• “Widening Development Pathways: Assessing the relevance of the 2005 UNESCO Convention for the Creative and Cultural Industries of Kyrgyzstan” by Kairylai Abdullaeva
• “Drone attacks in Pakistan. A discourse analysis of the drone attacks in Pakistan from 2004-2018 with an emphasis on Pakistani print media” by Nasrullah Ali
• “The decolonisation of aid and the Grand Bargain: Stakeholder perspectives into the ‚buzzwords‘ in global humanitarian assistance” by Sneha Arora
• “Revisiting the Lebanese Uprising of 2019 – A temporal analysis of shifting emotions and perceptions of protesters” by David Atef
• “The Soft Power of the Russian Language in Kazakhstan” by Malika Bassarova
• “Veto players and the shortcomings of the EU conditionality mechanism; case of Bosnia and Herzegovina” by. Amela Brcaninovic       
• “Diasporas Politics – The Emergence of the “Self-Imposed Exile” Hong Kong Diasporic Community in Europe” by Wai Chu Starry Chung
• “Minilateralism is the new multilateralism? Comparative indicator-based research on the effectiveness of low- carbon clubs at COP26” by Elif Su Duygun
• “World Federation of Democratic Youth, it’s transformation in the 1990s and the historical perspective” by Rasilia Fattakhova
• “Confronted Narratives around the notion of “Latin Americanism” within two cultural magazines of the 60s: Casa de las Américas and Mundo Nuevo” by Macarena Furque
• “(Re)configuring Discourse and Democracy: Crises of representation and collective candidacies in Brazil” by Grace Gillies   
• “EU GAP III and Feminist Foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities” by Irene González Zamorano
• “Mobility as Identity. Digital nomads in Liquid Modernity” by Danuta Gruszka
• “Dances with Indians: Pop Culture, Education and Contemporary Cultural Genocide in North America” by Rachel Hamdoun          
• “Peripheral Debt Crises and International Trade in the Nineteenth-Century: The Cases of Egypt and Mexico” by Hadar Hoter-ishay       
• “The Role of the Armenian Diaspora in the USA in the Recognition Process of the Armenian Genocide” by Syuzanna Hovakimyan
• “Blockchain for Social Good – Enabling Deeper Democratic Instititions though Intrnational Organization” by Shivraj Jagtap  
• “Position of the Small Island Developing States in the international climate arena. Focus on the Conferences of the Parties – COP 21 (Paris, 2015) & COP 26 (Glasgow, 2021)” by Iman Krnjic
• “Sembrando Rebeldía, Zapatista Women and their articulation of territorio cuerpo-tierra: Fighting global capitalism and the patriarchy through communitarian feminisms” by Diego Kroeff
• “Exporting Foreign Fighters: Islamic Radicalization and Extremism in Europe” by Tamari Kvartskhava
• “Strategic Environmentalism: German Green Industrial Policy in the High Tech Litium-Ion Battery Production Space” by Marcus Loiseau
• “From the African to the European Peace Facility: Spatial implications for the African Peace and Security Architecture” by Anna Lünig
• “Vaccine rivalry in times of COVID-19 pandemic: vaccine diplomacy, politicization and mediatization. Empirical analysis of “RIA News” and “POLITICO Europe” by Anastasiya Manko    
• “Gendered patterns of North-South migration and social transformation in Ghana” by Hannah Mathei
• “Germans in the Cameroons“: A Training Requirement Assessment for German expats in development organisations in Cameroon” by Annika Doreen Maurer           
• “Postcolonial Hauntings and Cold War Continuities: The Symbolic Representations of Patrice Lumumba” by Sara Michielsen
• “Collective memories and nationalism: The Century of Humiliation and its instrumentalization in contemporary Chinese politics” by Anna Miehlau
• “How (not) to educate a country: An analysis of Ghana’s post-colonial Educational Development Programme” by Rabecca Musiega
• “Climate-Smart Agriculture and Mozambique’s rural constellations: A feminist political ecology account of historical formations of the countryside, the role and position of women, and perceptions from practitioners and experts in the field” by Natasha Ortolan Ervilha
• “Imagining technological futures: Transnational feminist tech and data activism as a counter-dynamic in global processes of digitalization” Anna Katharina Osterlow
• “Debt-led economic growth: A political-economic analysis of growth based on external debt in Turkiye after 1980” by Muhammed Ikbal Özteker         
• “The Contribution of Food Policy Councils to Food Democracy. Insights from the Gent en Garde Food Policy Council” by Xenia Polishchuk       
• „EU’s external drug policy and its (un)intended consequences“ By Frederik Pulte
• “Bureaucratic Violence Faced by SOGI Asylum Applicants in Austria: The Politics, Procedure, and Consequences of the Asylum System” by Moiz Rehan
• “(Socialist) Women’s Cooperation in Times of Upheaval: The SWAPO Women’s Council, the Democratic Women’s Union, and their Sewing Project in Tsumeb, Namibia, 1990-1992” by Hanna Rössner
• “How has Sint Maarten recovered as a tourist destination after hurricane Irma in 2017?” by Etienne Snabilie     
• “Student migration aspirations, mobility and labor market access” by Rebecca Toto       
• “Filming the Zombies: Haitian Vodou – Religion through the prism of White Zombie” by Liubov Tugolukova
• “CSR and It’s Media Images The impact of CSR on society – A theoretical look at the use of corporate social responsibility in marketing with a focus on the use of diversity as a case study” by Yu-En Wang

• “Harnessing the development potentials of return: Returning women migrants as agents of social change? A comparative analysis of the representation of women migrants in German, European and global institutional migration, development and return discourses.” by Jennifer Aberle, supervised by Prof. Dr. Steffi Marung
• “Nicaragua’s Programa Productivo Alimentario: Human development and socio-economic impacts” by Chelsea Acosta Hodgons
• “Narratives in the Global Governance of Migration: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the  Global Forum on Migration and Development 2010” by Sánchez Acosta and Karen Thalia, supervised by PD Dr. Christiane Reinecke
• “Moving Toward Justice? Tackling (historical) injustices to Black Americans through the lens of the New Mobilities Paradigm and Radical Mobilities.” By Theresa Adams
• “Social inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in the Tertiary education system: the case of Intercultural Universities in Peru” by Marie Jose Ahumanda Angulo, supervised by Prof. Dr. Steffi Marung
• “Contested National Identity: Islam and Laïcité in French Populist Discourse” by Yassine Behanddou
• “POSTMIGRANTISCHE STÖRUNG (PMS): COUNTER NARRATIVES IN LEIPZIG” by Camila J. González Carrasco, supervised by Prof. Dr. Marian Burchardt
• “The UNHCR and Statelessness: A Turn Towars ‚Belonging‘ ” by Angela Coriz, supervised by Dr. Katarina Ristic
• “The celebratory story of return and development: Returning to the fold and serve one’s country” by Mariama Bailo
• “A Critical Analysis and Discussion of the Countermeasures of Brain Drain in Africa: A Case Study on Ghana.” By Christiana Siebeh Akua Duku, supervised by Dr. Jens Herpolsheimer
• “Building bridges between transitions: Analysing epistemic knowledge production in degrowth and postdevelopment discourses” by Laura García García, supervised by Prof. Dr. Steffi Marung
• “The resilience of consumer cooperatives in wartime economy. An analysis of why British consumer cooperatives were well suited to grow during World War 1” by Thilo Felix Freiherr von und zu Gilsa
• “Transitional Justice Approaches to Sexual Assault and Gender-Based Violence An Analysis of Two Case Studies – Colombia and Rwanda” by Kubahan Giambrone
• “Promoting & Exercising Agency – Border Crossers as Agents of Social Change” by Franziska Habermeier
• “National Self-Perception and Repression of Minority Groups: A Study of the Consequences of China’s Self-Perception on its Ethnic Relations with the Uyghurs” by Lena Carolin Hess
• “Is the Business of Business Business Alone? The International Chamber of Commerce and the Origins of Global Business Diplomacy, 1920–1931” by Rewert Hoffer
• “The Hambach Forest (occupation) as a focal point in a transnational network of social movements” by Julius Jeßing, supervised by Prof. Dr. Matthias Middell
• “Challenges and Opportunities of Young People at Risk of Poverty or Social Exclusion in Europe in the Context of the Covid 19 Crisis. A Comparative Case Study in Spain and Denmark with an Intersectional Approach” by Isabel Ladrón Arroya
• “The AfCFTA’s rules of origin, a European travelling model impacting ECOWAS countries” by Xavier Laroy, supervised by Professor Dr. Ulf. Engel
• “Financialization of Miami: Perspectives on the Magic City SAP and the Changing Character of Little Haiti” by Sean W. Lynch, supervised by Prof. Dr. Gabriele Pisarz-Ramirez
• “Towards a Transformative Understanding of Intersectionality?: A Critical Frame Analysis of European Union External Gender Policy” by Eva Luna Maes
• “Hate Speech in Ukraine: How Can Civil Society and the EU Work Against Inflammatory Language and Towards Reconciliation?” by Samvel Minasyan
• “Financialization of Housing in Urban South Africa. The role of state actors and institutions in re-spatializing South Africa’s cities under the condition of financialization – a closeup of the City of Cape Town.” by Nathalie Morawiec, supervised by Dr. Marian Burchardt
• “Why Not United in Diversity? Testing Neoclassical Realism against the Case of EU-Turkey Relations” by Axel Müller
• “The continental and global aspirations of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) and its perceptions in South Africa and Nigeria” by Felix von Mülmann, supervised by Prof. Dr. Ulf Engel
• “Social Issues & Corporate Social Responsibility’s Involvement in Rural India” by Yogeshwari Naidu
• “INDIA’S APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL GREEN FINANCE: SOLAR POWER ANALYSIS” by Tamara Naidoo, supervised by Prof. Dr. Matthias Middell
• “Great Power Competition: A Strategic Culture Approach” by Philip Novakovic/ Wilke
• “Re-evaluating Nature’s Gifts: Economic and Experiential Value Productions in Namibia’s Ecotourism” by Marty Oehme
• “Global Citizenship Education – Reinforcing Power Hierarchies or Overcoming Postcolonialism?” by Nora Peulen
• “Provincializing “1968”: The Emergence of New Political Subjects and Social Movements in South Korea (1988-1997)” by Seung Hwan Ryu, supervised by Prof. Dr. Steffi Marung
• “The World According to Online Newspapers. Spatial Production and Mapping of Topics through Keywords of News Articles of the New York Times and The Guardian 2008-2019” by Vincent Schober
• “Territory, Capital and Political Shi’ism in Lebanon” by Alban Sharkey
• “The effects of Mercosul – European Union Association Agreement on female workers and entrepreneurs in the service sector in Brazil” by Juliana Silva
• “THE DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF THE ENERGY TRANSITION: HOW THE ENERGY TRANSITION HOLDS POTENTIAL TO FOSTER DEMOCRATIZATION” by Silvia Simonini
• “(Dis)Empowered by the green energy transition A techno-political ecology analysis of the power relations and equity implications of large-scale renewable energy projects” by Rebecca Stegmann
• “Closing the Gender Financing Gap in Clean Energy: Gender Lens Investing (GLI) Strategies in Entrepreneur Support Organisations (ESOs)” by Elisabeth van Holthe tot Echten
• “EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: Green Protectionism or the Future of Fighting Climate Change? A discourse analysis of EU stakeholders’ positions” by Artem Vlasov, supervised by Prof. Dr. Matthias Middell
• “(Counter-)Mapping Palestine: Decolonial Spatial Practices as means of Resistance” by Sahbrin Younes, upervised by Dr. Steffi Marung

• “This is coal, don’t be afraid‘: globalisation and nationalisms on the coal frontier.“ By Pia Bansagi, supervised by
• “Climate Migration and Healthcare: Case Study Ecuador – How to Improve the Healthcare Systems to be Climate-Migration Inclusiv” by Alex Javier Bauer Flor
• “Hidden Educational Inputs: A Comparison of Missionary Schools in early 20th Century Burma“ by Louise Beichler,
• “La Araucanía bajo fuego: Representation of the Mapuches and the Mapuche Conflict in Chilean Newspapers“ by Valentina Belmar
• “The Involvement of Nepalese Political Parties in Local-Global Interaction: A case Study of the Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact in the Nepalese Context” by Sisir Bhandari
• “Holocaust remembrance in post-Soviet Russia and ist place in a globalized collective memory on the basis of Holocaust Education” by Elena Bös, supervised by Prof. Dr. Stefan Troebst
• “Economic (dis-)continuities – The development of trade and business relations between Germany and its former African colonies during the interwar period” by Christopher Büdeker
• “Race for technological supremacy: Huawei case study” by Naim Çabej, supervised by D. habil. Peter Gärtner
• “Unfolding e-waste narratives: From hazardous to gold“ by Beatriz Carolina Bustamante Cruz, supervised by Dr. Tine Hanrieder
• “Siamese perspective on British and German imperialist strategies in its state railway affairs” by Wirakan Chatchawanwirote, supervised by Dr. Elizabeth Kaske
• “Yoga as an Instrument for Indian Cultural Diplomacy” by Puja Daya
• “FibeRising Africa. The development of internet infrastructure in Sub-Sahara Africa: Case study CSquared.” by Maarten De Brandt, supervised by Prof. Dr. Ulf Engel
• “Liberal discourses on fascism, 1918-1940. A discourse analysis of the Flemish liberal association Liberaal Vlaams Verbond, contrasted with germanophone and francophone liberal discourses on fascism” by Elias Degruyter
• “The rise and fall of China as the main destination for post-consumer plastic products. A comprehensive approach towards the global trade of plastic waste” by Fernanda Esteves. Supervised by Prof. Dr. Steffi Marung
• “Governmentality and Power Relations in the AnkER facility Bad Fallingbostel-Oerbke: the role of independentasylum procedure counselling and ist uncertain future” by Christian Finke
• “Just an „Experiment“? The National Prohibition of Alcohol and Institutional Change” by Karl Gärber
• “Rushing to Conclusions? Russia´s Resurgence in Africa Through the Eyes of Western Think Tanks” by Simon Glaser, supervised by Prof. Dr. Ulf Engel
• “Geretsried, a city of economic integration: he economic history of the former refugee settlement Geretsried and what we can learn from it for refugee’s economies in Africa today” by Florentine Haeusgen
• “The 2017-18 conflict-induced displacement in Ethiopia and the 2019 resettlement operation. Reflections on discourse and practice through the lenses of ethnicity.” by Myriel Hauser
• “The SEZ Nexus: Economic Liberalization, the Party, and China’s Mega-Rich Since 1978” by Sean Hays
• “Climate Change and Displacement- forced displacement in Ethiopia: Environmental degradation, vulnerability and conflict” by Marie Hertel
• “The Tale of Two Crises: 2001 and 2008 Economic Crises in Turkey” by Mert Karadayi
• “International Yoga Day. From Yog to Yoga Diplomacy”by Ranjit Kaur, supervised by Prof. Dr. Matthias Middell
• “Taming Digital Capitalism? The Cultural Political Economy of Platform Governance in the European Union” by Lukas Kempermann
• “The Implementation of the SADC Water Agenda on the Transboundary River Level: A Case Study on the Multiscale Governing Condition of the Zambezi River” by Lasse Kos, supervised by Prof. Dr. Ulf Engel
• „Chinese Nationalist Movements in Cyberspace under Xi’s „“New Era““: Identity, Ideology, and ICT“ by Xiuyu Lian
• “Territoriality and Conflict in an Era of Globalization – middle east as a Comparative Case Study: Conflicts in Syria and Yemen” by Melanie Luana Makay
• “Journalism in times of ‚disinfodemic‘: The impact of Covid-19 disinformation on the media landscape. A case study in Flanders (Belgium)” by Alexandra Matthys
• “The Impact of Syrian Refugees on Hatay’s Economy” by Burcu Mavis, supervised by Dr. Gilad Ben-Nun
• “A Critique of the Tervuren Museum’s New ‚Decolonial‘ Philosophy” by Helena Mayné
• “Migrants as actors of belonging – How Sub-Saharan Africans in Poland use their potential to create a sense of belonging.” By Miriam Franziska Meinekat
• “The Legacy of Rana Plaza: Improving Labor and Social Standards in Bangladesh’s Garment Industry” by Tanvi Mishra, supervised by Prof. Dr. Steffi Marung
• “Remembrance of Lost Empire: Inter-Cultural Belonging and Created Identity on Sakhalin Island” by Noah Oskow
• “The Path to Conocimiento: Decolonizing Time in Chicana Aesthetic.” by Lola Pochet, supervised by Prof. Dr. Gabriele Pisarz-Ramirez
• “The Tragedy of the Soy Commodity Chain: How Capitalist Mechanisms Drive the Tragedies of the Commons along the Argentinian Soy Commodity Chain” by Daniel Renftle
• “Uganda’s Refugee Model – A critical discourse analysis of a contested model” by Johanne Richter Larsen, supervised by Prof. Dr. Steffi Marung
• “Coding Impunity: A feminicidal violence approach towards feminicidios in Estado de México during 2000s from the perspective of victims’ relatives.” by Genesis Salas
• “CLIMATE JUSTICE, FEMINISM AND COLLECTIVE RESISTANCE – AN INTERSECTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE CLIMATE” by Melanie Schlereth
• “The Spatialization of Refugee Hosting. An Analysis of the Concurring Agencies in the Refugee Realm of Ethiopia and their Impact on the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework” by Camille Vern
• “The (Un)Thinkable Global Revolution: The globalization of resistance movements in the margins of society” by Alessandra Volgger
• “Friend of Foe: Framing North Korea from 2017 through 2018” by William Warpinski, supervised by Prof. Dr. Matthias Middell
• “QUID PRO QUO? Development, security, and migration policies between the EU and Libya” by Mara Elena Zöller

