News Archive
All News from 2024
05.07.2024
Feminist foreign and development policy
On 25 June 2024, the College for Social Sciences and Humanities in Essen hosted the panel discussion "Ambitious Goals, Sober Reality? Feminist Foreign and Development Policy Put to the Test".
As part of the discussion, which was co-organised by INEF, experts from government and academia addressed various facets of feminist foreign and development policy, drawing on the experiences of Germany and other countries.
More information can be found here.
01.07.2024
New Due Diligence Laws in Europe
The new issue of the Global Governance Spotlight deals with the question of whether the new due diligence laws in Europe can effectively regulate sustainability and human rights in global supply chains.
The issue can be found here.
29.04.2024
INEF Lecture Series
On 22 May 2024, Prof. Stephen Brown, Professor at the School of Political Studies at Ottawa University and currently Senior Fellow at the College for Social Sciences and Humanities at the University Alliance Ruhr, will give an INEF Lecture titled "LGBTQI+ Rights and Global Politics".
The Lecture will take place at 2:00 p.m. in room LS 105 on the Campus Duisburg.
More information can be found here.
03.04.2024
Accelerating Smart City 4.0: A city diplomacy and sister city cooperation between Jakarta and Berlin
In a new blog post on the INEF/sef: Development and Peace Blog, Kariem El-Ali and Alecia Firnanda analyze the opportunities that smart city concepts hold for the metropolis of Jakarta. In doing so, they also discuss the smart city partnership between Jakarta and Berlin, from which they expect different perspectives and a holistic approach.
The blog post can be found here.
05.03.2024
INEF Lecture Series
On 22 April 2024, Dr. Carole-Anne Sénit, Assistant Professor of Inclusive Sustainability Governance at Utrecht University, will give an INEF Lecture titled “Civil society participation in global governance: Contributions to democracy, justice, and sustainability”.
The lecture will take place at 4:00 p.m. in room LS 105 on the Duisburg campus.
More information can be found here.
10.01.2024
From repression to opportunities: Two approaches to violence reduction in Latin America
In a new blog post on the INEF/Sef: Development and Peace Blog, Daniela Reina discusses patterns to reduce and prevent crime. For this, she compares the different policies of El Salvador and Columbia
The blog post can be found here.
10.01.2024
Fear of the future? The missing piece
In a new blog post on the INEF/Sef: Development and Peace Blog, Dr. Jannie Lilja (SIPRI) analyzes the causes and consequences of conflicts and calls for a new, more concrete visions and directions of peace.
The blog post can be found here.
All News from 2023
12.12.2023
INEF Lecture Series
On 16 January 2024, Dr. Carole-Anne Sénit, Assistant Professor of Inclusive Sustainability Governance at Utrecht University, will give an INEF Lecture titled “Civil society participation in global governance: Contributions to democracy, justice, and sustainability”.
More information can be found here.
16.11.2023
The Niger Coup and ECOWAS
In a new blog post on the INEF/Sef: Development and Peace Blog, Christof Hartmann analyzes the causes of the military coup in Niger and the role of ECOWAS.
The blog post can be found here.
05.10.2023
New article on digital worker feedback infrastructures
In a new article in The Economic and Labour Relations Review, the authors Christoph Sorg (Humboldt-Univ. zu Berlin), Carolina A. Vestena (Univ. Kassel), Sabrina Zajak (DeZIM Berlin) and Christian Scheper (INEF) provide an overview of the growing field of digital feedback infrastructures for workers in global value chains.
The paper looks at the main features of over 50 tools and distinguishes between management-oriented and worker-centred approaches.
The paper can be found here.
22.09.2023
Promotion of agricultural finance and mechanisation in Zambia
In Zambia, smallholder farmers often lack the financial resources to invest in their farms to increase productivity. The offers of banks and micro-finance institutions on the other hand are not always adapted to farmers’ needs. In the light of these challenges, AVE Good Practice 28b examines the potential and risks of developing and providing savings-related products and, above all, credit products tailored to smallholder agriculture.
AVE Good Practice 30b, on the other hand, looks into an innovative leasing model that aims to enable smallholder farmers to acquire agricultural machinery and thus modernise their farming methods.
The publications are part of the INEF project “Pathways out of Poverty, Vulnerability and Food Insecurity“ (AVE), which is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
The publications can be downloaded here.
