Short CV

Since 02/2026: Research Fellow in the GIGA Research Programme "Peace and Security"
Since 10/2022: Doctoral Researcher, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg and Center for Conflict Studies, Philipps University Marburg
12/2024 - 02/2025: Research Stay at the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Uppsala University
05/2023 - 05/2024: Training and Work as Certified Psychosocial Counselor at IspoCare gGmbH (Humanitarian NGO)
03/2022 - 09/2022: Internship at GIZ, Sector Programme “Peace and Security, Disaster Risk Management”
10/2019 - 12/2019: Internship at Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Division for Climate Initiatives
Education: B.Sc. and M.Sc. of Psychology from Georg-August-University Göttingen with a focus on social psychology; M.A. Peace and Security Studies from Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy Hamburg (IFSH; Award for Best Academic Performance of the Year)

Current Research

Peace Agreements and War Termination
Complexity of Conflict Issues
Violence and Social Change
Elite-level and individual-level Conflict Resolution
Quantitative and Qualitative Measurement of Conflict Issues

Countries and Regions

Southeast Asia
Indonesia

Research Programmes

Peace and Security

Memberships

Polis 180 e.V., Program Peace & Conflict, Polis180 is a grassroots think tank for foreign and European policy. Through our participatory, inclusive and innovative approach, we tap into new sources of knowledge and ideas in the policy debate., since 2021

Dissertation

An Empirical Approach to Conflict Transformation in War-torn Societies: What Works and How?

Cornelius Haritz

Doctoral Researcher

T. +49 (0)40 42825 793 [email protected]

Conference | 17/09/2025 - 19/09/2025

The Transformation of Conflict Issues - Field Research in Aceh, Indonesia

Conflict Research Society Annual Conference 2025: Legitimacy in Conflict and Peace, University of Kent, Kent Organisers: Conflict Research Society Cornelius Haritz (Speaker)

How can sustainable peace be achieved? If it is addressed what rebels fought for, this should pacify the conflict. This paper presents a research design for fieldwork in Aceh, Indonesia to explore this assumption on one of the longest standing peace agreements of the world.

Cornelius Haritz

Doctoral Researcher

GIGA Event | 16/10/2024 - 18/10/2024

Doctoral Researchers Conference: Researching with the Global South?

Doctoral Researchers’ Conference: Researching with the Global South?, GIGA, Neuer Jungfernstieg 21 (room 243), 20354 Hamburg, Germany Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Cornelius Haritz (Moderator)

Most influential theories of peace research were developed in knowledge institutions of the Global North - about conflicts located in the Global South. This panel convened young peace scholars from the Global South to interrogate the potential and limits of knowledge produced in this constellation.

Cornelius Haritz

Doctoral Researcher

Conference | 01/10/2024 - 10/10/2024

Demands and Intractability: How Issue Complexity Impacts the Sustainbility of Intrastate Peace

Fragile Lives 2024 / AFK Methods Section Workshop 2024, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin Cornelius Haritz (Speaker)

Many countries that saw one civil war see a recurrence of fighting. Is it more likely that parties fight again, if the issues of conflict are more complex? This paper reveals that overall complexity does not matter, but a reduction of complexity during war makes subsequent peace more robust.

Cornelius Haritz

Doctoral Researcher

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Doctoral Researcher

Short CV

Since 02/2026: Research Fellow in the GIGA Research Programme "Peace and Security"
Since 10/2022: Doctoral Researcher, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg and Center for Conflict Studies, Philipps University Marburg
12/2024 - 02/2025: Research Stay at the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Uppsala University
05/2023 - 05/2024: Training and Work as Certified Psychosocial Counselor at IspoCare gGmbH (Humanitarian NGO)
03/2022 - 09/2022: Internship at GIZ, Sector Programme “Peace and Security, Disaster Risk Management”
10/2019 - 12/2019: Internship at Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Division for Climate Initiatives
Education: B.Sc. and M.Sc. of Psychology from Georg-August-University Göttingen with a focus on social psychology; M.A. Peace and Security Studies from Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy Hamburg (IFSH; Award for Best Academic Performance of the Year)

Current Research

Peace Agreements and War Termination
Complexity of Conflict Issues
Violence and Social Change
Elite-level and individual-level Conflict Resolution
Quantitative and Qualitative Measurement of Conflict Issues

Countries and Regions

Southeast Asia
Indonesia

Research Programmes

Peace and Security

Memberships

Polis 180 e.V., Program Peace & Conflict, Polis180 is a grassroots think tank for foreign and European policy. Through our participatory, inclusive and innovative approach, we tap into new sources of knowledge and ideas in the policy debate., since 2021

Dissertation

An Empirical Approach to Conflict Transformation in War-torn Societies: What Works and How?

Cornelius Haritz

Doctoral Researcher

T. +49 (0)40 42825 793 [email protected]

Conference | 17/09/2025 - 19/09/2025

The Transformation of Conflict Issues - Field Research in Aceh, Indonesia

Conflict Research Society Annual Conference 2025: Legitimacy in Conflict and Peace, University of Kent, Kent Organisers: Conflict Research Society Cornelius Haritz (Speaker)