Michael Brzoska

Michael Brzoska (2013)

Michael Brzoska (* 1953 in Heide (Holstein) ) is a German peace and conflict researcher . He is a professor at the University of Hamburg and director of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy there .

Career

Michael Brzoska studied economics and political science at the University of Hamburg . In 1983 he made his diploma in economics in Hamburg. In 1987 he received his doctorate and in 1995 his habilitation in political science at the University of Hamburg. From 1998 to 2003 he was doing community service and research assistant at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg. From 1983 to 1986 he worked at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institutein Stockholm, Sweden. From 1987 to 1993 he was a research assistant at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Hamburg. In 1993 he became the head of research and scientific director of the Bonn International Center for Conversion . Since 2006 he has been director of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg and a professor at the University of Hamburg. Brzoska is a full member of the Academy of Sciences in Hamburg and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the German Foundation for Peace Research .

Fonts (selection)

• European Peace and Security Policy: Transnational Risks of Violence. Nomos-Verlag, Baden-Baden 2014, ISBN 978-3-848-71839-9 .
• with Axel Krohn (Ed.): Overcoming Armed Violence in a Complex World. Essays in Honor of Herbert Wulf . Budrich, Opladen 2009, ISBN 3-940755-33-8 .
• with George A. Lopez: Putting teeth in the tiger: improving the effectiveness of arms embargoes. Emerald Group Pub., Bingley 2009, ISBN 978-1-84855-202-9 .
• with Thomas Ohlson: Arms transfers to the Third World, 1871-85. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1987, ISBN 0-19-829116-7 .
• with Thomas Ohlson: Arms production in the third world. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Taylor & Francis, London 1986, ISBN 0-85066-341-5 .
• Armaments and the Third World: the state of research. Weltforum-Verlag, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-8039-0197-9 .

Web links

Commons : Michael Brzoska  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Michael Brzoska in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Michael Brzoska in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Page at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg
• Page at the Academy of Sciences in Hamburg