LISTEN.EAST – the podcast from the Leibniz Research Network Central and Eastern Europe
LISTEN.EAST – the podcast from the Leibniz Research Network Central and Eastern Europe
The Leibniz Research Network on Eastern Europe is going on air! LISTEN.EAST is our new podcast, bringing together expertise from over 20 renowned Leibniz Institutes and delivering scholarly analysis and fascinating insights straight to your ears.
To kick things off, we’re taking a look at the Caucasus and Central Asia in a three-part mini-series – two regions undergoing profound change. What is driving people there? What geopolitical dynamics are shaping the situation? And how do researchers work in the field? Experts provide context, share stories from their research practice and make complex interrelationships easy to understand.
Episode 1: New Beginnings and Upheaval in the Caucasus and Central Asia
How have the political and economic structures in the Caucasus and Central Asia changed in recent years? In this opening episode, we analyse the far-reaching processes of transformation in both regions. Our guests for the interview are Prof. Dr Cindy Wittke-Hohlfeld (Leibniz Institute for East and South-East European Studies – IOS) and Prof. Dr Thomas Herzfeld (Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Development in Transition Economies – IAMO).
The episode is available in German.