Staff
Lena Guesnet
Researcher & Project Coordinator
bicc - Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies
Lena Guesnet
Researcher & Project Coordinator
Contact by phone
+49 228 91196-37
Biography
Lena holds a Diploma (MA-equivalent) from Marburg University in Political Science, Law, Peace and Conflict Studies. At bicc, she started in the team on natural resources and conflict. Field research has led her to Côte d’Ivoire, Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Having joint the small arms control team, Lena contributes to the implementation and development of small arms control projects at bicc.
Research profile
Lena is Deputy Project Leader within the Advisory Section of BICC working on small arms control in Africa.
- Working on Small Arms Control with a focus on Africa.
- Weapons and Ammunition Managament
- PSSM – physical security and stockpile management
- Gender in SALW control
- Radicalisation
Project involvement
Current projects
Past projects
- Consultancy on regional resource governance in Sierra Leone and neighboring states
- Small arms survey in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Participation in Fatal Transactions (FT) network, lobby and education work on resources and conflicts – German leader of network
- Socio-economic repercussions of Chinese oil investments in South Sudan
- Artisanal miners in developing countries
- Participation in Fatal Transactions (FT) network, lobby and education work on resources and conflicts – German leader of network
- Digging for Peace: Private companies and emerging economies in zones of conflict. International Fatal Transactions conference 2008
- Geospatial intelligence in support of EU External Action
- Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) Capacity Development and Technical Advice in West Africa
- Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) Capacity Development and Technical Advice in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa
- Small arms and light weapons (SALW) control and physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) of weapons and ammunition in Africa.
- CoRE-NRW - Connecting Research on Extremism in North Rhine-Westphalia (Phase 1)
- Supporting Small Arms and Light Weapons Control in Africa
- Supporting Weapons and Ammuntion Management Coordination in Africa
From Osiris Portfolio