• „Host Communities and Immigration Waves. Lesbos Island: Natives and Newcomers Dynamics“ by Eirini Aivaliotou
• „The Emergence and Transformation of the Palestine Question under British eyes: People, Paradigms and Policymaking (1917-1939).“ by Huseyn Aliyev, supervised by Christopher Parker
• „Hidden and Forgotten Sounds, Newly Found: Labels and Cultural Intermediaries in the Context of African Music“ by Christopher Blatter, supervised by Prof. Dr. Dmitri Van den Bersselaar
• „Oil multinationals‘ response to global warming – a critical assessment of climate-related CSR reporting and the possible implications for CSR effectivness“ by Jannis Carmesin, supervised by Dr. Peter Gärtner
• „Veganism and Social Movements: How the Vegan Phenomenon Has Evolved from the 1960s to the Present“ by Bianca Cazamir, supervised by Martina Keller
• „Global Outreach of US Higher Education Institutions: A Comparative Analysis of Study“ by Weimin Chen, supervised by Prof. Dr. Matthias Middell
• „Climate Change and the African Union – A Common Position for a Common Problem?“ by Hannah Cholewa, supervised by Prof. Dr. Engel
• „Engineering Human Life: The Birth of Human Genome Editing in China“ by Kim Chung
• „Making Jobsharing Work – The case of Jobsharing in Germany“ by Lotte Cooiman, supervised by Prof. Dr. Matthias Middell
• „The Emergence of Colonial Nairobi, 1898-1939. Urban planning, housing, segregation and imperial connections.“ by Xaver Dopplinger, supervised by Christopher Parker“A threat for the Nation: a Critical Discourse Analysis on the representation of Lutheran Germans in the South of Brazil during the Estado Novo”, by Mariana Reusch Marques, supervised by Dr. Katarina Ristic
• „Food Security & International Trade: The case of Peruvian Quinoa“ by Maria Millan, supervised by Eric Vanhaute
• „The Causes that Prevent Cooperation: A Study of Sino-Japanese Rivalry under Constructivist Approach“ by Eduardo Sartorato
• „Coca Prohibition in Historical Perspective: Confrontations of cultural heritage and international narcotics regulation“ by Alexander Eadie
• „What accounts for the Impressive Longevity for of the King in Morocco? The Question of Legitimacy“ by Loubna El Boughdadi, supervised by Prof. Dr. Hartmut Elsenhans
• „East-South Encounters during the Global Cold War: The Women’s International Democratic Federation and GDR-‚Third World‘ Women’s Relationships, 1945-1989“ by Clara Fechtner, supervised by Rafael Pedemonte
• „Somewhat harder narratives“: The place of Africa in the EU’s migration “crisis” discourse and the question of African agency in migration diplomacy“ by Charlott Friederich
• „The Migration-Development nexus in context of the so-called ‚European Migration crisis'“ by Laura Friedrich
• „Postcolonial Perspective on the Memory Creation Processes in Post-Soviet Space“ by Gvantsa Gasviani
• „The Mediterranean – Aegean migration crisis: emergence of a new type of aid volunteer?“ by Susanne Grönsfeld, supervised by Brunode Cordier
• „Achieving the Pledges of Paris: Challenges and Opportunities for Environmental and Climate Governance in the Developing States: A Comparative Case Study of Georgia and Moldova“ by Gvantsa Gverdtsiteli
• „The EU – Azerbaijan High Level Transport Dialogue or dialogue on harnessing globalization in the EU’s eastern neighbourhood: globalization projects at work?“ by Beyrak Hajiyev, supervised by Sven Biscop
• “Narrating World Order. Russian and Chinese strategic narratives in the context of regional economic integration projects. A strategic narrative analysis” ny Kris Heller, supervised by Prof. Dr. Wolfram von Scheliha
• „‚Even if patriarchal sociopathy is more pervasive than we like to imagine, it can be defeated‘ – #MeToo as Contentious Politics: Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of Online Articles 2017 to 2019“ by Lisa Hermanns, supervised by Eva Flicker
• „lnterpretations and evaluations of China’s imperial tradition in recent global historiography. A discourse analysis of historioqraphy on the Sinocentric tributary system of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1912 CE)“ by Sebestyen Hompot, supervised by Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik
• „An Economic Inquiry Into Brexit: Potential Impacts, Threats & Opportunities“ by Kai Jonas
• “Techno: Voice of the Underground. A case study of the underground Techno scene of Leipzig and its Socio-political implications.” by Ananta Vangmai Kainthola, supervised by Prof. Dr Marian Burchardt.
• „The Politics of Egypt’s Energy Reforms Post-2013: A Multi-layered Relationality“ by Salma Kadry, supervised by Thijs Van de Graaf
• „The Dutch Eritrean diaspora, human development in the home country and connecling politics“ by Michelle Koomen
• „Resistance through misinformation: The farmers’ unions impact on farmers during their opposition against the Mansholt Plan of 1968 on the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Economic Community, 1968-1971“ by Maarten Koreman
• „Made by Jeaniuses? – The Case of a Tunisian Jeans Factory and the Empowerment of Female Workers“ by Lea Kress
• „We are Kapah no Pisirian : a case study of community-based tourism in Eastern Taiwan“by Yun Lee
• „Exploring sustainable urban knowledge production and circulation across the C40 city network: A case study of data-driven climate initiatives in Copenhagen.“ by Binyao Li, supervised by Thijs Van de Graaf
• „Framing Chinese state and non-state economic actors‘ contribution to China’s soft power strategy in Africa“ by Margherita Locatelli
• „When China Was Going Globally: After Tiananmen Square lncident 1989“ by Haoyu Ma
• „World Cup Victories as Channels for Understanding France’s “Imagined Community”: Football, Diversity, and Identity“ by Therese Mager
• „Hezbollah: The Multifaceted Role of the Lebanese Resistance Movement. A Case Study of the Debate on Hezbollah’s Designation as a Terrorist Organization in Germany since 2012“ by Sarah Nieder, supervised by Elisabeth Röhrlich
• „Imperial Investments in Infrastructure Development – The Railways in British India (1858 – 1947)“ by Arkaprabha Pal, supervised by Rolf Bauer
• „The lmpact of ‚Write for Rights‘ Campaigns on Human Rights Situations. A Case Study of Amnesty lnternational“ by Johanna Pelzer, supervised by Reena Mary George
• “What is the correlation between the Erasmus+ study abroad period and brain drain rates among the applicants from the University of Sarajevo?” by Samir Beharic, supervised by Prof. Dr. Middell
• “Towards a Shift in Latin American Geopolitics. China and the Transoceanic Railways”, by Daniel Muñoz Redondo, supervised by Prof. Dr. Steffi Marung
• “Research Controversies on China’s Coalition Government Policy in 1940s”, by Jingxue Tan, supervised by Prof. Dr. Matthias Middell
• “The Depiction of Democrazy among the Chinese Africanists” by Hoi Lun Karen Yeung, supervised by Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kaske

• „The emerging Disability Rights Movement and the place of intellectual disability“ by Felix Balzer, supervised by Daniel Pateisky
• “Navigating extractive institutions in developing economies: The case of Zimbabwe” by Jodi Leigh Battershill
• „Social Protection in Togo“ by Mario Roman Behrens, supervised by Lars Buur
• „Impact of the Growth-Oriented Development Programs on the Socio-Economic Inequality: The Case of Ukraine“ by Tamara Beresh, supervised by Martina Kaller
• „ZONK! POW! WHAM! Mighty Man to the rescue? Apartheid propaganda in a bilateral comic book, 1975/6“ by Christiaan Boonzaier, supervised by Ulf Engel
• „Urban Agriculture – Growing Roots in our Communities, A Comparative Study of Berlin, Baltimore and Athens and How Urban Agriculture Influences Community Building“ by Jessica Borniger ,supervised by Sevasti Chatzopoulou
• “Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Development – the Case of the Rare Earth Industry in China” by Shuang Cao
• “LGBT Asylum Seekers to United Kingdom: Narratives, Credibility, and Access to Protection” by Brian Patrick Carandang, supervised by Christel Stormhøj
• “Standing on two canoes: the migration of the Warao people into Northern Brazil. Challenges and transformations of an indigenous flow into developing cities” by Laura de Carvalho Naime, supervised by Matthias Middell
• „Taglit Birthright lsrael: lntrinsic and Extrensic Goals“ by Sarah Castellanos
• “Reluctant ameölioration in an age of abolition: The case of the Danish West Indies, c. 1833-1840” by Jens Christiansen
• “Search and Rescue on the Mediterranean Sea. An Analysis of Key Actors’ Discourse” by Helen Deffner
• “The Femininity of Peace : an Analysis of Changing Narratives in the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Between 1919 and 1989” by Lara Marie Fedorchenko
• “Linkage, Leverage and (Il)liberal Democracy: The European Union at a Crossroad” by Anne Flotho-Liersch
• “US Foreign Policy Towards North Korea: An analysis under the administrations of Clinton, Bush, and Obama” by Luis Galvis, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• “The fabrication of Chiang Kai-shek’s image at home and abroad during Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)” by Yanyan Gong, supervised by Elisabeth Kaske
• “Journey to Europe Trajectories and Decision-Making among Female Refugees and other Migrants” by Marie-Theres Gröne
• “The Prospects and Dangers of Artificial Intelligence on International Security: The Case of a Sino-American Arms Race” by Fabio Haenel
• “A New Approach? China’s Approach towards the Philippines over the South China Sea Dispute after the Arbitral Tribunal’s Ruling 2016” by Yoshiko Hatanaka, supervised by Alfred Gerstl
• “On the way to sustainability? Advocacy networks in the context of the BRICS’ sustainable development agenda. An analysis of the Civil BRICS engagement process” by Angela Maria Hernandez Moreno, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “How is the globe represented in English Renaissance theatre and what are the implications of this on the formation of English collective identity?” by Matthew Higgins, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• “Human capital and the take-off: A study on the Moravian Church in the 1820s and the 1890s” by Eike Benedikt Hirschberg
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• „The Belt and Road lnitiative in North East Asia: ln Perspective of the Tributary System“ by Wei-Jung Huang, supervised by Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik
• “The Power of Legal Appeals: State (Non-) Compliance With the Human Right to Health by the Example of South Africa’s HIV/Aids Response.” By Theresa Hübscher, supervised by Marian Burchardt
• „The current situation of Japanese women at work. A study about how history, politics, economy affected them since 1985“ by Noriko Ikegami, supervised by Martin Roth
• „Die Herausforderung des sozialen Wohnungsbaus und der staatlichen Mietregulierung im Kontext globaler Veränderungen.“ by Nicola Jansen
• “Tariffs, Treaties, Trade: Integrating Tsarist Russian and Qajar Persian Markets under the Nineteenth Century Global Condition” by William Jenkins
• “Movies as the mirrors. Movies and the portrayal of gender stereotypes in the world’s highest grossing movies of the years 2007-2017” by Similan Jitjaroen
• “Social movements in Georgia since ist independence” by Giorgi Khvedeliani
• „The discussion of immigration in speeches of 4 European right- wing populist party leaders“ by Felix Klostermeyer
• “Banks as creators of money and credit: historical evidence from the 19th – 20th centuries” by Olena Kokliagina
• “The Representation of Kurdish Women in US American Media after 2013” by Lena Köpsell, supervised by Sabine Genz
• “(Dis?)Integration and identities of second and third generation immigrants. A French-German Comparison” by Laura Korn, supervised by Silas Harrebyr
• “The Influence of Korean Culture in the Ethiopian Entertainment Industry : A Case Study of MOM Entertainment” by Minji Kwag, supervised by Birgit Englert
• „Is ‚Europe‘ still underdeveloping Africa?“ Revisiting Walter Rodney’s study through the Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and the African, Caribean and Pacific countries, with a focus on the East African Community.” By Eloisa Izzo, supervised by Andrea Komlosy
• “Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and the Problem of Saami” by Mariia Kostetckaia, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• “’Europeanization’ reforms in Ukraine and the role of the EU in the process” by Oleksandra Krushynska
• “Developmental Aspirations and Implementation Strategies of Large Dam Projects in African States: the Aswan High Dam (Egypt), the Akosombo Dam (Ghana) and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Ethiopia)” by Judith Kunz
• “Communicating Global Social Justice lssues with Documentary Storytelling” by Maria Linsel, supervised by Margarete Grandner
• “Nudging in International Development and Mexico´s fight against Obesity” by Anna Ludwig, supervised by Ole Bruun
• „Das Bewusstsein über den Einsatz von Social Bots zur Beeinflussung des politischen Diskurses in sozialen Netzwerken – die Digital Natives in Deutschland“ by Mathilda Marteau
• “Winds of Technical Change – The Implications of Automation and Policy Options for the Future” by Wesley Merritt
• „Technopolitics and Narratives of development: The Case of Facebook in India” by Jana Misic, supervised by Steffi Marung
• „Alternative Economies in Cuba (1960-1965): Guevara and Two Evolving Systems of Finance“ by Azra Muftic, supervised by Berthold Unfried
• “Social Mobility Analysis of French India: The case of Puducherry, 1880-1915” by Yasmine Najm, supervised by Neil Cummins
• “Vulnerability in the Philippine Disaster – Risk Reduction Strategies” by Marlena Rafelt, supervised by Olivier Rubin
• “The Dialectics of Globalization: Social Identity Formations Among Erasmus Mundus Global Studies Students from a European Perspective” by Jonas Richter, supervised by Bjørn Thomassen
• “The Radical Right and the European Parliament as Portal of Globalization” by Linda Ringel, supervised by Angela Bourne
• “Social Displacement and Gentrification – A    Case Study of German Turks in Berlin’s Wrangelstraße” by Namrata Sangma, supervised by Ayse Caglar
• „Power balloons: an analysis of spectacle around Dilma Rousseffs impeachment“ by Bianca Santos, supervised by Martina Kaller
• “Diversity Matters: Intercultural Cities Programme. Intercultural Integration Approach for Managing Diversity and Migrant Integration in the Cities” by Umut Sasmaz, supervised by Steffi Marung
• „Do Chinese Led lnstitutions Complement or Compete with Already Existing Bretton Woods lnstitutions in Regard to Economic Governance?“ by Onur Saygin, supervised by Steffi Marung
• “Securitizing globalization in response to the legitimacy crisis of the global governance” by Luka Šteric
• “Latin American Junctures of Spatial Synchronization” by Stalin Tayupanta, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• “Propaganda in Cinema after the Cold War” by Amaliq Tuchiyan
• “Outside Influences on the Political Polarization in Bulgaria after 1997” by Boris Valov
• “Institutional change and human capital formation in the age of Reformation – An exploration of the three Prince Schools.” by Camilla von Loeper
• “Ties under a new sun. The assimilation of German immigrants at the Cape under the rule of the Dutch East India Company from a global perspective” by Olga Witmer, supervised by Andrzej Polus
• “The influence of the Chinese political environment shaped by the forcible globalization on the decline of Shanghai comprador (1860-1937)” by Tejia Zhang, supervised by Elisabeth Kaske
• “Bargaining Power of Migrant Workers in China. History of Collective Bargaining and Sources of Power since 1978” by Qing Zhao, supervised by Andrea Komlosy

