Jan Hanrath

CEO

Jan Hanrath, Dipl.-Soz.-Wiss., studied political science, European law and psychology (focus on intercultural communication) at the University Duisburg-Essen. From 2008 to 2014 he was researcher at the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF) at the University Duisburg-Essen and focussed inter alia on the transport of conflicts in migrations processes as well as on German Middle East policies. Currently he writes his PhD thesis on German public diplomacy in the Middle East. As co-founder and CEO of CARPO he is involved in various projects and coordinates the daily operations at CARPO’s head office. In the past years he has worked as a researcher and coordinator in projects inter alia on Iran-Saudi dialogue, economic development in Yemen, migration and conflict, political transformation in the Middle East, and academic exchange.

Focus & topics: German Middle East policies, public diplomacy, peace and conflict research, political transformation and mobilization, diaspora and diaspora politics, intercultural dynamics, migration and integration, civil society and societal politics.

 

CV and Publications/Presented Papers

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Selected Publications:

  • (Dec. 2018): Knowledge in Dialogue – The Role of Academic Exchange in Mitigating Conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia, CARPO Brief 11. Available online.
  • (2012): Transnationale Migrantengruppen und der Transport von Konflikten. Das Beispiel Türken und Kurden in Berlin, INEF-Report 105, Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden (INEF), Duisburg. Available online.
  • & Leggewie, Claus (2012): ‘Revolution 2.0? The Role of Digital Media in Political Mobilisation and Protest’, in: Debiel, Tobias / Hippler, Jochen / Roth, Michele / Ulbert, Cornelia (eds.): ‘Global Trends 2013. Peace – Development – Environment, Stiftung Entwicklung und Frieden (SEF), Bonn, pp. 37-51. Available online.
  • (2011): Umbrüche im Nahen Osten – Hintergründe und Handlungsoptionen für westliche Politik und Zivilgesellschaft, INEF Policy Brief 09, Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden (INEF), Duisburg. Available online.
  • (2009): ‘Sicherheitspolitik mit anderen Mitteln? Interkulturelle Dialoge im Dienste von Konfliktregulierung und Krisenprävention’, in: Hippler, Jochen / Fröhlich, Christiane / Johannsen, Margret / Schoch, Bruno / Heinemann-Grüder, Andreas (Hrsg.): Friedensgutachten 2009, LIT Verlag, Berlin, pp. 306-317.