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:
- Adugna, F., & Rudolf, M. (2022). A matter of time and contacts: trans-local networks and long-term mobility of Eritrean refugees. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, .
- Rudolf, M. (2022). For Us, Women are Sacred: Gender and conflict in the Casamance. Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, 42, 147-172.
- Serra Mingot, E., & Rudolf, M. (2022). On the Same Wavelength? Differing Geopolitical Positionalities and Voluntary Return and Reintegration in Ghana. Journal of International Migration and Integration , tba.
- Rudolf, M. (2021). Ethiopia’s strife puts at risk Eritrean refugees in particular: D+C.
- Rudolf, M. (2021). Eritreische Flüchtlinge zwischen äthiopischen Fronten: E+Z.
- Rudolf, M. (2021). Eritrean refugees caught between a rock and a hard place in Ethiopian conflict: FluchtforschungsBlog Netzwerk Fluchtforschung.
- Jacobs, C., & Rudolf, M. (2021). Mobility dynamics in protracted displacement: Eritreans and Congolese on the move. Forced Migration Review(68), pp. 52-55.
- Katsiaficas, C., Wilson, C., Ruhundwa, J., Tufa, F., & Rudolf, M. (2021). Starting up and starting over. How networking can enable refugee entrepreneurs to regain livelihoods in East Africa (TRAFIG policy brief no. 4). Bonn: BICC.
- Tufa, F., Rudolf, M., Abebe, M. G., Amsalu, D., Etzold, B., & Mengiste, T. (2021). Figurations of displacement in and beyond Ethiopia. Empirical findings and reflections on protracted displacement and translocal connections of Eritreans in Ethiopia (TRAFIG working paper 5). Bonn: BICC.
- Isikozlu, E., Rudolf, M., & Tufa, F. (2021). Supporting self-reliance for local integration: Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia (TRAFIG Practice Note No. 5) Bonn: BICC.
- Isikozlu, E., Tufa, F., & Rudolf, M. (2021). Supporting self-reliance for local integration: Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia (TRAFIG Practice Note No. 5) Bonn: BICC.
- Rudolf, M. (2021). Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia—Caught between all fronts. TRAFIG Blog. https://trafig.eu/blog/ritrean-refugees-in-ethiopia-caught-between-all-fronts.
- Rudolf, M., & Serra Mingot, E. (2020, September). Making it work. AVRR programmes and Ghanaian returnees (BICC Policy Brief series No. 5/2020). 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.
- Rudolf, M. (2020, March). Immobilisation, restricted spatial mobility and displacement in violent conflict (BICC Working Paper series No. 1/2020). Bonn: BICC.
- Dick, E., & Rudolf, M. (2020). Globale Politik lokal umsetzen - Wie der Globale Flüchtlingspakt wirkt. Diplomatisches Magazin. https://www.diplomatisches-magazin.de/artikel/deutsches-institut-fuer-entwicklungspolitik-globale-politik-lokal-umsetzen-wie-der-globale-fluechtl/.
- Dick, E., & Rudolf, M. (2019). Starting from the local context. How the global compact on refugees can be implemented successfully (The Current Column of 16 December 2019). Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE).
- Dick, E., & Rudolf, M. (2019). Von globalen Flüchtlingsnormen zu lokalen „Realitäten“: Die Umsetzung des Globalen Flüchtlingspaktes in Kenia (Analysen und Stellungnahmen 15/2019). Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE).
- Dick, E., & Rudolf, M. (2019). From global refugee norms to local realities: Implementing the global compact on refugees in Kenya (Briefing Paper 19/2019). Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE).
- Rudolf, M. (2019). Share the burden or pass it on?. International Migration, 57(6), 208-223.
- 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, September). Organised crime as a cause of forced displacement. Lessons learned from Latin America (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.
- Højbjerg, C., Knörr, J., Kohl, C., Rudolf, M., Schroven, A., & Filho, W. (2012). National, ethnic, and creole identities in contemporary Upper Guinea Coast societies (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Working Papers No. 135). Halle/Saale: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.
- Rudolf, M. (2011). "Ici, personne n'est d'ici" (Nobody here is from here) - Diaspora in Senegal.. Mande Studies, 11(2009), .
Projects:
- Protected rather than protracted—Strengthening refugees and peace
- Trajectories of reintegration: The impacts of displacement, migration and return on social change
- Transnational Figurations of Displacement: Connectivity and Mobility as Solutions to Protracted Refugee Situations (TRAFIG)
- Forced migration
