Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
Germany
- Research
The MIB's objective is to conduct pluri-disciplinary research on the Mediterranean Area in the fields of transformation processes, migration and mobility, energy and environment. The MIB's scientific approach is based on the idea to link Area Studies with the discipline of International Relations, and to link political science with political sociology in order to contribute to the interdisciplinary dynamics in the field of social sciences. Besides fundamental research, the MIB also conducts policy and action oriented research.
Research projects, publications, scientific and cultural exchange programs, university exchange programs, lecturing, organization of international conferences, seminars, workshops, consulting. Currently the MIB is amongst other activities, for example, an institutional partner in the research program "Entrepreneuriat transméditerranéen" (coordinated by IRMC Tunis/MMSH Aix-en-Provence, Sylvie Daviet), a member of the VW-research project "Hybrid Euro-Muslim Identity Models (HEYMAT)" at the HU Berlin, a participating member in the Jahresring's cultural project "On one side of the same water" (coordinator: Angelika Stepken) about contemporary artistic practice in the Mediterranean Area.
participation in/and organization of events, conferences, seminars; publications; raising awareness for Euro-Mediterranean relations; contribute to the debate on different Euro-Mediterranean issues (e.g. migration and mobility, culture and politics).
The central area of analysis of the Mediterranean Institute Berlin is the Mediterranean Area, including the analysis of Euro-Mediterranean relations. The MIB believes that Euro-Mediterranean institutions and networks such as the ALF can contribute to a better cultural understanding and an intensified cooperation between European societies and the societies in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean. The ALF network can also contribute to a greater visibility of Euro-Mediterranean politics and cooperation activities. The MIB's director has been a founding member of the German ALF network.