Niamh O’Neill (University of Basel) presented her dissertation project with a talk on “The Politics of Definition in Public International Law: The Case of Occupation in Western Sahara”. Benjamin Effer (University of Bonn) centered his presentation on “Games and Gambling before the 18th Century CE: Distribution and Development based on Archaeological Evidence”. Aila Özvegyi offered insights into her dissertation project on “Black Gold and Shimmering Collections: Traces of a Global Petroleumscape in Ethnographic Museums in Switzerland”. 

The PhD Project Lab is a platform of the Graduate Program European Global Studies which enables exchange between early-career and senior researchers and enhances the interdisciplinary dialogue at the Institute. It specifically aims to transcend disciplinary boundaries and is designed to provide a stimulating environment for interdisciplinary research by adopting innovative forms of teaching.

It brought together junior and senior researchers as well as professors of the research areas Global History of Europe, European Global Knowledge Production and Foreign Trade and European Integration from the Institute for European Global Studies.

The event was organized by Corey Ross and Ralph Weber, the leaders of the research areas Global History of Europe and European Global Knowledge Production respectively.