Tuesday, 04 August 2020

New publication \ Surviving Everyday Life - The Securityscapes of Threatened People in Kyrgyzstan

Who feels threatened because of their ethnic belonging, gender or sexual orientation in Kyrgyzstan? In their book, BICC researchers such as Marc von Boemcken and Conrad Schetter together with researchers from Central Asia examine everyday security in this country. » more

Thursday, 23 July 2020

Now on YouTube\ Webinar "Policing, Pandemic and the American Racial Divide”

After the death of George Floyd, thousands of people publically demonstrated against police violence under the slogan "Black lives matter". Professor Thomas Mockaitis, DePaul University, Chicago, in his virtual talk on 24 June 2020 discussed structural racism in the US and how the pandemic has exacerbated it. You will find the Zoom-event on BICC’s YouTube channel. » more

Wednesday, 22 July 2020

JRF \ Professor Dr Uwe Schneidewind receives Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

The former board member of the Johannes Rau Research Foundation (JRF) and the scientific director of the Wuppertal Institute, Professor Dr Uwe Schneidewind, was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit (member) by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the suggestion of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). » more

Peace Report 2020 \ In the shadow of the pandemic—Global solutions for a global crisis

The coronavirus pandemic is keeping the entire world on edge in 2020. Socio-economic upheavals, political unrest and societal divisions are looming, particularly in fragile regions of the world. The leading German peace research institutes warn of this in their Peace Report 2020, published on 16 June 2020 at the Federal Press Conference in Berlin. » more

BICC Commentary \ “The Libyan Civil War: Shining a Spotlight on a Problematic Arms Export Policy"

The German government always emphasises its "restrictive arms export policy". However, the states in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA region) are among the biggest customers of German arms producers. In their comments, Max Mutschler (BICC) and Simone Wisotzki (HSFK) criticise in particular German arms exports to states which—as in the case of Libya—violate UN arms embargoes. » more

Press Release

Vernetzung und Transfer in der Flucht- und Flüchtlingsforschung \ FFVT geht online (7 July 2020, in German)

Networks and transfer in forced migration and refugee studies \ FFVT goes online (7 July 2020)

Neue Publikation \ "Prävention ist keine 'Eintagsfliege'" (1 July 2020, in German)

Start of TRAFIG Webinar series \ Zooming in on Migration and Asylum (29 June 2020)

Event

3rd Conference of the German Network of Forced Migration Researchers "Contexts of Displacement, Refugee -Protection and Forced Migrants' Lives", 17-19 September 2020

UN Peace Days in Bonn (2 to 30 September 2020): Online discussion "Ein neues Klima für den Frieden – Klimawandel bekämpfen. Gewalt verhindern.", 21 September 2020, 18:00 hrs

Bonnalliance Newsletter 06/2020, Bonn, August 2020

Focus of Work

Small Arms Control

Forced migration

New Publications

(2020). Surviving Everyday Life. The Securityscapes of Threatened People in Kyrgyzstan. Bristol: Bristol University Press.

Bales, M., & Schellhammer, L. (2020, July). Syrian war at the crossroads. Curbing arms flow, imposing a no-fly zone and opening al-Yarubiyah border crossing (BICC Policy Brief series No. 4/2020). Bonn: BICC.

Brandsch, J., & Python, A. (2020). Provoking Ordinary People: The Effects of Terrorism on Civilian Violence. Journal of Conflict Resolution, .

Wisotzki, S., & Mutschler, M. (2020). Commentary \ The Libyan Civil War: Shining a Spotlight on a Problematic Arms Export Policy. Bonn: BICC.

BICC in the Media

"Nach Srebrenica: Können Schutzzonen Leben retten?", co-authored by Andreas Heinemann-Grüder, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 13 July 2020 (in German)

"Prof. Andreas Heinemann-Grüder zum Gedenken an das Massaker von Srebrenica", Phoenix (YouTube), 10 July 2020 (in German)

"El poder del Ejército como agente económico lastra el crecimiento de uno de los motores de México", with quotes by Elke Grawert, El País, 5 July 2020 (in Spanish)