Key expertise
Causes, dimensions, actors and dynamics of violent conflicts; repercussions of external interventions in conflict societies; political economy of the military and non-state armed groups; political and economic transformation processes; dynamics of securing livelihoods.
(Academic) education / CV:
PhD 1995; Habilitation 2006
Elke studied Political Science at the Universities of Münster and Hamburg and did her PhD in Economic and Social Science and her state doctorate (Habilitation) in Political Science at the University of Bremen. She taught at the Universities of Applied Business Languages (Arabic) and International Management and the University of Bremen from 1993 to 2010, where her most recent position had been that of Senior Researcher at the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (INIIS). Elke started her academic career with studies on peasant livelihoods and the socio-economic impact of large-scale agribusiness on the local society in Africa. She further engaged herself in research on rural outmigration and repercussions on the people staying behind, on political and economic transformation in Africa after the end of the Cold War, on peace processes in regions with long-term civil war and politics of interventions. More recently, her research has dealt with social orders forming around large-scale extractive industry in the context of violent conflict and the political economy of the military and other armed groups in northern Africa and the Middle East. Currently, her main research fields are forced migration and conflict-sensitive employment strategies in fragile and conflict-affected settings.
Important Publications:
- Grawert, E., & Shirzad, F. (2017, July). Conflict-sensitive employment in Afghan construction and transport companies (BICC Working Paper series No. 5/2017). Bonn: BICC.
- Grawert, E., Nusrat, R., & Shah, Z. (2017, May). Afghanistan’s Cross-border Trade with Pakistan and Iran and the Responsibility for Conflict-sensitive Employment (BICC Working Paper series No. 4/2017). Bonn: BICC.
- Grawert, E., Hansohm, D., & Nusrat, R. (2017, January). Is Conflict Sensitivity Applicable to Employment? (BICC Working Paper series No. 1/2017). Bonn: BICC.
- Grawert, E., & Abul-Magd, Z. (Eds.). (2016). Businessmen in Arms: How the Military and Other Armed Groups Profit in the MENA Region. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
- Grawert, E. (2015). Anhaltend, ungelöst: Der Darfur-Konflikt und die Erfolglosigkeit der VN-Einsätze im Sudan. Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, 4(2), 262-308.
- Grawert, E. (2014). Forging Two Nations Insights on Sudan and South Sudan
- Grawert, E. (Ed.). (2010). "After the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan"
- Grawert, E. (2009). “Auf schmalem Grat: Good Governance zwischen Globalisierung und Schattenglobalisierung”
- Grawert, E. (2009). "Departures from Post-colonial Authoritarianism. Analysis of System Change with a Focus on Tanzania"
Recent Publications:
- Grawert, E., & Shirzad, F. (2017, July). Conflict-sensitive employment in Afghan construction and transport companies (BICC Working Paper series No. 5/2017). Bonn: BICC.
- Grawert, E., Nusrat, R., & Shah, Z. (2017, May). Afghanistan’s Cross-border Trade with Pakistan and Iran and the Responsibility for Conflict-sensitive Employment (BICC Working Paper series No. 4/2017). Bonn: BICC.
- Grawert, E. (2017). Anhaltende Gewalt in Afghanistan: Brauchen wir einen Paradigmenwechsel in der Flüchtlingshilfe? Südasien, 37(1), 27-30.
- Grawert, E., Hansohm, D., & Nusrat, R. (2017, January). Is Conflict Sensitivity Applicable to Employment? (BICC Working Paper series No. 1/2017). Bonn: BICC.
- Grawert, E., & Abul-Magd, Z. (Eds.). (2016). Businessmen in Arms: How the Military and Other Armed Groups Profit in the MENA Region. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
- Grawert, E. (2016). Conclusion and Outlook. In Z. Abul-Magd, & E. Grawert (Eds.), Businessmen in Arms: How the Military and Other Armed Groups Profit in the MENA Region (pp. 217-237). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield .
- Grawert, E. (2016). Introduction: Political Economy of the Military and Nonstate Armed Groups in the Middle East and North Africa. In Z. Abul-Magd, & E. Grawert (Eds.), Businessmen in Arms: How the Military and Other Armed Groups Profit in the MENA Region (pp. 1-21). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
- Mielke, K., & Grawert, E. (2016, February). Why Afghanistan is No Safe Country of Origin (BICC Policy Brief series No. 1/2016). Bonn: BICC.
- Grawert, E. (2015). Anhaltend, ungelöst: Der Darfur-Konflikt und die Erfolglosigkeit der VN-Einsätze im Sudan. Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, 4(2), 262-308.
- Schumann, P., & Grawert, E. (2014). Internationales Peacekeeping im Sudan. UNAMID: Zwischen humanitärem Auftrag und realpolitischen Interessen
- Grawert, E. (2014). Forging Two Nations Insights on Sudan and South Sudan
- Grawert, E., & Andrä, C. (2013, May). Oil Investment and Conflict in Upper Nile State (Brief series No. 48). Bonn: BICC.
- Grawert, E. (2012). Making A Living in Rural Sudan
- Grawert, E. (2012). “State Building im Südsudan: Wie können Staatsaufbau und Friedenssicherung zusammenkommen?“
- Grawert, E. (2011). “Sudan: Interventionen light?”
- Grawert, E. (2011). “Neubeginn mit Altlasten”
- Grawert, E. (2011). “New Start, Old Baggage”
- Grawert, E. (2010). “Beyond the Comprehensive Peace Agreement: Theoretical Outcomes”
- Grawert, E. (2010). “Challenges of Sub-regional Peace after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan”
- Grawert, E. (2010). Introduction: After the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan
- Grawert, E. (Ed.). (2010). "After the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan"
- Grawert, E. (2009). "Departures from Post-colonial Authoritarianism. Analysis of System Change with a Focus on Tanzania"
- Grawert, E. (2009). “Auf schmalem Grat: Good Governance zwischen Globalisierung und Schattenglobalisierung”
- Grawert, E. (2008). “Cross-border Dynamics of Violent Conflict: The Case of Sudan and Chad”
Projects:
- Conflict-sensitive Employment under Construction: Peace and Stability Strategies for the Private Sector in Afghanistan
- 9th International South Sudan and Sudan Studies Conference
- Governance and Social Action in Sudan after the Peace Agreement of January 2005: local, national, and regional dimensions
- Economic interests and actors in Arab countries and their role during and after the Arab Spring
- Socio-economic repercussions of Chinese oil investments in South Sudan
- Forced Displacement—Research and Transfer: Approaches from peace & conflict studies
- Protected rather than protracted—Strengthening refugees and peace
- Forced migration
