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Wennmann

Achim Wennmann

Chargé d'enseignement invité , Programmes interdisciplinaires

achim.wennmann@graduateinstitute.ch

Function(s) à l'Institut

  • Researcher at the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP).

Profil

Dr. Achim Wennmann is an expert in economic perspectives on violent conflict, dispute resolution, and peacebuilding. He is currently working on statebuilding in hybrid political orders, negotiated exits from shadow economies, and conflict prevention in contexts of large scale business investments. Achim has a broad research and advisory experience including intellectual mediation support, research coordination of major projects, and advisory roles for international organizations, government, business, and private foundations. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of Global Governance. He holds a Doctorate in International Relations from the Graduate Institute, where he also obtained a Diplôme d’Études Supérieures (DES). He has a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations with Development Studies from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Currently, Dr. Wennmann is also Executive Coordinator of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform.

Domaines d'expertise

  • Peace mediation, conflict prevention and armed violence reduction strategies
  • State fragility and hybrid political orders
  • The private sector in complex markets
  • Natural resource management in fragile states
  • Armed groups and conflict financing

Publications sélectionnées

Books

  • The Political Economy of Peacemaking. London: Routledge (2011).

Edited books

  • (with Alexander Ramsbotham) Legitimacy and Peace Processes. London: Conciliation Resources (2014).
  • (with Mats Berdal) Ending Wars, Consolidating Peace: Economic Dimensions. Adelphi 412-413. London: Institute for International and Strategic Studies (IISS) and Routledge (2010).
  • (with Keith Krause and Robert Muggah). The Global Burden of Armed Violence. Geneva: Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development (2008).

Scholarly Journals

  • ‘Negotiated Exits from Organized Crime? Building Peace in Conflict and Crime-affected Contexts’. Negotiation Journal Vol.30, No.3 (July 2014), pp.255-273.
  • ‘The Role of Business in Armed Violence Reduction and Prevention’. International Review of the Red Cross, Vol. 95, No. 886 (2012) p.919-940.
  • ‘Economic Dimensions of Armed Groups’. International Review of the Red Cross, Vol.94, No.882 (2011).
  • ‘Breaking the Conflict Trap? Addressing the Resource Curse in Peace Processes’. Global Governance, Vol. 17, No.2 (2011), pp.265-280.
  • ‘Getting Armed Groups to the Table: Peace Processes, the Political Economy of Conflict and the Mediated State’. Third World Quarterly. Vol. 30, No. 6 (2009), pp. 1123-1138.
  • ‘Grasping the Financing and Mobilization Cost of Armed Groups: A New Perspective on Conflict Dynamics’. Contemporary Security Policy. Vol. 30, No. 2 (2009), pp. 265-280.

Working and Policy Papers

  • (with Brian Ganson) Confronting Risk, Mobilizing Action: A Framework for Conflict Prevention in the Context of Large-scale Business Investments. International Policy Analysis. Berlin: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (2012).
  • (edited with Robert Muggah) Investing in Security: A Global Assessment of Armed Violence and Reduction Initiatives. Paris: OECD (2011).
  • Grasping the Strengths of Fragile States: Aid Effectiveness Between ‘Top-down’ and ‘Bottom-up’ Statebuilding. CCDP Working Paper 6 (2010). Geneva: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
  • Supporting the Economic Dimensions of Peace Processes. Practice Note 5. Peacebuilding Essentials for Development Practitioners Series. London: International Alert (2010).

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