Thania Paffenholz

Dr Thania Paffenholz
Born	(1965-02-02) February 2, 1965 Cologne
Nationality	German Tanzanian Swiss
Title	Director of Inclusive Peace
Awards	2015 Wihuri International Prize
Academic background
Education	University of Frankfurt
Academic work
Discipline	Intervention strategies in peace processes Civil society in peace and transition processes Research-policy transfer in peace research Evaluation in Peacebuilding
Institutions	Inclusive Peace and Transition Initiative, Graduate Institute Geneva, United Nations, European Union, Swisspeace

Thania Paffenholz, born on 2 February 1965 in Cologne, Germany, is an academic and policy advisor working on peace processes. She is currently Director of Inclusive Peace (previously Inclusive Peace and Transition Initiative at the Graduate Institute Geneva). Thania Paffenholz has led comparative research of peace processes for over two decades and has been an advisor in peace processes in Mozambique, Angola, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Mali, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Yemen, Egypt, El Salvador, Syria and Colombia. She received the Wihuri International Prize in 2015 for her work as a peace researcher.

Biography

Thania Paffenholz has roots in Europe, Africa and Asia and lives in Switzerland. She obtained her Ph.D. in international relations from Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany in 1996, focusing on the theory and practice of mediation and peacebuilding in armed conflicts. From 1992 to 1996, she was a research fellow at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and participated in several United Nations' missions in Africa. From 1996 to 2000, she worked as peacebuilding advisor to the European Union Special Envoy to Somalia. She then served as founding Director of the Center for Peacebuilding at Swisspeace in Berne, advising the Swiss Foreign Ministry. Since 2005, Dr Paffenholz has worked with the Graduate Institute in Geneva, while advising the United Nations, the European Union, the OECD, the OSCE, governments and non-governmental organizations.

Research projects

Broadening participation in political negotiations

Since 2011, Thania Paffenholz is leading a comparative analysis of over forty peace and political transition processes, looking at the role, modalities, and impact of various actors involved in negotiations, including civil society, women’s groups, minorities, political parties and armed groups. This work has informed United Nations policy initiatives, notably the United Nations Global Study on Women, Peace and Security and the work of the United Nations High Level independent panel on United Nations Peace Operations.

Civil society and peacebuilding

From 2005 to 2010, she led a research project on inclusion and peace processes, which resulted in the publication of the book Civil Society & Peacebuilding: A Critical Assessment (2010).

Area of Expertise

• Mediation and Peace Process Advice and Facilitation
• Broadening Participation in Change Processes
• Role of Civil Society in Peace Processes & Political Transitions
• Role of Women in Peace Processes
• Development-Peacebuilding Nexus
• Conflict Sensitivity of Interventions in Fragile Context
• Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of Peace Processes
• Research-Policy Transfer

Education

• 1990: MA Political Science with Minor in Economics and Anthropology, University of Munich, Germany
• 1993-1995: Training and Education in Mediation and Conflict Resolution
• 1996: PhD International Relations, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
• 1996-2002: Several Trainings in Project Cycle Management, Logical Framework, Evaluation

Media presence

• (in French) Le Temps (quotidien suisse)
• (in French) Swissinfo
• (in French) Radio télévision suisse
• (in German) Tagesschau

Recent Media Appearances

2019

TedX - Make Women Count - Don't just count women

2022

• Friedensforscherin zur Ukraine: «Es wurde nie wirklich nach Lösungen gesucht, Watson
• How Do We End Wars? A Peace Researcher Puts Forward Some Innovative Approaches, Scientific American
• Wie ein Frieden zwischen der Ukraine und Russland möglich ist, The Pioneer
• Wer stoppt Putin? Friedensforscherin ist sich sicher: Frauen könnten der Schlüssel sein – weil sie Männern eines voraus haben, Aargauer Zeitung
• Die Idee, mit einem Vertrag ewig Frieden zu haben, ist falsch, Spektrum.De

Prizes

• Wihuri International Prize, 2015, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
• International Studies Association (ISA) Honour, 2010, International Studies Association

