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[Staff] Dr Ester Serra Mingot

• Senior Researcher
• Publication: The gendered burden of transnational care-receiving: Sudanese families across The Netherlands, the UK and Sudan, Please find the article here.
• Publication: Moving for a 'better welfare'? The case of transnational Sudanese families, Please find the article here.
• Publication: Protecting across borders: Sudanese families across the Netherlands, the UK and Sudan., Please find the Doctoral Thesis here.
• PhD in Social Anthropology/Human Geography 2018Ester completed her Bachelor’s degree in Translation and Interpreting at the University of Alicante (Spain). After working several years as an interpreter, language teacher and tour guide in the Middle East, she conducted a Masters in International Relations, Safety and Development at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), with focus in Middle Eastern politics and the role of women in the Egyptian Arab Spring. In 2013, she finished an Erasm...

[Publication] The gendered burden of transnational care-receiving: Sudanese families across The Netherlands, the UK and Sudan

• The gendered burden of transnational care-receiving: Sudanese families across The Netherlands, the UK and Sudan

[Event] Local Perspectives on the HDP Nexus – Insights from Mali, Iraq, and South Sudan

• Dissemination Workshop (online)
• Tuesday, 18 March 2025: On Tuesday, 18 March 2025, from 10:00 to 12:00, the online dissemination workshop "Local Perspectives on the HDP Nexus – Insights from Mali, Iraq, and South Sudan" will present findings from the three-year research project "How can the HDP Nexus Succeed? NGOs Between Humanitarian Aid, Development Assistance and Peacebuilding." This public event will be held in English with translation into French and Arabic.

[Publication] Der Sudan nach 2005: Konsolidierung des autoritär-islamischen Regimes und neue Bürgerkriege

• Der Sudan nach 2005: Konsolidierung des autoritär-islamischen Regimes und neue Bürgerkriege

[PDF Document] salw_booklet_sudan_vol_2.pdf   (869.61 KB)

[Project] Policy and technical advice in the field of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR)/security sector transformation (SST) in South Sudan

• This project allows BICC to continue its engagement in activities related to disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) and security sector transformation (SST) in South Sudan and, thus, builds on previous DDR/security sector reform projects in South Sudan implemented by BICC between 2006 and 2014. The project aims at supporting the broader policy debate on SSR/DDR in South Sudan and provides technical and policy advice to institutions implementing...
• Policy and technical advice in the field of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR)/security sector transformation (SST) in South Sudan

[Publication] Anhaltend, ungelöst: Der Darfur-Konflikt und die Erfolglosigkeit der VN-Einsätze im Sudan

• Anhaltend, ungelöst: Der Darfur-Konflikt und die Erfolglosigkeit der VN-Einsätze im Sudan
• The Darfur conflict is part of a bigger lasting violent conflict that had been latent since the 1980 s and erupted massively between 2003 and 2006. Characterized by national conflict constellations within Sudan and South Sudan, as well as violent conflicts crossing borders. International actors are involved through competing organizations and interests in Darfur. This paper poses the question which role the peacekeeping interventions in Darfur, in particular UNAMID, hav...

[Staff] PD Dr Elke Grawert

• Senior Researcher
• 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 Polit...
• Publication: Businessmen in arms: How the military and other armed groups profit in the MENA Region, The Arab Uprisings have brought renewed attention to the role of the military in the MENA region, where they are either the backbone of regime power or a crucial part of patronage networks in political systems. This collection of essays from international experts examines the economic interests of armed actors ranging from military businesses in Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Jordan, Sudan, and Y...
• Publication: Anhaltend, ungelöst: Der Darfur-Konflikt und die Erfolglosigkeit der VN-Einsätze im Sudan, The Darfur conflict is part of a bigger lasting violent conflict that had been latent since the 1980 s and erupted massively between 2003 and 2006. Characterized by national conflict constellations within Sudan and South Sudan, as well as violent conflicts crossing borders. International actors are involved through competing organizations and interests in Darfur. This...
• Publication: Der ‘Livelihood Approach’. Eine Analysemethode für komplexe sozioökonomische Absicherungsformen, dargestellt am Beispiel Westsudan
• Publication: The aid business in South Sudan after the comprehensive peace agreement

[Publication] After the comprehensive peace agreement in Sudan

• After the comprehensive peace agreement in Sudan

[Publication] Back to turmoil: Refugee and IDP return to and within South Sudan

• Back to turmoil: Refugee and IDP return to and within South Sudan
• In BICC Working Paper 7\2016 Heidrun Bohnet investigates the challenges South Sudanese returnees and displaced persons face from their very own perspective. Building on field research in the autumn and winter of 2015, the author analyses the patterns of return and coping strategies of returnees, as well as any assistance that aid agencies can provide. The findings indicate that return is neither a simple, linear nor necessarily durable solution. From the viewpoint of the returnees, ...