swisspeace research on Sudan

swisspeace research profile

swisspeace's research on Sudan aims to be practically relevant, empirically innovative, and locally rooted. Covering issues related to the dynamics of war and peace in Sudan, swisspeace brings to bear an approach that emphasizes field research and collaboration with partner universities and researchers in Sudan.

In the 1990s, as part of its Environment and Conflicts Project (ENCOP), swisspeace studied how environmental degradation fuels conflict in Western Sudan, years before the international spotlight focused on Darfur. More recently the NCCR North-South Working Package No. 1 on Governance and Conflict, researchers associated with swisspeace examined violent land conflict as well as processes of negotiating statehood in Southern Sudan. swisspeace's research on Sudan is also supported through the ProDoc Programme on Global Change, Innovation and Sustainable Development funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

Two researchers at swisspeace currently work on Sudan: Martina Santschi is an anthropologist and her doctoral research focuses on local dynamics and manifestations of the emerging state in Southern Sudan. She is supervised by Prof. Hans-Rudolf Wicker at the University of Bern. David Lanz is a PhD student at the University of Basel under the supervision of Prof. Laurent Goetschel. He studies the international response to the Darfur conflict, with a focus on the role of international norms. Previously, Ahmed Mey Eltayeb studied national and local mechanisms to manage environmental conflicts in Sudan. She was advised by Prof. Atta El-Battahani at the University of Khartoum.

swisspeace publications on Sudan

2010

Krienbuehl, Lukas. Peace With Power-Sharing: Under Which Conditions? swisspeace working paper, 1| 2010. Order / Download

Santschi, Martina. Between Community and Government: Traditional Authorities in Post-Conflict Southern Sudan. Tsantsa 15/2010. Download

2009

Lanz, David: Commentary - Save Darfur: A Movement and its Discontents. In: African Affairs, 108 (433), 2009, pp. 669-677. Link.

Mason, Simon and David Lanz: Mehrwert oder Leerlauf? Der "Whole of Government"-Ansatz der Schweiz in Sudan. In: CSS Bulletin zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik, 2009, pp. 57-82. Download.

Sumbeiywo, Lazaro: To Be A Negotiator: Strategies and Tactics. Working Paper, swisspeace and Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, July 2009. Download.

Santschi, Martina: Traditional Leaders Conference 26th - 28th March 2008, Yambio, Western Equatoria state, Southern Sudan. Report submitted to the Political Division IV Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland, 2009. Download.

Lanz, David: Gerechtigkeit oder Frieden. In: Der Bund, 14 April 2009. Download.

Giroux, Jennifer, David Lanz and Damiano Sguaitamatti: The Tormented Triangle: The Regionalisation of Conflict in Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic. Working Paper No. 47, Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics, April 2009. Download.

Mason, Simon and David Lanz: Towards a Swiss Whole of Government Approach in Sudan: 2005-2008. Background Paper for the 3C Conference. March 2009. Download.

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2008

Aberg, Annika, Sabina Laederach, David Lanz, Jonathan Litscher, Simon J A Mason and Damiano Sguaitamatti: Unpacking the Mystery of Mediation in African Peace Processes. Zurich, Bern: Mediation Support Project, CSS, and swisspeace. October 2008. Download whole study. Download case study CPA/South Sudan. Download case study DPA/Darfur.

Lanz, David. Conflict Management and Opportunity Cost: The International Response to the Darfur Crisis. FRIDE Comments. September 2008. Link.

Santschi, Martina: Briefing: Counting 'New Sudan'. In: African Affairs, Vol. 107, No. 429, 2008, pp. 631-640. Link.

Santschi, Martina: Im Südsudan ist der Zensus ein hochpolitisches Unterfangen. Das Resultat der Volkszählung prägt die Verteilung der Ressourcen. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 14 May 2008. Link.

Lanz, David 2008: Complicating Darfur. Review of de Waal, Alex (ed.) 2007: War in Darfur and the Search for Peace. In Fletcher Forum of World Affairs 32 (1). 213-219. Download.

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1996-2007

Ludi, Eva and Tobias Hagmann: Pastoral Conflict Resolution in the Horn of Africa. In: UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) (eds.): Understanding Environment, Conflict, and Cooperation. Nairobi: UNEP, 2004, pp. 19-20. Link.

Hagmann, Tobias: Review of Günther Baechler, Kurt Spillmann and Mohamed Suliman (eds.) (2002): Transformation of Resource Conflicts: Approach and Instruments. In: African Affairs, Vol. 103, 2004, pp. 146-148. Link

Hagmann, Tobias: Der Sudan vor einer weiteren Friedensprobe: "Ein Sudan, zwei Systeme" als Lösungsansatz? In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 7 May 2002. Link.

Baechler, Günther, Kurt Spillmann and Mohamed Suliman (eds.): Transformation of Resource Conflicts: Approach and Instruments. Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang, 2002.