Name of Institution

• University of Göttingen

Academic Discipline

• Erasmus Mundus Joint Master "Euroculture - Society, Politics and Culture in a Global Context"

Main research interests

• (European) Identity - Belonging - Citizenship;
• Generational Theory;
• War, War Reporting and Foreign Policy (with special focus on Transatlantic Relations)

If you had the opportunity to work on a research project on democracy, what would it be about?

It would critically examine ideas of "European identity" and the claim that we need a "new narrative" for what "Europe" is all about.

Areas of expertise

• Identity Politics
• Citizenship and Belonging
• Nationalism, Populism and Identity
• Political Psychology and Social Identity
• Postcolonial, Indigenous and Decolonial Democracy

Professional organization or specialized research network related to or focused on current challenges to democracy to which you belong

The international, interdisciplinary MA Euroculture, which I work in, is run by a Consortium of seven European and four non-European universities that deals with European societies under conditions of diversity and multiculturality. Also, I am founding member of the "Center for Global Migration Studies" at the University of Göttingen and part of the ENLIGHT Thematic Network "IMAGINE: Interdisciplinary Migration Network for Equitable Future".

Contact

E-mail: lklein@uni-goettingen.de