Alumni

former doctoral researcher
Dissertation: Varianz salafistischer Radikalisierungsprozesse

Hande Abay Gaspar is a Researcher and Co-Head of a Research Group at PRIF.

Former Doctoral Researcher
Dissertation: Religiöse Wissensgenerierung und Moderni­sierung: Wandel religiös-politischer Deutungsmuster im politischen Dis­kurs der Schia und Verschiebungen der inneren Machtbalance im post­revolutionären Iran (published by Nomos Verlag)

Former Researcher

Felix Anderl is Professor for Conflict Studies at Philipps University Marburg.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Institutional Road­blocks to Human Rights Mainstreaming in the FAO: A Tale of Silo Culture in the United Nations System (published by Springer VS)

Carolin Anthes coordinates the Bündnis Istanbul-Konvention (BIK), Deutscher Frauenrat (National Council of German Women’s Organizations).

Former Researcher

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Demokratie und Gewalt im Heiligen Land: Politisierte Religion in Israel und das Scheitern des Osloer Friedensprozesses (published by Nomos Verlag)

Claudia Baumgart-Ochse coordinates Research Department Transnational Politics at PRIF. 

Former Doctoral Researcher
Disser­tation: Der Mythos von moralischen Akteuren. Von norm- und interessen­geleiteten Zielen religiöser Nichtregierungs­organisationen bei den Vereinten Nationen

Ann-Kristin Beinlich is Project coordinator for “Religio-sensitive civic education”.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: At War for Friends: Germany, 9/11, and a Cultural Theory of International Relations

Arvid Bell works as a lecturer on Government at Harvard University and is Director of the Davis Center for Russian an Eurasian Studies.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Religion und Transitional Justice. Religiöse Nichtregierungsorganisationen zwischen Versöhnung und Bestrafung (published by Springer VS)

Clara Braungart is a department head with AGIAMONDO. 

Former Researcher

Susanne Buckley-Zistel is Director and Professor at the Center for Conflict Studies at Philipps University Marburg.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Corporate Social Responsibility zwischen globaler Diffusion und Lokalisierung (published by Nomos Verlag)

Melanie Coni-Zimmer is an Associate Fellow at PRIF.

Former Researcher

Daphi Priska is Professor of Sociology of Conflict at the department of Sociology at Bielefeld University.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Überzeugung in der Politik. Grundzüge einer Diskurstheorie internationalen Regierens (published by Suhrkamp)

Nicole Deitelhoff is Executive Director at PRIF and heads Research Department International Institutions.

Former Researcher

Claudia Eilles-Matthiessen works freelance as a Coach.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Islamisten im Wandel: Die Islamic Action Front in Jordanien und die An-Nahdha in Tu­nesien in sich verändernden Kontexten (published by Nomos Verlag)

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Global Governance and Corporate Responsibility in Conflict Zones (published by Palgrave)

Moira Feil is Deputy Head of Division, Return and Reintegration, BMZ

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Russlands Westpolitik in der Krise 1992-2000. Eine konstruktivistische Untersuchung (Campus Verlag)

Sabine Fischer is a Senior Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Reisen für den Frieden? Engagement von Unternehmen der Tourismusbranche in Israel und den Palästinensischen Gebieten (published by Nomos Verlag)

Susanne Fischer is Professor at the Universität der Bundeswehr München.

Former Researcher

Andreas Fischer-Lescano is a Professor at Kassel University.

Former Doctoral Student

Dissertation: Self-Regulation and Legalization: Making Global Rules for Banks and Corporations (published by Palgrave)

Annegret Flohr is Executive Director at Demeter e. V. 

Former Doctoral Student

Dissertation: Institutioneller Wandel im (Kon)Text. Sicherheitsgemeinschaft und Charta im Diskurs der ASEAN (published by  Nomos Verlag)

Katja Freistein works as a Scientific Coordinator at the Academy of International Affairs NRW.

Former Researcher

Cornelius Friesendorf is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Politics at Hamburg University.

Former Researcher

Anna Geis is Professor of Political Science with a focus on International Security and Conflict Studies at Helmut-Schmidt-University/Bundeswehr University Hamburg.

