Understanding Eastern and Southeast Europe—creating, preserving, and communicating knowledge. This is the goal of the Regensburg-based Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS). The IOS is one of the largest non-university research institutions of its kind in Germany. Our staff include historians, economists, and political scientists with a particular interest in the former Soviet Union and Southeast Europe. In addition, the IOS provides important infrastructure services for research.
New Blog
ostBLOG Special "Russia's war against Ukraine
In the wake of the attack on Ukraine, IOS has launched a new blog. Here, scholars elaborate on terms related to the events in Ukraine and thus explain the less well-known reasons behind and consequences of the conflict in short contributions—analyses, essays, commentaries, interviews, and more. The authors include researchers from the IOS and the Institute’s international network.
Events
The IOS in the Media
Kriegsverbrechen: Forschen in sicherer Umgebung
Bericht über eine Projektgruppe am IOS, mit Statements von Cindy Wittke und Oksana Senatorova.
BR24
"Hinweise auf Völkermord verdichten sich"
Interview mit Ulf Brunnbauer über eine Arbeitsgruppe am IOS zur Dokumentation von Kriegsverbrechen in der Ukraine.
Evangelisch.de
Zurück auf den Balkan: Warum ziehen Secondos und Secondas aus der Schweiz weg?
Der Schweizer Sender über junge Menschen, die von der Schweiz auf den Westbalkan auswandern, mit Erläuterungen von Ulf Brunnbauer.
SRF
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