Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin

No period in human history has been without war, but only the conflicts of the last two centuries have reached global dimensions, both in scale and capacity for destruction. With so many political, cultural, religious, ethnic and ecological divides and violent confrontations around the world, there is a greater need than ever to secure peace, find lasting solutions to conflicts, and promote a sustainable and peaceful international cooperation.

As an academic networking event, the Research Lounge aims to foster interdisciplinary cooperation and bring together the diversity of disciplinary approaches, research perspectives, and expertise at the Humboldt- Universita?t and other Berlin universities.

Selected academics from different career stages and disciplinary backgrounds will present their research projects in short impulses. Afterwards, all participants will have the opportunity to engage thematically with their academic colleagues in a World Cafe?.

The complex interactions between armed conflicts and peace efforts in the recent past and present are being explored at Humboldt-Universita?t from the following perspectives, among others:

• How do geopolitical divisions shape the current conflicts? How did they evolve in history? What challenges arise for foreign policy and (international) law and which economic dimensions are associated with this? How do these affect societal and democratic cohesion?

• What philosophical, as well as technological and peace-ethical perspectives can be taken on war and peace? How are military violence, war experiences, and their consequences remembered in a society? How do media and image politics shape the logic of war?

• What technological conditions characterise warfare and war events? How have these changed culturally and historically? In the light of new hybrid forms of war, how can the possibilities of cyber warfare, artificial intelligence, and automated weapons systems be theorized?

• How can wars be prevented or ended, and sustainable peace be established? What contribution can peace education provide, and how can responsible and ethical pacifism be conceived?

Humboldt-Universita?t zu Berlin is committed to supporting refugees on their journey to higher education and promoting the networking of dedicated university members. Therefore, the Research Lounge is also explicitly directed at scholars affected by war and displacement.

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16:30?16:40?| Welcome Remarks

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