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Prof. Dr. Matthias Basedau

Direktor des GIGA Instituts für Afrika-Studien

Redaktion GIGA Focus Afrika

Kurzer Lebenslauf

  • Seit 10/2018: Direktor des GIGA Instituts für Afrika-Studien

  • 10/2016 - 12/2016: Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Changing Character of War Programme

  • Seit 05/2014: External Associate am Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

  • 03/2014 - 05/2014: Visiting Professor am Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

  • 06/2005 - 04/2015: Leiter des GIGA Forschungsschwerpunktes 2 "Gewalt und Sicherheit"

  • Seit 12/2013: Professor an der Universität Hamburg (§ 17 Professur)

  • Seit 2002: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am GIGA Institut für Afrika-Studien, zuständig für südliches Afrika (v.a. Botswana), Westafrika und Sahel (v.a. Mali, Niger, Tschad)

  • Studium: Politische Wissenschaft, Soziologie und Psychologie an der Universität Heidelberg; Promotion zum Dr. phil.

Aktuelle Forschung

  • Ressourcenkonflikte

  • Ethnische und religiöse Konflikte

  • Zivil-militärische Beziehungen

  • Politische Institutionen

  • Parteien und Parteiensysteme

  • Demokratie/Demokratisierung

Länder und Regionen

  • Sub-Sahara Afrika

  • Mali

  • Niger

  • Tschad

  • Botswana

Forschungsschwerpunkt

  • Frieden und Sicherheit

Publikationen

Policypaper | 01/2021

Population Growth and Security in Africa: Myth or Underestimated Risk?

Zu behaupten, Bevölkerungswachstum führe in Afrika zu Konflikten, ist zu kurz gegriffen. Die Studie zeigt, dass sich Menschen nur dann gegenseitig auch bekämpfen, wenn sie vorher schon in finanzieller Not waren oder Wasser und fruchtbares Land kaum ausreichen, um alle zu versorgen.

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Prof. Dr. Matthias Basedau, Direktor des GIGA Instituts für Afrika-Studien
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Dr. Charlotte Heyl, Research Fellow
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Prof. Dr. Eckart Woertz Direktor des GIGA Instituts für Nahost-Studien
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Projekte

01.11.2020 - 31.10.2023

Religion for Peace: Identifying Conditions and Mechanisms of Interfaith Peace

In recent years, religion has become an increasingly contentious phenomenon, with religious violence and discrimination on the rise worldwide. However, religion is also connected to peace: interfaith peace is, in fact, the norm rather than the exception. We contribute to the rigorous empirical study of the link between religion and peace, especially regarding positive peace. Using several cutting-edge methodologies, we expect substantial results that are also very useful for policy. DFG, 2020-2023
01.10.2020 - 30.09.2023

Freedom and Development? Religious Actors, Freedom of Belief and Religion, and Sustainable Development

About 80% of the world's population professes a religion. In many countries, religious actors play a major role in development, e.g. education and the satisfaction of basic needs. At the same time, freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) seems to be increasingly restricted and "religious" conflicts seem to be on the rise. We contribute to the international discussion how religion, and in particular FoRB, affects the Sustainable Development Goals. The project will provide policy recommendations with regard to potential religious...
01.02.2019 - 31.12.2019

Religion, Conflict, and Sustainable Peace: Causal Relationships and Recommendations for Development Cooperation

Religion generally plays a major role in the partner countries of German development cooperation. However, religion does not always seem to be favorable for development and peace. Conflicts in countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Mali, Myanmar, Nigeria and Syria are often fought out between religious groups. Terrorist attacks by religious extremists are shaking Western countries and claiming even more victims in the Global South. This project investigates the causal relationships between religion, conflict, and peace and formulates recommendations for German...
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