Claudia Hofmann Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer Foreign Policy & Global Security
- Additional Positions at 小蓝视频
- Executive Director, Online and Executive Programs
- Degrees
- Ph.D., Political Science, University of Cologne, Germany; M.A., International Conflict Analysis, Brussels School of International Studies, University of Kent, Belgium; B.A.(hons), Politics & Government and History, University of Kent, UK
- Bio
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Dr Claudia Hofmann is the Executive Director of Online and Executive Programs. In this role, Dr Hofmann oversees and manages the strategy and implementation of SIS online and executive degrees, and contributes to the strategic planning and curriculum development for executive non-credit short courses and training.
Dr Hofmann鈥檚 research addresses the role of non-state actors in world politics, with a particular emphasis on rebels, insurgents, and organized criminal groups as a challenge to foreign and security policy. Dr Hofmann has a rich background in academic teaching and policy-oriented in-depth research on both sides of the Atlantic. Her work has resulted in a number of peer-reviewed academic publications, international policy papers, presentations, and policy consultations.
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Teaching
Fall 2024
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SIS-686 Proseminar in Int'l Affairs
Spring 2025
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SIS-793 Practicum in Int'l Affairs: For Pol Making/Defense/Intel
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Research Interests
- non-traditional security threats;
- community resilience;
- transnational organized crime;
- violent conflicts.
Professional Presentations
- 鈥淐onsiderations for an Engagement with Armed Groups鈥 (online), Specialized Training on Gender in Humanitarian Action (ATHA) / Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2012
- 鈥淏reaking the Deadlock in the Middle East Peace Process鈥 (organizer), Center for Transatlantic Relations, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA, 2012
- "Engaging Armed Groups. Options and Strategies鈥 (online), Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2012
- 鈥淐onflict Prevention on Both Sides of the Atlantic鈥, Subcommittee on Civilian Crisis Prevention and Integrated Conflict Management in the German Bundestag, German Embassy, Washington, DC, USA, 2011
- 鈥淥pportunities and Limits of Engaging Non-State Armed Groups鈥, FCO-LSE Workshop, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, UK, 2010
Selected Publications
- (2020) , in: RESOLVE Network, 12 June 2020.
- with Carolin Goerzig, , in: Negotiation Journal 32 (2): 151-163, 2016.
- (2016) with Carolin Goerzig, , in: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Working Papers, No. 177.
- 鈥淓ngaging Armed Actors in Conflict Mediation. Consolidating Government and Non-government Approaches鈥, in: , pp. 23-37, London: Chatham House, 2016.
- with Carolin Goerzig, 鈥淭he Dark Side of Recognition. Mutual Exclusiveness of Passive and Active Recognition in the Middle East Conflict鈥, in: Christopher Daase, Caroline Fehl, Anna Geis, and Georgios Kolliarakis (eds.), , Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- 鈥淣GOs as norm dealers: Norm-Diffusion in Conflict Management using the example of the ICRC鈥, in: Felix Dane (ed.), , Rio de Janeiro: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2015.
- with Virginia Comolli, , Report 6, Modernising Drug Law Enforcement, London: International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) / Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House / International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), 2013.
- , SWP Research Paper, Berlin: German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), 2012.
- , USIP Peace Brief 91, Washington: United States Institute of Peace, 2011.
- , (with J枚rn Gr盲vingholt and Stephan Klingebiel),听Bonn: German Development Institute (DIE) (Studies 29), 2007.
- , Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2007.
- 鈥,鈥 in International Peacekeeping 13 (3): 396-409, 2006.
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