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Welcome to the homepage of our department. Our team researches and teaches various topics of international relations. In particular, we are concerned with political, economic, ecologic and social change as well as the dynamics between Global North and Global South.

The department investigates these topics with a special focus on Latin America.

Research

Our main areas of research are:

Social Inequalities

Analysis of different (inter-)national dimensions of inequality in labor, social and environmental regimes, wealth research, and democracy in an international perspective.

International Relations & Development

Consideration of political, social, ecological and economic processes in countries of the Global South; UN Sustainable Development Goals today and tomorrow.

Natural Resources Politics & Extractivism

Analysis of political, economic, and social processes in societies dependent on raw material exports as well as their behavior within the international system.

Sustainable Development & Socio-Ecological Transformation

Studies on the consequences of socio-ecological crises and on the conditions, opportunities and risks of addressing them in a North-South context.

Projects

The department is involved in the following research projects and collaborative research centre:

CALAS

As a Center for Advanced Latin American Studies, CALAS seeks to foment research of interest in the social sciences and humanities in Latin America, applying historical, scientific and systematic approaches and employing transdisciplinary and transregional dialogue.

CELA

As an interdisciplinary research center, the Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos pools research on Latin America at the University of Kassel and organizes as well as supports international cooperations, collaborations and various research projects.

CLACSO

The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) is an international non-governmental institution with associative status at UNESCO, created in 1967. It currently brings together 736 research and postgraduate centers in the field of social sciences and humanities in 51 countries in Latin America and other continents.

Publications

Recent publications of our department:

PUBLICATIONS

(Post)colonialismo a prueba: Cuba, Puerto Rico y las Filipinas desde una perspectiva comparada

This volume examines the social, political, economic and cultural legacies of the last three colonies of the Spanish Empire: Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. The three former colonies offer an ideal setting for applying + + +

PUBLICATIONS

Krisenklima: Umweltkonflikte aus lateinamerikanischer Perspektive.

Climate change, species extinction, massive exploitation of resources, environmental pollution, the consumption of non-renewable but vital elements – all these are symptoms of a planetary crisis that is currently threatening the very existence of ecosystems + + +

PUBLICATIONS

Nada dura para siempre: Neo-extractivismo tras el boom de las materias primas

In the wake of high world market prices, many commodity states experienced an economic boom at the beginning of the 21st century. In this context, Latin America attracted a great deal of international attention with + + +

PUBLICATIONS

Trabajo decente y Sociedad. Cuba bajo la óptica de los estudios sociolaborales

The Cuban labor market has been undergoing far-reaching structural change for several years, which is of central importance for the future development of the island. Despite the high relevance of the changes in labor policy, + + +

News

The department informs about the following news:

Teaching: summer term 2021

Here you will find an overview of our teaching in the summer semester 2021. Unfortunately, this semester will still primarily take place digitally. See you online! (The links to the course catalogue will be updated). + + +

CALAS – New Research Phase: Call For Fellowships

The Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) starts its new research phase “Wealth, Power and Nature” of the current laboratory “Confronting Inequalities in Latin America: Perspectives on Wealth and Power” in + + +

Workshop-Review: Natural Resources and Extractivism

Natural Resources and Extractivism: Latin America in Global Perspective More than 100 countries worldwide are dependent on the extraction and export of natural resources. This resource extractivism has deepened globally over the past two decades + + +

CALAS: Laboratorio II has started!

The second CALAS Laboratory, “Confronting inequalities in Latin America: perspectives on wealth and power,” began in January with the aim of reflecting on one of the most relevant issues in Latin America: the structures + + +

New cooperation agreement signed between CLACSO and CALAS!

On Wednesday, June 10, a agreement was signed between CLACSO and the Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CALAS). [more in Spanish]

Our Team

The team of the Department presents itself:

Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt

Head of department

Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt is Chair of the Department of International and Inter-Society Relations at the University of Kassel. He has many years of experience with joint projects ...

Dr. Kristina Dietz

Substitute Professor

Kristina Dietz, Dr., received her doctorate in political science from the University of Kassel in 2010. Since April 2020, she has been interim professor ...

Alexandra Bechtum

Scientific coordinator

Alexandra Bechtum is a scientific coordinator at the Faculty of Social Science, University of Kassel and at the Centre for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS). She studied political ...

Dr. Jochen Kemner

Project CALAS / Universität Guadalajara

Jochen Kemner is the Scientific Director of the Center for Advanced Latin American Studies in Guadalajara, Mexico. After completing a master's degree in history, economics, and Spanish and ...

Dr. Hannes Warnecke-Berger

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Dr. Hannes Warnecke-Berger is post-doc researcher at University of Kassel. His current research focuses on the role of migrant remittances. In this project, El Salvador, ...

Jan Ickler

Doctoral Researcher

Jan Ickler is researcher and PhD-Candidate at the University of Kassel and is coordinator at the Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) ...

Dr. Rebeca Ramos Padrón

postdoctoral researcher

Dr. Rebeca Ramos Padrón is a postdoctoral researcher within the CALAS-Laboratory Project Confronting Inequalities in Latin America: Perspectives on Wealth and Power ...

Dr. Irene Lungo

Scientific Coordinator

Dr. Irene Lungo is the research coordinator at the Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) for the current research phase

Philip Fehling

Coordination CALAS

Philip Fehling is scientific coordinator of the Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) at the University of Kassel. He studied political science, public law and ...

Jan Michael Vogt

Project Coordinator CALAS

Department of international and inter-social relations at the University of Kassel.

Nicole Magura

Office

Office of Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt International and Inter-Societal Relations at the University of Kassel.

CONTACT

Department of international and inter-social relations at the University of Kassel

Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt · Room 3207

Universität Kassel - Fachbereich 05 - Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Nora-Platiel-Straße 1 · 34127 Kassel

Nicole Magura | Office

Phone: +49 561 804-3253
Fax: +49 561 804-3464
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