On 28 November 2025, De:link//Re:link researcher Katja Mielke (bicc) will give a short and accessible German-language talk about the BRI in Afghanistan. From 12:00 to 13:00 CET, anyone interested can join to listen to the 20-minute presentation and ask questions
Lunchtime Talk: China in Afghanistan: Die Neue Seidenstraße im Land der Taliban Read More »
In 2017, Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) – a flagship project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – was unveiled as a symbol of national progress. Promising faster cargo transport, reduced costs, and modernity, sleek images
Shifting Tracks: Life After the BRI Railway Project in Mombasa, Kenya Read More »
CONNECTIVITY IN SCIENCE – TODAY. TOMORROW. FUTURE.
The annual conference of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) will take place in Sharjah, UAE, from 17-20 November 2025. It is organized by AGYA in partnership with the University
We’re proud to announce that Fiona Katherine Naeem has now published her PhD dissertation Pamiri Lifeworlds: Narratives of Rupture in Gorno-Badakhshon Autonomous Oblast, Tajikistan. The book is currently available from De Gruyter Brill.
Abstract
Living through imperial border disputes resulting
