| Name | Short CV | |
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Paul Dießelberg |
Paul Dießelberg studies law and philosophy in Munich, where he focuses on international law and international conflict resolution, and previously studied international relations in Washington, D.C. In 2019, he became part of the HIIK West Africa and Sahel Regional Group, researching since then especially on conflicts in Mali, and took over the regional group leadership in early 2021. Since 2023, he has been a member of the board and leads the committee for content and editorial work as Co-Editor-in-Chief. |
diesselberg@hiik.de |
| Sarah Westedt |
Sarah Westedt completed her Bachelor’s degree in History and English Studies and her Master’s degree in Global History at Heidelberg University. She is currently doing a Master’s in international relations at King’s College London. She joined the HIIK in 2020 and has been responsible for the conflicts in Haiti from 2020-2022. Since April 2022, she has been a member of the board and Head of the IT Department and starting this year a regional group leader in the region of the Americas |
westedt@hiik.de |
|
Rafael Uribe-Neira |
Rafael Uribe-Neira was elected as head of the Data Management Department and Co-Editor-in-Chief in Spring 2023. He joined the HIIK monitoring conflict in Mexico and the U.S in 2020. In 2022, he assumed the position of Regional Group Leader for Brazil, Venezuela and the Caribbean. Rafael studied German as foreign language (B.A.) at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and M.A. Peace and Conflict Studies at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. Currently, he is enrolled at the M.A. Peace and Security Studies at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg. His professional interests lie in the field of Security Sector Reform (SSR), maritime security and post-conflict peace building. |
uribe-neira@hiik.de |
|
Silvan Ergican |
Silvan currently studies Economics and Political Science at the University of Heidelberg and has been a member of the HIIK since 2022. As a researcher, he monitored conflicts in North-East India and Albania until 2023 and is currently responsible for observing conflicts in Kosovo and North Macedonia. Since 2023, he has been the Regional Group Leader for Central Asia, Malaysia, Nepal and Thailand in the Asia & Oceania Regional Group. In 2024, he became a Member of the Board and leads the Finance and Law Committee. |
ergican@hiik.de |
| Santiago Moncada |
Santiago currently completes a Master’s degree in Political Science at the University of Frankfurt. He joined the HIIK in 2018 researching conflicts in Colombia and Chile. Since 2022, he has been the Regional Group Leader for Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Paraguay and became a Member of the Board and head of the Communications Department in 2023. |
moncada@hiik.de |
| Lillie Hafner |
Lillie completed her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science as part of the joint program ‘Public Governance across Borders’ at the University of Münster and the University of Twente. She joined the HIIK in 2020 researching several conflicts in India and Pakistan. In 2023, she became the Regional Group Leader for Pakistan and Bangladesh. Since 2024, she is a Member of the Board and leads the Methodology Department. |
hafner@hiik.de |
|
Vojtěch Borusik |
Vojtěch completed a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science at Heidelberg University and is currently completing a Master’s in Developmental Economics. He joined the HIIK in 2022, researching the civil war in Yemen. In 2024, he became a Member of the Board as the new head of Human Resources. |
borusik@hiik.de |
Email to the Board of Directors: vorstand@hiik.de
| Name | Position | |
| Thomas Cranshaw, Hanna Grininger, Tatiana Valyaeva, Hans Stanka, David Kerler | Heads of the Working Group “Conflicts in Europe” | europa@hiik.de |
| Clara Gehrling, Kathrin Baumann, Enrico Behne, Marilena Geugjes, Mika Müller-Popkes, Lisa Waldheim | Heads of the Working Group “Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa” | afrika@hiik.de |
| Raphael Bodewig, Ainhoa Palomo Vegas, Roemer Goes, Franziska Gottwald | Heads of the Working Group “Conflicts in the Americas” | amerika@hiik.de |
