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Transitional Justice and Memory Politics

Dealing with experiences of mass violence is extremely important for post-war societies and formerly repressive regimes. As well as criminal justice and restorative measures, such as Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and reparations, this includes memorials and remembrance policies. Our research projects analyse mechanisms and dynamics from various perspectives, often focusing on victimhood and perpetration. We also examine the relationship between global transitional justice measures and the local level, including the resulting frictions and conflicts.

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  Human Rights Crimes, Norm Entrepreneurs and the Implementation of the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction in Germany: A Study on Human Rights Consciousness among Syrian Refugees (funded by the German Research Foundation, 2022-2026)
  
  Politics of Reparations of Victim Organisations in Transitional Justice Processes (funded by the German Research Foundation, 2020-2023)
  
  Competing (in)certainties. Frictions of Violence Transformation and Peacebuilding in the Colombian Peace Process (funded by the German Research Foundation, 2019-2023)
  
  Peace and the Politics of Memory (with Johanna Mannegren Selimovic (Stockholm), Annika Björkdahl (Lund) and Stefanie Kappler (Durham), (Förderung durch die Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Science, 2017-2020)
  
  Cultural Heritage of Conflict (with Johanna Mannegren Selimovic (Stockholm), Annika Björkdahl (Lund) and Stefanie Kappler (Durham), Swedish Research Council, 2017-2020)
  Redressing Sexual Violence in Truth Commissions.
  
  The Labelling of Women as Victims and its Social Repercussions (funded by the German Research Foundation, 2016-2019)
                                                                                       
  Exploring Multiple Dimensions of the Acceptance of International Criminal Justice in the Post-Nuremberg Era (with the International Nuremberg Principles Academy 2015-2017)
  
  Victimhood after mass violence. How victim participation at the ECCC and other dealing with the past projects effect justice (Financed by Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development 2017-2018)
  
  Transitional Justice as a Travelling Norm. On the Influence of Local Concepts on Global Ideas (Käte Hamburger Kolleg 2015-2016)
  
  The Politics of Building Peace: an Analysis of Transitional Jusitce, Reconciliation Initiatives and Unification Policies in War-torn Societies (funded by the German Research Foundation, 2008-2012)
  
  Victim Participation and the Role of Civil Society in Cambodia and Uganda (funded by Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, funding programme zivik, 2008-2009)
  
  Practice-oriented research status and research questions on Transitional Justice and Civil Conflict Transformation (funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), 2007 - 2008)
  
  Between Past and Future. Dealing with the Past after the Rwandan Genocide (funded by the German Foundation Peace Research, 2003-2006)
  
  "Hochverrat, Landesverrat, Wehrkraftzersetzung - politische NS-Strafjustiz in Österreich und Deutschland" (funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, 2000-2004)
  
  War Crime Trials against Germans and Japanese after 1945 (funded the State of Hesse, 2004-2005)

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  Kristine Avram: Ascribing Individual Criminal Responsibility in the Aftermath of Collective Violence and Repression - A Conceptual Framework of Percetions, Interpretations and Effects
                                                                                              
  Elisabeth Bunselmeyer: Transitional Justice and Social Cohesion in Postwar Peru (Kooperation mit GIGA)
  
  Annika Henrizi: Women in (Post-) Conflict Iraq: Participation and Perspectives in Peacebuilding
  
  Sylvia Karl: Presence of Absence. Mexico's Disappeared between Dehumanisation and Rehumanisation
  
  Jakob Kirchheimer: Education policy after Mass Crimes - a Comparative Case Study on Transitional Justice and Development Policy in Education Reforms in Guatemala and Peru
  
  Stefanie Kirschweng: Transitional Justice, Accountability, and Socioeconomic Crimes
  
  Adrian Messe: The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Context of Transitional Justice
  
  Mariam Salehi: The Politics of Transitional Justice in Tunesia.
  
  Philipp Schultheiß: NVA-Traditional Associations as Historical-Political Actors in the DDR-Reappraisal Process
  
  Stephanie Suon Szabo: "Emotionen in der Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung in Kambodscha"
  
  Rosario Figari Layus: "Small Victories". The Reparative Effect of Human Rights Trials on Victims: Countering State Terror and Impunity in Argentina (2016)
  
  Christian Braun: The Influence of Transitional Justice Mechanisms on Civil Society Coexistence in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2015)
  
  Friederike Mieth: No Condition is Permanent. Moving on after the War in Sierra Leone (2014)
  
  Klaas Kunst: Coming to Terms with the Past - A Comparison between Germany and South Africa after 1989 (2013)
  
  Jasmina Brankovic: Violence, Inequality and Transformation in South Africa's Ongoing Transition. Generational Perspectives amongst Apartheid Survivors.
  
  Alina Giesen: Contested Narratives of the Past: Morocco's Years of Lead and Challenging the Silences.
  
  Rebeka Gluhbegovic: Socio-economic Grievances and the Transitional Justice Process in Tunisia.
  
  Maria Hartmann: Revolution, Exile, Transformation: Negotiations, Memory Culture and Reappraisal of Post-Revolutionary Syrian Diaspora in Germany.
  
  Nilgün Yepaze: Documentary Cinema as a Space of Representation and as an Actor in Dealing with Collective Trauma and Transition.
  
  Julia Viebach: The Transformation of Rupture. Foundations of a Sociology of Space after Mass Violence (2013)