Tuesday, 10 September 2019

New publication \ Pastoralists, politics and development projects

In BICC Working Paper 7\ 2019 the author Kennedy Mkutu, United States International University, Nairobi, in the framework of the research project “Future Rural Africa” explores the complexity of existing conflict in Isiolo and the emerging effects of new plans and land claims. » more

Thursday, 12 September 2019

Talk on German peace report 2019 \ For more peace policy initiative: Strengthen multilateral and rule-based arms export control

BICC cordially invites to a talk and discussion (in German) about the Peace Report 2019 on 26 September 2019 in his premises in Bonn (in the framework of the Bonn Peace Days). » more

Monday, 19 August 2019

Open Day of the GFFO in Berlin \ New BICC photo exhibition ”Safety First”

On the occasion of the Open Day of the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, BICC showed the new photo exhibition ”’Safety First’: Cross-border arms control for at-risk communities” in the “Europasaal” at the Foreign Office on 17 and 18 August 2019. » more

Commentary \ Are the German government’s revised Political Principles on the Export of Military Weapons and other Military Equipment really more ‘restrictive’?

On 26 June 2019, the German cabinet updated the "Political Principles for the Export of War Weapons and Other Military Equipment". Max Mutschler (BICC) and Simone Wisotzki (HSFK) welcome “some minor progress in German arms exports policy”. At the same time, the authors fear in their Commentary that the passages on facilitating European arms cooperation will be used to circumvent German arms export controls by means of European arms cooperation. » more

Kick-off ceremony \ Innovation Campus Bonn presented itself

Bonn is developing into an international centre for sustainability research—this was the stimulus given by the opening event of the Innovation Campus Bonn (ICB). The Campus is to give research on this forward-looking topic a concrete location in the federal city. The ICB is initiated by the Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research, which brings together six universities and scientific institutions. » more

Press Release

Neue Publikation \ Zum Umgang mit Konflikten unter Geflüchteten und Migrantengemeinschaften in NRW (15 July 2019, in German)

Neue Publikation \ Fortsetzung politischer Konflikte oder Neuanfang? Türkische Geflüchtete in Nordrhein-Westfalen (9 July 2019, in German)

Neue umfassende Bestandsaufnahme der Flucht und Flüchtlingsforschung sieht Bedarfe und großes Potential des Forschungsfelds (8 July 2019, in German)

Kommentar \ Sind die überarbeiteten Politischen Grundsätze der Bundesregierung für den Export von Kriegswaffen und sonstigen Rüstungsgütern tatsächlich "restriktiver"? (4 July 2019, in German)

Neue Publikation \ Auf der Flucht - (Im)Mobilisierung und (Im)Mobilität von Schutzsuchenden (2 July 2019, in German)

Event

Programm der Bonner Friedenstage, Bonn, 30 August - 28 September 2019

Brown Bag Lecture und Diskussion \ Rückkehr und Reintegration empirisch untersuchen: Wie verlässlich sind Ergebnisse der Befragungen von Zurückgekehrten?, Bonn, 18 September 2019

Einladung zum Internationalen Friedenstag \ Entwicklungspolitik in Syrien? Humanitäre Hilfe, Wiederaufbau und Friedensförderung vor schwierigen Herausforderungen, Bonn, 24 September 2019

Event Newsletter Bonn Alliance, Bonn, October 2019

Ringvorlesung "Ankommen, Zurückkommen oder modernes Nomadentum - Arriving, Returning, or Modern Nomadism", Bonn, WS 2019/20

Focus of Work

Small Arms Control

Forced migration

New Publications

Sterly, H., Etzold, B., Wirkus, L., Sakdapolrak, P., Schleussner, C.-F., & Hennig, B. (2019). Assessing Refugees’ Onward Mobility with Mobile Phone Data—A Case Study of (Syrian) Refugees in Turkey. In , Guide to Mobile Data Analytics in Refugee Scenarios (pp. ).: Springer, Cham.

Mkutu, K. (2019, September). Pastoralists, politics and development projects. Unterstanding the layers of armed conflict in Isiolo county, Kenya (BICC Working Paper series No. 7/2019). Bonn: BICC.

Farha, J., Krötz, M., & Mohammed, E. (2019). More Bang for Their Buck: Enhancing the Sustainability of Surplus Ammunition Destruction Programs. Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction, 23(2), Article 9, p. 42-45.

von Boemcken, M. (2019). Smooth security. Creative adaptation, mimicry and deception in everyday securityscapes. Critical Studies on Security, 7(2), .

BICC in the Media

"Perspektiven nuklearer Abrüstung", Interview with Jerry Sommer, transparenzTV, 11 September 2019 (in German)

"Streitkräfte und Strategien", Interview with Conrad Schetter (08:01min), NDR Info, 13 July 2019 (in German)

"Systemwechsel bei Rüstungsexporten notwendig?", Interview with Max Mutschler, WDR 5, 12 July 2019 (in German)

"Europäischer Türöffner: Die Neuauflage der Rüstungsexportrichtlinien", Telepolis, 11 July 2019 (in German)

"Forschung in der AKBP - Was Cybersicherheit mit Kultur zu tun hat. Mit Odila Triebel und Andreas Heinemann-Grüder", Die Kulturmittler - Der ifa-Podcast zu Außenkulturpolitik, 30 June 2019 (in German)

Video Feature

"Keep The Safety On" (in English)

"A Call for Arms" (in English)

"A Call for Arms" (in German)

"Illicit weapons and the threat of armed violence" (in English)

"Johannes-Rau-Forschungsgemeinschaft" (in German)

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