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Nationality German Tanzanian Swiss Title Director of the Inclusive Peace and Transition Initiative Awards 2015 Wihuri International Prize Discipline Intervention strategies in peace processesCivil society in peace and transition processesResearch-policy transfer in peace researchEvaluation in Peacebuilding Education Goethe University Frankfurt Books Aid for Peace: A Guide to Planning and Evaluation for Conflict Zones Institutions Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, United Nations, Swisspeace, European Union | ||
Fie fall 2016 thania paffenholz director of the inclusive peace transition initiative
Thania Paffenholz, born on 2 February 1965 in Cologne, Germany, is an academic and policy advisor working on peace processes. She is currently Director of the Inclusive Peace and Transition Initiative at the Graduate Institute Geneva. Thania Paffenholz has led comparative research of peace processes for over two decades and has been an advisor in peace processes in Mozambique, Angola, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Mali, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Yemen, Egypt, El Salvador, Syria and Colombia. She received the Wihuri International Prize in 2015 for her work as a peace researcher.
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- Fie fall 2016 thania paffenholz director of the inclusive peace transition initiative
- Thania paffenholz director geneva institute
- Biography
- Broadening participation in political negotiations
- Civil society and peacebuilding
- Media presence
- Publications
- References
Thania paffenholz director geneva institute
Biography
Thania Paffenholz has roots in Europe, Africa and Asia and lives in Switzerland. She obtained her Ph.D. in international relations from Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany in 1996, focusing on the theory and practice of mediation and peacebuilding in armed conflicts. From 1992 to 1996, she was a research fellow at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and participated in several United Nations' missions in Africa. From 1996 to 2000, she worked as peacebuilding advisor to the European Union Special Envoy to Somalia. She then served as founding Director of the Center for Peacebuilding at Swisspeace in Berne, advising the Swiss Foreign Ministry. Since 2005, Dr Paffenholz has worked with the Graduate Institute in Geneva, while advising the United Nations, the European Union, the OECD, the OSCE, governments and non-governmental organizations.
Broadening participation in political negotiations
Since 2011, Thania Paffenholz is leading a comparative analysis of over forty peace and political transition processes, looking at the role, modalities, and impact of various actors involved in negotiations, including civil society, women’s groups, minorities, political parties and armed groups. This work has informed United Nations policy initiatives, notably the United Nations Global Study on Women, Peace and Security and the work of the United Nations High Level independent panel on United Nations Peace Operations.
Civil society and peacebuilding
From 2005 to 2010, she led a research project on inclusion and peace processes, which resulted in the publication of the book Civil Society & Peacebuilding: A Critical Assessment (2010).