| Ilsa Hameed, Maximilian Henning, Hagen Berning, Julian Klose, Fan Yin, Stephanie Verlaan, Luke Hally | Heads of the Working Group “Conflicts in Asia and Oceania” | asien@hiik.de |
| Mostafa Bostani, Hannah Lilje, Timo Eichhammer, Linda Krzikalla, Martin Webeler, Johanna Landes | Heads of the Working Group “Conflicts in West Asia, North Africa and Afghanistan” | wana@hiik.de |
| Enrico Behne, Marit Braunschweig, Paul Dießelberg, Ronja Gottschling, Anina Harter, Michael Hebeisen, Maximilian Herrmann, Giacomo Köhler, Lindra Krzikalla, Franziska Linke, Mayely Müller, Maximilian Orth, Tatiana Valyaeva, Lisa Waldheim | Editorial board of the “Conflict Barometer 2021” | redaktionsleitung@hiik.de |
| Maximilian Brien, Jannik Mertens | Editors-in-Chief | brien@hiik.de, mertens@hiik.de |
| Katharina Valjak | Methodological Adviser | valjak@hiik.de |
| Lars Kumbier | Technical Support | lars@kumbier.it |
| Franziska Linke | Confidant | flinke@hiik.de |
| Names | Departments | |
| Mika Müller-Popkes, Fan Yin, Timo Eichhammer, Linda Krzikalla, Roemer Goes, Luke Hally, Clara Gehrling, Tatiana Valyaeva, Leander von Detten, Adinda Temminck, Daniel Leichte | Communication
Chairperson: Ilsa Hameed |
kommunikation@hiik.de |
| Linda Krzikalla, Enrico Behne, Paul Dießelberg, Hagen Berning, Tatiana Valyaeva, Hannah Lilje | Editorial
Chairperson: Maximilian Brien |
redaktion@hiik.de |
| Christopher Becker, Tamara Gupper, Ruben Ilyas | IT
Chairperson: Eduard Ebert |
technik@hiik.de |
| Julian Klose, Paul Dießelberg, Stephanie Verlaan, Tatiana Valyaeva, Mostafa Bostani | Methodology
Chairperson: Katharina Valjak |
methodik@hiik.de |
| Hans Stanka, Marit Braunschweig | Finances & Law
Chairperson: Leon Lewin |
finanzen@hiik.de |
| Maximilian Henning, Kathrin Baumann | Data management
Chairperson: Jannik Mertens |
datenmanagement@hiik.de |
Europe
Heads of Working Group:
Thomas Cranshaw (tcr), Hanna Grininger (hgr), Tatiana Valyaeva (tav), Hans Stanka (hst), David Kerler (dke)
Christos Sotiriou (chs), Benjamin Balzer (bba), Jan Hendrik Blaß (jhb), Nathalie Brügger (nbr), Alexandra Bumcke (abu), Nicolas Butylin (nbu), Simone Drews (sdr), Dominik Drmic (dod), Nina Engelbracht (nie), Hannah Engeler (hle), Dimitris Koliopoulos (dkl), Daniel Korell (dko), Jonas Krohn (jmk), Philip Lott (plo), Eva Martschew (ema), Markus Christoph Müller (mcm), Tim Oswald (toa), Georgia Pantazi (gap), Clara Peckelhoff (clp), Sebastian Peter (spe), Sebastian Sommer (sso), Maria Sourdi (mso), Melina Topic (met), Eleanor Wong (ewo), Mario Zschinzsch (mzs)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Heads of Working Group: Kathrin Baumann (kab), Enrico Behne (ebe), Paul Dießelberg (pad), Clara Gehrling (cge), Marilena Geugjes (mag), Mika Müller-Popkes (mmp), Lisa Waldheim (liw)
Fiona Byrne (fb), Bruna Backer (brb), Louisa Beisel (lob), Milene Bruhn (mib), Svenja Brunkhorst (svb), Yannick Deepen (day), Jessica den Nelzen (jde), Claudia Denis (cde), Giorgio di Mizio (gid), Vittoria Duffner (vdu), Sabrina Gabel (sag), Marcel Geißler (mge), Magnus Gottl (mgo), Julia Graber (gaj), Tamara Gupper (tgu), Noah Heinemann (noh), Vincent Hoppmann (vho), Henrike Ilka (hil), Fynn Kaltenpoth (fyk), Francesca Lenzi (frl), Franziska Linke (fli), Yvonne Merkel (yme), Kristina Pape (krp), Charlotte Paul (chp), Mona Rouhandeh (mro), Nico Scherer (nch), Imke Schmalfeldt (ims), Viktoria Schmauth (vsc), Tobias Schmitt (tms), Simon Schröder (ssi), Alisa Seufert (ase), Ethan Smith (eha), Miya Takada (mta), Tessa Tuschka (ttu), Roxanne van der Bliek (rcv), Lamia Velagic (lav), Franziska Weber (fwe), Thordis Weber (twe), Jana Winter (jwi), Oleksandra Yeshchenko (oye)
Americas
Heads of Working Group:
Raphael Bodewig (rbo), Ainhoa Palomo Vegas (apv), Roemer Goes (gro), Franziska Gottwald (fgo)
Felisa Barba Meuer (fbm), Greta Blass (gbl), Citlalli Brauchle (cib), Maximilian Brien (mbr), Sara Engelberg-Joumaa (sen), Jules Giessler (jug), Astrid Hardeel (aha), Brenda Holz (bho), Jona Huber (jhu), Caroline Janik (cja), Niklas Joschua Kemper (jke), Paul Kern (pke), Elaine Kert (eke), Alexia Lang (ala), Michael Männel (mgm), Santiago Moncada (smo), Linda Müller (lim), Lorenz Pluta (lop), Rebecca Rapp (rra), Milena Schellenberger (msc), Laura Schmittinger (lsc), Kaitlyn Todd (kmt), Rafael Uribe-Neira (run), Miriam Vogt (mvo), Leander von Detten (lvd), Sarah Westedt (swe), Anastasiia Zhuravlova (azh)
