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02JUN 2020
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Student Experiences in China
As required by the program, SDAC students of the second cohort spent the winter semester 19/20 at the European Centre for Chinese Studies (ECCS) at Peking University. While they are back from China and busy with their Master Theses, we asked them to write recaps on their experiences in Beijing. We will introduce the reports […]
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13MAY 2020
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SDAC Lecture Series Summer 2020
SDAC Lecture Series Summer 2020 Our Guest Lecture Series program for summer 2020 is out! Academics from across the world representing various disciplines will discuss cutting-edge research related to the socio-culturally oriented study of decision-making with our SDAC students. SDAC Lecture program as PDF
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02APR 2020
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Call for student applications for fall 2020/21
Call for student applications for fall 2020/21 We receive applications for the start of the SDAC class 2020/21 until July 15th. We recommend that especially non-EU-citizens apply until 31 March 2020. Teaching starts in mid-October. Early applications are encouraged, especially for international students. The SDAC admission committee will be meeting in March, May, and July […]
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14FEB 2020
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Dr. Sven Grundmann publishes his new book “Politics and Ethics in Democracy” at Springer VS
The survival and well-being of modern societies depends on whether they succeed in developing strategies to cope with wicked problems such as the overexploitation of natural resources, the destruction of the biosphere, mass migration, and expulsion. In an analysis on politics and ethics, Grundmann demonstrates that a resilient society depends on an agonistic model of […]
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04FEB 2020
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SDAC Lecture: Intercultural Competence
As part of the SDAC Lecture-Series Dr. Linda Huber, who is a scholar at Stefan Zweig University for Education in Salzburg (Austria), delivered a presentation on intercultural communicative competence on January 24, 2020. The concept of intercultural communication relates to the effectiveness of cognitive, affective, and behavioral abilities that shape our communication in cross-cultural contexts. […]As part of the SDAC Lecture-Series Dr. Linda Huber, who is a scholar at Stefan Zweig University for Education in Salzburg (Austria), delivered a presentation on intercultural communicative competence on January 24, 2020. The concept of intercultural communication relates to the effectiveness of cognitive, affective, and behavioral abilities that shape our communication in cross-cultural contexts. […]
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22JAN 2020
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Dr. Taylan Yildiz delivers a presentation on the state of the art of narrative research in political science
In the framework of the SDAC lecture series Dr. Taylan Yildiz, who is an expert on narrative research at the NRW School of Governance (University of Duisburg-Essen), shared some insights from his latest research on January 17, 2020. In the last ten years, the interest in the role of narratives in politics has increased. The […]
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