Main Fields of Research:

John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies

• History, culture, politics, literature, economics, and sociology of North America
• Urban culture of American cities
• Serial narratives in American popular culture
• Neoliberal economic policies
• Colonial history of North America

Institute for Latin American Studies

• Sociology, Ancient American Studies/Cultural and Social Anthropology, History, Literature, Economics, Politics of Latin America
• Latin America: interdependencies, asymmetries, im/mobilities
• Prerequisites, conditions and characteristics of Latin American modernity
• Research into the diverse transcultural dynamics of social movements, social inequality and political-economic transformation processes
• Gender studies

Institute for East European Studies

• History, culture, politics, sociology, and economy of Eastern Europe
• Transformation processes in Eastern Central, Southeastern, and Eastern Europe and their historical baseline conditions
• Russia in conflict with its Eastern European neighbors within and outside the EU that were formerly in the Soviet sphere of influence; Southeastern Europe in a comparative perspective
• Ethno-national conflicts in Eastern Europe

Involvement in Multidisciplinary Research Areas:

• Transregional relations
• Cultural dynamics