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  • [Project] Mercenary identities: The self-image of employees of private military-security companies in Iraq

    • The objective of this research was to explore the identity, values and attitudes of private security contractors in order to improve our understanding of the professional self-conceptions and motivations of individuals who sign on with private security firms.  More specifically, this exploratory research seeked to examine whether there is an emerging professional identity among employees of private security firms and to what extent such an identity may differ from that of professional soldi...
  • [Project] Resources for a Fairer World—Photo Exhibition

    • “Resources for a Fairer World” was the title of an exhibition project, which BICC had organized in conjunction with Bread for the World, EIRENE, Fatal Transactions, FIAN, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, medico international, MISEREOR and Urgewald. The photo exhibition presented the examples of diamonds, gold, crude oil, uranium, tropical timber, soya and cocoa. It provided information on the individual natural resource and describes the problems associated with its exploitation. Most importantly, ...
  • [Project] Ethnic federalism: Institutional preconditions for stability and conflict management

    • In the period 2005 to 2008, a project funded by the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF) studied ethnic federalism and considered the institutional preconditions for stability and conflict settlement. Four multiethnic federations—Russia, India, Nigeria and Spain—served as examples.
  • [Project] Small arms survey in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    • In cooperation with GRIP (Groupe de Recherche et d’Information sur la Paix et la Sécurité) and the National Commission on Small Arms Control in the DRC, BICC has composed the probably most comprehensive study on the proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) in the east of the DRC. For this, more than 10.000 households were interviewed as well as group discussions and single interviews conducted to obtain information on the population’s threat perception as regards SALW. 
  • [Project] Resources for a Fairer World—Photo Exhibition

    • “Resources for a Fairer World” was the title of an exhibition project, which BICC had organized in conjunction with Bread for the World, EIRENE, Fatal Transactions, FIAN, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, medico international, MISEREOR and Urgewald. The photo exhibition presented the examples of diamonds, gold, crude oil, uranium, tropical timber, soya and cocoa. It provided information on the individual natural resource and describes the problems associated with its exploitation. Most importantly, ...
  • [Project] Mercenary identities: The self-image of employees of private military-security companies in Iraq

    • The objective of this research was to explore the identity, values and attitudes of private security contractors in order to improve our understanding of the professional self-conceptions and motivations of individuals who sign on with private security firms.  More specifically, this exploratory research seeked to examine whether there is an emerging professional identity among employees of private security firms and to what extent such an identity may differ from that of professional soldi...
  • [Project] GMF transatlantic study team on climate-induced migration

    • The development of scenarios and models pertaining to the ecological and socio-economic effects of climate change on particularly affected regions of the world is increasingly taken up by international research. The German Marshall Fund of the United States, within the framework of its Immigration & Integration Program 2009/10, had initiated the formation of a Transatlantic Study Team on climate-induced migration to improve networking both between policymakers and researchers and the exchang...
  • [Project] Ethnic federalism: Institutional preconditions for stability and conflict management

    • In the period 2005 to 2008, a project funded by the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF) studied ethnic federalism and considered the institutional preconditions for stability and conflict settlement. Four multiethnic federations—Russia, India, Nigeria and Spain—served as examples.
  • [Project] Consultancy for the High Commission for Reintegration in Colombia on behalf of GTZ

    • Reintegration has never been, even at the best of times, an easy task; reintegration during an ongoing conflict presents even further challenges. By using lessons learned from both prior domestic processes and efforts from other corners of the globe, Colombia is trying to succeed in this endeavor. With reintegration as its central role, the Office of the High Commissioner for Reintegration (ACR) was established in 2006. At present the ACR attempts to reintegrate about 31,200 combatants, all over...
  • [Project] After the US elections—before the elections in Iran: On the interdependency of international politics and the internal development of Iran—New chances for a compromise in the nuclear dispute

    • On 4 December 2008, BICC and the Deutsche Welle invited international experts from the United States, Iran, Sweden and Germany to a half-day conference entitled “After the US Elections: New chances for a compromise in the nuclear dispute with Iran?”. Venue was the Deutsche Welle in Bonn. The discussions focused on the interdependence of international politics and Iran’s internal development.