Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies

special issue

Processes of Migration Returns and Reintegration: A Comparative Perspective

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bicc policy brief

Hidden Costs: How Readmissions Undermine Roma Inclusion in the Western Balkans

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bicc peacebit

Why the Rohingya Crisis Needs a New Political Imagination

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publication

Translocal Lives in Times of Conflict

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bicc policy brief

How Victims of Violence can Shape Transitional Justice in Cameroon's Far North

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bicc policy brief

Curbing the Expansion of Lakurawa and Mamudawa Insurgent Groups

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Our vision is a more peaceful world where the outbreak of violent conflict is prevented, allowing people to live safely, with dignity and in balance with their environment. 

Publications

bicc policy brief

Haidara, B., Adama, O., & Berks, M.

How Victims of Violence can Shape Transitional Justice in Cameroon's Far North

bicc , Bonn (2026)

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bicc policy brief

Oginni, O., Alhassan, M., Breitung, C., & Abdullahi, A.

Curbing the Expansion of Lakurawa and Mamudawa Insurgent Groups

bicc , Bonn (2026)

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Friedensgutachten

Friedensgutachten 2026

transcript Verlag , Bielefeld (2026)

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Events

Monday, 14th September, 2026
IN-PERSON

Jahreskonferenz des Netzwerks Friedens- und Konfliktforschung NRW

Tuesday, 21st July, 2026
Online

Webinar Series on "Peer-to-Peer Exchange on DDR(-related) processes"

Friday, 10th July, 2026
Online

Institutioneller Rassismus

Friday, 10th July, 2026
IN-PERSON

Afghanistan research in peaceful times

Tuesday, 7th July, 2026
Hybrid

Mapping Hope Hybrid Workshop (AGIT 2026)

Monday, 6th July, 2026
IN-PERSON

Regional DDR Action Plan Development Workshop

Thursday, 2nd July, 2026
IN-PERSON

Gendersensible Radikalisierungsforschung und -prävention

Monday, 29th June, 2026
IN-PERSON

Training: Countering Diversion & Enhancing Effective WAM in DDR Contexts in Cameroon

Monday, 22nd June, 2026
Online

Linksextremismus im Umbruch

Thursday, 11th June, 2026
IN-PERSON

Conference: Policy Realignment amid Multipolarisation (GIGA)

Monday, 8th June, 2026
Hybrid

Bundespressekonferenz: Friedensgutachten 2026

Monday, 1st June, 2026
IN-PERSON

Bundespressekonferenz: Report Globale Flucht 2026

Tuesday, 19th May, 2026
IN-PERSON

IMPULSE Café: Protecting Genocide Survivors? Deportation and Reintegration Challenges of Iraqi Yazidis

Saturday, 16th May, 2026
IN-PERSON

Quo Vadis Afghanistan?

Wednesday, 6th May, 2026
IN-PERSON

Gewalt überwinden

Monday, 27th April, 2026
Online

The Nexus between Return and Statelessness in Western Balkan Countries

Friday, 27th March, 2026
IN-PERSON

Syria after Regime Collapse

Tuesday, 3rd March, 2026
Hybrid

From Field to Findings

Wednesday, 25th February, 2026
IN-PERSON

Policies, Practices and Experiences of Return and Reintegration

Tuesday, 27th January, 2026
IN-PERSON

Themenabend ZURÜCKKEHREN mit Diskussionsimpulsen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis

Thursday, 22nd January, 2026
IN-PERSON

Final Conference: Navigating Return Migration

Thursday, 15th January, 2026
Online

Navigating the Field in Afghanistan Post-2021

Monday, 26th January, 2026
Online

Statelessness, Refugeehood and ‘Subhuman’ Life

Tuesday, 13th January, 2026
IN-PERSON

IMPULSE Café: Changing Climate, Transforming Risks and Shifting Identities

Wednesday, 7th January, 2026
IN-PERSON

Transnationale Figurationen der Flucht

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In the Media

Das Altpapier am 10. August 2026: Die Bilder zeigen nur die Oberfläche

Article with quotes by Daniele Saracino, mdr, 10 August 2026 (in German)

Migration nach Ceuta: Sie wurden benutzt

Article with quotes by Daniele Saracino, taz.de, 07 August 2026 (in German)

Das Regime der Taliban

Radio interview with Conrad Schetter, Deutschlandfunk, 06 August 2026 (in German)

German arms export licences for Israel surge with focus on sub project

Article with quotes by Max Mutschler, Al Jazeera, 27 July 2026

Trumps Krieg gegen Iran: „Noch gibt es einen großen Unterschied zu Vietnam oder Afghanistan“

Interview with Max Mutschler, Der Tagesspiegel, 21 July 2026 (in German)

Should the Insurgent Amnesty Program Remain

TV-interview with Oyewole Oginni, Channels Television, 11 July 2026 (in English)

 

Von Frauenrechten bis Klimaschutz: Grüne im Landtag loben Menschenrechtspreis aus

Article mentions Conrad Schetter as a jury member, WDR, 20 July 2026 (in German)

Der stolze Prinz: Saudi-Arabien geht auf Distanz zu Trumps Amerika

Article with quotes by Marius Bales, Der Tagesspiegel, 10 July 2026 (in German)

Streitgespräch über Aufrüstung: „Europa sollte stärker werden als Russland.“ – „Da widerspreche ich.“

Interview with Max Mutschler, taz.de, 7 July 2026 (in German)

Warum militärische Stärke Kriege nicht automatisch beendet

Interview with Max Mutschler, radioeins, 03 July 2026 (in German)

Iran und Afghanistan: Zwei isolierte Länder rücken zusammen

Article with quotes by Conrad Schetter, Die Presse, 01 July 2026 (in German)

„Unter den Taliban herrscht ein starker Korpsgeist“

Interview with Conrad Schetter, welt-sichten, 30 June 2026 (in German)

„Zerstören reicht nicht, um politisch zu gestalten“: Woran militärische Großmächte wie die USA, Russland oder Israel scheitern

Article with quotes by Max Mutschler, Der Tagesspiegel, 26 June 2026 (in German)

Mehr Taliban-Diplomaten für Abschiebeflüge nach Afghanistan?

Interview with Conrad Schetter, hr INFO, 23 June 2026 (in German)

Atempause für den Iran und die Golfstaaten

Article with quotes by Conrad Schetter, DW, 19 June 2026 (in German)

Großmachtstreben am Persischen Golf „Die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate tragen zur Destabilisierung von Konfliktregionen bei“

Article with quotes by Marius Bales, Tagesspiegel, 16 June 2026 (in German)

27 Years Of Democracy: Analysts Discuss Cost Of Securing The Republic

Interview with Oyewole Oginni, Channels Television, 13 June 2026 (in English)

Keine US-Marschflugkörper für Deutschland: Die Trump-Regierung hat offenbar Angst vor Eskalation mit Russland

Article with quotes by Max Mutschler, Tagesspiegel, 05 June 2026 (in German)

Deadly spillovers from Myanmar's civil war can no longer be ignored

Article by Anas Ansar and Benjamin Etzold, The Daily Star, 04 June 2026 (in English)

117 Millionen Geflüchtete weltweit: Forscherin warnt vor Abschottung

Article with quotes by Benjamin Etzold and Franck Düvell, Frankfurter Rundschau, 01 June 2026 (in German)