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The MA GPE program joins forces with the department of Political Sciences of Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey to run the European Summer Institute from June 6 to July 15 - Details
GPE student Laura Rama Iglesias has published a Review of: Gender, Work and Economy: Unpacking the Global Economy, by Heidi Gottfried as part of the January Edition 2016 of the Global Labour Journal.
- GPE students Anil Shah, Norma Tiedemann and Kosmas Kotas have published the new GPE working paper on Critical Perspectives on TTIP
- GPE students Laura Rama Iglesias and Alison Schultz have published the new GPE working paper under the name “What kinds of challenges does a debtors' cartel face?”
- MA – GPE student completed an exchange semester abroad
During the winter semester of 2014/15, David Hoffman, a GPE student at the University of Kassel spent an exchange semester at the University of Massachusetts Boston. According to him, it was the most exciting time of his life as he was able to travel abroad and get to know more about the culture and politics of the US. Among others, this experience helped David to apply and complete an internship at the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in Washington D.C.
During his internship, David participated in the making of the publication “A Commentary on Turkey's Growth Strategy” together with Nancy Alexander.
For more information regarding this experience please read on this link - GPE student Fatos Hoxha published a paper “The return of the caravanserais: economic relations between Turkey and the Western Balkans” as part of his internship at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies
- MA-GPE student received the DAAD award for best international student of 2014
- GPE alumna Pia Eberhard made the front page of the German daily "taz", 22.5.2014
- GPE Graduate Lukas Graf (2008) has received Best Dissertation Award for 2014
- Spyro Barkas has published the new GPE working paper The crisis of Greek capitalism
- Working Paper "Kritische Wissenschaft und Soziale Bewegung"
GPE Alumna Maren Kirchhoff wrote the 1st Working Paper of the Scientific Advisory Board of Attac analysing the Board from a counter-hegemonic perspective. The Paper is available here. - GPE student Chisha Chakanga received DAAD-Prize for Best International Student of Kassel University in 2012
- Working paper series of the MA Global Policial Economy program:
New Research in Global Political Economy - GPE student Withanachchi, Sisira has published his result of field research in Sri Lanka:
Leitan, Tressie and Withanachchi, Sisira Saddhamangala, (2012) ‘Women and - Politics in Rural Sri Lanka: Evidence from the Field’, In Jayadeva Uyangoda
and Neloufer de Mel, “Reframing Democracy: Perspectives on the
Cultures of Inclusion and Exclusion in Sri Lanka”, Colombo: Social
Scientist Association, pp 271-319 - GPE Alumni Pia Eberhardt has recently been interviewed on the European Commission's new international trade strategy:
Pia Eberhardt (CEO) Teil 1
Pia Eberhardt (CEO) Teil 2 - Journey to the land of the pure: GPE alumnus Fernando Scheller writes about his experiences of visiting another alumnus' family in Pakistan, the family of Ishfaq Mohammed. [more]