• „EU-Mediterranean Relations: To what extent did the relationship between the EU and the Southern Mediterranean region change after the Arab Spring and in light of the current refugee ‘crisis’?” by Julia Aertken, supervised by Steffi Marung
• „Can Neoliberalism Explain the Recent Populist Surge? An Inquiry into Populist Reason in the US and UK” by Tommaso Aguzzi, supervised by Sune Haugbølle
• „Beyond Static: Indigeneity and the Challenges of Mobility. The International Migration of the Otavalo and Saraguro People” by Jessica Alford, supervised by Maren Möhring
• „The Migration Process of Dominican Women to Austria. Case Study: 1980s-2017. Some Strategies to Enter and Stay in Europe“ by Lidia Esther Ascencio
• „Collective organising of female North-South migrants in Ghana: The Case of Kayayei” by Ransford Yartel Asibu, supervised by Lindsay Whitfield
• „From global challenges to smart cities: the case of Vienna from the perspective of multi-level governance” by Gabriela Ayala, supervised by Marek Wróbleski
• „An indigenous people, the state and international interventions: A study of dilemmas facing the Basarwa of Botswana” by David Berger, supervised by Preben Kaarsholm
• „The Development of National Parks in former British Settler Colonies during the late 19th Century” by Tibor Böhm, supervised by Matthias Middell
• „Economies in second world war“ by Fabio Bruni, supervised by Olivier Accominotti
• „Remix Practices Within Capitalist Cultural Production: What the 2016 European Commission Copyright Directive Proposal Reveals” by Ilbey Bulut, supervised by Michael Kluth
• „Collective organising of female North-South migrants in Ghana : The Case of Kayayei” by Mário Ceselka, supervised by Lindsay Whitfield
• „Galapagos: Problems of an Imagined Paradise” by Jonathan Clark, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• „The Deconstruction of the normative Power EU by Public Discourse. A post-structuralist Analysis of a postcolonial modern European Union facing an identity crisis unmasked by the refugee influx.” By Franziska Fischer, supervised by Magdalena Ratajczak
• „The Andean Community and the European Union – Transfers and Interrelations” by Julio Cesar Gonzalez Barrera, supervised by Steffi Marung
• „Transnational push in American historiography after 1990” by Maya Green, supervised by Matthias Middell
• „(Re-)Formatting Global Spaces: Nordic Geographical Societies and their Role in Processes of Spatialization and Territorialization, 1876-1914” by Paul Greiner, supervised by Laust Schouenborg
• „Portuguese Migration in Luxembourg: Historical and Cultural Aspects“ by Ana Guimaraes, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• „The power of a disaster definition on relief operations: An analysis of the American and Cuban responses to the 2010 Haiti earthquake” by Leah Deidra Hansen, supervised by Lisa Ann Richey
• „From Pornography of Poverty to Post-Humanitarianism -An analysis of the representation of development in the fundraising posters of the NGO “Brot für die Welt” from 1959-2016” by Helena Linda Heuckmann, supervised by Ulf Engel
• „The Role of Civil Society in Conflict Resolution: The case of South Africa and the fall of Apartheid“ by Annie Hinton
• „Dublin system under critique – an analysis of the positions of international organizations, EU-agencies and international NGOs on EU asylum policy” by Lisa Hönegger, supervised by Steffi Marung
• „Israel’s Water Policy and Politcal Zionism“ by Wiebke Höner, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• „The colonial origins of urban African poverty – urban planning and infrastructure development in western Africa“ by Johannes Horst, supervised by Leigh Gardner
• „The Women Porteadoras: A Phenomenon of the Socio-Economic Gap at the Border between Ceuta and Morocco“ by Teresa Iglesias Lopez
• „The position of ROK in G20, and its reflected role from media” by Seung Hyun Kim, supervised by Matthias Middell
• „Economic policies and economic freedom in Chile, 1970-1990 “ by Hilke Kracke, supervised by Alejandra Irigoin
• „TOSSD: Responding to Challenges in Measuring International Financing for Development“ by Jana Kurpiša
• „The Polish Food Sector: Market Entry Strategies of Foreign Food Companies and Adaptation to Polish Consumers.“ by Eva Lennartz
• „Industrial location in 18th century Europe“ by Juliana Lindell, supervised by Oliver Volckart
• „Capitalism, Consumerism and Zero Waste“ by Mira-Jana Linkohr
• „The Academic genealogy analysis of world history studies journals” by Yan-Fu Liu, supervised by Matthias Middell
• „The development of new spaces in the global political economy: the case of the Cayman Islands Offshore Financial Centre” by Mikhail Marazevich, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• „An Indonesian escape of the natural resource curse? – The economic geography of the natural resource curse in Indonesia” by Ruth Matahelumual, supervised by Crister Garrett
• „Lost in the Transnational: A Global Archaeology of Femicide/Feminicide” by Saide Mobayed Vega, supervised by Ulf Engel
• „Levelling the Playing Field: A case study of streetfootballworld´s football-based employability programmes and social capital production after the Great Recession” by Mariana Moreira, supervised by Bjørn Thomassen
• „Forgiveness in Truth Commissions: A comparative Examination of Sierra Leone and Kenya” by Julie Nelson, supervised by Ulf Engel
• „Refugee Crisis in Lebanon: the security and insecurity of refugee encampment” by Blake Petrea, supervised by Cengiz Günay  
• „Neoliberalism and Medical Tourism: Creation and Management of Crisis” by Julian Piltawer, supervised by Judith Miggelbrink
• „Can Neoliberalism Explain the Recent Populist Surge? An Inquiry into Populist Reason in the US and UK” by Stephan Ritscher, supervised by Sune Haugbølle
• „The Reconfiguration of City Space: The Encounter and Collision of Projects on Wartime Destruction and Postwar Expulsion in Wrocław” by Tristan Schouten, supervised by Stefan Troebst
• „Hearts and Minds. A comparative look at shifting media portrayals of Iran in the United States” by Julia Seidl, supervised by Matthias Middell
• „Food for Thought (?) The Adoption of School Feeding Policies in the British Caribbean“ by Michaela Summerer, supervised by Leigh Gardner
• „Teaching Globalization: A look Into Textbooks in the United State” by Chelsea Swick, supervised by Matthias Middell
• „Narrating Legitimacy. The Crisis of Legitimacy Construction in the European Union.“ by Fredericke Weiner
• „‚Frack the Future’? The role of actors and institution in drawing future maps of global energy” by Stanij Wicaz, supervised by Matthias Middell
• „Sovereignty, Empire and Foreign Investment. The Political Economy of the Franco-Ethiopian Railway, 1893 – 1917” by Jan Philipp Wilhelm, supervised by Leigh Gardner
• „Understanding the Development of the Fourth Corridor Megaproject From Azerbaijan to the European Natural Gas Market”  by Jennifer Privett, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• „On the rape/massacre in Nanjing: An analysis of the politics of memory in the Sino-Japanese traumatic history.“ by Matteo Zani, supervised by Magdalena Ratajczak
• „Colonialism in the 21st Century: A Global History of the Chagos Islands.“ by Oliver White, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• „The Other Side of Mindfulness: Translating Buddhist Meditation Techniques into the Modern Clincal Setting.“ by Yi Chen, supervised by Karl Baier

• “Slow Violence and the Regulation of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals” by Brett Aho, supervised by Sevasti Chatzopoulou
• “Education in enclosed refugee camps: linguistic choices in assembling a curriculum for South Sudanese refugees in northwestern Ethiopia” by Karin Anspach Hoch, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “Compatriot or Playactor? Making sense of Turkey’s engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa from a Soft-Power Perspective” by Jülde Asci, supervised by Dominik Kopiński
• “Truly Global Brands: How the global is constructed in global brands rankings” by Maria Elisabeth Bedon Sanchez, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “Virtual Deprivation of Rights: Role of Media in Dehumanization of Refugees in Europe” by Beril Bishiriji, supervised by Wolfram von Scheliha
• “On the transition towards widespread literacy in industrialising Britain from 1800 to 1950 – the relationship of labour market demands and mass schooling” by Barbara Buzecki, supervised by Tirthankar Roy
• “Education as a Common Good and the Concept of Educational Sovereignity: the Itlian Case of the Alternative Educational Institutions” by Giovanni Dal Santo, supervised by Yuri Albert Kyrill Kazepov
• “The World Indigenous Game: Cultural Affirmation or Soft Power Tool?” by Viviane De Barcellos Morgado, supervised by Magadelna Ratajczak
• “The Spider and the Webs: Karl Weule and the Networks of Knowledge and Acquisition at the Museum für Völkerkunde in Leipzig, 1900–1926” by Harriet Easton, supervised by Katja Naumann
• “Arbitrage: The Development/History of the Sea Dispute between Slovenia and Croatia” by Kira Almudena Zoe Edelmayer, supervised by Norbert Kapferer
• “The impacts of the relations within the arms trade on India’s development” by Frederico Foti, supervised by Jacob Rasmussen
• “New Developmentspeak – Old Habits? The Role of Buzzwords in Shaping Alternative Development Approaches” by Julia Antonia Gause, supervised by Klaas Dykman
• “Integration Practices in the Republic of Cyprus: The Impact of Policies on Refugees” By Sarah Gemski, supervised byMichelle Pace
• “The International Community’s Response at Preventing Child Soldiers in Africa: An Analysis of the Case Studies of Liberia and Uganda” by Benjamin Greenly, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “The Effects of Power-Sharing Arrangements on Process of Transitional Justice” by Leona Hollasch, supervised by Line Engbo Gissel
• “Australia’s Offshore Detention Regime: Respatialization and Neo-Colonialism within the Pacific Region” by Alina Kaehne, supervised by Matthias Midell
• „Governing Resources – Governing Peace. Environmental Peacebuilding. Case Studies from Lake Victoria“ by Christina Koch, supervised by Olivier Rubin
• “Linking Social Movements and the Sustainable Development Goals – A Case Study on Access to Water in Mumbai” By Jennifer Kohel, supervised by Tibor Aßheuser
• „Governing Resources – Governing Peace. Environmental Peacebuilding. Case Studies from Lake Victoria“ by Christina Koch, supervised by Dr. Olivier Rubin
• “Transnational Think Tanks in the Global Agora: Two Selected Cases and their Differing Practices.” by Corinna Leitgeb supervised by Jesper Kelstrup
• “Balkan Intellectuals and Plans for a Balkan Federation in the 1860s and 1870s: American and Swiss models in the political thought of Viadimir Jovanovic and Lvuben Karaveov” by Vladislav Lilic, supervised by Thomas Fröschl
• “An Analysis of Neoliberal Urban Policies in a “Global” Mexico City” by Erika Matadamas, supervised by Matthias Midell
• “Kenyan Nubians work at Kenyan-ness” by Gacheri Ndumba Mbogori, supervised by Ulf Engel 
• “Globalizing the claims of the dispossessed? Grassroots agrarian movements’ transnationalization dynamics against ProSavana in Mozambique” by Ana Maria Moledo Pouso, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “The Politics of Memory and Truth Commissions. Challenges, Impacts and Consensus” by Francisco Moreno Rivera, supervised by Matthias Midell
• “Make in India. Nation Branding and Commercial Nationalism since Modi” by Namita Nair, supervised by Matthias Midell
• „Cultural Factors and their Impact on Global Business Negoatiation” by Ellen Nunes Tartari, supervised by Kirsten Mogensen
• “eGovernment Strategies in Denmark and Germany: A conceptual history of public digitisation” by Maria Djurhuus Petersen, supervised by Wolfgang Schmale
• “The Enemy within NATO?  – A Historical Analysis of the Anglo-Icelandic Cod Wars (1952-1976) by Vera Pönsgen, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• “The refugees issue from the international to the local dimension: the Italian situation and the case of the ex-moi.” by Filippo Ricca, supervised by Jacob Rasmussen
• “A Comparative Study of African and Western Perceptions of Chinese Railway Construction in Africa” by Jana Röthlisberger, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “Japanese only: Informal empire of Japanes industrial townships in Asia” by Wakana Sato, supervised by Janet Hunter 
• “Economic miracles by American design? A comparison of the impact of US post-World War II planning on the economic development of Japan and West Germany” by Mitja Vivian Schulz, supervised by Kent Deng
• “Lightning in the Hand or Thunder in the Mouth: Australian and Canadian Approaches to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.” by Alexandra Taylor, supervised by Michael Kluth
• “When Economies Open Up. The Case of Myanmar’s Liberalization and Integration” by Julia Irene Tomalka, supervised by Bartosz Michalski
• “The Global Politics of Romania-Ukraine Relations” by Burak Ünveren, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• “Poetics and Politics of Exhibiting Chinese Identity in German Museums (1990-2016): Case Study of Three Exhibitions” by Yixiao Wang, supervised by Georg Lehner
• “Anti-Muslim racism in the name of gender equality: The media discourse on the sexualized assaults on New Year´s Eve 2016 in Cologne” by Natalie Wellniak, supervised by Maren Möhring
• “The Road to Comprehensive Power: the Role of Regional Integration Arrangements in China’s Domestic and Foreign Policy in the Post-Crisis Era (2009-1016).” by Ping Wen, supervised by Marek Wróblewski
• “Ties under a new sun. The assimilation of German immigrants at the Cape under the rule of the Dutch East India Company from a global perspective” by Olga Witmer, supervised by Andrzej Polus
• “Institutions and economic performance: A tale of two continents.  An analysis of the impact of capital controls” by Yina Wu, supervised by Peter Cirenza
• “Spheres of Health in Times of Crisis: A Human Rights-based approach to the Legal and Po-litical Framework Regarding Refugees and Asylum Seekers within the European Union.” by Andrea Zestic, supervised by Johanna Hood
• „National Identity and Politics in Contemporary German-speaking Music“ by Simone Voit, supervised by Oliver Rathkolb