Work Experience

• 2020-present Executive Director of the “Association for Inclusive Peace” in Geneva successor of IPTI www.inclusivepeace.org
• 2015-2019 Director of the “Inclusive Peace and Transition Initiative” (IPTI), Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva
• 2005-ongoing Project Director and senior researcher at the Institute’s Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP) and lecturer in the institute’s MA and PhD programmes, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
• Since 2002 Advisor in support of peace processes and fragile contexts for international organizations, governments, non-governmental organizations and movements
• 2001-2007 Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Bern, Switzerland, giving introductory courses and seminars as well as supervising MA theses
• 1996-2000 Mediation/Peacebuilding Adviser at the Commission of the European Union, Delegation in Kenya, Somalia Unit
• 1992-1996 Research Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Germany’s leading Peace Research Institute with focus on mediation, conflict transformation, and peacebuilding theories with regional focus: Southern Africa
• 1992-1995 Participation in several UN Missions in Africa, secondment by the German Foreign Ministry to the UN Political Office
• 1989 Research Assistant at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, SWP), Africa Department, Ebenhausen (now Berlin), Germany

Peace Process Support

2013-ongoing:

Peace process advice, facilitation, mediation, capacity-building and convening to the UN (DPPA; UNWOMEN; UNDP); OSCE, World Bank, Governments, development agencies, EEAS, HD Centre, WILPF, civil society, religious actors, NGOs, and conflict parties in Afghanistan, Belarus, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Colombia, Ethiopia, Honduras, Iraq, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Namibia, Mali, Myanmar, Philippines, South Sudan, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Thailand, Ukraine, Venezuela, and Yemen

Highlights

• 2021 Belarus: Ongoing Advice to and accompaniment of the democratic movements.
• 2019 Ethiopia: Advice and accompaniment to a diverse set of Ethiopian and international actors for the Development and Implementation of the National Dialogue Process
• 2019 Afghanistan: Support to process design for an inclusive Inter-Afghan peace talks
• 2018 Libya: Support to the UN’s effort in ensuring an inclusive Libya Peace Process
• 2018-2020 Kenya: Support and accompaniment of key Kenyan government actors, religious leaders, civil society and the international community for the sustainable prevention of electoral violence. More information on some aspects here: published article in ACCORD 2021
• 2016 Yemen: Advice to the Office of the UN Special Envoy to Yemen, UNW, various governments as well as Yemini civil society and women coalitions and networks.
• 2016-2018 Philippines: Advisor to the formal mediator (Norway) in the peace process between the Government and the Communist Party
• 2005-2010 Somalia: Advice to various actors on peacebuilding strategies for the implementation of the Peace Agreement and other ongoing peace initiatives
• 2001-2008 Nepal: Advice to UNDP and the Donor Peace Support Group on comprehensive peacemaking and the role of the donor community in Nepal as well as advice to the Swiss Government’s mediation efforts
• 2002-2008 Sri Lanka: Advice to the Swiss Government on coherent mediation/peace process support activities as well as support for the German government’s peacebuilding efforts
• 2001-2002 Afghanistan: Head of Facilitation Team of the parallel UN-endorsed Civil Society Conference in Bad Honnef, Germany in 2001 and Liaison for the official Track 1 mediation
• 2000-2002 Angola: Advice to Swiss Government mediation efforts
• 1996-2000 Somalia: Advisor to the European Commission’s Special Envoy to Somalia for the EU track 1 mediation efforts
• 1992-1995 Mozambique, El Salvador, and Guatemala: Support to ecumenical church-based mediation efforts

Main Support to Development and Conflict-Sensitivity

• 2016 Swedish Development Agency (SIDA): Advice on inclusive governance and peacebuilding
• 2017/2018 World Bank: Advice on a joint UN prevention strategy in fragile and conflict affected countries
• 2005-2007 OSCE/Development Assistant Committee: Part of the OECD/DAC advisory group for conflict sensitive development and evaluation in fragile contexts
• 2006-2015 Swiss Development Cooperation: Key advisor on conflict sensitive and adaptation of SDC’s portfolio in fragile contexts
• 2004 ILO: Assessment of selected country portfolios for conflict sensitive employment creation
• 2003-2010 GIZ: Led adviser on organisational development for conflict sensitivity including country portfolio strategy support
• 2004-2010 German Development Ministry (BMZ): Advise on the Ministry’s strategy in fragile contexts and major evaluation of BMZ’s peace portfolio
• 1995/1996 European Union: Part of the advisory group on the nexus between peace, conflict and development