20.07.2023
New article on Islamist mobilization in Kenya
In a new research article published by the Journal of Eastern African Studies, Jannis Saalfeld and Hassan Mwakimako examine historical dynamics of Islamist mobilization in coastal Kenya.
The article can be found here.
05.06.2023
Africa and global food security
Daniel D. Odongo examines how African innovations can contribute to global food security.
His contribution to the INEF/sef: Development and Peace Blog can be read here.
15.05.2023
Food security in Africa
In their contribution to the INEF/sef: Development and Peace Blog, Kouassi Yeboua and Jakkie Cilliers highlight the need for African countries and regional organizations to build resilient food systems in the light of the risk of global trade fragmentation.
The entry can be found here.
18.04.2023
Student assistants
INEF is looking for up to 3 student assistans to collaborate in the new project "Protest groups in the aftermath of mass protest campaigns against the state".
Details can be found here.
12.04.2023
The dark side of global supply chain cooperation
In a new issue of Global Cooperation Research - A Quarterly Magazine, Christian Scheper discusses the positive and negative impacts of the increasing collaboration of companies with other actors along transnational supply chains to solve environmental and social problems in the global economy. The text argues that some of the negative impacts have received little attention in research to date, and that a broad political-economic research perspective is needed to better assess the social impacts of transnational supply chain solutions and identify potential pitfalls, particularly with regard to persistent forms of environmental degradation and over-exploitation of human labour.
The text can be found here.
20.03.2023
Covid-19 and digital authoritarianism
The advances in digital technologies have positive effects on various aspects of life but can also pose a threat to privacy and freedom and can foster repression and authoritarian tendencies. In his contribution to the publication series Global Trends Analysis, Ahmed Maati argues that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the threat of "digital authoritarianism."
The publication is available for download here.
25.01.2023
New AVE Study published
A new study published as part of the project “Pathways out of Poverty, Vulnerability and Food Insecurity“ (AVE) looks into the development and challenges of „micro“finance in Cambodia.
The study can be downloaded here.
16.01.2023
INEF Lecture Series
On January 23, Prof. Dr. Katja Bender from Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences continued the INEF Lecture Series with a presentation on "Research-Practice Collaborations in International Sustainable Development - A Political Economy Perspective".
More information can be found here.
08.01.2023
New article on right-wing mobilization
In a joint article with Sebastian Hellmeier, INEF's Johannes Vüllers examines the characteristics and causes of the Pegida protests in German cities (2014-2017).
The article can be found here.
All News from 2022
21.11.2022
New article on right-wing protests
In a new research note, published by "West European Politics", Sebastian Hellmeier and Johannes Vüllers investigate the dynamics of the German Pegida movement in the period 2014-2017.
The article is available for download here.
17.11.2022
New blog post on current protests in Iran
A new Development and Peace blog post by Ingrid Vik Bakken examines the role of women within the current Iranian protest movement.
The post can be read here.
05.10.2022
Between non-proliferation and prohibition: the two worlds of international nuclear governance
In a new contribution to the Development and Peace blog, Leonardo Bandarra and Carmen Wunderlich shed light on the relationship between two international conferences on the limitation of nuclear weapons.
The contribution can be read here.
15.09.2022
The Ukraine conflict between escalation and options for negotiations
Even if the time is not yet really ripe for immediate negotiations, politics and diplomacy are called upon to prepare for exactly that moment, write Prof. Dr. Herbert Wulf and Prof. Dr. Tobias Debiel in a new blog contribution for the Institute for Economics & Peace.
The blog entry can be read here.
18.08.2022
New blog entry on the war in Ukraine
In a new blog contribution for the Toda Development Institute, Tobias Debiel considers cornerstones for a future negotiated solution to the war in Ukraine.
The publication can be read here.
03.08.2022
New article on human rights in global value chains
In a new contribution to the journal "Cooperation and Conflict", Christian Scheper presents a new analytical perspective on human rights protection in global value chains.
The article can be found here.
30.06.2022
Student Research Assistent
INEF is looking for up to 5 student or research assistants to collaborate in the new project "Protest groups in the aftermath of mass protest campaigns against the state".
Details can be found here.
