CoDe Lab

How can diplomatic actors deal with polarisation, particularly when it is deliberately used to entrench political deadlocks? The CoDe Lab is run by Impact Hub of the Institute for Conflict Management and combines Bart Brandsma’s approach to polarisation with experience from diplomatic practice and a case study on the EU-led mediation initiative, the Belgrade–Pristina Dialogue.

🗓️ 11 November 2026
🕐 14:00 - 15:15
📍 Viadrina Co-Working Space

 

On 7 August, there will be an open online information session on the ‘Conflict and Democracy’ Master’s programme!

🕐 14:00 – 15:30

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If the link does not work, you can find instructions on how to enter the details manually here:

https://europa-uni-de.zoom-x.de/j/69608973981?pwd=FDoQwuvK0b7fodcjmeK0MGap7X7g3X.1

Meeting ID: 696 0897 3981

Access code: 027888

Click here to find out more about the ‘Conflict and Democracy’ Master’s programme

On Tuesday 14 July, we’ll be having lunch together in GD 05 from 1 pm to 2 pm and answering any questions you’ve been dying to ask.

Just pop round and bring your own lunch! No booking required!

We look forward to seeing you!

The multi-award-winning author Anne Rabe is visiting Viadrina University. Together with legal historian Prof. Dr Benjamin Lahusen, Anne Rabe will discuss political experiences, democratic culture and social change in East Germany in a talk entitled ‘Democracy is being saved in the East’.

🗓️ 7 July 2026
🕐 7.00 pm
📍  LH, Logensaal

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This workshop, bringing together media professionals, researchers and prospective students, focuses on the media dialogue about and with authoritarian attitudes: What dilemmas do local journalism and social media face when reporting on authoritarian and far-right attitudes? Particularly when they are addressing both people who share these attitudes and those who do not? How do they manage to overcome these dilemmas, and what strategies can be derived from this and potentially developed further in a targeted manner? For which other stakeholders might these strategies also be valuable?

Registration required! If you are interested, please register at master-code@europa-uni.de!

🗓️ 23 June 2026
🕐 6.00 - 8.00 pm

Dr Anne Holper’s workshop focused on the question of how Germany can and should use the current developments in the Russia-Ukraine war to campaign for an end to the conflict. The aim was to initiate an open-ended, collaborative discussion on this issue and to gather participants’ views and suggestions on how Germany could help bring Russia’s war against Ukraine to an end. Following a brief introduction to the current situation, the participants discussed various approaches and ideas, weighed up obstacles and risks, and considered how these might be overcome in practical terms.

🗓️ 6 June 2026
🕐 7.00 - 8.00 pm

 

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