Teaching

• Since 2005: Lecturer at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva Switzerland. Yearly introductory course in ‘Conflict and Peacebuilding’ Seminars in ‘Comparative Conflict Analysis and Peacebuilding’. MA thesis methods seminar. Interventions in other courses, including masters and doctoral seminars
• Since 2005: Visiting Lecturer at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), Switzerland. Interventions in different courses on peacebuilding and security issues in peacekeeping mission, regional peacebuilding in Africa, as well as the role of civil society in peacebuilding and political transitions
• 2007: Guest Professor at Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey. Block seminar in civil society peacebuilding and various presentations on the development-peace nexus
• 2001-2007: Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Bern, Switzerland. Introductory course in ‘Development Policy and International Cooperation’ for the BA in Social Science and MA in Political Science students. Accompanying seminar ‘The Practice of International Cooperation.’
• 2002-2007: Visiting Professor at the Master of Art in Conflict and Sustainable Peacebuilding, University of Leuven, Belgium. Block seminar in ‘Linking Theory and Practice in Conflict Transformation, Peacebuilding and International Cooperation’
• 2003: Visiting Lecturer at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan. Block seminar in ‘Post-conflict Peacebuilding and International cooperation.’
• 1994-1996: Lecturer at the Department of International Relations at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Frankfurt, Main, Germany. Seminars in ‘Conflict Analysis and Peacebuilding Strategies’
• 1993-1995: Lecturer and Trainer at the International Peace-Keeping and Peace Building Training. Programme in Schlaining, Austria. Block courses on conflict analysis, peacebuilding strategies, and election monitoring

Research Projects

• 2019 Principle investigator: Perpetual Peacebuilding: Changing the way the think and do peacebuilding
• 2019-2020 Project leader, Role of religious actors in track 1 peace processes
• 2018-2019 Project Director, International Mediation Networks, Research Project mapping and analysing international mediation and mediators’ networks
• 2018-2019 Project Director, Implementation of Peace Agreements, Research Project involving a comparative analysis of 32 cases studies of implemented peace agreements
• 2017-2018: Project Director, Inclusion and the Prevention of Violent Conflict: Research contribution to the United Nations-World Bank study: Pathways for Peace: Inclusive Approaches to Preventing Violent Conflict. Report publication: Preventing Violence through Inclusion: From Building Political Momentum to Sustaining Peace (November 2017)
• 2015-2018: Project Director, National Dialogues Research Project involving a comparative analysis of 17 cases of National Dialogues. Report publication: What Makes or Breaks National Dialogues? (October 2017)
• 2015-2017: Project Director, Women’s Inclusion and Influence in Peace and Political Transition Processes. Research Project involving a comparative analysis of 40 cases studies of women’s participation in peace and political transition processes. Report publication: Making Women Count - Not Just Counting Women: Assessing Women's Inclusion and Influence on Peace Negotiations (April 2016)
• 2011-2018: Project Director, Broadening Participation in Political Negotiations, Research Project to examine models of participation of actors beyond the principal parties to conflicts into track I peace and transition negotiations in more than 40 comparative case studies
• 2011-2015: Project Director, Arab Spring: Challenges during Political Transitions and Comparative Lessons for Civil Societies in the Middle East and North Africa
• 2005-2009: Project Director, The Role of Civil Society in Peacebuilding. International research project involving 25 researchers from 13 universities. Book publication: Civil Society and Peacebuilding: A Critical Assessment (2010)
• 2005-2009: Project Director, International Cooperation in Conflict and Fragile States
• 2007-2008: Researcher, Transformation of Organizations Using Violence. Syracuse university project, study on the Maoist Movement in Nepal. Book publication: Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation (2009)
• 2002-2005: Project Co-Director, Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment and Evaluation in Peacebuilding. Project co-directed with Luc Reychler, University of Leuven, Belgium. Book publication: Aid for Peace: A Guide to Planning and Evaluation for Conflict Zones (2007)
• 2000-2002: Lead Researcher, Community-Based Bottom-Up Peacebuilding in Somalia. Research project conducted in cooperation with Life and Peace Institute. Book Publications: Community-based Bottom-up Peacebuilding: The role of the Life and Peace Institute in Somalia 1990-2000 (2003); Community Peacebuilding in Somalia - Comparative Advantage of NGO Peacebuilding: The example of the Life and Peace Institute’s Approach in Somalia 1990-2003 (2006)
• 1998-2000: Co-Project Director, Peacebuilding Handbook. Teaching book project resulting in a co-edited volume with Luc Reychler, University of Leuven, Belgium. Book publication: Peacebuilding: A Field Guide (2001)
• 1992-1996: PhD research, Conflict Transformation through Mediation. Case study of Mozambique. Book publication: Konflikttransformation durch Vermittlung (1998)

