PD Dr. Elke Grawert
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 Economics and Social Science and her state doctorate (Habilitation) in Political Science at the University of Bremen. She taught at the University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, in Applied Business Languages (Arabic) and International Management; at the University of Bremen in Development Policy with Focus on Non-governmental Organisations and since 2006 Sociology and Political Science as a Senior Researcher the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (INIIS). Since 2011 she has been teaching at the Institute for Sociology and Political Science at the University of Bonn. 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., & 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. (2017). Defending economic privileges: The role of militaries in the Arab Spring. In U. Rabi, & A. Bouasria (Eds.), Lost in translation. New paradigms for the Arab Spring (pp. 54-77). Brighton: Sussex Academic Press.
- Grawert, E. (2019). Coping with insecurity: Labour relations, (im)mobility and conflict-sensitive employment in Afghanistan. International Quarterly for Asian Studies, 50(1-2), 67-90.
- 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. (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. (2018). Rückkehr und Reintegration Geflüchteter (State-of-Research Papier 11). Osnabrück: IMIS/BICC.
- Grawert, E. (2019, March). Between aid dependence, neighbourhood solidarity and the EU-Jordan Compact. Livelihood analysis of Syrian refugees in Greater Amman (BICC Working Paper series No. 4/2019). Bonn: BICC.
- Grawert, E., & Mielke, K. (2018, November). Coping with protracted displacement - How Afghans secure their livelihood in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan (BICC Working Paper series No. 2/2018). Bonn: BICC.
- Grawert, E. (1998). Der ‘Livelihood Approach’. Eine Analysemethode für komplexe sozioökonomische Absicherungsformen, dargestellt am Beispiel Westsudan. Peripherie, 69/70, 67-87.
- Grawert, E. (2007). The aid business in South Sudan after the comprehensive peace agreement. In H. Bass, T. Knedlik, M. Meyn, & M. Wiegand-Kottisch (Eds.), Economic Systems in a Changing World Economy (pp. 387-402). Berlin / London / New Brunswick: Lit Verlag.
Recent Publications:
- Grawert, E., Mielke, K., Pleisnitzer, S., Markiewicz, S., Rifat, A., & Abdou, A. M. (2020). Reintegration in northern Iraq: The time is now for Europe to act (BICC Policy Brief series No. 7/2020). Bonn: BICC.
- Müller-Koné, M., Grawert, E., & Schetter, C. (2020). Zwischen Naturschutz und Gewaltkonflikten: Conservancies in Nordkenia. Geographische Rundschau, 72(5), 16-21.
- Grawert, E. (2019). Coping with insecurity: Labour relations, (im)mobility and conflict-sensitive employment in Afghanistan. International Quarterly for Asian Studies, 50(1-2), 67-90.
- Grawert, E. (2019, September). Between reconciliation, resignation and revenge: (Re-)integration of refugees, internally displaced people and ex-combatants in Sierra Leone in a long-term perspective (BICC Working Paper series No. 8/2019). Bonn: BICC.
- Grawert, E. (2019). Between “strong institutions” and the “political marketplace”: Layers of land conflicts in Northern Kenya. In FriEnt (Ed.), Land and Conflict Prevention: How integrated solutions can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Bonn: FriEnt.
- Grawert, E. (2019, March). Between aid dependence, neighbourhood solidarity and the EU-Jordan Compact. Livelihood analysis of Syrian refugees in Greater Amman (BICC Working Paper series No. 4/2019). Bonn: BICC.
- Grawert, E. (2019, March). Post-war reintegration and reconciliation: Learning from Sierra Leone (BICC Policy Brief series No. 4/2019). Bonn: BICC.
- Grawert, E. (2019, March). The EU–Jordan Compact – A model for burden-sharing in refugee crises? (BICC Policy Brief series No. 3/2019). Bonn: BICC.
- Grawert, E. (2019). Wie die Rückkehr gelingen kann. Berlin: Mediendienst Integration.
- Grawert, E., & Mielke, K. (2018, November). Coping with protracted displacement - How Afghans secure their livelihood in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan (BICC Working Paper series No. 2/2018). Bonn: BICC.
- Grawert, E. (2018). Rückkehr und Reintegration Geflüchteter konstruktiv begleiten (Policy Brief series No. 11). Osnabrück: IMIS/BICC.
- Grawert, E. (2018). Rückkehr und Reintegration Geflüchteter (State-of-Research Papier 11). Osnabrück: IMIS/BICC.
- Grawert, E. (2018). Der Sudan nach 2005: Konsolidierung des autoritär-islamischen Regimes und neue Bürgerkriege. In T. Konopka (Ed.), Südan und Südsudan (pp. 71-85). Leiden: Schöningh.