• “Internationalization of SMEs and Competency Management: Gaps and Impeding Factors” by Hayk Avetikyan, supervised by Thorsten Posselt
• “Anglo-Turkish Trade in the 1930s: A study on the evolution of Anglo-Turkish Trade over the period” by Huseyin Aydin, supervised by Tirthankar Roy
• “Making global champions: The role of the state in explaining the international expansion of Chinese multinational enterprises” by Michaela Böhme, supervised by Marek Wroblewski
• “Die Proteste gegen den G7 Gipfel im Spiegel internationaler Medien“ by Markus Breidenbach, supervised by Norbert Kapferer
• „Crowdwork – On the Digital Type of Employment and its Emergence” by Franziska-Julia Breitenstein, supervised by Norbert Kapferer
• “Maintaining London’s Competitiveness: The Role of Urbanisation in Economic Development” by George Clark, supervised by Sarah Ruth Sippel
• “Climate Migration as Political Ammunition: The Political Use of the Academic Climate Migration Debate by the Greens/European Free Alliance in the European Parliament” by Luka de Bruyckere, supervised by Peter Schweitzer
• “Sharing Beauty with All?” The Implications of L’Oreal’s Development-Oriented Corporate Social Responsibility Approach” by Noelle Eben, supervised by Ulf Engel
• „From Democracy and Development to the Securitised Shores of the Sahara Sea: The ebb and flow of discourse on human trafficking as produced by actors in and connected with the African Union.“ by Ruth Ennis, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “Transfer of racialized ideas on mixed marriages. The role of international comparison in the debates on mixed marriages in the German Empire between 1900 and 1914.” by Laura Frey, supervised by Maren Möhring
• „The Sino-American Relationship and the view on China’s action during recent years. A view on the topics the AACS focuses on“ by Stefanie Friedrich, supervised by Matthias Middell
• „Transnational Organized Crime and the Production of Space: The Long Journey of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina from Pirates’ Haven to Drugs’ Heaven“ by Andrea Geranio, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• “Actors of Globalization? The Role of Informal Street Vendors in Globalization from Below in Tepito, Mexico City” by Alice Greschkow
• “Confucian Political Alternatives in China” by Rongxi Guo, supervised by Philip Clart
• “Credit Money, the Housing Market in the US and Effects on Household Inequality.” by Henrik Hagelskjaer, supervised by Hartmut Elsenhans
• “Rhetorical ambivalence of FRONTEX’s humanitarian approach: Why has FRONTEX shifted from securitization of the external borders to a humanitarian approach?” by Almaz Hasanli, supervised by Patrycja Matusz-Protasiewicz
• “Political Participation of Women in Muslim Societies. Breaking Barriers of Male Dominance in Muslim Societies. Cases of Women in Algeria, Jordan, Palestine, and Pakistan” by Franziska Heinzel, supervised by Norbert Kapferer /Gilad Ben-Nun
• “Language policies in the United Nations – discussions in the General Assembly” by Johanna Hohaus, supervised by Klaas Dykmann
• “’Making the right real? UNESCAP, the Incheon Strategy and disability policy in Asia and the Pacific” by Jake Hollis, supervised by Elżbieta Stadtmüller
• “Euromaidan: Powered by Social Media?” by Yuliya Hudoshnyk, supervised by Bjørn Thomassen
• “The Role of the Force Commander in United Nations Peace Operations. A comparative analysis of the performances of General Dallaire and Lieutnant-Colonal Karremans” by Sanne Hupkes, supervised by Gilad Ben-Nun
• “Russian Foreign policy in South Caucasus. Russian strategy in Azerbaijan and Georgia” by Kanan Isgandarov, supervised by Norbert Kapferer
• “Was the economic transition successful for all regions? The case of regional income inequality in Poland, 1975-1999” by  Hee Chang Jung, supervised by Kent Deng
• “The Effects of Huguenot Immigration on Manufacturing in Prussia between 1685 and 1750” by Marie Luise Kimbel, supervised by Joan Roses
• “The consequences of (failed) regularisation on the autonomy of irregular migrants. The example of rejected asylum-seekers in Denmark” by Jagna Kochems, supervised by Patrycja Matusz-Protasiewicz
• “The transnationalization of the Uyghur Question. Why is the Uyghur’s demand for self-determination of concern for the United States?” by Michael Swen Lehmann, supervised by Wolfram von Scheliah
• “Shanghai Jazz: A Cosmopolitan Image” by Wen Liu, supervised by Matthias Middell
• “The impact of economic globalization on poverty alleviation and China’s minimum living standard security (Dibao) system for urban residents” by Huizhong Liu, supervised by Matthias Middell
• “The Russian Geopolitical Concept: Energy, Interests and Conflict” by Tural Mammedov, supervised by Lars Buur
• “The Berlin Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at: Religious or Migrant-based Community?” by Alexis Mc Lean, supervised by Matthias Middell
• “Back to the Garden: A Case Study of Urban Community gardening and Globalization in Berlin, Germany and Havana, Cuba” by Kevin Sean McKelvy, supervised by Bjørn Thomassen
• “The Global Climate Justice Movement: The Case of Santa Barbara, CA” by Nastasja Metz, supervised by Bjorn Thomassen
• “Transnational entanglements and the making of Namibian independence: An analysis of American and Soviet rhetoric in the UN from 1985-1988” by Robin Möser, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “Apprenticeships, South Carolina’s Unexpected Champion in Vocational Training Reform” by Jenna Christine Nick, supervised by Hartmut Elsenhans
• “Foreign-owned businesses in East Africa before and after decolonization. Case Studies” by Gunn-Eva Nordheim, supervised by Leigh Gardner
• “Political Risk of Infectious Disease: A Comparative Study of Methodological Approaches” by Sarah Otto, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “Truth in Transitional Justice: Rethinking the Legalistic Foundations of Truth Commissions” by Iván Ovejero, supervised by Christoph Hanisch
• “Encounter of Empires: The British and the Qing state-building process in nineteenth century Formosa” by Yen-Chia Peng, supervised by Alejandra Irigoin
• “Currency Union: Impact on Socio-Economic Symmetry among Economies. A case study of developments in Spain and Latvia” by Mehreen Rafi, supervised by Crister S. Garrett
• “OCHA as an Actor in Global Affairs. A case study of the institutional development of the UN’s coordination body for humanitarian affairs from 1991 to 2015” by Albertine Ruppert, supervised by Crister S. Garrett
• “EU Conflict Management in ist Neighbourhood – The Case of Ukraine” by Eva Catharina Julia Scharmann
• “The Externalisation of European Migration Control – How can the Human Security of Asylum Seekers be achieved?” by Anna-Katharina Scheffler, supervised by Annemarie Peen Rodt
• “Charlie Hebdo and the War of Civilisations” by Jan Schulz-Weiling, supervised by Magdalena Ratajczak
• “The effect of investments in cultural representation and cultural understanding on the assimilation of progress of Chinese and Indian immigrants in Canada and the United States, 1976-2012” by Mascha Roth, supervised by Neil Cummins
• “Female Domestic Workers of New Delhi: Their challenges and Rising Agency” by Swapnil Sharma, supervised by Laura Horn
• “The Common Energy Framework of the European Union: The Objective of Energy Security in the 2020s to 2030 Climate and Energy Strategy Framework“ by Yiyi Shen, supervised by Ulrich Brand
  
  „The Management of Natural Resources on Celestial Bodies: An Ecological Perspective “ by Martinus Sleegers, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• “Social Movements in the Network Society – A Qualitative Case Study Analysis of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution” by Jordan Stark, supervised by Ute Rietdorf
• “Inter-organizational Cooperation in Multiparty Meditation. The United Nations-African Union Joint Mediation Approaches to the Darfur Peace Process.” by Alexander Stotkiewitz, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “Corporate Social Responsibility – An Opportunity to Improve Working Conditions in Bangladesh’s Ready-Made Garment Industry?” by Samira Syed, supervised by Norbert Kapferer
• “Go, go, Chocolate City: A Portrait of Gentrification, Culture and Loss in Washington, DC‘s U Street Corridor“ by Aisha Turner, supervised by Margarete Grandner
• “Discussing Sovereignty in Internet Governance” by Alzbeta Vyšňovská, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “The ideology of ISIS – a motivation for Europeans to become foreign fighters?” by Annika Waldeck, supervised by Thomas Vladimir Brønd
• “Global Citizenship in Baha’i Faith: a Case Study of Bahai’is in Vienna” by Jin Wang, supervised by Hans Hödl
• “Policy of intervention – Investigating Washington’s behavior in the East Timor conflict” by Carolina Winkler, supervised by Michael Kluth
• “Bandits of Colonialism: The Economically-Motivated Housing Policies in British Hong Kong, 1841-1997” by Pui-ting Wong, supervised by Chris Minns
• “Transition to Capitalism, West and East: a Critical Survey of the California School” by Yiqian Zhang, supervised by Hartmut Elsenhans
• “The mechanism of China’s urbanisation from 1978 to 2013. Patterns, driven factors and problems” by Yu Ziqi, supervised by Hartmut Elsenhans
• „Unpacking The Northern Territory National Emergency Response Package: Evaluating the Legislation within the Framework of International Rights Discourse“ by Marielle Zuk, supervised by Matthias Middell
• “What are the ideological developments which have shaped the current political climate around low-skilled labour migration to the United Kingdom?“ by Daphne Heijdelberg, supervised by Petra Dannecker

• “Towards mining development with environmental provision and social inclusion? The political ecology of lithium extraction in Jujuy, Argentinia from a global perspective” by Axel Anlauf, supervised by Lars Buur
• “The Senkaku-Diaoyu Dispute: Border Conflict in the East China Sea”, by Nicholas R. Berryman, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• “Finance as the driver of Social Innovation. UKs social investment market” by Jan Bonhorst, supervised by Alejandro Cunat
• “Peasants in developing countries between depeasantization and repeasantization – a discourse analysis”  by Sarah Theresa Böger, supervised by Beata Ociepka
• “Indigenous rights: Comparison between public policies developed in Brazil and Bolivia (1988-2014)” by Marina Braga Carneiro, supervised by Peter Gärtner
• “Restricted Human Mobility in an Age of Globalization – The Case Study of the EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) in Libya” by Jana Alena Brosch, supervised by Annemarie Peen Rodt
• “Why Italy differed from Japan? Labour-intensive industries and economic growth in post-unification Italy (1861-1930s)” by Giorgia Cecchinato, supervised by Leigh Gardner
• “Divided in Freedom: How British-Colonial Paradigms of Nationhood Influenced Ethnic Land-scapes in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka” by Andrew Anzur Clement
• “Stamp Scrip Currency: the transfer of economic ideas and their implementation as micro-responses to the great depression in Germany and the United States” by Elizabeth Cooper, supervised by Leigh Gardner
• “Regional Economic and Financial Integration in a Global Context: The ASEAN+3 Case” by Lucas Cury de Farias, supervised by Matthias Middell
• “Chilean professionals, reliable Fijians and affordable Ugandans: Transnational recruitment for the private security sector in Iraq, 2003-2011” by Katharina Döring, supervised by Michael Kluth
• “Voting Patterns and Alliances within the United Nations Security Council 2004-2013: Darfur Case Study.” By Marisol Figueroa, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “Brain Drain vs. Brain Circulation – A Multi-Perspective Discourse Analysis on African Academic Mobility” by Birte Gehm, supervised by Matthias Middell
• “Intimate cross-cultural relationships between Thai middle-class women and Western men – counteracting stereotypes” by Elisabetha Huber, supervised by Signe Arnfred
• “The Construction of Enemies: Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Feminist Positions of Right-wing Populist Parties in Europe” by Melanie Hudler, supervised by Beata Ociepka
• “Adoption and Cultural Identity: the Case of Adopted Koreans in Denmark and Sweden” by Sujin Kim
• “Study on the contribution of the alumni and diaspora to the Joint Africa-EU Strategy – Gender Perspectives” by Miriam Klemm, supervised by Matthias Middell
• “Going Global in Africa: The Chinese media offensive and its depiction in the South African press” by Klaus Kotze, supervised by Matthias Middell
• ”Human Rights in the UNGA: An Assessment of BRICS and P3 Voting Patterns” by Johanna Leary, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “New Regionalism – The weight of SCO on China” by Min Sin Lin, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “Beyond Extractivism: Does the Latin American concept of buen vivir constitute an alternative to development? Ecuador as a critical case “ by Linda Lücke, supervised by Klaas Dykmann
• “The Rise of the Global Consumer – Case Study: The Little Emperors” by Sanja Majic
• “The economic repercussions of the prohibition of cocaine and opium – how did the illegalisation affect these at the time „commodities“ and what were the immediate side-effects?” by Ben Max, supervised by Alejandra Irigoin
• “Suffering with the Stars: The Morality of Celebrity Humanitarianism” by Alexandra McPhedran , supervised by Johanna Hood
• “Between academia and local politics. Urban Mobility and bicycle sharing in Leipzig” by Kristian Klaus Milde, supervised by Matthias Middell
• “Future in the Anthropocene. An Inquiry into Relationships between Climate and Society in Global Future Scenarios and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change” by Fiacha O‘ Dubhda, supervised by Matthias Midell
• “Solar Energy in Poland: Domestic Constrains and External Actors” by Agnieszka Paciorek, supervised by Beata Ociepka
• “The Roots of Venezuela’s Economic Crisis” by Karolina Anna Patzwald, supervised by Beata Ociepka
• “The Motivations of Developing Countries for Hosting Sports Mega-Events: A Case Study on  the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa” by Alexandra Platt, supervised by Lindsay Whitfield
• “Comparison of legal origins theory on economic outcomes in Hong Kong and Macau” by Michael Poon, supervised by Gerben Bakker
• „Social Displacement and Gentrification – A Case Study of German Turks in Berlin’s Wrangelstraße“ by Namrata Sangma, supervised by Ayse Caglar
• “Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) Programs in the European Union. A comparative study in state-induced voluntary return policies in Europe” by Shirin Reuvers
• “Is the climate catastrophe coming? An analysis of the construction of climate change risks in the German news magazine Der Spiegel” by Katharina Schleicher, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “Capacity Building through Student Mobility? A Study on the Contribution of African DAAD Alumni to Higher Education in Africa” by Nora Schmitt-Güngerich, supervised by Matthias Middell
• “Examining Non-State Actor Territoriality- The Case of the maras in El Salvador” by Simon Schmitz
• “Funding nationalism from abroad? A study of the interaction between London and Bangladesh nationalist movements in the context of the 1971 war” by Mascha Schulz, supervised by Eric Golson
• “Commercial oil exploitation and regional economic development in Norway, 1960-1990”, by Clemens Eike Schwanhold, supervised by Kent Deng
• “On Contextual Multidimensionality and Multidirectionality in Managing African Brain Mobility at EU Higher Education Programs for Co-Development of Africa and Europe” by Lea Simek, supervised by Matthias Middell
• “Mapping the Mediterranean. A critical cartographic analysis on the construction of space” by Eva Maria Spiekermann, supervised by Matthias Middell
• “Two alliances one goal – the drive for customers of Star Alliance and oneworld” by Andreas Spies, supervised by Matthias Middell
• “From corporations to nation-states: constructing international energy security system (1956-1979)” by Denis Subbotnitskiy, supervised by Gerben Bakker
• “Global Interactions in the Early Modern Age: A Survey of Current Scholarship on Chinese-European Encounters in Early Modern Travel Writing” by Kang Ning Emily Teo, supervised by Philip Clart
• “The development of the concept of „mixed migrations“: the role of UNHCR, IOM und EU and the concepts‘ application to the Horn of Africa“ by Caitlin Vito
• “Mercantile-political Relations of Britain and China in the Early Modern Age A Comparative Case Study of East India Company and Chinese Merchant Xueyan Hu” by Mengdi Wang
• “Gender-Based Violence and Poetry in Guatemala: products of colonialism and possibilities of female resistance within and against a patriarchal system” by Marietta Wildt, supervised by Signe Arnfred