21.06.2022
New peace report presented
Today, INEF, together with other leading German peace research institutes, presented the Peace Report at the Federal Press Conference in Berlin. This year's Peace Report not only discusses how the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine could have come about, in how far sanctions are useful and what global consequences can be expected. Above all, it shows how the German government should react and what Europe's security and defense policy should look like.
The Peace Report is available for download here.
20.06.2022
New staff member at INEF
Ingrid Vik Bakken joined INEF as a senior researcher in June, after completing a PhD in political science on "Women and dissent: Opportunities, barriers and empowerment" at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.
At INEF, she works on the project "Protest groups in the aftermath of campaigns". Ingrid is broadly interested in armed conflict and protest movements, gender and women's mobilization, and experimental/quantitative research methods.
Ingrid Vik Bakken's staff portfolio can be found here.
21.03.2022
New blog entry by Cornelia Ulbert
In her new contribution to the Development and Peace Blog, Cornelia Ulbert discusses the role gender stereotypes play in the current aggression towards Ukraine.
The blog entry can be read here.
17.03.2022
War in Ukraine
The Centre for Global Cooperation Research in cooperation with the Institute for Development and Peace invite you to the 23rd Käte Hamburger Dialogue "War in Ukraine" on March, 24th at 4.30 pm (via Zoom). A panel of international experts will discuss the consequences of the war and possible ways forward.
Access will be provided after registration for the event. Please register here.
11.03.2022
Tobias Debeil on the Ukraine War
In a new Ukraine Special of the Global Cooperation Podcast, Tobias Debiel discusses the future of European security together INEF Senior Associate Fellow Herbert Wulf.
The Special can be found here.
09.03.2022
New article on rejectionist Islamism in Africa
In a new "International Affairs" article, Jannis Saalfeld explores a specific strain of Islamism that has left a major imprint both on East and West African settings.
The article can be found here.
02.03.2022
How to end the spiral of escalation
In a new think piece, Tobias Debiel discusses how the West should respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The article can be read here.
31.01.2022
Aligning AI governance globally
In GLOBAL TRENDS. ANALYSIS 3|2021, Amandeep Singh Gill describes how a holistic commons approach, shared vocabulary and values and digital public infrastructures could be powerful ways to better align the governance of Artificial Intelligence globally and unleash its potential.
The publication can be found here.
All News from 2021
07.07.2021
New INEF Report on Post-Conflict Protests
In the new INEF-Report Roman Krtsch probes into the drivers of individual participation in post-conflict protest, focusing on developments in Uganda.
The article can be found here.
01.07.2021
New Article on Electoral Politics and Salafi Radicalisation
In a new article published in the journal "Studies in Conflict & Terrorism", Jannis Saalfeld probes into the relationship between electoral politics and Salafi (non-)radicalisation in Tanzania and Kenya.
The article can be found here.
15.06.2021
New Article in the Journal "Policing and Society" - Johannes Vüllers
In their new article "From detection to sentencing: A homicide case flow analysis of the Dutch criminal justice system" Marieke Liem, Pauline Aarten and Johannes Vüllers investigate under which conditions homicide cases are prosecuted or not.
The article is available for download here.
08.06.2021
Peace Report 2021 Published
The European Union (EU) faces enormous challenges. The erosion of the international order in recent years shows that Europe has to become a more effective actor in global power politics. Against this background, the Peace Report 2021, published by Germany’s leading peace research institutes, analyses current violent conflicts, identifies trends in international security and development policy, and provides policy recommendations.
04.06.2021
New Blog Entry on Land Rights, Gender and Soil Fertility in Benin
Karin Gaesing and Frank Bliss have published an new weltohnehunger article on the relationship between secure land rights, gender and soil fertility in Benin.
Research in recent years shows that there is still a lack of extension services targeted at women. The additional disadvantage of women in securing access to land leads to untapped economic potential and exacerbates social problems.
The blog entry can be read here.
27.05.2021
Peacebuilding in a Digital Age
Having released a new INEF Report on “Digital Technologies, Peacebuilding and Civil Society”, INEF together with the German Platform on Peaceful Conflict Management jointly hosted a web event on 21 May 2021 that focussed on how civil society actors can use and actively shape the development of digital tools in peacebuilding.
What repercussions do these tools have on the character of conflicts and their dynamics? How can digitalization contribute to empowering communities? The author, Julia Hofstetter, presented her key insights. Together with three renowned commentators she argued for a paradigm shift in peacebuilding.
