Dr. Markus Rudolf
Key expertise
Displacement, peace and conflict studies, ethnic violence.
(Academic) education / CV:
PhD 2015
A researcher with interest and experience in conflict management pertaining to humanitarian aid, crisis management and post-crisis assistance, Markus’ research focuses on forced displacement, human rights, youth at risk, gender-based violence, conflict management and the political economy of violent conflicts. He previously worked as a conflict researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (MPI) and as a consultant for humanitarian issues for various intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. He graduated in sociology, social psychology, and social anthropology from universities in Saarland, Colorado and Berlin.
Important Publications:
- Rudolf, M. (2017). Flucht und Fluchtursachenbekämpfung im globalen Süden. In B. Schoch, A. Heinemann-Grüder, C. Hauswedell, J. Hippler, & M. Johannsen (Eds.), Friedensgutachten 2017 (pp. 124-132). Berlin: LIT.
- Rudolf, M. (2017, April). Wanted: Good Governance—Protection of minorities and human rights in northern Iraq (BICC Policy Brief series No. 2/2017). Bonn: BICC.
- Gerken, L., Meininghaus, E., Röing, T., & Rudolf, M. (2017). Freiwillige Rückkehr von Asylsuchenden. In Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Ed.), Kurzdossiers – Zuwanderung, Flucht und Asyl: Aktuelle Themen.
- Rudolf, M. (2016). Casamance Secession: National Narratives of Marginalization and Integration. In C. Højbjerg, J. Knörr, & W. Murphy (Eds.), Politics and Policies in Upper Guinea Coast Societies: Change and Continuity (pp. 187-202). New York: Palgrave Macmillan US.
- Rudolf, M. (2016). Identity Beyond ID - Diaspora within the Nation. In J. Knörr, & C. Kohl (Eds.), The Upper Guinea Coast in Transnational Perspective (pp. 95-115). New York: Berghahn.
Recent Publications:
- 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.
- Rudolf, M. (2019, October). Conceptualising crisis, refugees and IDPs: Insights from northern Iraq on vulnerabilities and needs caused by displacement (BICC Working Paper series No. 9/2019). Bonn: BICC.
- Rudolf, M. (2019, October). Organisierte Kriminalität als Fluchtursache: Lehren aus Lateinamerika (BICC Policy Brief series No. 7/2019). Bonn: BICC.
- Bohnet, H., & Rudolf, M. (2019). Frieden und Migration. In H. J. Gießmann, & B. Rinke (Eds.), Handbuch Frieden (2. Auflage) (pp. 509-520). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
- Rudolf, M. (2018, July). Rückkehr in ein friedliches Myanmar? Eine Illusion verabschiedet sich (BICC Policy Brief series No. 8/2018). 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.
- Rudolf, M. (2017). Flucht und Fluchtursachenbekämpfung im globalen Süden. In B. Schoch, A. Heinemann-Grüder, C. Hauswedell, J. Hippler, & M. Johannsen (Eds.), Friedensgutachten 2017 (pp. 124-132). Berlin: LIT.
- Rudolf, M. (2017, April). Wanted: Good Governance—Protection of minorities and human rights in northern Iraq (BICC Policy Brief series No. 2/2017). Bonn: BICC.
- Gerken, L., Meininghaus, E., Röing, T., & Rudolf, M. (2017). Freiwillige Rückkehr von Asylsuchenden. In Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Ed.), Kurzdossiers – Zuwanderung, Flucht und Asyl: Aktuelle Themen.
- Rudolf, M. (2016). Casamance Secession: National Narratives of Marginalization and Integration. In C. Højbjerg, J. Knörr, & W. Murphy (Eds.), Politics and Policies in Upper Guinea Coast Societies: Change and Continuity (pp. 187-202). New York: Palgrave Macmillan US.
- Rudolf, M. (2016). Identity Beyond ID - Diaspora within the Nation. In J. Knörr, & C. Kohl (Eds.), The Upper Guinea Coast in Transnational Perspective (pp. 95-115). New York: Berghahn.
- Bohnet, H., Mielke, K., Rudolf, M., Schetter, C., & Vollmer, R. (2015, December). Protected Rather Than Protracted: Strengthening Displaced Persons in Peace Processes (BICC Working Paper series No. 3/2015). Bonn: BICC.
- Bohnet, H., & Rudolf, M. (2015, October). Voluntary Return of Refugees: Chances for Peace and Sustainable Development? (BICC Policy Brief series No. 3/2015). Bonn: BICC.
- Rudolf, M., Jacobs, C., & Nguya, G. (2015). "Si dieu t'envoie de l'aide tu ne peux pas refuser" - continuous displacement, vulnerability, and humanitarian aid in protracted conflicts in the DRC. In Centre for the Study of the Great Lakes Region (Eds.), Annuaire 2014-2015 (pp. 107-126). Brussel: University Press Antwerp.
- Rudolf, M., & Schulze, B. (2015). Herausforderungen langanhaltender Flucht (Impuls series No. 07-08/2015). Berlin: FriEnt.
- Rudolf, M. (2014). Assessing the humanitarian response to chronic crisis in North Kivu. Goma, DRC: Do More Good Consortium.
- Rudolf, M. (2013). Integrating Conflict - Assessing a Thirty Years War: Conflict and conflict management in the Lower Casamance, Senegal (Doctoral dissertation).
- Rudolf, M. (2013). Gender and Conflict in the Casamance (LOGiCA Dissemination Note No. 2). Nairobi: Logica Publications.
- Rudolf, M. (2012). National, Ethnic, and Creole Identities in Contemporary Upper Guinea Coast Societies
- Rudolf, M. (2011). "Ici, personne n'est d'ici" (Nobody here is from here) - Diaspora in Senegal
Projects:
- Trajectories of reintegration: The impacts of forced displacement, migration and return on social change
- Protected rather than protracted—Strengthening refugees and peace
- Transnational Figurations of Displacement: Connectivity and Mobility as Solutions to Protracted Refugee Situations (TRAFIG)
- Forced migration