• “The Dilemma of Space Debris Treated at the United Nations”, by Elias Andrade, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• “German East Africa in the Gold Standard Era: Colonial Money and its Economic Impact” by Anne Therese Ballauf
• “The African National Congress and its Higher Education Policy” by Emily Betz, supervised by Matthias Middell
• “The Post – 1989 Development of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Poland: the Impact of the European Integration Process on Polish Public Policies” by Marianna Teresa Bolbot, supervised by Marek Wroblewski
• “The Dynamics of Water Management” by Charlotte Mary Buchanan
• “World-Systems, the Earth System and Big History: Searching for Humanity’s Place within the (ever-expanding) Universe” by Lauren Cater, supervised by Ute Rietdorf
• “The Universal Periodic Review and the Anti-Bribery Convention: Peer Reviews and their Effectiveness in pushing Legislative Reform” by Radhika Dhuru
• “Challenging Academic Eurocentrisms in Postcolonial Cameroon: A Case Study on the Implementation and Interpretation of Social Scientific Knowledge at University of Yaoundé I” by Laura Fergi, supervised by Preben Kaarsholm
• “Internet Governance and the End User: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives for the End User in the Race to own the Cyber Space” by Albert Garrich Alabarce, supervised by Ute Rietdorf
• “Post-Neoliberalism in South Africa: National Economic Policies in a changing Global Order” by Mario Gavenda, supervised by Marek Wroblewski
• “Zionism and the Narrative Construction of the Nation and National Identity” by Corinna Geng, supervised by Marek Wroblewski
• “The Cook of Champollion: European Archaeologists in Egypt and Their Interactions with the Local Inhabitants 1798–1952/53” by Maximilian Georg, supervised by Ute Wardenga
• “Instrumentalising Financial Diversity for Economic Growth in Ghana: A Global Political Economy Explanation of why Ghana needs more Capital Structure Options and Banking Consolidation” by Gregory Gillette, supervised by Lindsay Whitfield
• “The Return of British Popular Music to the World Market during the 1960s: Its Contribution and Effect on the further Development of the British Music Industry” by Mher Hakobyan
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• <xml></xml> “The U.S.-Mexico Borderlands and Contemporary Approaches to Border Security”, by Cole Harry, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• “Tracing Globally Travelling Ideas: Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) and Langrug Informal Settlement, South Africa” by Yolande Hendler, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “East Africa in Polycentric Globalisation 1750–1880” by Anne Henow, supervised by Tirthankar Roy
• “Chinese Christians in Leipzig: Functions of Local Chinese Evangelical Church for its Participants” by Cheng-Hua Ho, supervised by Philip Clart
• “Decarbonising Private Transportation: Challenges and Prospects for Electric Vehicles” by Oleh Holodnyak
• “Formation of the Iraqi State during the British Mandate 1920–1932: Public Goods and Colonial Legacy” by Karina Jansone
• “Food Security in China: A Comparative Study of Food Security Policies of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Chinese Government” by Qian Jing, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “Between Islamization and Westernization? The Meditation of Women’s Rights in the Egyptian Transition Period” by Maria Ketzmerick, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “Human Rights and the Public/Private Divide: Comparing Religious and Secular Approaches to Human Rights” by Marie-Claire Klassen, supervised by Klaas Dykmann
• “China’s Non-Interference Policy Challenged: A Case Study of Sino-Sudan-South Sudan Relations” by Anne Kriewald, supervised by Peter Kragelund
• “Microfinance: A Recent Global Phenomenon in Development Aid” by Martina Kristianova, supervised by Marek Wroblewski
• “The Northwest Passage: A Critical Cartographic Analysis” by Marta Lanaro, supervised by Ute Wardenga
• “Colonial Heritages: To what extend did French Institution Persist in the British Colonies of Quebec and Grenada 1763–1783” by Kaitlin Merwin, supervised by Tirthankar Roy
• “Era of Borderless Globalization and European Exclaves” by Lika Mkrtchyan, supervised by Еlżbiеtа Stаdtmüllеr
• “Dead in the Water? Reflections on Transboundary Water Governance in the Orange River Basin” by Douglas Momberg, supervised by Tobias Hagmann
• “European (R)evolution: The Airbus Project and the Changing Balance of Power in the Aerospace Industry” by Moisés Fabián Muñoz Andrade, supervised by Claudia Baumann
• “Discursive Tensions and the Questions of Legitimacy: Critical Analysis of the US Press Media’s Coverage of Russia’s Counterterrorist Campaign in Chechnya from 1999–2009” by Jessica Neubauer, supervised by Wolfram von Scheliha
• “United Nations and NATO missions in Afghanistan: The Emergency of a New Way of Development Assistance?” by Marta Novella, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “Kokusaika and EPA: Japan’s Migration Policies in the Era of Globalization” by Sejeong Oh, supervised by Connie Carøe Christiansen
• “The New Black? Foreign Aid, Private Sector Development and Fashion Industry in the Case of Ghana” by Alicja Olka, supervised by Louise Mubanda Rasmussen
• “Post-Conflict Economic Recovery: The International Community in South Sudan” by Hanna Felicitas Pabst
• “Spaces of Dissent: The Power of the City Square” by Daniel Palm, supervised by Matthias Middell
• ““Let it be Known That it Really Happened“: Prosecution of Gender Based Violence at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia” by Angela Paradiso, supervised by Björn Thomassen
• “The Making of a Free City: The Foundation of Laissez-faire Capitalist Free Cities in Honduras in the Juncture of Globalisation” by Luis Guillermo Pineda Rodas
• “The Iconography of Globalization” by Victor Manuel Quintero Léon, supervised by Ute Wardenga
• “The Effects of Growing Chinese Involvement in Africa with Particular Focus on Chinese Cultural Transfers: A Case Study of Confucius Intitutes in Africa” by Monique Rimkus, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “Storm-swept Realities: An Engagement with Rehabilitaion Policies for Climate-Displaced People in the Sunderbans” by Arushi Sen, supervised by Michael Mann
• “Approaches to Gender Equality and Views on „Western“ Feminism in the Blogs of African Women” by Damaris Stocklassa, supervised by Katja Naumann
• “The Petronas Paradox: A Multinational Company bounded by National Interest” by Ya Lin Su, supervised by Johannes Knierzinger
• “The New IGAD Strategy  for Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability: A Critical Approach to Regionalism in the Horn of Africa” by Sophie Tentrop
• “Immigrant Entrepeneurs and Hong Kong Economic Development 1842–1997” by Ching In Tse, supervised by Kent Deng
• “Rescaling Europe after the Crisis: The ESM and the Neoliberalisation of EU Space” by Simon Tundermann, supervised by Steffi Marung
• “Turkish Development Aid in Somalia: The Humanitarian Showcase of a Middle-Power” by Sevim Varliklar, supervised by Еliżbiеtа Stаdtmüllеr
• “The Austrian Armed Forces in Civil-Military Cooperation and its Experience in Humanitarian Relief and Peace Support Operations”, by Jacques Jean Pierre de Vries, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• “The Role of Corruption in Human Trafficking” by Ting-Yi Wang, supervised by Markus Michael Müller
• “China Talks Climate: A Frame Analysis of Discourses on Climate Change and the Environment in the PRC” by Prudence Willats, supervised by Helena Flam
• “Analysis of Global Governance Frameworks in the Photovoltaic Market” by Ebru Gamze Yilmaz, supervised by Ulf Engel 

„A win-win cooperation or the modern scramble for Africa? The case of China’s engagement in Ethiopia“ by Malwina Dominika Talik

„Between Islamization and Westernization? The Mediation of Women’s Rights in the Egyptian Transition Period“ by Débora Oska

„Understanding Collective Identity Formation in the Indian LGBT Movement (An Analysis of the Oral History Collection ‚Project Bolo‘)“ by Mirjam Marquard

„The Political Economy of Electricity Supply: An Institutional Analysis (South Africa from the End of Apartheid to BRICS)“ by Conrad Kassier

„Diminishing Social inequalities: BRICS Development Patterns“ by Erika Samantha Franco-Peñ

• “Local Insurrections in Colombia and Indonesia in 1920s and the Communist International.” by Edgar Alfonso Serrano, supervised by Katja Naumann
• “Ukraine’s Competing Perspectives in the Globalized World: Europe vs Eurasia.” by Elmira Amanova, supervised by Steffi Marung
• “Political Economy of Structural market Reforms in Turkey: The IMF, World Band and Domestic Politics” by Baris Ari
• “Russian emigration to Vienna after the 1917 October Revolution.” By Ekaterina Belukova, supervised by Margarete Grandner
• “Who is talking? The changing definitions of „peasant“  and trends in Indian agriculture since the 1990s.” by David Christopher Bexte
• “Communist Insurrections in Indonesia (1926-7) and Colombia (1929): The Role of National Leaders in the Comintern.” by Aleksander Binek, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• “Syrian Cauldron: Internal Insurrection or Battlefield for the Middle East Hegemony? History, Politics, and Sectarianism”, by Aleksander Andrzej Binek, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• “Migration and Trauma. Experiences of Selected Immigrants: Communities in the United States and Europe” by Tien-Han Chang, supervised by Stefan Troebst
• “Lee Administration’s Initiatives of Green Growth: Analysis of Domestic and Foreign Policies towards Green Growth in the Republic of Korea.” by Hanui Choi,
• “Causal Factors of International Student Mobility. A Study on Romanian Students in UK.” by Daniela Alexandra Craciun, supervised by Norbert Kapferer
• “Descriptive analysis of a resilience-based approach to socio-economic development: a study of grassroots movements in the European Union.” by Carlos Cruz Díaz, supervised by Norbert Kapferer
• “Healthcare and pension systems: immigration’ʹs impact towards a common European migration policy.” by Matteo Dembech, supervised by Norbert Kapferer
• “The New Geography of Policing: Regional Responses to Transnational Organised Crime in the SADC Region – The Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO).” by Nicholas Dietrich, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “African Studies in the USSR (Through the Prism of the Journal “Peoples of Africa and Asia. History, Economy, Culture”, 1960-1989).” by Ekaterina Egorova, supervised by Steffi Marung
• “Lebanon from Conflict to Reconstruction: Toward New Social Division.” by Maria El-Solh, supervised by Norbert Kapferer
• “Stranger, Danger? New Commonwealth Immigrants and the Committee on Housing in Greater London.” by Ruth Emsden, supervised by Patrick Wallis
• “Multinational Companies and India’s agricultural sector (success and failure of individual companies and the learning processes resulting from that.” by Anne Fahlbusch, supervised by Matthias Middell
• “The Ecological Economics Tools to the Energy, Water and Food Nexus. Using Environmental Assessment to Change our Society’s Behavior.” by Ana Galán Herranz, supervised by Marek Wróblewski
• “Ein Code of Conduct für Agrarinvestitionen. Eine kritische Analyse der Konsultationsphase und deren Akteure.“ by Ute Gerbershagen, supervised by Birgit Engler
• “On the role of values and interests in the process of international anti-bribery legislation.” by Harry Gibbs, supervised
• “The Study of Africa in China since 1990s: Content Analysis of the Academic Journal West Asia and Africa.” by Xiaoxi Guo, supervised by Ulf Engel.
• “The Home and the World. A topology of the Open Home.” by Leander Gussmann, supervised by Norbert Kapferer.
• “South-south migration: the case of Chinese migrants in Lesotho.” by Sarah Hanisch, supervised “Border and its Problems.” by Cole Harry, supervised by xxx
• “Conserving Nature and Sustaining Local Livelihoods. Study on the Relationship between Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty in Least Developed Countries.” by Christian Hinke, supervised by Norbert Kapferer
• “Local Responses to Transnational Migration: The Polish Community and Policy Making in the Borough of Haringey.” by Doreen Hofmann, supervised by Norbert Kapferer
• “Revolution in Egypt: The Economics Behind Mobilization”, by Michael Karesky, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• “The Sustainability of Fairtrade.” by Katherine Stephanie Kemp, supervised by Alejandro Cunat
• “Making the „Great Divergence“ in East Asia.” by Hyun-Cheol Kim, supervised by Matthias Middell
• “The Politics of Football: Nationalism, Racism and Discrimination in the European Fan Culture. Case study: Ukraine.” by Pavlo Klymenko,
• “State Capitalism in the Context of China’s Political Economy Evolution: from 1949 to 2010.” By Zhouwu Lin
• “Processes of Mobilization of Revolutionary Movements: The Case of the Indian Naxalite Movement in Chhattisgarh and Jaharkhand.” by Jean-Thomas Martelli, supervised by Preben Kaarsholm
• “1552 a 1589 en Bolivia: la Transición a la Democracia desde una Perspectiva Global”, by Susana Capobianco-Meinel, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• “Development for Whom? Community Involvement in Large Development Projects, the Case of Belo Monte.” Luciana Meira, supervised by Norbert Kapferer
• “Different perspectives of Kwame Nkrumah`s intellectual and political life: „the West“ and „Africa“ compared.” by Felix Müller, supervised by Arno Sonderegger
• “Introducing Ethical Standards to a Nation in Transition: Fairtrade’s role and limitations in making the South African agricultural industry fair.” by Karen Murillo, supervised
• “Categories of Problems and Factors for Success – A Re-Evaluation of the UN Peace Support Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ, 1992-1994).” by Ingo Nordmann, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “Seceding but not Succeeding: Explaining Somaliland’s lacking international recognition.” by Nikola Pijovic, supervised by Preben Kaarsholm
• “Exploring the Friendship Paradigm: Timor Leste in International Relations”, by Ivaylo T. Pentchev, supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• “Polish Shale Gas: How the Prospect of Energy Independence Changes Foreign & Energy Policy.” by Matthew Przybylek, supervised by Steffi Marung
• “Authority and Governance beyond the State. Mapping efforts to combat contemporary Somali piracy.” by Silke Kristina Reinhardt, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “Building Mozambique and constructing Brazil: Prospects for bilateral cooperation.” by Ana Ribeiro, supervised by Norbert Kapferer
• “Post 1989 scenario and the emergence of insurgency in Nepal, 1996-2006.” by Madhusudan Rimal, supervised by Matthias Middell
• “Variants of Feminist Internationalism: Indian and International Women’s Organizations during the Interwar Period.” by Leonie Evita Rörich, supervised by Katja Naumann
• “Is there such a thing as a New British Empire?” by Irina Safronova
• “Projeto Brasil Potência: Brazil and the contest for global power since 1946.” by Edgar Federzoni dos Santos, supervised by Johann Wimmer
• “From Land Grab to Water Grab. Reconstructing the Debate on Foreign Investment in Land and Agriculture.” by Corina Scholz, supervised by Ulf Engel
• “Social Rebalancing in the Arab World? On the Prospects for Social Change After the Post-Islamist Uprisings.” by Christoph Sorg, supervised by Norbert Kapferer
• “Social Media and Democratic Process in China. An Evolution from Inside.” Quian Sun, supervised by Nobert Kopferer
• “European Union Cohesion Policy between “Territorial Cohesion” and urban “Engines of Growth”: Socio-spatial polarization in the multiscalar re-territorialization of European space.” by Stefan Telle
• “Positioning Mexico in the World: Production of knowledge on Globalisation and other World Regions (single author or institution to be defined for investigation).” by Sergio Torres, supervised by Steffi Marung
• “Urban Policy towards Cycling. A comparative study between Copenhagen and Vienna.” by Ilenya Maria Tretola
• “Climate Refugees and Institutional Change.” by Leonie Tuitjer
• “Migration and Trauma. Experiences of Selected Immigrants: Communities in the United States and Europe.” by Hairuo Wang
• “Modell Deutschland in a New Europe: Stresses, Strains, and Successes of the German Economy.” By Neil Wilcock, supervised by Hartmut Elsenhans
• “Human Natures and Atrocities under Cultural Socialism. Turning for Racism and Human Experiments.“ by Kaori Yamashita, supervised by Norbert Kapferer

