Marie Müller-Koné
Key expertise
Resource conflicts and resource governance, ethnicization of land conflicts, global-local translations, displacement
(Academic) education / CV:
PhD Candidate at University of Cologne; MA Global Political Economy at University of Sussex, UK, 2008; BA International Relations at Dresden University, Germany, 2006.
At BICC, Marie has conducted research on resource-related conflicts in Africa (Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Nigeria), with a focus on grievances relating to mining and oil investments and possibilities for improving the governance of resource extraction. She is currently pursuing her PhD on nativist discourses world-wide and their links to displacements from land in Kenya and Côte d’Ivoire in the framework of the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center “Future Rural Africa”, in project B03 - “Violent futures? Contestations along the frontier”.
Earlier, Marie has led a research project on “Artisanal miners in developing countries—DR Congo and Peru" which investigated the limits and possibilities of certification initiatives aimed at “conflict-free” or “fair” minerals. As International Coordinator of the Fatal Transactions network of European research institutes and NGOs, she was an observer to the Kimberley Process for the certification of rough diamonds.
Important Publications:
- Schetter, C., Mkutu, K., & Müller-Koné, M. (2022). Frontier NGOs: Conservancies, control, and violence in northern Kenya. World Development, 151 (March), 1-12.
- Mkutu, K., Müller-Koné, M., & Owino, E. (2021). Future visions, present conflicts: the ethnicized politics of anticipation surrounding an infrastructure corridor in northern Kenya. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 15(4), 707-727.
- Schetter, C., & Müller-Koné, M. (2021). Frontiers’ violence: The interplay of state of exception, frontier habitus, and organized violence. Political Geography, 87(May), 102370.
- Müller-Koné, M., Grawert, E., & Schetter, C. (2020). Zwischen Naturschutz und Gewaltkonflikten: Conservancies in Nordkenia. Geographische Rundschau, 72(5), 16-21.
- Müller-Koné, M. (2015). Débrouillardise: certifying ‘conflict-free’ minerals in a context of regulatory pluralism in South Kivu, DR Congo. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 53(2), 145-168.
Recent Publications:
- Etzold, B., & Müller-Koné, M. (2023). Boundary-Making in a Contested Space. Food Security and Conflict Dynamics in Marsabit, Kenya Bonn: BICC.
- Schetter, C., Mkutu, K., & Müller-Koné, M. (2022). Frontier NGOs: Conservancies, control, and violence in northern Kenya. World Development, 151 (March), 1-12.
- Kalvelage, L., Bollig, M., Grawert, E., Hulke, C., Meyer, R., Mkutu, K., Müller-Koné, M., & Diez, J. (2021). Territorialising Conservation: Community-based Approaches in Kenya and Namibia. Conservation & Society, 19(4), 282-294.
- Mkutu, K., Müller-Koné, M., & Owino, E. (2021). Future visions, present conflicts: the ethnicized politics of anticipation surrounding an infrastructure corridor in northern Kenya. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 15(4), 707-727.
- Schetter, C., & Müller-Koné, M. (2021). Frontiers’ violence: The interplay of state of exception, frontier habitus, and organized violence. Political Geography, 87(May), 102370.
- Schetter, C., & Müller-Koné, M. (2021). Frontier - ein Gegenbegriff zur Grenze?. In D. Gerst, M. Klessmann, & H. Krämer (Eds.), Grenzforschung. Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium (Border Studies. Cultures, Spaces, Orders 3) (pp. 240-253). Baden-Baden: Nomos.
- Müller-Koné, M., Grawert, E., & Schetter, C. (2020). Zwischen Naturschutz und Gewaltkonflikten: Conservancies in Nordkenia. Geographische Rundschau, 72(5), 16-21.
- Müller-Koné, M., Schmitz-Pranghe, C., & Schetter, C. (2017, May). Flucht und Binnenvertreibung in Asien: Ansatzpunkte für und Grenzen der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (BICC Working Paper series No. 2/2017). Bonn: BICC.
- Müller-Koné, M. (2015). Débrouillardise: certifying ‘conflict-free’ minerals in a context of regulatory pluralism in South Kivu, DR Congo. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 53(2), 145-168.
- Bernarding, N., Guesnet, L., & Müller-Koné, M. (2015, May). No rebel without a cause. Shifting the debate about conflict minerals in eastern DRC (BICC Working Paper series No. 2/2015). Bonn: BICC.
- Müller-Koné, M., & Guesnet, L. (2015, April). How to enforce due diligence? Making EU-legislation on ‘Conflict Minerals’ effective (BICC Policy Brief series No. 2/2015). Bonn: BICC.
- Müller-Koné, M., & Croll, P. (2015). Forging war or peace? The role of the state in extractive economies of Sub-Saharan Africa. In S. Hartard, & W. Liebert (Eds.), Competition and conflicts on resource use (pp. 39-57). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
- Guesnet, L., Müller-Koné, M., & Zeil, M. (Eds.). (2014). Compensation matters. Securing community interests in large-scale investments. Berlin/Bonn: Brot für die Welt/BICC.
- Doevenspeck, M., Guesnet, L., & Müller-Koné, M. (2013). Ostkongo: der ewige Krieg?. In M. von Boemcken, I. Werkner, M. Johannsen, & B. Schoch (Eds.), Friedensgutachten 2013 (pp. 278–291). Berlin: LIT.
- Ebertz, U., & Müller-Koné, M. (2013, June). Legacy of a resource-fueled war: The role of generals in Angola’s mining sector (BICC Focus series No. 12). Bonn: BICC.
- Müller-Koné, M., & Hütz-Adams, F. (Eds.). (2012, September). Auf der Suche nach dem sauberen Gold: Kleinbergbau von Gold in Peru und DR Kongo (Brief series No. 46). Bonn: BICC.
- Hütz-Adams, F., & Müller-Koné, M. (Eds.). (2012). Kleinbergbau von Gold in der DR Kongo und Peru (Tagungsdokumentation).
- Müller-Koné, M. (2011). Turning the curse into a blessing. A convenient illusion. Lessons from the Nigerian EITI process. In P. Runge, & J. Shikwati (Eds.), Geological Resources and Good Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa (pp. 69-89). London: Taylor and Francis Group.
- Müller-Koné, M. (2010, June). Revenue transparency to mitigate the resource curse in the Niger Delta? Potential and reality of NEITI (Paper). Bonn: BICC.
- Guesnet, L., Müller-Koné, M., & Schure, J. (2009, November). Natural resources in Côte d’Ivoire: Fostering crisis or peace? The cocoa, diamond, gold and oil sectors (Brief series No. 40). Bonn: BICC.
Projects:
- Artisanal miners in developing countries
- Consultancy on regional resource governance in Sierra Leone and neighboring states
- FooCo - Food Security and Conflict Dynamics in northern Kenya
- How can the humanitarian–development–peace (HDP) nexus succeed? NGOs between humanitarian assistance, development cooperation and peacebuilding
- "Future Rural Africa: Future-making and social-ecological transformation" Collaborative Research Center 228
- G-SEXTANT
- System for Monitoring Law Enforcement of Informal Mining (SYMIN)
- TelePAtH - Food security in West Africa
