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Research Projects

2022–2030

Menschenrechtsverbrechen, Norm-Entrepreneure und die Umsetzung des Weltrechtsprinzips in Deutschland (MeDiMi) (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
Part of the DFG Research Group "Menschenrechtsdiskurse in der Migrationsgesellschaft (MeDiMi)" in cooperation with the Chair of Public Law and European Law at Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen. Deputy Spokesperson

2022–2028

Regional Research Center "Transformations of Political Violence" (BMFTR)
Consortium project of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Technische Universität Darmstadt, and Philipps-Universität Marburg

2022–2028

Competence Network "Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace & Conflict" (BMFTR)
Consortium of the Arnold-Bergstraesser Institute (Freiburg), University of Bayreuth, University of Erfurt, and Philipps-Universität Marburg. Network Spokesperson 2022–2026

2017–2022

Peace and the Politics of Memory (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Sweden)
With Prof. Dr. Annika Björkdahl (Lund, Sweden), Dr. Johanna Mannergren Selimovic (Stockholm, Sweden), Dr. Stefanie Kappler (Durham, UK)

2017–2022

Cultural Heritage of Conflict (Swedish Research Council)
With Prof. Dr. Annika Björkdahl (Lund, Sweden), Dr. Johanna Mannergren Selimovic (Stockholm, Sweden), Dr. Stefanie Kappler (Durham, UK)

2016–2022

Anerkennung von sexualisierter Gewalt in Wahrheitskommissionen. Opferzuschreibungen und ihre gesellschaftlichen Implikationen in Zeiten des Übergangs (DFG)

2017–2022

Ascribing Individual Responsibility in the Aftermath of Collective Violence and Repression. Interpretations of Criminal Proceedings in Post-Communist Romania (Fritz-Thyssen Stiftung)

2015–2017

Collaborative international research project: Multiple Dimensions of the Acceptance of International Criminal Justice in the Post-Nuremberg Era (International Nuremberg Principles Academy)

2015–2016

Fellowship: Transitional Justice as a Travelling Norm. On the Influence of Local Concepts on Global Ideas (Käte Hamburger Kolleg, Centre for Global Cooperation Research, Duisburg)

2013–2016

Gender Relations in Limited Spaces. Conditions, Extent, and Forms of Sexual Violence Against Women in Conflict-Related Refugee Camps (Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung)

2008–2012

The Politics of Building Peace: An Analysis of Transitional Justice, Reconciliation Initiatives and Unification Policies in War-torn Societies (DFG)

2009–2013

Transitional Justice after Extreme Violence (Marburg Research Academy / HMKW)
Structured PhD programme with Prof. Dr. Anika Oettler

2003–2006

Between Past and Future. An Assessment of the Transition from ‘Conflict’ to ‘Peace’ in Post-genocide Rwanda (Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung)

Working Groups and Research Networks

Research Cluster on “Peace, Memory and Cultural Heritage” funded by the Swedish Research Council and Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, 2017 to date.

Network “Culture and its Uses as Testimony” funded by the British Arts and Humanities Research Council, 2016 to date.

Working Group “Migration und Menschenrechte” at the University of Giessen, led by Prof Dr Jürgen Bast, 2014 to date.

Working Group “Menschenrechte im 20. Jahrhundert” of the Fritz-Thyssen Foundation, led by Prof Dr Norbert Frei (Jena), 2013-2019.

Network “Institutions for Sustainable Peace – Comparing Institutional Configurations for Divided Societies” (funded by Leibniz Foundation, led by GIGA, Hamburg), 2012-2016.

Network “Konstruktivistische Konfliktforschung (NEKOKO)“ (funded by DFG), 2008-2012.