Membership in Journals, Boards, Associations, and Policy Advisory Groups

• Since 2022: Field Chief Editor: Frontiers in Political Science
• Since 2020: Editor in Chief - Section: Peace & Democracy FRONTIERS in Political Science
• 2013-2019: Steering Committee Member: Peacebuilding Evaluation Consortium, USA
• Since 2012: Editorial Board Member of Peacebuilding
• Since 2012: Steering Committee Member: “Religion and Social Cohesion in Conflict-Affected Countries” Programme, University of Denver, Kobel School
• 2011-2022: Editorial Board Member of Zeitschrift für Konflikt- und Friedensforschung
• Since 2008: Member of the International Advisory Council of the Life and Peace Institute, Uppsala, Sweden and Member of Executive Committee (2008-2011)
• Since 2004: Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development. Edited by the American University, Washington and the Kroc Institute, San Diego
• 2006-2012: Member of OECD/DAC Expert Panel on Peacebuilding Evaluations
• Since 2005: Member of the International Studies Association’s (ISA) Section on Peace Studies and Peace studies program chair for the 2006 ISA Convention, Executive Committee Member of Section (2008-2010)
• 2001-2009: Member of the Swiss Association of Political Science
• Since 2000: Reviewer for various academic journals and foundations
• 2002: Member of the scientific board for the development of the Swiss Foreign Ministries’ Peacebuilding Strategy and Law (2002) 1998-2002: Board Member of the Lessons Learned Unit, UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)

Publications

• (in French) Construire la paix sur le terrain; Mode d’emploi. Bruxelles: Groupe de recherche et d'information sur la paix et la sécurité, 2000.
• Unpacking the 'Local Turn' in Peacebuilding: A Critical Assessment towards an Agenda for Further Research, Third World Quarterly, 2015, 36:5, 857-874.
• Civil society and Peace Negotiations: Beyond the inclusion-exclusion dichotomy, Negotiation Journal (30) 1, January 2014, 69-91.
• International Peacebuilding Goes Local: Analysing Lederach’s Conflict Transformation Theory and its Ambivalent Encounter with 20 years of Practice, Peacebuilding, Taylor and Francis (2) 1, January 2014, 11-27.
• Civil Society and Peacebuilding: A Critical Assessment. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2010.
• Civil Society and Peacebuilding, CCDP Working Paper 4, Geneva: 2009
• Aid for Peace: A Guide to Planning and Evaluation for Conflict Zones. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2007.
• Peacebuilding: A Field Guide. Avec Luc Reychler. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000.

Books

• Civil Society and Peacebuilding: A Critical Assessment (2010), Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder (reviewed)
• Aid for Peace: A Guide to Planning and Evaluation for Conflict Zones (2007), with Luc Reychler, Nomos, Baden Baden
• Community-based Bottom-up Peacebuilding: The role of the Life and Peace Institute in Somalia 1990-2000 (2003), The Life and Peace Institute Horn of Africa Series, Uppsala
• Peacebuilding: A Field Guide (2001), Lynne Rienner Publishers (reviewed teaching book), Boulder, Colorado, with Luc Reychler
• Construire la paix sur le terrain (2000); Mode d’emploi, Groupe de recherche et d'information sur la paix et la sécurité (GRIP), Brussels (reviewed)
• Konflikttransformation durch Vermittlung (1998) Theoretische und praktische Erkenntnisse aus dem Friedensprozess in Mosambik (1986-1995) (Conflict Transfomation through mediation) Grunewald, Mainz (English+ French summary available in: Peacebuilding: A Field Guide, see above)

