In Spring ’12 I will join the Cardiff School of European Studies as a Lecturer in International Relations.
Workshop on Piracy Studies
On 30th of September I am organizing a one day workshop investigating the contributions different disciplines can make to the global fight against piracy. The workshop is hosted by the Greenwich Maritime Institute, and 15 participants from different disciplines and countries contribute. Further information is available here.
New Publication
Our critique of contemporary counter-piracy strategy and the need to apprehend piracy as a peacebuilding problem has been published as a Report of the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF), Duisburg (in German only). The Report co-authored with Jan Stockbruegger (U Leiden) and Sascha Werthes (U Duisburg) can be downloaded here
Presentation at WISC 2011
In August (17-20, 2011) I will participate in the Conference of the World International Studies Comittee (WISC). I present two papers, one on the knowledge politics of the United Nations drawing on my recent research on piracy, and a paper on methodology discussing praxiography in international relations.
Leverhulme Fellowship. Moving to London
I have joined the Greenwich Maritime Institute as a Leverhulme visiting fellow to continue my research on contemporary maritime piracy.
New Publication on Contemporary Piracy
The paper titled “Pirates, Fishermen and Peacebuilding: Options for a Counter-Piracy Strategy in Somalia” has been published by Contemporary Security Policy. The paper develops options for an alternative counter-piracy strategy and is co-authored with Jan Stockbruegger (U Leiden) and Sascha Werthes (U Duisburg).