An report of the online event is available for download here.
10.05.2021
Freeing Fiscal Space
Inequality between states has been magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic. The economic consequences have been particularly devastating in countries of the Global South. In the new "Global Trends. Analysis" issue, Ignacio Saiz argues that this makes it all the more important that the wealthier countries and the international financial institutions cooperate by lifting the barriers their debt and tax policies impose on the fiscal space of low- and middle-income countries.
The publication is available for download here.
07.05.2021
Peacebuilding in a Digital Age
On May 20, 2021, INEF and the German Platform for Peaceful Conflict Management will jointly host an online event titled "Peacebuilding in a Digital Age. Which Role(s) for Civil Society?" The event will take as a point of departure the insights offered by the new INEF Report “Digital Technologies, Peacebuilding and Civil Society” authored by Julia-Silvana Hofstetter.
Further information and the online registration form are available here.
28.04.2021
Christof Hartmann Elected New Board Spokesperson
The INEF Board has elected Prof. Dr. Christof Hartmann as its new Spokesperson. Prof. Dr. Christof Hartmann is a renowned expert on international relations and the politics of Africa and holds a professorship at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Given his election as Spokesperson, he will assume the office of INEF Director for the next six years.
21.04.2021
New INEF Report on Digital Peacebuilding
How does digitalization affect the work of peacebuilders from civil society? In this new INEF Report author Julia-Silvana Hofstetter discusses opportunities and challenges of digital technologies in the new field of “digital peacebuilding”.
The INEF Report is available for download here.
16.04.2021
Third KHK/GCR21 Annual Conference
On April 22/23, 2021, the Centre for Global Cooperation Research (KHK/GCR21) will host its third annual conference in cooperation with INEF and the UDE Main Research Area "Transformation of Contemporary Societies".
The conference is titled "Ideas for Re-ordering the World in Times of Multiple Crises: Continuity and Change beyond Covid-19". Information on registration and the conference program are available here.
30.03.2021
New Publication on Revolutions and Constitutional Crisis
In his new contribution to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, Johannes Vüllers provides an overview of the triggers and effects of constitutional crises.
The publication can be found here.
19.03.2021
New Entry on Elections in Côte d’Ivoire
"Towards political stability without democracy" - Christof Hartmann probes into the politico-economic dynamics that have accompanied recent parliamentary elections in Côte d’Ivoire.
The entry can be read here.
15.03.2021
New Entry on Khat Cultivation in Kenya
In his new contribution to the Development and Peace Blog, INEF researcher Arne Rieber draws attention to the development dilemma of khat cultivation in the Mount Kenya region.
The entry can be found here.
10.03.2021
New Article on Mobilization against Right-Wing Populist Movements
In their new article "Does counter-mobilization contain right-wing populist movements? Evidence from Germany ", Johannes Vüllers and Sebastian Hellmeier explore the effect of counter-demonstrations on right-wing populist movements.
The article is published in the European Journal of Political Research. It can be found here.
01.03.2021
New Article on Partnership as Metagovernance Norm
In “Transformation through ‘Meaningful’ Partnership“ Elena Sondermann and Cornelia Ulbert operationalize the concept of partnership according to different levels of accountability and participation.
They assess if and how these principles have been met in the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (GAP) with respect to civil society engagement. The article was published in Politics and Governance as part of a Special Issue on “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Transformative Change through the Sustainable Development Goals?”.
The article is available here.
22.02.2021
Entry on New Political Movements in Africa
Focussing on the recent elections in Uganda and Namibia, in his new contribution to the Development and Peace Blog BICC researcher Markus Bayer draws attention to the growing electoral support for second/third liberation movements in sub-Saharan Africa.
The entry can be found here.
05.02.2021
New Article on Human Rights and Corporate Reinsurance
In their "New Political Economy" article "Human Rights and Corporate Reinsurance: From Ensuring Rights to Insuring Risks" Christian Scheper and Johanna Gördermann examine how a European reinsurance company links its global human rights policy with its core business, the underwriting of risks.
The article is available here.
26.01.2020
New Entry on Private Military Companies in Africa
How do private military companies shape African security governance? In his blog entry Markus Bayer, senior researcher at the Bonn International Center for Conversion, sheds light on the failures of the Russian Wagner Group and the reactivation of the notorious South African company Executive Outcomes.
