New publication on security perceptions and foreign policy preferences in Georgia

Sabine Carey and Jürgen Brandsch have published a new article on how living near different boundary lines affects perceptions of security and preferences towards dealing with a significantly stronger neighbour. Using novel survey data, they show that ambiguous borderlines are linked with greater concerns about insecurity. while clearly fortified borderlines lower concerns about insecurity. Despite these greater concerns of those living near the creeping border between South Ossetia and the rest of Georgia, they are particularly hesitant towards taking a stronger stance towards their Russian neighbour. Hence, strongly felt instability does not necessarily lead to demanding more hawkish foreign policies.

Workshop "Fragile Commitments: Stress-testing support for human rights"

From 10-12 April 2024 we are holding a workshop at the MZES as part of our DFG-funded project on support for human rights.

At this workshop the project team (Sabine Carey (University of Mannheim), Katrin Paula (TUM), Rob Johns (University of Southampton), Nadine O’Shea (TUM) ) presents the research design and planned survey experiments. We are excited to discuss our plans with external experts Bert Bakker (University of Amsterdam), Anita Gohdes (Hertie School), and Neil Mitchell (UCL).

Contribution to the Workshop "Wissenschaft meets Außenpolitik" in Berlin

Sabine Carey will participate at the Workshop “Wissenschaft meets Außenpolitik” Deutsche Außenpolitik aus der Sicht der Internationalen Beziehungen on 21/22 March 2024. She will contribute to a panel on civil war and fragile states. The workshop is jointly organized by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik, the SCRIPTS Cluster at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Zürich.

Guest lecture at the University of Bergen

Sabine Carey will give a guest lecture at the Challenges in Advanced Democracies (CHAD) Research Group at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, on 6th March 2024. She will present her work on perceptions of the police in Northern Ireland, co-authored with Marcela Ibanez (University of Zurich), Eline Drury Løvlien (NTNU), and Marie-Therese Meye (University of Mannheim).

Discussing German attitudes towards defence spending, security and transatlantic relations.

Sabine Carey is contributing to a discussion about German attitudes towards defence spending on 18 July 2023. Tim Büthe and Joseph Grieco present initial insights from their project “German Public Opinion on Foreign Affairs in Times of Transatlantic Stress”, co-authored with Atsushi Tago (Waseda), Jason Reifler (Exeter) and Thomas Scotto (Glasgow), followed by a discussion with Sabine Carey, Gunther Hellmann (Goethe Universität Frankfurt) and Jeff Rathke (Johns-Hopkins University).