The 12th European Social Science History Conference was held in Belfast, Northern Ireland in the first week of April 2018. Chaired by Dr Heide Glaesmer (University of Leipzig), a group of CHIBOW ESRs had the chance to present preliminary results from their research on Children Born of War in different historical and geopolitical settings in the 20th century. Heide Glaesmer, CHIBOW’s Director of Training introduced the research network and presented on psychological consequences of growing up as a child born of war in the post-war period in Germany and on the impact of life story research on its participants. ESR Michal Korhel explored the life stories of Czech-German children in relation to
CHIBOW ESRs Sophie Roupetz and Jakub Galeziowski travelled to Brussels in January 2018 to represent the network at the first ever European Education Summit, an event aimed at showcasing outstanding research and bringing stakeholders from NGOs, the public sector and academia together to share ideas. Together with 15 other EU funded projects, Sophie Roupetz and Jakub Galeziowski, discussed the network and their individual research at the exhibition “The Ideas in Action”. Participants gained insight into how the ITN is organised and the value of being a PhD student and member of the programme. Media coverage of the event has been provided by the European Commission’s TV, including interviews wi
