On 28 October, Prof. Stephen Brown will join the INEF Research Meeting for a talk titled “Unfeeling States? Foreign Aid, Racialized ...

On 28 October, Prof. Stephen Brown will join the INEF Research Meeting for a talk titled “Unfeeling States? Foreign Aid, Racialized Emotions and the Death of Empathy”. The event will take place from 12:15 to 13:45 in Room LS 105 on the Duisburg Campus. A Professor at the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa, Prof. Brown is currently a Senior Fellow at the College for Social Sciences and Humanities of the University Alliance Ruhr. Drawing on his research, Prof. Brown will examine how empathy influences international development policy - and how racialized emotions shape whose suffering is seen, acknowledged, and deemed worthy of support. The talk is open to students and the interested public.

The latest newsletter from INEF and the Development and Peace Foundation (sef:) is now available. It features recent publications, ...

The latest newsletter from INEF and the Development and Peace Foundation (sef:) is now available. It features recent publications, upcoming events, and news from both institutions, as well as reviews of past events and conference reports. Read the newsletter and stay up to date!

What kinds of different understandings of “verification” co-exist in the non-proliferation treaty (NPT) process? In their ...

What kinds of different understandings of “verification” co-exist in the non-proliferation treaty (NPT) process? In their new article, Leonardo Bandarra and Lena Herholz investigate this question through a qualitative analysis of 448 working papers submitted between 2003 and 2022. The identifies three benchmark understandings: (1) technocentric: focused on technical measures and innovation; (2) legalistic: centred on legal commitments and procedural obligations, and (3) contextual: linked to the broader geostrategic environment. The authors also highlight how verification can help bridge differences among states and advance progress across all three NPT pillars.

Albert Ahenkan, Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Ghana, has been selected as of ten recognised international ...

Albert Ahenkan, Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Ghana, has been selected as of ten recognised international researchers for the Senior Fellowship Programme of the College for Social Sciences and Humanities. In the coming six months, he will work on the project "Sustainable Development in Times of Geopolitical Change" together with INEF Director Christof Hartmann.

As part of the 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in New York, the VeSPoTec ...

As part of the 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in New York, the VeSPoTec project team hosted a side event entitled “Verification and Knowledge in a Nuclear Weapons World”. The event, co-organized by INEF staff member Leonardo Bandarra, addressed how verification is not only a technical task, but also a deeply political and social practice shaped by trust, power, and institutional contexts.