Book Chapters

• What Works in Participation (2018), in S.E. Davies and J. True (Eds). Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace and Security (New York: Oxford University Press).
• Women in Peace Negotiations (2018), in: Karin Aggestam and Ann E. Towns, Gendering Diplomacy and International Negotiation, Palgrave.
• What is a Constructive Peace Process? Inclusion in Peace Negotiations (2017), with Cuhadar, C. E., in: Dayton, B. W. and Kriesberg, L. (eds.), Perspectives in Waging Conflicts Constructively: Cases, Concepts, and Practice, Rowman & Littlefield, London.
• Peacebuilding goes local and the local goes peacebuilding: conceptual discourses and empirical realities of the local turn in peacebuilding (2016), in: Debiel, T., Held, T., and Schneckener, U. (eds.), Peacebuilding in Crisis: Rethinking Paradigms and Practices of Transnational Cooperation, Routledge, New York.
• Civil Society and Conflict Management (2015), in: Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson and Pamela Aall (eds.), CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE IN AN AGE OF AWAKENING, US Institute of Peace, Washington.
• Civil Society (2013), in: MacGinty, Roger, ed., Handbook on Peacebuilding, Routledge Taylor and Francis, London, 347-359.
• Civil Society beyond the Liberal Peace and its Critiques (2011), in: Susanna Campbell, David Chandler and Meera Sabaratnam (2011): Beyond the Liberal Peace: Debating Contemporary Peacebuilding and Statebuilding Interventions, Zed Books, London.
• Civil Society and Peacebuilding (2010), in: Paffenholz, Thania, ed., Civil Society and Peacebuilding: A Critical Assessment (2010), Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, p. 43-64.
• A Comprehensive Analytical Framework (2010) with C. Spurk, in: Paffenholz, Thania, ed., Civil Society and Peacebuilding: A Critical Assessment (2010), Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, p. 65-76.
• What Civil Society Can Contribute to Peacebuilding (2010), in: Paffenholz, Thania, ed., Civil Society and Peacebuilding: A Critical Assessment (2010), Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, p. 381-404.
• Enabling and Disenabling Factors for Civil Society Peacebuilding (2010), with Christoph Spurk, Roberto Belloni, Sabine Kurtenback and Camilla Orjuela, in: Paffenholz, Thania, ed., Civil Society and Peacebuilding: A Critical Assessment (2010), Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, p. 405-424.
• Conclusions (2010), in: Paffenholz, Thania, ed., Civil Society and Peacebuilding: A Critical Assessment (2010), Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, p. 425-430.
• Civil Society (2009), in Vincent Chetail, ed., Post-Conflict Peacebuilding. A Lexicon, Oxford University Press, Oxford, p. 60-73.
• Societé Civil (2009), in Vincent Chetail, ed., Lequixe de la Construction de la Paix, Bruylant, Bruxelles, 523-543.
• The Nepali Maoists: Successful Transformation or Compliance with a Strategic Plan? (2009), in: Bruce W. Dayton and Louis Kriesberg, eds., Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding: Moving from Violence to Sustainable Peace (London: Routledge), p. 172-187.
• Civil and Uncivil Society: Conditions for Supporting Conflict and Peacebuilding (2009), in: Reychler, Luc/Julianne Funkert Deckard and Kevin HR Villanueva (eds.), Building Sustainable Future: Enacting Peace and Development, University of Deusto, Bilbao, p. 167-184.
• Exploring Opportunities and Obstacle for a Constructive Role of Social Capital in Peacebuilding: A Framework for Analysis (2008), in: Cox, M, (ed), The Paradox of Social Capital: Fuelling Conflict and Building Peace through Trust and networks, Routledge, p. 186-201.
• Understanding the Development-Conflict Nexus and the Contribution of Development Cooperation to Peacebuilding (2008), in: Sandole, Dennis et al., Conflict Resolution: A Multidisciplinary Approach,Routledge Taylor and Francis, London, p. 272-285.
• Evaluation in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding (2008), Co-authored with Esra Çuhadar Gürkaynak and Bruce Dayton, in: Sandole, Dennis et al., Conflict Resolution: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Routledge Taylor and Francis, London, p. 286-299.
• Community Peacebuilding in Somalia - Comparative Advantage of NGO Peacebuilding: The example of the Life and Peace Institute’s Approach in Somalia (1990-2003) (2006), in: Richmond, Oliver/Carey, Henry: Subcontracting Peace: NGOs and Peacebuilding in a Dangerous World, Ashgate Publishers, Alderhot, p.173-182.
• Third Generation PCIA: Introducing the Aid for Peace Approach (2005), in: Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation, Dialogue Series, www.berghof-handbook.org.
• Designing Intervention Processes: Conditions and Parameters for Conflict Transformation (2001), in: Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation, www.berghof.center.org.
• 13 Factors of Successful Mediation in Mozambique (2001), in: Reychler, Luc/Paffenholz, Thania, Peacebuilding: A Field Guide, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder/Colorado, p. 121-127.
• Western Approaches to Mediation (2001), in: Reychler, Luc/Paffenholz, Thania, Peacebuilding: A Field Guide, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder/Colorado, p. 75-81.
• Ansätze ziviler Konfliktbearbeitung (2001), in: Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung. Eine internationale Herausforderung. Schriftenreihe des Österreichischen Studienzentrums für Frieden und Konfliktlösung –Studien zur Europäischen Friedenspolitik Band 8, (Hrsg.) Mader,G./Eberwein W./Vogt, W., Agenda Verlag Münster 2001, p. 15-26.
• Treize facteurs d’une médiation réussie au Mozambique (2000), in : Reychler, Luc/Paffenholz, Thania, Construire la paix sur le terrain (2001), Mode d’emploi, Groupe de recherche et d'information sur la paix et la sécurité (GRIP), Brussels, p. 143-149.
• Négociation et médiation: Tour d’horizon des démarches occidentales (2000), in: Construire la paix sur le terrain (2001); Mode d’emploi, Groupe de recherche et d'information sur la paix et la sécurité (GRIP), Brussels, p. 107-113.
• The European Union and the Practice of Peacebuilding in Africa, The European Commission in Somalia: Challenges, Problems and the Way Forward (1998), in: Engler, Ulf/Mehler, Andreas, Gewaltkonflikte und ihre Prävention in Afrika, Institute for African Studies, Hamburg, p.119-133.
• Mühsame Friedenskonsolidierung - Neue Ansätze der Europäische Union in Somalia (1997), in: Solms, F./Mutz, R./Schoch, B,. Friedensgutachten, Münster, p. 105-111.
• Nicht die Konflikte müssen beendet werden, sondern die Kriege (1996), in: Österreichisches Studienzentrum für Frieden und Konfliktlösung/Schweizerische Friedensstiftung (Hrsg.), Friedensbericht 1996. Jahrbuch zur Konfliktlösung, p. 215-236.
• Angola und Mosambik - Kriegsbeendigung und Friedenskonsolidierung zwischen Fehlschlag und Erfolg (1995), in: Matthies, Volker (Hrsg.), Vom Krieg zum Frieden, Bremen 1995, p. 201-224.
• Vermittlung: Kriegsbeendigung und Konfliktregelung durch friedliche Einmischung (Zeit) (1995), in: Matthies, Volker(Hrsg.), Vom Krieg zum Frieden, Bremen, p. 39-56.
• Die Rolle der UNO im südlichen Afrika (1994), in: Vogt, Wolfgang (Hrsg.), Frieden als Zivilisierungsprojekt, Baden-Baden 1994/1995, p. 208-214. Friedensprozess und Demokratisierung im südlichen Afrika (1994), in: Krell, Gert/Mutz,Reinhard/Solms, Friedhelm, Friedensgutachten 1994, Hamburg/Muenster 1994, p. 275-286.
• Die Waffen nieder! Ansätze und Konzepte zur Kriegsbeendigung (1993), in: Matthies, Volker (Hrsg.), Frieden durch Einmischung, Die Schecken des Krieges und die (Ohn)Macht der internationalen Gemeinschaft, Bonn, p. 57-70.