• “Legal Status of Caspian Sea: Delimitation Dispute between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan” by Shamkhal Abilov supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
•  “Ethno-religions conflicts in Northern Nigeria” by Alhaji-Shehu Bashir
• “Political Blogosphere of Runet: Perspectives from the Inside” by Polina Axenova, supervised by prof. Steinmetz
• “The role of civil society in African democracies: discourse, power and politics” by Inga Beeck, supervised by prof. Engel
• “One law on the books, another on the ground: Land tenure and land markets in late- and post-colonial Kenya and Rwanda” by Andrew Bell
• “Surfing Toward Knowledgeable Compliance: A Critical Analysis of Internet Use in the People’s Republic of China and the Maintenance of Authoritarian Rule” by Teresa Anne Bergman, supervised by prof. Kotzur
• “Global Water Scarcity and its Ramifications – Challenges and Opportunities within the International Security Architecture” by Stefan Max Bolz
• “European Union’s Development Policy and the Position of the New Member States – Poland’s Development Cooperation with Africa ” by Annegret Buchholz
• „Narrating European Integration: An Analysis of Euroskepticism in Academic Discourse” by Megan Campell, supervised by PhD Preunkert
• “The Convergence of Stakeholder Value and Shareholder Value in a Globalizing World Economic System. Exploring Capitalism – Inherent Self-Correcting Elements Facilitating the Internationalization of Negative Externalities” by Maris Nicolas Christiansen
• “‘Ich geh nicht in die Schule, sondern in den Kindergarten.‘ – ‘ I don’t go to school, I go to kindergarten!‘ – Alexander, 4. The Social Function of German and American Early Childhood Education under the Influence of Globalization” by Krista Marie Cupich, supervised by prof. Middell 
• “Die Rolle von Agrartreibstoffen innerhalb der kolumbianischen Entwicklungspolitik – das grüne Öl als Mittel einer vermeintlichen Modernisierung und Demokratisierung“ by Mickaël Daudin
• „The 
Colonial
 Bias
 of
 British
 Aid, self‐Interest 
in
 UK
 Development
 Assistance, 1960‐1979” by Noemi De Luca
• “Brazilian Soy within a Globalizing Agri-Food System: Challenges and prospects in overcoming social and ecological disruption of current agri-food production” by Abdel-Hafid Derbal, supervised by prof. Gertel
• “Resettlement and Beyond: Civil Engagement in the Integration of Burmese Refugees into U.S, society” by Hannah Dunham
• “African Priesthood in the US: A Process of Reverse Mission?” by Seth Emerson supervised by Friedrich Edelmayer
• “International Voluntary Service in Developing Countries. The Case Study of German Welfare Program” by Ole Engel
• “What was the Role of the International Information Network on the House of Rothschild for its Business in Europe in the First Half of the 19th Century?” by Marek Fiala
• “Conceptualizing Global Identity – Theory and Practice: The Global Studies Students‘ Perspective” by Julia Maria García Dócolas, supervised by prof. Engel
• “Perception of Europe: Critical Discourse Analysis of Selected American Newspapers” by Jakub Goralski, supervised by prof. Steinmetz
• “The Impact of Marketing on the Development of Bourgeois Culture in Eighteenth Century Britain, and the Case for Tea” by Dana Grueter
• “Secularization of Migration Policies in Italy” by Paula Guzzo Falci, supervised by
• “Favoring Retribution? A Study on the Factors Influencing the Choice of the Transitional Justice Approach in the Aftermath of the Genocide in Rwanda 1994-1996” by Bettina Heller
• “Multinational Corporations as Actors of International Relations” by Franka Herrmann
• “’Making Finance Work for Africa’ after the Financial Crisis. The importance of finance for Africa and South Africa’s chances in the post-crisis era” by Moritz Hessler, supervised by prof. Engel
• “Assessing the Role of Factor Endowments and Institutions in Togo and Namibia under German Colonial Rule” by Maximilian Klaus Hermann Heyde
• “The Development Puzzle – Do Economic Growth and Rights Fulfilment determine the Quality of Life? A Quantitative Study of the Empirical Relationship between Economic Growth, Rights Fulfilment and Development” by Hannah Silja Hordt
• “The Curve and Contradiction of Economic Feminism: Did Taiwanese Female Labour in Textile Industry in the 1970s-1990s Cultivate and Nourish the Economic Miracle?” by Ling Hui
• “China‘s Outward Foreign Direct Investment” by Lok Yam Noel Hui, supervised by
• “The European union and Azerbaijan Relations: European Neighbourhood and Energy Cooperation Perspectives “by Ismayil Isayev
• “Exoticism and Non-White Fashion Models – A Thematic Approach” by Chia-Ching Kang
• “Hollywood Representing the Other: Morocco as a Case” by Hafsa Kanoubi, supervised by 
•  “Chile’s Pension Reform as a Transitional Mechanism for Global Convergence” by Remberto José Miguel Latorre Artus
• “From Rhetoric to Reality. Addressing the Social Determinants of Health Fueling the HIV/AIDS Epidemic among Aboriginal Women in Canada” by Karen Marie Lockyer
• “European Neighborhood Policy and south Caucasus” by Fidan Mahmudova, supervised by
• “NATO’s Transformation after 1990 and Azerbaijan: History, Theories and Analyses” by Elturan Mirzazade, supervised by prof. Karl
• “Agricultura sostenible – resistencia y autonomia campesina en tiempos de globalizacion by Denise Misleh
• “The Assimilation of Women Migrants in the United States” by Magdalena Noga
• “UNILA: a Brazilian Tool for Cross-Border Education and Regional Integration in Latin America” by Tayse Pallaoro, supervised by prof. Middell
• “The Branding of Ethnic Food and the Construction of Migrant Identity” by Mauricio Palma Gutierrez
• “Economic Sanctions in International Politics. Instrumentalization and Effectiveness in the Case of Serbia” by Divna Popov
• “Empowering the weak?  Measuring the Global Effectiveness of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Controlling Oil Prices, Oil Supply, and in Promoting the South-South Cooperation, Time Period: 1960-2010” by Tito Joseph Popovici Skrzypczak
• “EU-Russian Energy Dialogue with Special Reference to Germany” by Vasif Qaffarov, supervised by PhD Posselt
• “The Mobility of the Global Middle Class and its Relationship to the Uniformity of Cities: A Case Study of Vienna” by Erik Schau
• “English as a Lingua Franca within Academic Communities: The Erasmus Mundus Masters in Global Studies as a Case Study. Perpetuating Inequalities or Fostering and Expanding Intellectual Growth?” by Ingrid Smith, supervised by prof. Komlosy
• “The ICTY – Agent or Principal of Europeanisation” by Thomas Sparrow-Botero
• “The French May and the Shift of Paradigm of Collective Action” by Juan Ignacio Staricco
• “Vicious Circle: Contested Media Freedom in Independent Ukraine” by Iuliia Subbotska, supervised by prof. Troebst
• “Green Development – the Potential of Renewable Energy Technologies in the Fight against Climate Change and in Working towards the Millennium Development Goals. A Country Study of Bangladesh and Kenya” by Judith Johanna Sucher
• “From Britannia to Japan: A Comparative Analysis of Policymakers as Key Determinants” by Kawisara Sukumolchan
• “Islamic Activism. Organization Theory Approach and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood” by Andrea Urbanikova
• “Decoding National Museums – The Art of Representation in the Age of Globalization” by Chih-Hua Wang
• “Negotiating Climate Change: How Powerful Actors Shape the COP 15 and COP 16 Discourse and why Progress is so Difficult” by Franziska Weber, supervised by prof. Middell 
• “How can a Truth Commission be Successful? Criteria for the Creation and Evaluation of a Truth Commission and the Assessment of the Established Commissions in Sri Lanka” by Miriam Wolfensteiner
• “Taiwan as Part of the Global Moment of 1989” by Pei-Hsuan Rommeswinkel, supervised by prof. Mann
• “Is the Financial System a breakthrough point for China’s Political Reform?” by Shun Le Yan, supervised by dr. Schnabl
• “‘Reading’ Taiwanese Animations in a Global Context: A Comparative Analysis” by Ling-Tzu Yang, supervised by prof. Porcu
• “Foreign involvement during the civil war in Nepal (1996-2006). Positioning the conflict in a global context” by Annika Zech, supervised by prof. Un Nabi
• “Why Manchester but not Hangzhou? A Case Study of State’s Role in the Divergence of the Textile Industry in the Southern Song Dynasty and Britain” by Jing Zheng

