Dr Claudia Breitung
Phone: +49 228 911 96-67
E-Mail: claudia.breitung(at)bicc.de
Key expertise
Security sector reform, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR), humanitarian assistance in conflict zones.
(Academic) education / CV:
PhD 2015
Claudia Breitung holds a Magister degree from the University of Duisburg-Essen, where she also started her academic career at the Institute of Sociology. She later joined the University’s Institute for Development and Peace (INEF) doing research on development cooperation in post-conflict situations. In this context, she conducted field work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South Sudan and Uganda. Starting from 2011 (until 2014), Claudia worked for BICC as a technical advisor and was seconded to the South Sudan Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) Commission. After completing her PhD (Dr rer. pol.), which focused on humanitarian interactions with non-state armed groups, she has rejoined BICC to work on issues related to DDR and small arms and light weapons (SALW) control.
Recent Publications:
- Breitung, C., & Richards, J. (2022). The Evolving Nature of DDR: Study on Engaging Armed Groups Across the Peace Continuum. Bonn: BICC.
- 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.
- Acharya, N., Bayer, M., Breitung, C., Mutschler, M., & Wagner, K. (2022). Kleinwaffengrundsätze in einem Rüstungsexportkontrollgesetz verankern! Den kompletten Produktzyklus von Kleinwaffen von Produktion bis Vernichtung einbeziehen (BICC Policy Brief series No. 1/2022). Bonn: BICC.
- Berks, M., Breitung, C., Richards, J., & Tonn, A. (2021). The evolving nature of DDR. Study on engaging armed groups across the peace continuum: UN Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions (OROLSI) & BICC.
- Breitung, C. (2019, October). Why there is a need to reframe the discourse on armed groups in Mali: Requirements for successful disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (BICC Policy Brief series No. 8/2019). Bonn: BICC.
- Breitung, C. (2017, September). South Sudan’s stalled peace process—security arrangements in need of adjustment (BICC Policy Brief series No. 5/2017). Bonn: BICC.
- Breitung, C., Paes, W.-C., & van de Vondervoort, L. (2016, September). In need of a critical re-think: Security sector reform in South Sudan (BICC Working Paper series No. 6/2016). Bonn: BICC.
- Breitung, C. (2016, March). Evaluation of the MSAG/IPSTC train-the-trainer project in physical security and stockpile management (BICC Working Paper series No. 4/2016). Bonn: BICC.
Projects:
- Policy and technical advice in the field of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR)/security sector transformation (SST) in South Sudan
- Support to the Revision and Dissemination of the United Nations Integrated Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration Standards
- Support to the Research and Knowledge Transfer Office Security Sector Reform (SSR Hub) of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy Hamburg
- Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) Capacity Development and Technical Advice in West Africa
- Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) Capacity Development and Technical Advice in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa
- Small Arms Control
