We just hit 5,000 downloads of our podcast Doctor it! This is only possible thanks to our team of fantastic #DSHCS and #ViDSS PhD candidates Universität Wien! Other academic podcast might be more successful, but hey, we all do this "on the side". podbean.com/podcast-downlo…

Thomas Koegler Bernd Christoph Ströhm Congratulations also from us, Bernd Christoph Ströhm, well done! You were one of our first members and contributed so much to the #DSCHS & its community! Thanks for all the work & enthusiasm and all the best! 🎓#Phdjourney #StayConnected

Yesterday I defended my doctoral-thesis and completed my #PhD Universität Wien with distinction! Special thanks to my PhD-supervisors, family, friends, and colleagues at Doctoral School of Historical and Cultural Studies, Diplomatische Akademie Wien, wiiw, and S&P Global, who supported me in finishing my PhD!

Looking forward to participate in a panel discussion as wiiw Country Expert IDMVienna on #April10 about the next parliamentary election in #Croatia and Croatia's #economic development. For all #Germanspeakers: the discussion will be streamed live! idm.at/events/parlame…

📌Together with Politische Akademie & Karl-Renner-Institut, IDMVienna is organising on April 10 a discussion about the #parliamentary #elections in #Croatia, with Adelheid Wölfl (DER STANDARD), Bernd Christoph Ströhm (wiiw), Višeslav Raos (Sveučilište u Zagrebu) and me. idm.at/events/parlame… 🇭🇷

Planning for our #CareerDay on May 14 is in full swing! With Alexander Giese, Giese & Schweiger Kunsthandel katharina prager Wienbibliothek im Rathaus Barbara Staudinger Jüdisches Museum Wien Bernd Christoph Ströhm wiiw and many others! Program and registration ⬇️ dshcs.univie.ac.at/en/activities-…

Tune in to #tomorrow's panel discussion at the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM)! Our Teaching Fellow Bernd Christoph Ströhm is invited to share his insights, as a CESEE-Expert, regarding the upcoming parliamentary election in Croatia 2024. idm.at/events/parlame…

Thank you IDMVienna, Karl-Renner-Institut and Politische Akademie for inviting me to a panel discussion about #Croatia's parliamentary #election! Great discussion, moderated by Dr PeterTechet, together with Političke znanosti Associate Professor Višeslav Raos and DER STANDARD Correspondent, Adelheid Wölfl!

#HDZ has over 60 mandates, but #SDP also performed well. With rigtht-wing DP & minorities or liberals, HDZ would have a majority, but DP is against the Serbian minority. Leftist #Možemo could imagine a socdem minority gov (supported by left-greens and far-right). #izbori2024

Always a great pleasure to hold an interdisciplinary lecture Diplomatische Akademie Wien! This time, I outlined the impact of #China’s and #Russia’s #geoeconomic/#geopolitical influence on the #WesternBalkans, while reviewing the role of the #EU's #GlobalGatewayInitiative on the region.

Der Außenminister der Republik #Serbien Марко Ђурић empfing heute die Teilnehmer der Wiener Diplomatischen Akademie, die sich zu einem Studienbesuch in Belgrad aufhalten

Fantastic exchange with Diplomatische Akademie Wien students and teachers from 16 countries who visited our MFA Serbia today to learn about #Serbia as a future-oriented and development-focused country, our foreign policy priorities, and the way we have undergone a political paradigm shift in the

We nominate Bernd Christoph Ströhm for the 2024 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. He is a dedicated and accomplished researcher, whose work has significantly enriched our understanding of the geopolitical and historical dynamics in the Danube Region.

What an honour! Thank you Diplomatische Akademie Wien for nominating me for the “Danubius Young Scientist Award” this year.

Western Balkans Study Trip 2024

Summary of our brand new Summer Forecast for Eastern Europe: Sharp rise in real wages and private consumption main drivers of growth; Ukraine suffering from power cuts; Russia to grow by 3.2% in 2024; threatened US sanctions to take effect wiiw.ac.at/summer-forecas…

#Kroatien: Große Story in der WELT zur erstaunlich guten Wirtschaftsentwicklung und den Infrastruktur-Projekten 🇭🇷s mit unseren Daten u. ausführlichen Einschätzungen unseres Länderexperten Bernd Christoph Ströhm. Online:➡️ welt.de/wirtschaft/plu… 🇭🇷-Indikatoren: ➡️wiiw.ac.at/croatia-overvi

"Considering China's economic involvement in Montenegro, it is imperative for the EU to step up its strategic efforts to enhance its economic presence in the country." ✍️ Philipp Lamprecht and Bernd Christoph Ströhm Read their new blog ⬇️ buff.ly/3XxkfsH

Delighted to participate as expert from wiiw in a panel discussion at the #HungarianEmbassyVienna, to talk about the #Future of the #WesternBalkans. This event was special, as students from my #WesternBalkansSeminar Diplomatische Akademie Wien attended and engaged in the discussions!

At the Hungarian Embassy, DA students attended a panel discussion on "Security, Infrastructure, and the Future of the Western Balkans", in which their DA lecturer Bernd Christoph Ströhm spoke about challenges and opportunities in the Western Balkans.