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The University of Freiburg´s research group on Southeast Asia was represented with an institutional panel at the 2nd Philippine International Studies Organization´s (PHISO) Conference on "Re-Thinking Regions in Global International Relations"

In Davos City, Philippines, 23-24 March 2018 Jürgen Rüland presented a paper on "The Geopolitics of Competitive Connectitvity: Power, Institutions and Diminshed Multilateralism in Indo-Pacific Asia;" Anna Fünfgeld on "Energy Infrastructurs as Multi-Scalar Challenges of ASEAN Physical Connectitivty;" Stefan Rother on "Migration Governance through Transnational Connectivity? The Asian Inter-Parliamentary Caucus on Migration;" and Lukas Maximilian Müller on "Governing Regional Connectivity. The Role of the ASEAN Secreteriat and ASEAN´s External Partners."

Jürgen Rüland spoke at the Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City

On the 21 of March 2018 he gave a speech on "The Geopolitics of Competitive Connectivity: Power, Institutions and Diminished Multilateralism in Indo-Pacific-Asia".

Jürgen Rüland spoke about "The Indonesian Way" at the Southeast Asia Research Centre

On the 19th of March 2018 Jürgen Rüland gave a speech on "The Indonesian Way. ASEAN, Europeanization and Foreign Policy Debates in a New Democracy," at the City University of Hong Kong´s Southeast Asia Research Centre (SEARC).

Günther Schulze and Gerrit J. Gonschorek will speak at the conference "The Indonesian Economy under Jokowi: A New Development Model?" in Singapore

The conference will be hosted by the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute on 21 & 22 of March 2018.

Stefan Rother has been invited to the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Manila as a visiting professor

During his stay in February and March 2018, he will give lectures and conduct research on the topic of migration and democracy.

Dr. Stefan Rother will conduct a seminar at the University of the Philippines

He will be speaking about "Linking Migration and Development - which Role for Civil Society?"

Dr. Wawan Masudi will conduct a workshop in Freiburg, 7 December 2017.

Dr. Masudi of the Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies (PSSAT) at the Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, will be presenting his paper "Contestation between state-society in coastal-based economy in Local Indonesia." The presentation will take place in room 101 (Breisacher Tor), Thursday 7 December, 2 p.m.

Anna Fünfgeld spoke at a conference in Bonn

She took part in the panel "A Coral-free Future? Renewable Energy and Post-Extractivism in the Southeast Asian Context" at the one-day conference: The politics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia.

Lukas Müller contributed research to the ASEF SDG Implementation Guide

The Implementation Guide for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to provide guidance to policymakers from developing countries on adapting their national planning and implementation strategies to the SDGs and on creating an institutional structure suitable to financing and attaining the SDGs in any given thematic area.

Jürgen Rüland spoke at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

On the 6 of November 2017 he gave a speech at the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre on "ASEAN as an Actor in International Fora: Its Role in the UN and WTO"

Christian von Lübke at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) in Leiden

Christian von Lübke joined a one-day authors' workshop on recent economic and political developments in Indonesia and was invited to speak at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), Leiden/Netherlands on 25 October 2017.

Jürgen Rüland spoke at the Workshop “ASEAN at 50: Looking backward and looking forward”

He spoke on “ASEAN as an Actor in the United Nations: Role Concepts, Rhetoric and Cohesion.” The workshop was organized by the NEOMA Business School and Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) in Paris on 26 and 27 October 2017.

EADI Prize for Excellence in Development Research for Anne-Kathrin Weber

Anne-Kathrin Weber, member of the International Relations Chair and the Southeast Asian studies group was awarded the EADI Prize for Excellence in Development Research. She received the award for her paper "Why Companies Go Green - A Constructivist View on Corporate Sustainability Activities in the Forest Sector." The paper was submitted to the European Association for Development Research and Training Institutes' (EADI) Nordic Conference held in Bergen at 21-23 August 2017. The paper, inter-alia, also draws from experiences in Indonesia.

World Class Professor Program (WCP)

Prof. Schlehe was invited in September 2017 to visit the Center of Southeast Asian Social Studies at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. The invitation was funded by the “World Class Professor Program” of the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia. Prof. Schlehe conducted research on maritime disasters (“Notions of Nature and the Normalization of Danger at the South Coast of Java”). In the Winter term 2017/18 the „Southeast Asian Studies at Freiburg“ group will host a visit of six Indonesian scholars.

Jürgen Rüland and Christian von Lübke spoke at a workshop in Mannheim

Jürgen Rüland and Christian von Lübke spoke at the Workshop “Mixed Methods Approaches to Studying Peace and Conflict,” at the University of Mannheim, 9-10 October 2017. They presented a paper on “Conflict Transformation and Religious Actors: A Comparative Analysis of Indonesia and the Philippines”

Jürgen Rüland at the Indonesian Conference for SEA studies

Jürgen Rüland is a keynote speaker at the Indonesian Conference for Southeast Asian Studies, at the Gadjah Mada University Jakarta, from September 27th to 29th 2017.

Research Seminar at the Asian Social Research Center

Judith Schlehe and Vissia Ita Yulianto present preliminary research findings on “Waste as an Environmental Disaster. Socio-Religious Practices at the South Coast of Java,” on 25 September 2017.

Mixed methods workshop at the Asian Social Research Center

Jürgen Rüland conducted a workshop on „mixed methods” at the Asian Social Research Center, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, on 25 September 2017.

Christian von Lübke at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS)

Christian von Lübke was invited to speak at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University on 2 October 2017.

The Indonesian Way: ASEAN, Europeanization and Foreign Policy Debates in a New Democracy

Jürgen Rüland spoke at the International Relations Department of Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, on "The Indonesian Way: ASEAN, Europeanization and Foreign Policy Debates in a New Democracy," 15 September 2017.