Former Doctoral Student

Dissertation: Die USA und die Reform der Streitschlichtung des GATT : US-amerikanische Handelspolitik im Spannungsfeld regimefördernder und regimewidriger Anforderungen

Former Doctoral Student

Dissertation: Diasporic Activism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (published by Routledge)

Former Researcher

Catherine Goetze is Senior Lecturer for International Relations at University of Tasmania (Australia).

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Demokratisierung nach Bürgerkriegen. Das Beispiel Bosnien und Herzegowina (published by Campus Verlag)

Thorsten Gromes is Project Director and Senior Researcher at PRIF.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Unternehmen als Friedensmacher? Zur Rolle privatwirtschaftlicher Akteure im nordirischen Friedensprozess (published by Nomos Verlag)

Andreas Haidvogl works at Goethe University Frankfurt. 

Former Researcher

Andreas Hasenclever is Professor of Peace Research and International Relations at the Institute for Political Science in Tübingen.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Nichtstaatliche Gewaltakteure und das Humanitäre Völkerrecht: SPLM/A und LTTE im Vergleich (published by Nomos Verlag)

Former Researcher

Eva Herschinger works as a Senior Researcher at the Center for Intelligence and Security Studies, Bundeswehr University München.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Gerechtigkeitskonflikte und Normentwicklung. Die internationale Umstrittenheit der Responsibility to Protect (published by Springer VS)

Gregor Hofmann works as an Officer in the Presiential Department, Berlin Social Science Center.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Winning the Peace: Remaking US Defense Policy after the Cold War

Alexandra Homolar is Associate Professorr of International Security at the University of Warwick (UK).

Former Researcher

Christoph Humrich is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of International Relations at University of Groningen.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Die Abrüstungs- und Nichtverbreitungspolitik Irlands und Kanadas. Eine konstruktivistische Analyse (published by Springer VS)

Una Jakob is a Senior Researcher at PRIF.

Former Researcher

Anja Jakobi heads the Institute of International Relations at TU Braunschweig.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Responsible Mining and Local Development in Kenya (published by Nomos Verlag)

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Internationale Menschenrechtskritik an Großmächten (published by Nomos Verlag)

Konstanze Jüngling is a Researcher at Akademie der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Externe Demokratieförderung in muslimisch geprägten Ländern: Die USA, Deutschland und das Erstarken des politischen Islam in der Türkei (publised by Nomos Verlag)

Cemal Karakas is a Senior Professional at the Schwarz Group.

Former Researcher

Tongfi Kim is Programme Director at Brussels School of Governance.

Former Member of the Department of Science Communication

Marlar Kin is Executive Director of the RMU-Alliance.

Former Researcher

Magdalena Kladzinski is a freelance Coach.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Verfassung im Kraftfeld von Krieg und Frieden (published Nomos Verlag)

Cordelia Koch is a Local politician in Berlin-Pankow.

Former Researcher

Christina Kohler is a Portfolio Manager, KfW.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Verfassung im Kraftfeld von Krieg und Frieden (published by Nomos Verlag)

Masch Lesch is a Researcher at PRIF.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Völkerrecht-Sprechen. Die Konstruktion demokratischer Völkerrechtspolitik in den USA und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (published by Nomos Verlag)

Philip Liste is a Professor at Fulda University of Applied Sciences.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Der Europarat und Russland 1992 – 2006. Demokratieförderung in Russland (published by Springer VS)

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Policing in Nigeria. Entwicklungspolitische Interventionen, lokale Praktiken und Transformationen der Sicherheitsarchitektur (published by Springer VS)

Nina Müller works at Kölner Forum für Internationale Beziehungen und Sicherheitspolitik e. V. 

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Die internationale Politik der Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung. Global-lokale Interaktion in Timor-Leste (published by Nomos Verlag)

Eva Ottendörfer is a Manager at PD.

