Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 700 "Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood"

Working Paper 76 "Thinking About Governance Through Diasporas: Decentering the State and Challenging the External/Internal Binary" by Catherine Ruth Craven published.

Between 4 and 7 April 2018, the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 700 once again took part in the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), with great success.

The comprehensive Handbook of Governance and Limited Statehood is now available. Edited by Thomas Risse, Tanja A. Börzel, and Anke Draude.

New Working Paper 75 "The Coupling of State and Sharia Justice Systems in a Secular State: The Case of Ethiopia" by Girmachew Alemu Aneme now available.

The new book edited by Dr. Björnstjern Baade, Linus Mührel (Research Project C8), and Anton O. Petrov was published by Nomos.

"Legitimacy in Areas of Limited Statehood" - A new Essay by Thomas Risse and Eric Stollenwerk was published in Annual Review of Political Science.

New Working Paper 74 "Besserer Zugang zum Recht (Access to Justice) durch staatliche Anerkennung informeller Justizsysteme? Zur Relevanz rechtssoziologischer Forschung für die Außen- und Entwicklungspolitik" by Matthias Kötter available.

New Working Paper 73 "International Organizations' Modes of Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood: The Case of Food Security" by Leon Valentin Schettler, Angela Heucher, and Andrea Liese available.

The second edition of Dædalus "Ending Civil Wars: Constraints and Possibilities" is now available online and is accessable here. Among 14 essays there is Thomas Risse's and Eric Stollenwerk's contribution ´Limited Statehood Does not Equal Civil War´.

Klaus Mühlhahn's textbook “The People's Republic of China” has been published by De Gruyter Publishers, Berlin.

On 03. and 04. November 2017 the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 700 – “Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood” hosted a workshop with international guests on the topic of “Diasporas and Homeland Governance – Decentering the State as an Analytical Category” at the Freie Universität Berlin, which was led by Catherine Craven (SOAS/FU Berlin).

On October 26, the SFB 700 invited the public to the Freie Universität Berlin for the launch of the anthology Human Rights Futures (Cambridge University Press), edited by Stephen Hopgood (SOAS University of London), Jack Snyder (Columbia University), and Leslie Vinjamuri (SOAS University of London).

On October 12 and 13, 2017, the B13 research project “Adaptation and Legitimation as Factors of Effective Governance in China, 1949-1957”, led by Prof. Dr. Klaus Mühlhahn in cooperation with East China Normal University (ECNU) Shanghai and the Graduate School of East Asian Studies (GEAS), conducted a workshop with the title “Rethinking 1950s China – New Approaches and New Materials” at the Free University Berlin.

Working Paper 72 „Conflict Prevention and the Legitimacy of Governance Actors“ has been published in the SFB 700 Working Paper Series.

After three successful funding periods, the SFB 700 will conclude its work at the end of the year. We leave behind twelve years of intensive research on “Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood”. As one of the highlights of our work, we organized a closing conference for 22-24 June. More than 220 international guests from academia to the political arena followed our invitation to the campus of the Free University Berlin.

SFB 700 alumni Dr. Jana Hönke receives European Research Council grant of EUR 1.5 million.

On July 19, our research associate Tim Glawion discussed the current situation in the Central African Republic on the show Tagesschau 24.

The Research Project B2 of CRC 700 set up a Call for Paper for a workshop on “Diasporas and Homeland Governance”.

As part of the SFB 700’s Jour Fixe series, Prof. Christian Neuhäuser of the Technical University of Dortmund presented his research on the “Political Responsibility of Private Actors in Areas of Limited Statehood” on February 9.

Working Paper 71 „Measuring Statehood on a Sub-National Level: A Dialogue among Methods“ has just been published in the SFB 700’s Working Paper Series

The new publication „Latin America and the First World War“ edited by Stefan Rinke is now available from Cambridge University Press.

At two international meetings, the D1 project team presented research findings on the effectiveness and legitimacy of transnational partnerships for sustainable development.

On November 25, 2016, the C3 project hosted a workshop on “Challenges to International Humanitarian Law in Areas of Limited Statehood – Adaptable and Legitimate, or Petrified and Unreasonable?”

On October 20 and 21, 2016, the C3 project hosted a workshop on “Encountering Transnational Violence in Guatemala.”

On October 17, Prof. Thomas Risse and Dr. Gregor Walter-Drop were invited to participate in a public expert discussion at the German Bundestag.

From the 15th-17th Dec. 2016, the Research Project B10 will hold a conference with this title.

On September 14, transfer project T3 hosted a workshop at the Federal Foreign Office on the topic "The 'Technocracy Trap' of State-Building: How to Improve the Effectiveness and Legitimacy of Justice and Security Sector Reforms (JSSR)."

A workshop held at the reserach center “Governance in Areas of Limited” on October 7 and 8 approached this question from the disciplinary perspectives of philosophy, political science and international law.

His dissertation Politische Legitimität und zerfallene Staatlichkeit (Political Legitimacy and Failed Statehood), received the 2016 Dissertation Award.

From August 1 to August 10, 2016, the fourth China Workshop of the Hoover Institution of the Stanford University, USA titled “Transition and Transformation - China in the Twentieth Century” took place in cooperation with the SFB Research Project B13 and the Free University Berlin.

The Working Paper “External Authority. Compensation for Limited Statehood in the Provision of Collective Goods?” has been published.