/X’s biased algorithm: bsky.app/profile/eliz...
A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.
Tag 2 unserer Fellow Assembly 🚀 Round Table zu „Verteidigung im Umbruch“ – mit intensiver Diskussion über Verteidigungspolitik, Resilienz, Wehrpflicht und aktuelle Herausforderungen. Mit Oliver Hidalgo, @drfranksauer.bsky.social Sauer, Inga Schalinski, Axel Schulte & Bernhard Stahl.
Thrilled! 🔥 Gestern beim #MSC: „Defuse it or lose it?“ Intensive Diskussion mit Abraham L. Newman, Andreas Kruck & Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt zu strategischer Interdependenz und der Zukunft der liberalen Ordnung.
Let’s go! 🚀 „Defuse it or lose it?“ – Wie Staaten Interdependenz strategisch nutzen und was das für die liberale Ordnung heißt. Impuls: Abraham L. Newman (Underground Empire). Gerade gestartet beim #MSC.
Lesenswert: Kurzanalysen der FoKS-Fellows für politische Entscheidungsträger*innen – herausgegeben von der Bayerischen Wissenschaftsallianz für Friedens-, Konflikt- und Sicherheitsforschung #FoKS www.foks-allianz.de/outreach/fok...
ISA’s Call for Proposals for the 2026 Midyear Conference at the University of Pretoria are open. The conference theme is African States vs States in Africa: An Epistemological Interrogation of Africa and the World. Deadline to submit is February 27th. For more info click here: buff.ly/ZzhcPFs
Defuse it or lose it? For those in/coming to Munich, join us for this essential #MSC2026 side event and discuss with us.
Defuse it or lose it. Globale Abhängigkeiten werden zur geopolitischen Waffe. Beim @munsecconf.bsky.social Side Event diskutieren wir mit @abenewman.bsky.social, Co-Autor von Underground Empire, wie Interdependenz entschärft werden kann – ohne die liberale Ordnung zu zerstören. #MSC2026
🆕 FoKS Fellow Perspektive 07/2026 Wie verändert sich Entwicklungszusammenarbeit – und was heißt das für globale Sicherheit? Dr. Anja Menzel @anjamenzel.bsky.social & Dr. Philipp Gieg zeigen: US-Rückzug, Kürzungen & Geopolitik gefährden langfristig Stabilität & Multilateralismus. 👉 2cm.es/1jj-D
Our second monthly pick for February is "Liminally Positioned in the South: Reinterpreting Brazilian and Chinese Relations with Africa" by @janahoenke.bsky.social, @eric-cezne.bsky.social, and Yifan Mia Yang. Do give it a read! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🌎 Join us for an exciting roundtable discussion at the #MSC2026 with leading experts, including Prof. Abraham L. Newman – hosted by @janahoenke.bsky.social from our Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions network Register now!
Invitation to the Roundtable „Defuse It or Lose It“ – MSC Side-Event (12.2., Munich) - Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions
Roundtable discussion – „Defuse It or Lose It: How to Defuse Interdependence Without Blowing Up the Liberal World Order“ 12.2.2026 | 18:30 | Amerikahaus, Karolinensaal, Karolinenplatz 3, Munich The Ba...
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So it is even getting coverage in the economist. A striking phenomenon in several African contexts. @adamsandor.bsky.social
Why are there so many Colombian mercenaries in Ukraine and elsewhere (one reason why is to learn drone skills for criminal gangs!) : great coverage by @economist.com - gift link: www.economist.com/the-americas...
Our book was reviewed in @africaspectrum.bsky.social. I was not here for a while - belated thanks for engaging with the work and the generous remarks!
📕Funda Baydar Yazan appraises @janahoenke.bsky.social @eric-cezne.bsky.social & Yifan Yang's Africa’s Global Infrastructures: South–South Transformations in Practice, recommending it to scholars interested in the politics of infrastructure beyond its technical dimension. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0002...
New article! Youth climate activism in shrinking spaces: how Uganda’s activists navigate red lines by Jan Sändig, Laura Krehbiel & Jana Hönke. @jan-saendig.bsky.social @janahoenke.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Thrilled to announce that our study on youth climate activism in Uganda is now published in Environmental Politics! It was a pleasure to co-author this with Laura Krehbiel and @janahoenke.bsky.social #ClimateActivism #FridaysForFuture #Framing #ShrinkingSpaces 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
BMFTR Approves Extension of "Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict" Network www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/press... #BMFTR #UniBayreuth #UBT #ABI #Frieden #Forschung
BMFTR Approves Extension of "Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict" Network
Jana Hönke, Sociology of Africa, Biruk Terrefe, University of Bayreuth, Adam Sandor
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Processes linked to the militarization of technology are increasingly blurring the line between civilian and military or security applications. This Paper examines the diversion and misuse risks generated by these developments and assesses potential policy responses. Read more: bit.ly/3KyZ2LF