- Grawert, E., & Mielke, K. (2018, May). Exodus aus Afghanistan: Wie Deutschland Selbsthilfe und Eigeninitiativen unterstützen kann (BICC Policy Brief series No. 5/2018). Bonn: BICC.
- Grawert, E. (2018, April). Towards conflict-sensitive employment in large-scale infrastructure projects in fragile and conflict-affected settings: Recommendations for donor agencies (BICC Policy Brief series No. 3/2018). Bonn: BICC.
- Grawert, E., Isikozlu, E., Murtaza Haqeeqat, M., & Shirzad, F. (2017). Conflict-sensitive employment framework (CSEF) for construction and transport companies. Bonn: BICC.
- 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. (2017). Defending economic privileges: The role of militaries in the Arab Spring. In U. Rabi, & A. Bouasria (Eds.), Lost in translation. New paradigms for the Arab Spring (pp. 54-77). Brighton: Sussex Academic Press.
- 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. In T. Hoppe (Ed.), Verantwortung zu schützen. Interventionspolitik seit 1990 - eine friedensethische Bilanz (pp. 151-201). Berlin: Köster.
- Grawert, E. (Ed.). (2014). Forging Two Nations Insights on Sudan and South Sudan. Addis Ababa: Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa.
- 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.. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Grawert, E. (2012). State Building im Südsudan: Wie können Staatsaufbau und Friedenssicherung zusammenkommen? In Marcus Schaper (ed.), Good enough governance? Loccumer Protokoll / Tagungdokumentation. Rehburg-Loccum: Evangelische Akademie Loccum, 83-92.
- Grawert, E. (2011). Sudan: Interventionen light?. In M. Johannsen, C. Hauswedell, T. Debiel, C. Froehlich, & B. Schoch (Eds.), Friedensgutachten 2011 (pp. 223-234). Berlin: Lit Verlag.
- Grawert, E. (2011). Neubeginn mit Altlasten. Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit E+Z 52(3), 130.
- Grawert, E. (2011). New start, old baggage. Development and Cooperation D+C 52(3), 130.
- Grawert, E. (2010). Beyond the comprehensive peace agreement: Theoretical outcomes. In E. Grawert (Ed.), After the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan (pp. 265-284). Woodbridge: James Currey / Boydell & Brewer.
- Grawert, E. (2010). Challenges of sub-regional peace after the comprehensive peace agreement in Sudan. In E. Grawert (Ed.), After the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan (pp. 241-261). Woodbridge: James Currey / Boydell & Brewer.
- Grawert, E. (2010). Introduction: After the comprehensive peace agreement in Sudan. In E. Grawert (Ed.), After the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan (pp. 1-26). Woodbridge: James Currey / Boydell & Brewer.
- Grawert, E. (Ed.). (2010). After the comprehensive peace agreement in Sudan. Woodbridge: James Currey / Boydell & Brewer.
- Grawert, E. (2009). Departures from post-colonial authoritarianism. Analysis of system change with a focus on Tanzania. Berlin/New York/Oxford: Peter Lang Verlag.
- Grawert, E. (2009). Auf schmalem Grat: Good Governance zwischen Globalisierung und Schattenglobalisierung. In H. Weiland, I. Wehr, & M. Seifert (Eds.), Good Governance in der Sackgasse? (pp. 31-52). Baden-Baden: Nomos.
- Grawert, E. (2008). Cross-border dynamics of violent conflict: The case of Sudan and Chad. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 43(6), 595-614.
- Grawert, E. (2007). The aid business in South Sudan after the comprehensive peace agreement. In H. Bass, T. Knedlik, M. Meyn, & M. Wiegand-Kottisch (Eds.), Economic Systems in a Changing World Economy (pp. 387-402). Berlin / London / New Brunswick: Lit Verlag.
- Grawert, E. (1998). Der ‘Livelihood Approach’. Eine Analysemethode für komplexe sozioökonomische Absicherungsformen, dargestellt am Beispiel Westsudan. Peripherie, 69/70, 67-87.
Projects:
- Conflict-sensitive Employment under Construction: Peace and Stability Strategies for the Private Sector in Afghanistan
- 9th International South Sudan and Sudan Studies Conference
- Economic interests and actors in Arab countries and their role during and after the Arab Spring
- Governance and Social Action in Sudan after the Peace Agreement of January 2005: local, national, and regional dimensions
- Socio-economic repercussions of Chinese oil investments in South Sudan
- Protected rather than protracted—Strengthening refugees and peace
