Dr. Gerrit Kurtz was a research fellow for conflict prevention and diplomacy in Africa until September 2021.

He previously worked on the evolution of norms of protection of civilians in a changing global order and advised UN peace operations on local conflict management as a research associate at the Global Public Policy Institute. As a visiting research fellow, he spent time in Oslo, Juba, Colombo, and New Delhi.

Kurtz earned his PhD in peace and conflict studies at the department of war studies, King’s College London with a thesis on frontline diplomatic practices and conflict prevention in state-society conflicts. He holds an MA in international relations from Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität Berlin, and Universität Potsdam.

(Updated: October 2021)

Dr. Gerrit Kurtz

Former Research Fellow, Conflict Prevention and Diplomacy in Africa, Security a…
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US 2020 Presidential Election

Expectations and Analysis from DGAP Experts
Prof. Dr. Daniela Schwarzer
Martin Bialecki
Dr. Josef Braml
et al.
Online Commentary
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Krisenprävention

Sechs Thesen auf dem Prüfstand

„There’s no glory in prevention“, heißt es in der Debatte um die Eindämmung der Corona-Pandemie oft: Mit Katastrophen, die nicht stattfinden, gewinnt man keine Wahlen. Nicht das einzige Problem, das auch denjenigen zu schaffen macht, die bewaffnete Konflikte verhindern wollen. Doch die Flucht in die Phrase wird da nicht helfen.

Dr. Gerrit Kurtz
IP
Gegen den Strich

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