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:
Soziale Ungleichheit

Social Inequalities


Analyse politischer, ökonomischer und sozialer Prozesse in rohstoffexportierenden Gesellschaften sowie deren Verhalten im internationalen System.

Soziale Ungleichheit

International Relations & Development

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

Soziale Ungleichheit

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.

Soziale Ungleichheit

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.

News

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Our Team

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