Eschenhagen, Philipp

Kunz, Raffaela

Schmalz, Dana

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On Changes, New Beginnings andContinuitiesDana Schmalz, Philipp Eschenhagen,Raffaela Kunz2021-09-06T10:33:25A new academic year is about to start in many jurisdictions around the globe.Völkerrechtsblog is back after the summer break in Europe with some importantpersonal news: We are very happy to announce that three new editors have joinedour managing editors’ team: Spyridoula (Sissy) Katsoni (Institute for InternationalLaw of Peace and Armed Conflict, Bochum), Meike Krakau (Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversity, Munich) and Dr. Cathérine Van de Graaf (Academy for EuropeanHuman Rights Protection, University of Cologne).The change results from a cooperation with members from different universitiesand research institutes from all across Germany who are becoming our editorialpartners (Herausgeber:innen) and will support Völkerrechtsblog with what we mostneed – staff resources until at least the end of 2022. The cooperation partners areProf. Dr. Angelika Nußberger (Academy for European Human Rights Protection,University of Cologne), Prof. Dr. Anne Peters (Max Planck Institute for ComparativePublic Law and International Law, Heidelberg), Dr. Michael Riegner (HumboldtUniversity Berlin, prospective Junior Professor for International Law and InternationalAdministrative Law, University of Erfurt starting 1 October 2021), Prof. Dr. PierreThielbörger (Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, RuhrUniversity Bochum), and Prof. Dr. Christian Walter, Chair of Public International Lawand Public Law (LMU Munich).For Völkerrechtsblog, this forms a further step in growing and professionalization.The blog was founded in 2014 as a fully volunteer project by a small group of youngresearchers from Germany and Switzerland. As the blog grew over the years, itbecame clear that we needed some further professionalization and resources forstaff and infrastructure. Since March 2019, we have received support from theGerman Research Funding Organization (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft,DFG) together with Prof. Dr. Anne Peters and the MPIL in Heidelberg. One of thecore aims of the project “Scientific Blogs as Infrastructure for Digital Publishing andAcademic Communication: Expanding the Model Project ‘Völkerrechtsblog’”, led byRaffaela Kunz, was to develop a funding model that would allow the blog to continueoperations and further evolve after funding ends in March 2022.The cooperation with different chairs and institutions comes as a very importantstep for ensuring a sustainable future of the blog. Two different considerationsmattered most to us when thinking about different ways to fund the blog. First ofall, as an open access pioneer and publication format with a very international anddiverse audience, it was clear for us that we wanted to operate without fees foreither readers or authors. In other words, the “gold” open access model with “ArticleProcessing Charges” pursued by more and more journals was not an option – for- 1 -us, open access not only means that the content on the blog is freely available viathe internet, but also that the participation in the production of this content remainsinclusive and independent of the financial means of authors and institutions.Secondly, Völkerrechtsblog is a project that emerged out of the scholarly communityand was always driven by dedicated young scholars with a keen interest inquestions of public international law as well as publication formats and scholarlycommunication in the digital age. The cooperation with the different chairs andinstitutions not only allows us to operate without article fees or commercialadvertisements – it is also very much in line with this original ideal, namely to be apublication platform from the scholarly community for the scholarly community.In this sense, we are very much looking forward to open this new chapter for theblog together with our new managing editors – but also with you as our readers andauthors who support us through your articles and comments. In this sense, pleasejoin us in warmly welcoming Sissy, Meike and Cathérine. We wish you an excellentstart!- 2 -

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