Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt
Head of department
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt
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
Analyse politischer, ökonomischer und sozialer Prozesse in rohstoffexportierenden Gesellschaften sowie deren Verhalten im internationalen System.
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.
News
The department informs about the following news:
Georg Forster Research Award to Maristella Svampa
The Argentine sociologist Maristella Svampa, professor at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín (Buenos Aires), will receive this year’s prestigious Georg Forster Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Within the framework of the ...
¿De la sustentabilidad al desarrollo? Entre el extractivismo verde y la transformación socioambiental
Autor(a): Hans-Jürgen Burchardt, Cecilia Gárgano, Lucas Christel ¿Nos espera el colapso ambiental o podemos evitarlo? ¿Existen límites planetarios a las formas de producción? ¿Cómo estamos viviendo y habitando? ¿Tenemos alternativas? La crisis socioambiental se despliega ...
Concluded: Young Scholars Workshop on Elites and Class in Latin America and Beyond”
On May 25 and 26, the workshop on ” Elites and Class – Interrogating the Rich and Powerful in Latin America and Beyond,” organized by the Centro de Estudios Latinomamericanos (CELA) of the University of ...
Encuentro Latinoamericano CELA 2023
“Latin America’s challenges in the 21st century”, 11th -12th July 2023 Latin America is facing enormous challenges. On the one hand, a new boom in “green” raw materials such as hydrogen, copper, and lithium is ...
CALAS – New Fellowships
The Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) keeps offering new and interesting research fellowships for international scholars at all career levels. You can find an overview over all fellowships [here].
Call for Papers: CELA Young Researchers Workshop, 25.+26.05.2023 – Elites and Class in Latin America
On May 25 and 26, 2023, the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Kassel (CELA), together with the Graduate Center KIGG of the University of Kassel, will host the young scholars workshop ...
Lecture Series Winter Term 2022/23: Climate Change and Raw Materials – Risk or Chance?
The lecture series will address this problem context and approach the issues first from the perspective of Latin America and the Maghreb. The contributions focus on the relationship between natural resources and climate change from ...
Our Team
The team of the Department presents itself:
CONTACT
Department of international and inter-social relations at the University of Kassel
Nicole Magura | Office
Phone: +49 561 804-3253
Fax: +49 561 804-3464
eMail: magura@uni-kassel.de