Asia & Oceania
Heads of Working Group: Hagen Berning (hbe), Luke Hally (lha), Ilsa Hameed (iha), Maximilian Henning (hen), Julian Klose (jkl), Stephanie Verlaan (stv), Fan Yin (fyn)
Yasmine Amal (aya), Anton Dielschneider (adi), Sarah Engelsberger (sae), Lilie Hafner (lih), Simeon Heimburg (she), Leon Jamann (lja), Mara Kiesle (mki), Simon Kirsch (sik), Sophie Kittelberger (ski), Catherina Köhler (cak), Irene Lee (ile), Linda Liang (llg), Robin Lockyer-von-Dorrien (rld), Luis Marquez (lmu), Anisha Maulida (mau), Ann-Christin Neygenfind (ann), Calvin Nixon (cni), Mathias O’Mahony (mom), Maximilian Orth (mor), Jaeeun Paik (jpa), Moritz Petratschek (mop), Susanne Pittelkow (spi), Laura Reis (lrs), Ingrid Rooda (iro), Nina Kathrin Rösler (nro), Mareike Sames (msa), Thomas Schmid (ths), Martin Tobias Schmitt (mts), Julia Schreiber (jsc), Hugo Sommer (hso), Katharina Valjak (kv), Tianna Ward-Maxwell (twm), Anna Sophia Waters (awa), Anna-Katharina Weißler (akw), Joscha Wendland (jwl), Wu Wing Ki (wwk), Sidra Yousaf (syo)
West Asia, North Africa and Afghanistan
Heads of Working Group: Timo Eichhammer (twh), Mostafa Bostani (mob), Linda Krzikalla (krz), Johanna Landes (jol), Hannah Lilje (hal), Martin Webeler (mwe)
Prerna Ajwani (paj), Maike Albert (mal), Judith Becker (jbe), Anna Becker (anb), Eva Bitsch (ebi), Rosa Bühler (rbu), Burcu Dolanbay (bdb), Franziska Döring (frd), Volker Eing (voe), Julika Enslin (jue), Michèle Fein (mif), Susanna Forti (suf), Moritz Friedrich (mfr), Philipp Geyer (phg), Leon Gräf (igf), Anina Harter (aht), Dastan Jasim (daj), Hamed Kazemzadehh (hkz), Sirin Knecht (skn), Richard Krauel (rkr), Sabina Kulueva (sak), Tobias Laub (tla), Hannah Macovaz (hma), Leonard Metzler (lme), Sarah Pauly (sap), Leon Renner (lrn), Marie-Lisa Schneider (mls), Sebastian Sommer (ses), Benita Ukert (buk), Constantino Vendra (cve), Elise Wolters (elw), Gesa Woyke (gew)
| Prof. Dr. Frank R. Pfetsch (†) | Professor Emeritus for International Relations at the University of Heidelberg | frank.pfetsch@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de |
Review
| Dr. Nadine Ansorg | University of Kent, Kent | |
| Dr. André Bank | GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg | |
| Dr. Arvid Bell | Harvard University, Cambridge | |
| Dr. Fabian Burkhardt | Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies | |
| Prof. Dr. Aurel Croissant | University of Heidelberg | |
| Dr. Mabruk Derbesh | University of Bremen | |
| Dr. Lionel Fatton | Webster University, Geneva | |
| Dr. Jella Fink | World Peace Service | |
| Dr. Aurora Madaula Giménez | University of Barcelona | |
| Dr. Jens Heibach | GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg | |
| Grazvydas Jasutis | Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Right | |
| Dr. Maria Josua | GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg | |
| Dr. Adeeb Khalid | Carleton College, Northfield | |
| Prof. Dr. Markus Kienscherf | FU Berlin | |
| Dr. Magdalena Kirchner | Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Kabul, Afghanistan | |
| Dr. Carlo Koos | Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen | |
| Dr. Gerrit Kurtz | SWP German Institute for International Security Affairs | |
| Dr. Walter Lotze | United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) | |
| Lukasz Mackiewicz | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) | |
| Dr. Lotta Mayer | University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal | |
| Dr. In Young Min | University of Heidelberg | |
| Nuhu Mohamed | Central Bureau of Statistics – Sudan | |
| Dr. Amit Mukherjee | National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore | |
| Dr. Carlo Flores Pérez | CIESAS, México, D.F. | |
| Dr. Indira Rampersad | University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Dr. Dieter Reinisch | National University of Ireland, Galway | |
| Dr. Clemens Spiess | Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM) | |
| Dr. Anna Sunik | GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg | |
| Dr. Kressen Thyen | University of Bremen | |
| Dr. Christoph Trinn | University of Heidelberg | |
| Dr. Christian Wagner | SWP German Institute for International and Security Affairs | |
| Dr. Jonas Wolff | HSFK Peace Research Institute Frankfurt | |
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