Projects
Dealing with the Past and Peacebuilding in the Western Balkans
Interaction of International and Local Initiatives for Transitional Justice
and Reconciliation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia
Timeline: 2010-2012
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Funding: Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung
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Expert Workshop on Subsidiarity in Peacebuilding
Project duration: 2010
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Funding: Gerda Henkel Foundation
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From War to Politics: Non-State Armed Groups and Security Transition Processes
Project duration: 2009 – 2011
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Partners: Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular (CINEP), Colombia; Center for Defence and Security Management (CDSM) at the University of
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (KCSS), Pristina, Kosovo
Funding: International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA)
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“Handbuch Frieden” (a German language “Handbook of Peace”)
Project duration: 2009 – 2010
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Partners: Dr. Bernhard Rinke
Funding: German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF)
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Kashmir Conflict and Regional Security (PhD thesis)
Project duration: since 2009
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Supervision: Prof. Hans J. Giessmann/Prof. Sven Chojnacki, Freie Universität Berlin
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Making Memory Work – The Impact of Museums and Memorials on Reconciliation in Rural Communities of Latin America (PhD thesis)
Project duration: since 2009
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Supervision: Prof. Hans J. Giessmann/Prof. Sven Chojnacki, Freie Universität Berlin/Dr. Martina Fischer
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Human Rights Networks in Conflicts of Secession and De Facto Regimes (PhD thesis)
Project duration: since 2009
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Supervision: Prof. Hans J. Giessmann/Dr. Oliver Wolleh
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“Victimhood in Dialogue” – Peacebuilding and Dealing with the Past in Post-War Regions (PhD thesis)
Project duration: since 2009
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Supervision: Prof. Hans J. Giessmann/Dr. Martina Fischer
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Institutionalised Dialogue and Negotiation Support Structures in Sri Lanka (PhD thesis)
Project duration: since 2009
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Supervision: Prof. Hans J. Giessmann/Dr. Norbert Ropers
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The Bangsamoro Rebellion – Mediation Efforts and the Role of Armed Groups (PhD thesis)
Project duration: 2009-2012
Contact: Thomas Boehlke
Supervision: Prof. Hans J. Giessmann
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State Collapse – The Cause of Violent Conflicts? (PhD thesis)
Project duration: since 2007
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Supervision: Prof. Thorsten Bonacker, Philipps-Universität Marburg/Prof. Hans J. Giessmann/Dr. Norbert Ropers
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Interactive Theatre in Post-War Lebanon (PhD thesis)
Project duration: since 2004
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Supervision: Prof. Jürgen Pohl, University of Bonn
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Reconciliation and Dealing with the Past in the Former Yugoslavia: Supporting the Centre for Nonviolent Action – CNA
Project duration: since 1998
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Partners: Centre for Nonviolent Action (CNA, Belgrade/Sarajevo)
Funding: German Federal Foreign Office (2000 – 2002)
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Georgian-Abkhazian Dialogue
Project duration: 1997 – 2005 (planning and implementation since 2005: BPS and Conciliation Resources, London)
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International partners: Conciliation Resources, UK (workshops 1-14, 16)
Regional partners: Manana Gurgulia (Suchum/i) and Paata Zakareishvili (Tbilisi)
Funding: United Nations Volunteers (UNV), German Protestant Association for Cooperation in Development (EZE)/German Church Development Service (EED), German Federal Foreign Office, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations programme zivik, Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA), United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), Berghof Foundation for Conflict Studies, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), United Kingdom Global Conflict Prevention Pool, Rapid Reaction Mechanism of the European Commission
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“Young People Build the Future” – A Pilot Project in Eastern Bosnia
Project duration: project partnership Berghof Research Center, IPAK and Schüler Helfen Leben 2002 – 2008;
the project “Young People Build the Future” continues to receive support from SHL and, since 2008, is now run independently by the local organisation IPAK-MGB.
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Partners: IPAK (Tuzla); Schüler Helfen Leben (Berlin/Neumünster)
Funding: Schüler Helfen Leben