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[Press] 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.
• Tuesday, 10 September 2019: Pastoral counties of northern Kenya are expected to undergo massive change in the  coming years due to the government’s ambitious infrastructural development agenda.  However, the area frequently experiences violence as a result of conflict between pastoralist communities, and also due to ethno-political contestations. Isiolo County is one  such place where planned development projects and conflict risks coincide, making it  an important case study for understanding how the f...

[Press] TRAFIG Synthesis Report \ Understand the needs of displaced people and identify solutions that last

• Across the world, 16 million refugees and an unknown number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) experience long-lasting conditions of economic precarity, marginalization, rightlessness and future uncertainty. Their needs and preferences are widely ignored. The EU-funded project TRAFIG (Transnational Figurations of Displacement) investigated such protracted displacement situations and developed alternative solutions that are tailored to the capacities of displaced persons. In a “Synthesis Repo...
• Wednesday, 29 June 2022: “To address the problems of protracted displacement we need to better understand the factors shaping these difficult situations for refugees and IDPs. People must then stand at the heart of states’ responses”, Benjamin Etzold, coordinator of TRAFIG explains. The findings of TRAFIG’s empirical study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Tanzania, Jordan, Pakistan, Greece, Italy and Germany show that besides humanitarian aid and protection also the relations between...

[Press] Obituary Elke Grawert (13 November 1958 - 5 March 2021)

• On 5 March, after a short and severe illness, our much-appreciated colleague Elke Grawert passed away at the age of 62. She was taken from us much too early.
• Wednesday, 10 March 2021: Elke, born in Bremen in 1958, studied Political Science in Münster and Hamburg. Elke completed her doctorate in Economics and Social Sciences in Bremen in 1995 on "Making a Living in Rural Sudan. Food Production of Women, Labour Migration of Men, and Policies of Peasants' Need". In 2006, she habilitated with a thesis on "Departures from Post-colonial Authoritarianism. Analysis of System Change with a Focus on Tanzania" in Political Science—also in Bremen. Elke ca...

[Staff] Karl Wagner

• Technical Advisor
• BA HONS in Development Studies and Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of LondonMPHIL in African Studies, University of LeidenProject Management Intern, Management Systems in International (2011)International Volunteer at Search For Common Ground, Tarime and Kahama, Tanzania (2011-2012)Programme Manager and Small Arms Expert at the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa, Lomé, Togo (2012-2015)

[PDF Document] paper38_english.pdf   (793.3 KB)

[Staff] Carina Yıldırım-Schlüsing

• Researcher
• Carina has worked in research projects on German arms exports, Kurdish actor networks in the Middle East, and the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus. She has provided advice to German ministries such as the GFFO and BMZ. At bicc, she currently supports the Scientific Advisory Board of the Interministerielle Arbeitsgruppe (IMAG) Salafismusprävention. She recently submitted a PhD thesis at the University of Bonn. She has been educated in Political Science and Cultural Anthropology at the Univers...

[PDF Document] BICC_Working_Paper_10_2019.pdf   (5.17 MB)

[Staff] Venance Shillingi Salum

• Associate Researcher
• Key expertise Researcher and consultant in: Strategy / strategic management; Land conflict and resolutions; Strategic leadership, governance and management (Academic) education / CV: Dr Venance Shillingi (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer, Researcher and Management Consultant at Mzumbe University, School of Public Administration and Management (SOPAM), Morogoro, Tanzania, East Africa. He holds a PhD in Business Administration (Strategic Management) from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agricultu...

[Staff] Venance Shillingi Salum

• Associate Researcher
• Key expertise Researcher and consultant in: Strategy / strategic management; Land conflict and resolutions; Strategic leadership, governance and management (Academic) education / CV: Dr Venance Shillingi (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer, Researcher and Management Consultant at Mzumbe University, School of Public Administration and Management (SOPAM), Morogoro, Tanzania, East Africa. He holds a PhD in Business Administration (Strategic Management) from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agricultu...

[Staff] Venance Shillingi Salum

• Associate Researcher
• Key expertise Researcher and consultant in: Strategy / strategic management; Land conflict and resolutions; Strategic leadership, governance and management (Academic) education / CV: Dr Venance Shillingi (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer, Researcher and Management Consultant at Mzumbe University, School of Public Administration and Management (SOPAM), Morogoro, Tanzania, East Africa. He holds a PhD in Business Administration (Strategic Management) from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agricultu...