The workshop, organized by AIA Fellows Summar Iqbal Barbar and Ifedayo Grace Malachi, addresses an important dimension of the Academy’s chosen annual theme of translocalism and sub-national diplomacy. The aim of this workshop was to use concrete examples from the Global North and Global South to gain a clearer understanding of categories such as diaspora, …
Policy, Strategy and Measurement The Fellow Workshop organized by AIA Fellow Stuart MacDonald focused on the term and concept of ‘soft power’, which was popularized by the recently deceased American political scientist Joseph Nye in his 1990 book ‘Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power’ and is familiar to anyone who has ever …
The Academy of International Affairs NRW hosted a workshop convened by AIA Fellow Summar Barbar to emphasize the emerging importance of subnational diplomacy as a tool to reinstate Pak-German relations with the involvement of youth, academic cooperation, and cultural exchange. This event took place at a historically authentic location, as the premises of the AIA …
As part of a hybrid event, AIA Fellow John Austin brought together innovation leaders and ecosystem builders from the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe to discuss the development of university-based innovation ecosystems in transatlantic cooperation. The discussion focused on why Europe, compared to the US, has long been unable to create the ideal conditions …
Unpacking the Performative Nature of Meaningful Youth Participation AIA Fellow Chisomo Banda hosted an interactive workshop on youth participation and integration. The workshop focused in particular on the challenge of tokenism in politics. Roen von der Marve, co-founder of Impacting Youth, presented the study on “Youth perspectives and engagement on sustainability” developed at the Managing …
AIA Fellows Mariia Levchenko and Bernhard Stahl organized a workshop on silence and dialogue in international relations. After Elisabeth Schweiger (University of Sterling, UK) first reflected on the analytical implications of silence in foreign policy from a theoretical and conceptual perspective, Bernhard Stahl, Sebatian Glassner and Julius Bonaventura (University of Passau) elaborated on this in …
Science does not only take place in the famous ivory tower, but scientific findings and technologies often have a direct impact on everyday life. Therefore, good communication is essential for modern science. Only clear and unambiguous communication enables the general public to better understand complex topics so that people can make informed decisions. This applies …