• „From Image to Brand: Marketing Policy of the City of Vienna” by Anastasia Baskina supervised by PhD Siegfried Mattl
• „A Fourth Wave? Emigration from Ireland in the wake of the global financial crisis“ by Judith Corcoran, supervised by prof. Margarete Grander
• „The Mapuche and the Chilean State: The Impact of International Intervention” by Patricio Belloy Kaukak supervised by PhD Peter Gärtner
• „Rendered Invisible? The Intersection of Gender, Conflict, and Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Post-Conflict Sub-Saharan African Contexts“ by Aretha Black supervised by prof. Ulf Engel
• „Is Japanese Colonization Unique: A Prelude of East Asian Regionalism” by Yung-Yung Chang
• „Organized Crime and Political Institutions: 20th Century Italy in a Global Comparative Perspective” by Maria Cristina De Giovanni
• „Rights-Based Approach in New State-NGO Model: Case Study on the Implementation and Assessment of Rights-Based Approach” by Jie Deng
• „The ‚orient‘ and the ‚occident‘ of the 21st century – interpretations in a post 9/11 world” by Rishabh Kumar Dhir supervised by prof. Michael Mann
• „Analysis of three informal Settlements in Africa – Khayelitsha (Cape Town), Kibera (Nairobi) and Manshiet Nasser (Cairo)” by Franziska Dormann supervised by prof. Karl Husa
• „Understanding non-interference doctrine of ASEAN. Theoretical Anomaly or endemic reality?” by Bhakti
• „Poor vs. Profit? The Prospects of Commercial Microfinance in Sub-Saharan Africa” by Alexander DuBois supervised by prof. Helmut Asche
• „The dynamics of social change in Morocco: between tradition, modernization and globalization” by Oussama El Addouli supervised by prof. Elzbieta Stadmuller
• „Polities Not Pirates: Contested Sovereignties of the Konkan Coast, c.1690-175” by Derek Llewellyn Elliot supervised by prof. Matthias Middell
• „Environmental Migration as a Result of Cocaine Production. The Case of Nariño“ by Gina Paola Escobar Cuero supervised by PhD Peter Gärtner
• „The different stages of the environmental concern in the CAP” by Sabrian Fredj
• „Art to Collect Art: Acquisition Policies of Museums of Modern Art from 1980s to the Present” by Kateryna Gorlenko supervised by prof. Gernot Heiß
• „Iraqi Diaspora and Temporary Return Migration: The Role of Opportunity, Motivation and Expectation” by Maegan Hendow supervised by prof. Petra Dannecker
• „Are the Polish Storks Returning? Polish Return Migrants from Ireland and their Impact on the Home Security: A Case Study of Returnees in Wroclaw” by Mareen Hirschnitz
• „Migration and Trauma. Experiences of Selected Immigrants‘ Communities in the United States and Europe” by Anna Hoang The supervised by prof. Crister Garrett
• „The typology of industrial clusters in Nigeria: examining the patterns of industrial agglomeration economies” by Suleiman Ibrahim Dabo supervised by PhD Utz Dornberger
• „Porn: The Change of Perception, Production of Image and Commodification” by Milorad Kapetanović supervised by prof. Matthias Midell
• „Gender and History. The key to the city: unlocking world history through gender debates” by Julia Kensy supervised by prof. Matthias Midell
• „Sustainable Tourism in Russia“ by Sofya Khoroshavina supervised by prof. Christian Vielhaber
• „The Evolution of Political Institutions and Economic Development: A Case Study of Siamese Revolution of 1932” by Tanuch Larpnimitshai
• „Global Governance and Chinas Participation“ by Yiran Li supervised by PhD Thomas Nowotny
• „Representation of Europe in Junior High School Textbooks of Taiwan: 1990s-present” by Yuan-Jun Liao supervised by prof. Matthias Middell
• „Toward multiculturalism or assimilation? Taiwanese Identity Politics and ‘Immigrants Brides’ in Media Representation” by Huei-Jen Lin
• „Sub-Saharan African Women’s Vulnerabilities to Climate Change in a Gender Perspective” by Lu Liu supervised by prof. Ulf Engel
• „Are We the Web? Asserting Agency in Google’s Information Empire” by Raegan MacDonald supervised by PhD Helke Rausch
• „Influenza Pandemics in the 20th Century“ by Katherine Markle supervised by prof. Friedrich Edelmayer
• „Roma housing projects in Europe: deficiencies and solutions” by Martian Marzureanu.
• „Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers. A Global Challenge to Child Rights Realisation: The Case of Sudan” by Faith Miyandazi supervised by PhD Michael Zach
• „Conflicted Normative Power Europe: The European Union and Sexual Minority Rights” by Martijn Mos supervised by prof. Margarete Grandner
• „The Entrepôt Cities: A Comparative Study of Institutions in Hong Kong and Singapore” by Lauren Myers-Cavangh supervised by PhD Tim Leunig
• „Managing Natural Resources and the Role of Institutions, Regulation, and Policies in Securing Sustainable Development – Norway, 1966-2004” by Georg Adam Oftedal supervised by prof. William Peter Howlett
• „The hibiscus tea value chain in Cambodia- a potential new enterprise for smallholders?” By Phichong Ou supervised by PhD Marek Wroblewski
• „Was Mennonite and Jewish emigration from Eastern Europe at the end of the nineteenth century driven by non-economic factors?” by Xenia Pilipenko supervised by prof. Christoph Augustynowicz
• „The future of the fair trade movement in Germany” by Johannes Raffel
• „The Economics of Racism: The Dominican Sugar Industry during the Interwar Period” by Ian Ryen supervised by prof. Colin M. Lewis
• „An analysis of the Austrian ‘North-South-Dialogue Scholarship Programme’ with a special focus on African scholarship holders” by Daniela Schier supervised by prof. Matthias Middell
• „Mining Conflicts in the Congo: 1960-2010” by Ruby Stocklin-Weinberg supervised by prof Gareth Austin
• „The Role of the Colonial Legacy in Post-Colonial Economic Success: The Case of South Korea and Malaysia” by Ian Tay supervised by PhD Debin Ma
• „Development Aid Competition in Africa: Knowledge, Discourse and Power Politics” by Christian Tschirhart
• „Migration and Institutional Transformation in Russia in 1990s” by Ekaterina Vladimirova
• „Development, Inequality and Instability – State Capacity and the Rural-urban Divide, 1980-2000” by Elisa Walton
• „Memory, Ethics and Dark Tourism – the contested historical heritage of Anlong Veng District, Cambodia” by Gisela Wohlfahrt supervised by prof. Siegfried Mattl
• „How Chinese Media Response to European Criticism of China’s African Policy: A Content Analysis of People’s Daily and China Youth Daily” by Xinxin Yu supervised by prof. Ulf Engel
• „Land Tenure Reforms in the Highlands of Ethiopia“ by Mulugeta Bezabih Mekonnen, supervised by prof. Friedrich Edelmayer

• „Social Forum“ by Philip Alexander Arejola, supervised by prof. Margarete Grandner 
• „Eritrea’s Policy in the Horn of Africa (1993-2008)” by Alemu Asfaw Nigusie, supervised by prof. Ulf Engel 
• „Plants, Patents and Power: Reconceptualising the Property Environment in Seeds in the 19th and 20th Centuries”  by Lindsay Ash, supervised by prof. Martina Kaller-Dietrich
• „Football: Origins, Paths and New Dimensions“ by Alexander Cardenas, supervised by PhD Siegfried Mattel
• „Malcolm X and Fidel Castro. Shared Struggle, Global Cold War and Race Politics, and Implications of their 1960 Harlem Meeting in the Era of Obama”  by Daniel Cooper, supervised by prof. Matthias Middel
• „’Forced‘ migration to mining compounds of South Africa.  A Comparative study of migration in South Africa with indentured servants migrating to the Americas” by Miltoinette Antonia Cupido
• „An Exploratory Study of Harmonization of Conflict Early Warning in Africa“ by Dawit Yohannes Wondemagegnehu, supervised by prof. Friedrich Edelmayer
• „Emerging Middle Powers in the International System – The Relation between Brazil and South Africa (1994-2008): Convergences and Divergences in Global Structural Policies“ by Christian Denzin
• „The Steel Hangover: Regional Revitalization in Post-Steel Pittsburgh and Sheffield” by Bridget Devoy, supervised by prof. Andrea Komlosy
• „Changing trends: An Analysis of Consumer Prices and Farm gate Prices” by Robyn Duncan
• „Piracy in the Straits of Malacca” by Sophie Edington-Cheater, supervised by prof. Matthias Middell 
• „Democracy in Latin America and Asia through Transregional Actors Engagement with Civil Society: Case Study of FEALAC and Goles por La paz“ by Jenny Lind Elmaco, supervised by PhD Siegfried Mattel 
• „The Great Leap towards African Mass Demand, Diversification and Sustainable Economic Growth? How China Shapes African Trade, Fiscal and Monetary Policy towards a New Era of Development Aid” by David Engelhardt, supervised by prof. Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik
• „Muslims in Making of Europe: Citizenship and Public Sphere“ by Erol Firtin, supervised by prof. Birgit Sauer 
• „Asylpolitik in Deutschland seit 1998: Umsetzung auf lokaler Ebene am Beispiel von Leipzig” by Maria Friedrich supervised by prof. Ulf Engel („The politics of asylum in Germany since 1998: The implementation on a local level in the example of Leipzig“)
• „Security of the seas“ by Miguel Garcia, supervised by prof. Margarete Grandner
• „From Freedom Fighters to Governors. Involvement of Youth in South African Liberation Movements in the 20th Century“ by Anna Gorski, supervised by prof. Walter Sauer
• „Civil Society Sings” by Shaun Gracie, supervised by prof. Matthias Middell
• „Data Retention in German Media. A German Account of the Public Acceptance of Anti-terror Legislation” by Daniel Höft supervised by prof. Ulf Engel
• „The Increasing Expectation of Relevance of Academic Research: An attack on the serendipity of science?” by Marieke Hounjet supervised by prof. Ulf Engel
• „Die soziale Konstruktion und Fortschreibung eines Stereotyps im öffentlichen Diskurs: Das fremdfeindliche Ostdeutschland“ by Manuela Jäger supervised by prof. Matthias Middell („The special construction and recording of a stereotype in public debate: The xenophobic East Germany“) 
• „Hypertextuality in Literature – its Possibilities and Impossibilities” by Akshay Joshi supervised by prof. Matthias Middell
• „Small Change. Is Microfinance capable of eliminating poverty and empowering women?“ by Deepti Kakkar, supervised by PhD Simron Jit Singh
• „The Dance of Democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo” by Sayalee Karkare supervised by prof. Ulf Engel
• „Agrarian technological diffusion: examining the influences of globalization on local policies and social connections“ by Lauren Wood Kepkiewicz, supervised by  prof. Martina Kaller-Dietrich
• „The War of Laws. South Ossetia’s Movement for Self-Determination – Between the Russian and Georgian Fronts” by Forrest Kilimnik supervised by prof. Matthias Middell
• „ASEAN Free Trade Area as a successful model of South-South Regional Trade Agreement” by Swee Wan Lee, supervised by PhD Marek Wróblewski
• „Re-evaluating Traditional Belief Systems in Global Diaspora: New Confucianism and Ba’alei Teshuvah Judaism Examined” by Jacob Lehmann, supervised by prof. Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik
• „Human Trafficking in Southern Africa” by Reinet Loubser, supervised by prof. Walter Schicho  
• „The ‚Responsibility to Prevent’ – ‚R2P’ and its Prospects for Early Warning and Prevention” by Constantin Marquardt supervised by prof. Ulf Engel
• „Kenya, From Decolonization to Democracy: The Kenyatta-Moi Years” by Esther Maunze, supervised by prof. Friedrich Edelmayer
• „A European Public Sphere: Comparative Representations of the European Union in Print Media” by Ian Francis Mills supervised by prof. Matthias Middell
• „Re-thinking the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in the Post-Cold War Era: India’s Position in the global Order and Its Nuclear Bomb” by Sahiba Minhas supervised by prof. Matthias Middell
• „Cricket and Globalization. Global Processes and the Imperial Game” by Fahad Mustafa, supervised by prof. Karl Vocelka
• „’Call us friends…or partner?’ A comparison of China and India’s quest for Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa” by Kamakshi Nanda supervised by prof. Ulf Engel
• „Food vs. Fuel: The Role of Biofuels on Rising Food Prices“ by Dharini Parthasarathy, supervised by PhD Simron Jit Singh
• „NАTО-RUSSIА SECURITY CОUNCIL аnd NАTО SUMMIT 2009” by Tetyana Podobinska, supervised by prof. Heinz Gärtner
• „The Medicalization Theory in a Discourse of Knowledge Production under Neoliberal Conditions” by Lena Rockenschaub, supervised by PhD Simron Jit Singh
• „Iceland in Crisis” by Kurt Seim supervised by prof. Ulf Engel
• „Behind the Words: The Relationship between International Relations Theories and American Foreign Policy“ by Joseph Steff, supervised by prof. Oliver Rathkolb
• „Regional Provision of Global Public Goods: A New Political Economy Group Formation – The EU and ASEAN 
• „The Perception of the Global in Selected Writings by Immanuel Kant and Alexander von Humboldt” by Lisa Sturm, supervised by prof. Matthias Middell
• „Whose Responsibility? Responsibility to Protect and the Role of the Security Council” by Subramanya Sirish Tamvada, supervised by prof. Manfred Nowak
• „EU energy policy in the Caspian Basin: The Case of Azerbaijan” by Aqshin Umudov, supervised by prof. Stefan Troebst
• „On Resettlement: Ugandan Expellees in the UK” by Kalyani Unkule 
• „Rhetorik und Kommunikation in der Albanischen Politik“ by Irida Vorpsi, supervised by Prof. Oliver Schmitt 
• “A Possibility for Creating an Asian Common Currency – Lessons from European Monetary Integration” by Ya-Hui Wang, supervised by prof. Witold Kwasnicki
• „Comparative Perspective on Collective Ownership and Land Distribution in China – Is Privatization a Solution?” by Wei Wenfeng, supervised by prof. Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik

• “The Catholic Church as an Education Provider in Puerto Rico 1948-1960” by Anandita Baipai, supervised by prof. Kaller-Dietrich
• “The Pursuit of Energy in Foreign Policy. Energy Security as the Determining Factor of European and US American Foreign Policy” by Astrid Brauer, supervised by prof. Bachmann
• “State Formation in India in the Eighteenth Century” by Justin Brown, supervised by prof. Morgan
• “Internal Displacement in Darfur: Actors or Victims in the Current Conflict” by Mikhaila Alana Cupido, supervised by prof. Schicho
• “Educação de uma perspectiva Freiriana como um Direito Humano estudo de caso:  Sertão Nordestino Brasileiro” by Paula de Carvalho Bastone, supervised by prof. Grünberg
• “A Contemporary Independency: The Food Industry of New York City” by Sean Dubberke, supervised by PhD Minns
• “The re-emergence of a European money market, 1945-1965” by Henning Ellermann, supervised by prof. Ritschl
• “Migrant Trafficking in the European Union” by Kristin Farr, supervised by prof. Wojtowicz
• “Creating Knowledge Societies: Transnational and Trans-spatial Patterns of Power” by Sabil Francis, supervised by prof. Middell
• “A National Response to a Global Agenda: How Does South Africa Deal with teh Millenium Development Goals” by Alexander Gentsch, supervised by prof. Bachmann
• “The Question of Democracy within the Context of the EU” by Do Thanh Hai, supervised by prof. Wojtowicz
• “Memory and the Resurrection of Continuity. A Contribution to Quantum Politics” by Rithy Hel, supervised by prof. Bachmann
• “One World? The Importance of World History in Modern Geopolitical Discourse“ by Ashley Hurst, supervised by prof. Vries
• “EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs): Applying Growth and Development Theories to Côte d’Ivoire” by Silvia Iannetti, supervised by PhD Dykmann
• “Global Governance and International Environmental Agreements: A Comparative Regime Analysis of the Montreal and Kyoto Protocols” by Nayana Jayarajan, supervised by prof. Kotzu
• “Global Considerations on the Elimination of Child Labour: with special Reference to Kerala and Brazil” by Kolby Knickerbocker, supervised by prof. Jablonski
• „Immigrant Perspectives/Immigrant Types: Presenting a Framework for the Study of Integration in Germany“ by Jennifer Laine, supervised by prof. Pates
• “Accidental Ambiguity or Programmatic Smokescreen? The Concept of Reconciliation in use at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda” by Peter Lambertz, supervised by  prof. Bachmann
• “Multi-Level Gonvernance in the African Union. The Role of Civil Society Organisations in the African Union’s Post Conflict Reconstruction and Development Policy” by Ruth Langer, supervised by prof. Stadtmueller
• “Re-evaluating Traditional Belief Systems in Global Diaspora: New Confucianism and Ba’alei Teshuvah Juadism Examined” by Jacob Lehmann, supervised by prof. Weigelin-Schwiedrzik
• “The Historical Origins of Shanghai’s re-emergence as a Global City” by Yiwen Li, supervised by prof. O’Brien
• “La construcción del Espacio de Educación Superior América Latina, el Caribe y la Unión Europea. Una apuesta por el diálogo y la cooperación euro-latinoamericanas” by Aurora López Fogúes, supervised by prof. Grünberg
• “Chain Migration: Evidence of Bangladeshi and Chinese Immigrants in the UK” by Chao Ma, supervised by PhD Minns
• “Actions and Reactions. The Dialectic Formation of Sustainable Capitalism in the Industrial Age and Globalization” by Kimberly Maher, supervised by prof. Grandner
• “Emergence of Supra-National Organisations: Mechanisms behind their evolution. The Comparative study of ECSC-EFTA-EU and SAARC-SAFTA” by Jayaraj Manepalli, supervised by prof. Gerlich
• “A History of Debates on Sexuality in Zimbabwe” by Rumbidzai Maunze, supervised by Dr. Englert
• “The Impact of the US Global War on Terror on Maroccan and Algerian Security” by Jennifer Rebecca Mayock, supervised by prof. Rathkolb
• “Ethnic Conflicts and Transition to Democracy in Africa: Recurrence of Ethnic Conflicts in Kenya (1991-2008)” by Berita Mutinda Musau, supervised by prof. Schicho
• “1968 movements in Belgrad and Mexico City” by Goran Musić, supervised by prof. Kaller-Dietrich
• “New Partners in Africa? A Comparative Analysis of China and India’s Engagement in Africa” by Katja Neubauer, supervised by prof. Weigelin-Schwiedrzik 
• “Alternative to Schooling” by Nandita Nirgudkar, supervised by prof. Kaller-Dietrich
• “Why Easter Island Collapsed: An Answer for an Enduring Question” by Barzin Pakandam, supervised by prof. Lewis
• “Forging a Pathway to Gold: The Olympic Bid Campaigns of London and Leipzig” by Emily Preiss, supervised by prof.Middell
• “Playtime No More: The Global Plight of Child Soldiers and the Failure of International Law” by Michael Saycon, supervised by prof. Bachmann
• „Hybride Identität im Sikhismus? Die Sikhs im kolonialen Indien“ by Margarita Schiemer, supervised by prof. Mährdel
• “Ideologies of Identities in the Global Cultural Economy” by Ana-Laura Thomat, supervised by prof. Komlosy
• “Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN): A Case of „Sceptical Post-Development“ in the Colombian Pacific” by Carolina Trevisi, supervised by prof. Grünberg
• “Climate change according to Stern. A Case of global eco-managerialism. A Discourse Analysis of the Stern Review of the economics of climate change” by Conny van Heemstra, supervised by prof. Pates
• “South African Industrialisation in Comparative Perspective” by Willem Johannes Van Zyl, supervised by prof. Austin
• “Spain and Poland as Immigration Countries – Experiences and Perspectives of Two EU Outer Border States” by Lina Wunderlich, supervised by

