Bettina Engels

Bettina Engels (* 1978 ) is a German political scientist . She is junior professor for empirical conflict research with a regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa at the Otto Suhr Institute (OSI) at the Free University of Berlin .

Life

Bettina Engels studied political science and psychology at the University of Bremen and the Free University of Berlin from 1998 to 2004. She then qualified in development policy issues through a program of the Seminar for Rural Development (SLE) at the Humboldt University in Berlin . She then worked on her doctorate with the title “Motives of Non-State Actors in Armed Conflicts. The Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire ”and was thus awarded his doctorate in 2010 at the OSI of the Free University of Berlin. This was followed by positions as junior professor (post doc) for empirical conflict research at the University of Bayreuth and participation in research projects. Since 2014 she has been teaching as a junior professor for empirical conflict research with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa at the OSI. Your position will be financed by the "Excellence Initiative of the DFG". She heads the GLOCON junior research group.

job

First, Engels examined political and social conflicts from a social research perspective that was more strongly influenced by gender theories. Today she examines the developments in African countries before conflicts over land and resources, as they are also dealt with in political ecology . She takes into account social movements in Africa and is based on theoretical concepts such as action theory .

Publications (selection)

• Engels et al. a. (Ed.). (2015): Global Crises - Local Conflicts? Social movements in Africa Nomos ISBN 978-3-848-72250-1 .
• Gender Relations, Peace and Conflict: Feminist Food for Thoughts for Peace and Conflict Studies . Nomos
• Gender and Conflict: The Gender Category in Peace and Conflict Research
• Gender Relations in War and Peace: Perspectives in Feminist Analysis of International Relations

Web links

• Literature by and about Bettina Engels in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bettina Engels. (No longer available online.) May 27, 2008, archived from the original on January 5, 2018 ; accessed on January 4, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Bettina Engels. June 3, 2015, accessed January 4, 2018 . 
3. ↑ "Dr. Bettina Engels ”. (No longer available online.) In: Doctoral College Global Social Policies and Governance. University of Kassel. Archived from the original on January 5, 2018 ; accessed on January 4, 2018 (German).