Staff
Esther Meininghaus
Senior Researcher
bicc - Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies
Esther Meininghaus
Senior Researcher
Contact by phone
+49 228 91196-28
Biography
After completing her PhD in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Manchester (2013), Esther taught at the University of Manchester before joining bicc as a Senior Researcher in 2016. She also teaches as an associate lecturer at the University of Bonn. Esther is currently heading the project “How can the HDP nexus succeed? NGOs between humanitarian aid, development and peacebuilding”. The focus of her current research lies on local concepts of conflict, conflict resolution, reconciliation and peace and the question as to how these concepts differ from Global Northern understandings of these terms.
Research profile
From the perspective of political anthropology, my research currently focuses on ‘international’ vs. ‘local’ conceptualisations of war, conflict resolution, reconciliation and peace. My geographical focus is on Syria, where I have worked with Syrians identifying with the opposition since 2011, as well as on Iraq. I also teach as an associate lecturer at the University of Bonn.
- Local concepts (conflict, conflict resolution, reconciliation, peace); epistemology; anthropology; peace negotiations; HDP nexus; decoloniality
Project involvement
From Osiris Portfolio