The blog entry can be read here.
11.01.2021
New "Human Rights Review" Article
Human rights have become an important concern to govern the global economy based of international standards. At present two complementing, but also competing approaches shape the discourse. On the one the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights of 2011 and on the other negotiations for an international treaty on the same topic. In her new article “The Struggle for Legitimacy in Business and Human Rights Regulation–A Consideration of the Processes Leading to the UN Guiding Principles and an International Treaty”, INEF Senior Associate Fellow Brigitte Hamm compares the processes leading to these two instruments.
The article is available for download here.
All News from 2020
14.12.2020
Call for Abstracts
Together with the Käthe Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research, INEF invites submissions of abstracts for their joint Annual Conference, which will take place from 22-23 April 2021 under the theme "Ideas for Re-ordering the World in Times of Multiple Crises: Continuity and Change beyond Covid-19."
To propose a conference contribution, please fill out the submission form on the bottom of this page.
09.12.2020
New Blog Entry "Does Electoral Inclusion Constrain Jihadist Radicalisation in Africa?"
On the Development and Peace Blog Jannis Saalfeld and Christof Hartmann provide an insight into the complex relationship between Salafism and secular electoral politics in sub-Saharan African countries.
The entry can be found here.
02.12.2020
Tech Power to the People!
The technologisation and digitisation of public services is advancing rapidly. However, the hoped-for increase in efficiency and cost reduction is associated with the risks of discrimination and surveillance. The Guatemalan human rights lawyer Renata Ávila Pinto therefore calls for the design of tech interventions in the public sector to be guided more strongly by human rights, democratic rules and the objectives of sustainable development.
The publication is available for download here.
11.11.2020
New ZeFKo Article “The Threat of Thinking in Threats”
The authors critically engage with narratives of global health security and show how the logic of exceptionalism is limiting current responses to the pandemic. They conceptualize an alternative narrative based on the logic of solidarity. The article is a short contribution to the journal’s Corona forum.
The article can be found here.
20.10.2020
INEF Insights 2020
The new INEF Insights present some of the highlights of our latest projects and publications and locate them in INEF's current research programme.
They can be downloaded here.
29.9.2020
Global Trade Cooperation after COVID-19: What is the WTO’s Future?
In GLOBAL TRENDS. ANALYSIS 2|2020 Peter Draper investigates how COVID-19 has affected the (dis-)integration of global trade.
The publication can be found here.
9.9.2020
International Expert Workshop in Duisburg
On September 25/26, the Development and Peace Foundation (sef:) and INEF will host the international expert workshop "The World Trade System after COVID-19: Pathways towards welfare-oriented trade policy".
The workshop programme can be found here.
31.7.2020
New Article on Contentious Politics
INEF researcher Dr. Johannes Vüllers is co-author of the International Area Studies Review article "The value of sub-national data: The dynamics of contentious politics in Nepal".
The article can be found here.
29.7.2020
Four Trends Based on the Peace Report 2020
In the new edition of "Global Cooperation Research" Tobias Debiel and Johannes Vüllers derive from the Peace Report 2020 four trends of crucial importance to peace and development policy. In addition, Tobias Debiel shares his views on current developments within German peace and conflict research in a short interview.
The magazine can be read here.
10.7.2020
New Article on Sub-Nationalism in East Africa
In his new article "Between grassroots contention and elite manoeuvring: sub-nationalism in Zanzibar and coastal Kenya", INEF-researcher Jannis Saalfeld investigates divergent dynamics of federalist and secessionist mobilisation in the territory of the former Sultanate of Zanzibar.
The article can be found here.
23.6.2020
The Future of Nuclear Arms Control: Time for an Update
Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, arms control became an integral part of the global security architecture. However, in 2020, we live in a different reality. In GLOBAL TRENDS. ANALYSIS 01|2020, Angela Kane and Noah Mayhew criticise the fact, that arms control is still oriented to realities of the past.
The publication is available for download here.
22.6.2020
Peace Report 2020 Published
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic is keeping the world in suspense. It is consuming vast quantities of resources and has led to sweeping political interventions in the life of societies. Against this background, the Friedensgutachten 2020 ("Peace Report 2020") analyses current violent conflicts, identifies trends in international foreign, security and development policy, and provides policy recommendations.