Elke Grawert

Elke Grawert joined the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) in 2010 as Senior Researcher where she conducts research projects and manages international cooperative research related to violent conflict. She also teaches Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Bonn. Her research topics include the interaction of violent groups and state forces, economic resources and violence, social and political repercussions of external interventions in conflict societies. Geographically, her focus lies on Sudan, South Sudan, North Africa adn the Middle East. She obtained her PhD in Economics and Social Sciences in 1995 and her State Doctorate (Habilitation) in Political Science in 2006, both from the University of Bremen where she was lecturer in Development Policy and Sociology prior to her coming to BICC.