Clara Schmitz-Pranghe
Key expertise
Forced migration, non-state armed actors.
(Academic) education / CV:
Diploma in Regional Sciences of Latin America (2006)
Clara graduated in Regional Sciences of Latin America, a course of studies which combines political science, economics, Ibero–American history and Spanish. In her thesis, she examined the structural change of violence in the post-conflict context of Central America analyzing Central American youth gangs. At BICC, her research focuses on the nexus between conflict and migration and the role of diaspora organizations in peace processes. Currently, she conducts research on return and reintegration as well as on local integration of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
She has conducted field research in Peru, Germany and Thailand and Uganda (summer 2017).
Recent Publications:
- Schmitz-Pranghe, C., Oruč, N., Mielke, K., & Ibričević, A. (2020, December). Making sure that the emigration of health-care personnel from Albania and BiH works for all: What Germany can do (BICC Policy Brief series No. 8/2020). Bonn: BICC.
- Rudolf, M., Schetter, C., & Schmitz-Pranghe, C. (2020, April). "Leaving them behind" - Global trends in forced migration (BICC Policy Brief series No. 1/2020). Bonn: BICC.
- Horstmann, A., Rudolf, M., & Schmitz-Pranghe, C. (2019). Cyclical, temporary, no return. Multiple navigational strategies of displaced persons from Myanmar. International Quarterly for Asian Studies, 50(1-2), 39-66.
- Debiel, T., Hinz, S., Johannsen, M., Saalfeld, J., Schmitz-Pranghe, C., & Vollmer, R. (2019). Nachhaltiger Frieden: Flucht und Gewalt. In BICC, HSFK, IFSH, & INEF (Eds.), Friedensgutachten 2019 (pp. 71-91). Berlin: LIT.
- Schmitz-Pranghe, C., & Vollmer, R. (Eds.). (2019, March). Breaking cycles of displacement (BICC Knowledge Notes series No. 2/2019). Bonn: BICC.
- Bohnet, H., & Schmitz-Pranghe, C. (2019, February). Uganda: A role model for refugee integration? (BICC Working Paper series No. 2/2019). Bonn: BICC.
- Schmitz-Pranghe, C. (2018, August). Schutz, Versöhnung und Zugang zu Rechten für Geflüchtete in Ecuador (BICC Policy Brief series No. 9/2018). Bonn: BICC.
- Rudolf, M., & Schmitz-Pranghe, C. (2018, July). Beyond aid: The continuous struggle to cope with displacement in Myanmar and Thailand (BICC Working Paper series No. 1/2018). Bonn: BICC.
- 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.
- von Boemcken, M., Ashkenazi, M., & Schmitz-Pranghe, C. (2011, December). Commercial security and development: Findings from Timor-Leste, Liberia and Peru (Brief series No. 45). Bonn: BICC.
- Schmitz-Pranghe, C. (2011). Central American youth gangs – A transnational social conflict. Digital Development Debates, Issue 5.
- Warnecke, A., & Schmitz-Pranghe, C. (2011). Diasporaengagement für Entwicklung und Frieden. Handlungsspielräume und Kapazitäten der äthiopischen Diaspora in Deutschland. In T. Baraulina, A. Kreienbrink, & A. Riester (Eds.), Potenziale der Migration zwischen Afrika und Deutschland (pp. 183-215). Nürnberg: BAMF, GIZ.
- Warnecke, A., & Schmitz-Pranghe, C. (2010, April). Diasporas and peace: A comparative assessment of Somali and Ethiopian communities in Europe (Brief series No. 42). Bonn: BICC.
- Schmitz-Pranghe, C. (2010). Modes and potential of diaspora engagement in Eritrea (DIASPEACE Working Paper No. 3).
- Höhne, M., Feyissa, D., Abdile, M., & Schmitz-Pranghe, C. (2010). Differentiating the diaspora: Reflections on diasporic engagement ‘for peace’ in the Horn of Africa (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Working Papers No. 124). Halle/Saale: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.
- Schmitz-Pranghe, C., & Vollmer, R. (Eds.). (2009, April). Migration and displacement in Sub-Saharan Africa: The security-migration nexus II (Brief series No. 39). Bonn: BICC.
Projects:
- Trajectories of reintegration: The impacts of forced displacement, migration and return on social change
- Protected rather than protracted—Strengthening refugees and peace
- African migrant organizations (MO) in North Rhine-Westphalia – Forms of organization and activities
- Commercial provision of security in development countries
- The Security-Migration Nexus - Challenges and Opportunities of African Migration to EU Countries
- Forced migration
