Wednesday, 07 September 2022

Public event \ “Der Preis der ‚Zeitenwende‘?“

On 21 September 2022, BICC together with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Plattform Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung and Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen will organise a panel discussion in Bonn on the future of international arms control. » more

Tuesday, 06 September 2022

Dossier \ War in Ukraine

In the following dossier, you will find analyses and opinions by BICC researchers and associates. BICC deals with global issues of peace and conflict research such as the mobilisation or demobilisation of violent actors, arms exports and forced displacement. » more

Wednesday, 31 August 2022

New publication \ How to deal with armed groups in transition phases of violent conflict?

In November 2021, BICC hosted an international online conference titled “Between concepts and reality: How to deal with armed groups in transition phases of violent conflict?”. BICC Knowledge Note 1\2022 provides the key insights from the event. » more

Capable of peace in times of war - Analyses and recommendations of the Peace Report 2022

Online event by BICC (Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies) and EAiR (Protestant Academy in the Rhineland) on 1 September 2022, 6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m., via Zoom (in German). » more

TRAFIG Synthesis Report \ Understand the needs of displaced people and identify solutions that last

Across the world, 16 million refugees and an unknown number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) experience long-lasting conditions of economic precarity, marginalization, rightlessness and future uncertainty. Their needs and preferences are widely ignored. The EU-funded project TRAFIG (Transnational Figurations of Displacement) investigated such protracted displacement situations and developed alternative solutions that are tailored to the capacities of displaced persons. In a “Synthesis... » more

Press Release

Untersuchungsausschuss zu Afghanistan \ BICC-Expert:innen bei der ersten öffentlichen Anhörung im Bundestag (21 September 2022, in German)

Event

Bonner Friedenstage, 31 August 2022 - 18 October 2022

Public event \ “Der Preis der ‚Zeitenwende‘?, with Max Mutschler, 21 September 2022, 18:00 - 20:00 hrs

Capable of peace in times of war - Analyses and recommendations of the Peace Report 2022, 1 September, 18:00 -19:15 hrs

Focus of Work

Small Arms Control

Forced migration

New Publications

Schetter, C., Korf, B., & Frieters-Reermann, . (2022). Die Allgegenwärtigkeit von Gewalt. Zum Ort der Politischen Theorie jenseits der Moderne.. In , Hochkultur und Gewalt – Haute culture et violence (pp. 21-37). Bonn: Bonn University Press.

Aust, M., Heinemann-Grüder, A., Nußberger, A., & Schmid, U. (2022). Osteuropa zwischen Mauerfall und Ukrainekrieg. Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag.

Berks, M., Breitung, C., Engelberth, S., & Richards, J. (2022). Between concepts and reality: How to deal with armed groups in transition phases of violent conflict? (BICC Knowledge Notes series No. 01/2022/2022). Bonn: BICC.

Mkutu, K. (2022). Anticipation and contestation along the lapsset infrastructure corridor in Kenya
. Nomadic Peoples, 26(2), 190–218.

Mkutu Agade, K., Anderson, D., Lugusa, K., & Owino, E. (2022). Water Governance, Institutions and Conflicts in the Maasai Rangelands. The Journal of Environment & Development, 1-26.

Christ, S., & Etzold, B. (2022). Family figurations in displacement: Entangled mobilities of refugees towards Germany and beyond. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies., .

BICC in the Media

Putins neue Kriegs-Strategie bedeutet „das Ende jeglicher Illusionen“. Interview with Andreas Heinemann-Grüder, Focus, 21 September 2022 (in German)

Prof. Andreas Heinemann-Grüder zur 77. UN-Generalvollversammlung am 20.09.22. Interview with Andreas Heinemann-Grüder, Phoenix, 20 September 2022 (in German)

Stepan Bandera - Ukrainischer Widerstandskämpfer und Nazikollaborateur. Interview with Andreas Heinemann-Grüder, Deutschlandfunk Nova - Eine Stunde History, 16 September 2022 (in German)

Mali: la reconquête jihadiste: épisode 4/4 du podcast Conflits armés: l’été de la bascule. Interview with Boubacar Haidara, Radio France Culture, 01 September 2022 (in French)

Verhandeln oder Härte zeigen? Werteorientierte Außenpolitik in Zeiten des Krieges. Interview with Andreas Heinemann-Grüder, SWR2, 31 August 2022 (in German)