Jonas Schaaf

Associate Fellow

​​Jonas Schaaf is an Associate Researcher in the Research Group African Intervention Politics in PRIF's Research Department  Local Peace Orders. His research focuses on African regional organ­izations, their non-military conflict inter­ventions as well as German engage­ment in the Sahel.

Jonas Schaaf
schaaf(at)prif.org
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CV

| 2022–2026
Research Associate in the Competence Network “African Non-Military Conflict Inter­vention Practices” at PRIF 

| 2021 
Postgraduate Study Program “Inter­national Cooperation for Sustainable Develop­ment” at the Centre for Rural Develop­ment (SLE), Humboldt University Berlin 

| 2017–2020 
Research Associate at the Depart­ment of Geo­graphy, University of Giessen 

| 2013–2017 
Master of Science in Geo­graphy, University of Giessen 

| 2013–2014 
Internship at the Centre for Environ­mental Manage­ment, Potchefstroom, South Africa 

| 2010–2013 
Bachelor of Science in Geo­graphy, University of Giessen 

Projects

Highlights

Strengthening Non-Military Conflict Intervention

ANCIP-Team in Addis Ababa ANCIP Policy Transfer in Addis Ababa

Publications

  • Bringing Climate Justice into the European Green Deal
    | 2021
    Mallach, Konstantin; Neubert, Susanne; Schaaf, Jonas (2021): Bringing Climate Justice into the European Green Deal. Recommendations for new Energy Partnerships with Africa, SLE Briefing Paper Series, 2021: 1.
    Publication

  • Practicing Inclusion: Civil Society Actors in African Union Conflict Interventions
    | 2025
    Schaaf, Jonas (2025): Practicing Inclusion: Civil Society Actors in African Union Conflict Interventions, African Non-military Conflict Intervention Practices, London: Routledge.
    Publication
  • Ursachen fragiler Staatlichkeit im westlichen Sahel
    | 2021
    Dittmann, Andreas; Schaaf, Jonas (2021): Ursachen fragiler Staatlichkeit im westlichen Sahel, in: Heß, Julius/Lutz, Karl-Heinz/Konopka, Torsten (eds), Wegweiser zur Geschichte. Mali und westlicher Sahel, Paderborn: Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, 155–164.
    Publication

  • Mali’s Acute Security and Energy Crisis in Bamako and Beyond: Four Scenarios for the Road Ahead
    | 2025
    Schaaf, Jonas (2025): Mali’s Acute Security and Energy Crisis in Bamako and Beyond: Four Scenarios for the Road Ahead, PRIF Blog.
    Publication
  • Bringing Civil Society Organizations into African Early Warning and Conflict Prevention
    | 2025
    Schaaf, Jonas; Abdulkadir, Taye; Engel, Ulf (2025): Bringing Civil Society Organizations into African Early Warning and Conflict Prevention, ANCIP Policy Brief.
    Publication
  • The New US Administrations’ Africa Policies: What to Expect and Why it Matters
    | 2024
    Schaaf, Jonas (2024): The New US Administrations’ Africa Policies: What to Expect and Why it Matters, PRIF Blog.
    Publication
  • Keine Freude über den Abzug
    | 2023
    Schaaf, Jonas (2023): Keine Freude über den Abzug, PRIF Blog.
    Publication

  • Understanding Civil Society Inclusion in AU and ECOWAS Non-military Interventions
    | 2025
    Schaaf, Jonas (2025): Understanding Civil Society Inclusion in AU and ECOWAS Non-military Interventions, ANCIP Working Papers, No. 5.
    Publication

Further Activities

| 2022–2024 
Co-Spokesperson of PRIF’s Doctoral Researchers 

| since 2020 
Active member of the Network German West Africa Policy 

| 2018–2020 
Spokesperson of Scientific Staff in the Directory of the Institute of Geography, Justus Liebig University Giessen 

| 2018–2019 
Public Relations Officer of the Giessen Geographic Society