• „Social Forum“ by Philip Alexander Arejola, supervised by prof. Margarete Grandner 
• „Eritrea’s Policy in the Horn of Africa (1993-2008)” by Alemu Asfaw Nigusie, supervised by prof. Ulf Engel 
• „Plants, Patents and Power: Reconceptualising the Property Environment in Seeds in the 19th and 20th Centuries”  by Lindsay Ash, supervised by prof. Martina Kaller-Dietrich
• „Football: Origins, Paths and New Dimensions“ by Alexander Cardenas, supervised by PhD Siegfried Mattel
• „Malcolm X and Fidel Castro. Shared Struggle, Global Cold War and Race Politics, and Implications of their 1960 Harlem Meeting in the Era of Obama”  by Daniel Cooper, supervised by prof. Matthias Middel
• „’Forced‘ migration to mining compounds of South Africa.  A Comparative study of migration in South Africa with indentured servants migrating to the Americas” by Miltoinette Antonia Cupido
• „An Exploratory Study of Harmonization of Conflict Early Warning in Africa“ by Dawit Yohannes Wondemagegnehu, supervised by prof. Friedrich Edelmayer
• „Emerging Middle Powers in the International System – The Relation between Brazil and South Africa (1994-2008): Convergences and Divergences in Global Structural Policies“ by Christian Denzin
• „The Steel Hangover: Regional Revitalization in Post-Steel Pittsburgh and Sheffield” by Bridget Devoy, supervised by prof. Andrea Komlosy
• „Changing trends: An Analysis of Consumer Prices and Farm gate Prices” by Robyn Duncan
• „Piracy in the Straits of Malacca” by Sophie Edington-Cheater, supervised by prof. Matthias Middell 
• „Democracy in Latin America and Asia through Transregional Actors Engagement with Civil Society: Case Study of FEALAC and Goles por La paz“ by Jenny Lind Elmaco, supervised by PhD Siegfried Mattel 
• „The Great Leap towards African Mass Demand, Diversification and Sustainable Economic Growth? How China Shapes African Trade, Fiscal and Monetary Policy towards a New Era of Development Aid” by David Engelhardt, supervised by prof. Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik
• „Muslims in Making of Europe: Citizenship and Public Sphere“ by Erol Firtin, supervised by prof. Birgit Sauer 
• „Asylpolitik in Deutschland seit 1998: Umsetzung auf lokaler Ebene am Beispiel von Leipzig” by Maria Friedrich supervised by prof. Ulf Engel („The politics of asylum in Germany since 1998: The implementation on a local level in the example of Leipzig“)
• „Security of the seas“ by Miguel Garcia, supervised by prof. Margarete Grandner
• „From Freedom Fighters to Governors. Involvement of Youth in South African Liberation Movements in the 20th Century“ by Anna Gorski, supervised by prof. Walter Sauer
• „Civil Society Sings” by Shaun Gracie, supervised by prof. Matthias Middell
• „Data Retention in German Media. A German Account of the Public Acceptance of Anti-terror Legislation” by Daniel Höft supervised by prof. Ulf Engel
• „The Increasing Expectation of Relevance of Academic Research: An attack on the serendipity of science?” by Marieke Hounjet supervised by prof. Ulf Engel
• „Die soziale Konstruktion und Fortschreibung eines Stereotyps im öffentlichen Diskurs: Das fremdfeindliche Ostdeutschland“ by Manuela Jäger supervised by prof. Matthias Middell („The special construction and recording of a stereotype in public debate: The xenophobic East Germany“) 
• „Hypertextuality in Literature – its Possibilities and Impossibilities” by Akshay Joshi supervised by prof. Matthias Middell
• „Small Change. Is Microfinance capable of eliminating poverty and empowering women?“ by Deepti Kakkar, supervised by PhD Simron Jit Singh
• „The Dance of Democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo” by Sayalee Karkare supervised by prof. Ulf Engel
• „Agrarian technological diffusion: examining the influences of globalization on local policies and social connections“ by Lauren Wood Kepkiewicz, supervised by  prof. Martina Kaller-Dietrich
• „The War of Laws. South Ossetia’s Movement for Self-Determination – Between the Russian and Georgian Fronts” by Forrest Kilimnik supervised by prof. Matthias Middell
• „ASEAN Free Trade Area as a successful model of South-South Regional Trade Agreement” by Swee Wan Lee, supervised by PhD Marek Wróblewski
• „Re-evaluating Traditional Belief Systems in Global Diaspora: New Confucianism and Ba’alei Teshuvah Judaism Examined” by Jacob Lehmann, supervised by prof. Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik
• „Human Trafficking in Southern Africa” by Reinet Loubser, supervised by prof. Walter Schicho  
• „The ‚Responsibility to Prevent’ – ‚R2P’ and its Prospects for Early Warning and Prevention” by Constantin Marquardt supervised by prof. Ulf Engel
• „Kenya, From Decolonization to Democracy: The Kenyatta-Moi Years” by Esther Maunze, supervised by prof. Friedrich Edelmayer
• „A European Public Sphere: Comparative Representations of the European Union in Print Media” by Ian Francis Mills supervised by prof. Matthias Middell
• „Re-thinking the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in the Post-Cold War Era: India’s Position in the global Order and Its Nuclear Bomb” by Sahiba Minhas supervised by prof. Matthias Middell
• „Cricket and Globalization. Global Processes and the Imperial Game” by Fahad Mustafa, supervised by prof. Karl Vocelka
• „’Call us friends…or partner?’ A comparison of China and India’s quest for Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa” by Kamakshi Nanda supervised by prof. Ulf Engel
• „Food vs. Fuel: The Role of Biofuels on Rising Food Prices“ by Dharini Parthasarathy, supervised by PhD Simron Jit Singh
• „NАTО-RUSSIА SECURITY CОUNCIL аnd NАTО SUMMIT 2009” by Tetyana Podobinska, supervised by prof. Heinz Gärtner
• „The Medicalization Theory in a Discourse of Knowledge Production under Neoliberal Conditions” by Lena Rockenschaub, supervised by PhD Simron Jit Singh
• „Iceland in Crisis” by Kurt Seim supervised by prof. Ulf Engel
• „Behind the Words: The Relationship between International Relations Theories and American Foreign Policy“ by Joseph Steff, supervised by prof. Oliver Rathkolb
• „Regional Provision of Global Public Goods: A New Political Economy Group Formation – The EU and ASEAN 
• „The Perception of the Global in Selected Writings by Immanuel Kant and Alexander von Humboldt” by Lisa Sturm, supervised by prof. Matthias Middell
• „Whose Responsibility? Responsibility to Protect and the Role of the Security Council” by Subramanya Sirish Tamvada, supervised by prof. Manfred Nowak
• „EU energy policy in the Caspian Basin: The Case of Azerbaijan” by Aqshin Umudov, supervised by prof. Stefan Troebst
• „On Resettlement: Ugandan Expellees in the UK” by Kalyani Unkule 
• „Rhetorik und Kommunikation in der Albanischen Politik“ by Irida Vorpsi, supervised by Prof. Oliver Schmitt 
• “A Possibility for Creating an Asian Common Currency – Lessons from European Monetary Integration” by Ya-Hui Wang, supervised by prof. Witold Kwasnicki
• „Comparative Perspective on Collective Ownership and Land Distribution in China – Is Privatization a Solution?” by Wei Wenfeng, supervised by prof. Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik

• „National Oil Companies and Petroleum States: Challenges of Governance and Effective Management of Sovereign Wealth“ by Ryan Bushek, supervised by prof. Gerhard Drekonja
•  „Dangers of Islamism in Marocco“ by Hanane Chaoui, supervised by Ph.D. Rachid Ouissa 
•  „Global Governance: A Route to Governing Globalization“ by Bidisha Chauduri, supervised by Ph.D. Alfred Gerstl 
• „The Role of World Bank in the Fight against Corruption in Cambodia“ by Sreag Chheat, supervised by prof. Maria Piotrovska 
• „The Endurance of a Troubled Partnership: Europe, the United States and the Transatlantic Alliance“ by Katrina Clapp, supervised by prof. Gerhard Drekonja 
• „Actors, Interests, and Expectations of the Filipino Labour Migration in Vienna, Austria (Early 1970s – 2007)“ by Princess Mae dela Cruz Cobbarubias, supervised by prof. Andrea Komlosy
• „El nuevo moviemento social de los Zapatistas y las contradicciones de un café autonómo dentro de la globalización“ by Lina-Maria Eraso Quintero, supervised by prof. Martina Kaller-Dietrich 
• „AMM and Peace Education: A Case Study of Beureunuen Subdistrict after a MoU between GAM and RI being Signed“ by Erfiati M. Adam Erfiati, supervised by Ph.D. Thoralf Hanstein 
• „The Development of the Yellow Peril in California: An Economic History of Japanese and Chinese Migration“ by Karla Franko, supervised by PhD Chris Minns 
• „Das Polenbild der Deutschen nach 1989. Ein interdisziplinärer Überblick“ by Jennifer Nina Hagen, supervised by prof. Michael Fleischer („The Polish picture of the Germans since 1989. An interdisciplinary overview“) 
• „From Profit to Politics: A Study of Commercial Whaling since 1945“ by Tiffany Johnson, supervised by PhD Gareth Austin 
• „A critical analysis of conflict early warning and conflict early response mechanisms of ECOWAS, IGAD and SADC“ by John Njenga Karugia, supervised by prof. Ulf Engel 
• „East Asian Integration: Destined to fail?“ by Hideki Kawamura, supervised by prof. Margarete Grandner 
• „Islam and Economic Growth in the United Arab Emirates: Two Perspectives“ by James Khedari, supervised by PhD Gerben Bakker 
• „Joint Strike Fighter J-35: A Case Study“ by Richard Klein, supervised by prof. Margarete Grandner 
• „Regional Integration, Peace and Security: case of East Africa” by Jakob Lisakafu, supervised by prof. Ulf Engel 
• „Microlending Institutions in Western Europe Countries. A Comparative Study of Performance Conditions in France, Spain and Germany” by Ulrike Lorenz, supervised by  prof. Kunibert Raffer 
• „Die Direktinvestitionen und Standortentscheidungen in der Ukraine. Das Beispiel von Dätwyller Rubber Ukraine“ by Vita Martynyuk, supervised by prof. Jörg Gertel („Direct investment and locational decision making in the Uktraine in the example of Dätwyller Rubber Ukraine“)
• „Regionale Integration in Lateinamerika – Konzeption und Konjunkturen von Simón Bolívar bis Hugo Chávez“ by Frank Mattheis, supervised by PhD Klaas Dykmann („Regional integration in Latin Amerika – Conception and Activities from Simón Bolivar to Hugo Chávez“)
• „Hyperreal World of Simulation: the Consumption of Bollywood in Vienna” by Amrita Mondal, supervised by PhD Siegfried Mattl 
• „Has capitalism, globalisation processes and Christianity led to emergence of religious sects in Kenya? – A case study of the ‘Mungiki’” by Joyce Mwende Mullei, supervised by prof. Adam Jones 
• „The emergence of the global civil society in Africa – the World Social Forum in Nairobi” by Andrea Müller-Frank, supervised by prof. Ulf Engel
• „The Role of European Union in Peace Making Process Aftermath the Catastrophe in Indonesia (A Case Study of the Aceh Province)” by Nadiya Putri Rusjdi, supervised by Ph.D. Thoralf Hanstein 
• „Conflicting Nationalisms and the Role of the State: An enquiry into the Kashmir Conflict” by Sangeetha Ramachandran Partasarathi, supervised by prof. Ulf Engel 
• „ECOWAS: A Constructive Shift into the Security Arena”by Mohammed Rashed, supervised by prof. Ulf Engel 
• „East Asian Regional Integration: The Journey since the Failure of the EAEG”  by Farizal Mohd Razalli, supervised by PhD Alfred Gerstl 
• „Darstellung Polens in Artikeln der Zeitschrift ‘Der Spiegel’, im Zeitraum der Berichterstattung vom 01.05.2004 bis 01.05.2007: Eine empirische Untersuchung zur Ermittlung von Stereotypen“ by Olga Schwarzmannseder, supervised by prof. Michael Fleischer 
• „Religious freedom for Copts in Egypt” by Tamer Soliman Ibrahim, supervised by prof. Krzysztof Wojtowicz 
• „The Future of Non-Proliferation in the Light of Nuclearization of India” by Ramamurthy Subramanian, supervised by prof. Gerhard Drekonja
• „Security, Power and Politics auf Nuclear Energy. A Comprehensive Security Analysis of The US-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation” by Kadher Mohien Thayyb Sahini, supervised by prof. Heinz Gärtner 
• „China’s Return to Africa: Engagement or Exploitation?” by Justine White, supervised by PhD Gerben Bakker 
• „Globalization of Indonesia: Before and After the Asian Financial Crisis” by Annaka Wynhamer, supervised by PhD Alfred Gerstl
• „Humanitarian Intervention. Legality, Effectiveness, Neutrality“ by Muayad Yahay, supervised by prof. Krzysztof Wojtowicz