Reviewed Journal Articles

• Perpetual Peacebuilding: A New Paradigm to Move Beyond the Linearity of Liberal Peacebuilding (2021), Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 17 May 2021: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17502977.2021.1925423
• The Grand Challenge in Peace and Democracy (with Anastassia Obydenkova) (2021), Frontiers in Political Science: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpos.2021.691999/full
• Transfer 2.0: Applying the Concept of Transfer from Track-Two Workshops to Inclusive Peace Negotiations, with Esra Cuhada. 2019, International Studies Review, 24 June 2019
• Unpacking the Local Turn in Peacebuilding: An Agenda for future research? In: Third World Quarterly, Vol. 36, No. 5, 857–874, 2015
• Inclusive Politics: Lessons for and from the New Deal, in: Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, Vol.10, No.1, p. 84-89, 2015
• Civil Society and Peace Negotiations: Beyond the Inclusion-Exclusion Dichotomy, in: Negotiation Journal, Vol.30, No.1, p. 69-91, 2014
• International Peacebuilding Goes Local: Analysing Lederach’s Conflict Transformation Theory and its Ambivalent Encounter with 20 years of Practice (2013), in: Peacebuilding, Taylor and Francis, Vol.2, No.1,11-27, 2014
• Nicht-Regierungsorganisationen als Friedensbringer? Möglichkeiten und Grenzen (2010), in: Die Friedens-Warte (German Review Journal), Vol 85, 4, p. 11-27
• Peacebuilding: A Task for Development Cooperation (2006), in: Journal für Entwicklungspolitik (JEP), Vol. XXII, No.3, p. 6-34
• Towards Better Working in Conflict Zones: Introducing the Aid for Peace Approach (2005), in: Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, Vol.2, No.2, with Luc Reychler, p. 4-22
• Peace and Conflict Sensitivity in International Cooperation: An Introductory Overview (2005), in: International Politics and Society/Zeitschrift für Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft, No.4 2005, p. 63-82