Former Doctoral Reseacher

Dissertation: U.S. Democracy Promotion After the Cold War: Stability, Basic Premises, and Policy Towards Egypt (published by Routledge)

Annika Elena Poppe works as Academic Coordinatator at the Reseach Center “Transformations of Political Violence (TraCe)” at PRIF and as a systemic coach.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Internationale Organisationen als Vermittler in innerstaatlichen Konflikten: Die OSZE und der Berg-Karabach-Konflikt (1992-1998) (published by Campus Verlag)

Rexane Sarah Rasmussen works as a Consultant.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Das Konzept des friedlichen Machtübergangs: Die Machtübergangstheorie und der weltpolitische Aufstieg Indiens (published by Nomos Verlag)

Carsten Rauch works as the Press Spokesperson, State Office for the Protection of the Constitution.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Die Nicht-Entstehung internationaler Normen. Permissive Effekte in der humanitären Rüstungskontrolle (published by Springer VS)

Elivra Rosert is Professor of International Relations at Hamburg University.

Former Researcher

Samantha Ruppel is an Associate Fellow at PRIF and Managing Director of Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung e.V.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Explanation and Allegation: Self-Interest in International Relations and in the U.N. Food Agency Fight

Sebastian Schindler is a Researcher at Geschwister Scholl Institute of Political Science, LMU Munich.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Theoretisch gut gerüstet? Die amerikanische Rüstungsindustriepolitik der 1990er Jahre aus IB-Perspektive (published by Nomos Verlag)

Niklas Schörning is a Senior Researcher at PRIF und Heads the Research Group Emerging Disruptive Technologies.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Gesellschaftliches Selbstbewusstsein und politische Kultur im postsowjetischen Russland. Eine Studie zu den Deutungsmustern „eigen“, „unser“ und „fremd“ (published by Nomos Verlag)

Anna Schor-Tschudnowskaja is an Assistant Professor at Sigmund Freud University Vienna.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Radicalization of the Marginalized? Dynamics of Islamist Radicalization in Tunisia post-2011

Clara-Auguste Süß is an Outreach and Transfer Manager at Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA). Since 2025, she has been a Young Academy Fellow at the Academy of Sciences in Hamburg.

Former Researcher

Thorsten Thiel is Professor at Erfurt University.

Former Researcher

Leopold von Carlowitz works freelance as a Coach and Advisor.

Former Researcher

Wolfgang Wagner is a Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Ursachen und Erklärungen gewaltförmiger Konflikte in Demokratie der Dritten Welt: Konfrontation, Konflikteskalation und Gewaltpolitik (Rostock: Universität Rostock)

Mirjam Weiberg-Salzmann is a Senior Research Fellow at Münster University.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: The Autocratic Parliament. Power and Norm Dynamics in Egypt, 1866-2011

Irene Weipert Fenner is Project Director and Senior Researcher at PRIF.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Die Nuklearwaffenpolitik Großbritanniens und Frankreichs. Eine konstruktivistische Analyse (publishd by Campus Verlag)

Simone Wisotzki is Project Director and Senior Researcher at PRIF.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Die Nuklearwaffenpolitik Großbritanniens und Frankreichs. Eine konstruktivistische Analyse (published by Campus Verlag)

Jonas Wolff is a Member of PRIF’s Executive Board and Head of Research Department Intrastate Conflict at PRIF.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: „Schurkenstaaten“ als Normunternehmer? Iran und die Kontrolle von Massenvernichtungswaffen (published by Springer VS)

Carmen Wunderlich works as a Research Associate at University Duisburg-Essen.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Die Kooperation des Hegemons USA mit Saudi-Arabien und Pakistan.? Fremde oder Freunde? (published by Nomos Verlag)

Iris Wurm is a Research Fellow at the Chair of International Relations, Goethe University Frankfurt.

Former Doctoral Researcher

Dissertation: Global Norms with a Local Face? Rule-of-Law Promotion and Norm Translation. Cambridge Studies in International Relations (published Cambridge University Press)

Lisbeth Zimmermann is an Associate Fellow at PRIF and Professor of Political Science with a focus on international insitutions and peace processes at the Goethe University Frankfurt.

Former Researcher

Heidrun Zinecker is a Retired Professor for International Relations at the Institute of Political Sciences at Leipzig University.