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Achim Wennmann
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Biography:- Achim Wennmann holds a Doctorate in International Relations of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Previously, he obtained a Diplôme d’Études Supérieures (DES) at the Graduate Institute, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations with Development Studies at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Prior to the CCDP, Dr. Wennmann coordinated training courses for young government officials in the South Caucasus, and worked on peace policy and the decentralisation of governance in Georgia at the Graduate Institute. Dr. Wennmann has written consultancies for a number of organisations and was Co-editor of the Global Burden of Armed Violence Report for the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development at the Small Arms Survey. He has spoken in conferences and workshops to a variety of audiences and taught seminars at the graduate level and for government officials. Dr. Wennmann has field experience in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, and worked extensively on Angola, Kosovo, Nepal, and Sudan.
At the CCDP, Dr. Wennmann leads the project Economic Issues and Tools in Peace Processes that has the objective to provide a series of practical case study reports and issue briefs as part of the broader engagement on mediation support of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. He is also analysing how various development agencies have implemented the OECD guidelines on development assistance in fragile states in an effort to develop best practices for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.
Field(s)of Interest:- • Patterns and dynamics of contemporary armed conflict and violence
• Economic aspects of armed conflict and violence including their financing, mobilisation cost, and costly effects, as well as conflict economies, transnational organised crime networks, and companies in conflict and post-conflict zones
• The mediation of peace processes with a specific interest in how their content and design could facilitate post-conflict peacebuilding
• Characteristics and governance of fragile states
Selected Publications:- • (with Keith Krause and Robert Muggah) (eds.): The Global Burden of Armed Violence. Geneva: Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development, (forthcoming 2008).
• ‘The Political Economy of Conflict Financing: A Comprehensive Approach Beyond Natural Resources’, Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations 13:3 (2007), 427-444.
• ‘Money Matters: The Economic Dimensions of Peace Mediation’, PSIS Occasional Paper 4 (2007).
• ‘Renewed Armed Conflict in Georgia? Options for Peace Policy in a New Phase of Conflict Resolution’, PSIO Occasional Paper 3 (2006).
• Resourcing the Recurrence of Intra-state Conflict: Parallel Economies and Their Implications for Peace Building’, Security Dialogue 36:4 (2005), 479-494.
- Achim Wennmann holds a Doctorate in International Relations of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Previously, he obtained a Diplôme d’Études Supérieures (DES) at the Graduate Institute, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations with Development Studies at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Prior to the CCDP, Dr. Wennmann coordinated training courses for young government officials in the South Caucasus, and worked on peace policy and the decentralisation of governance in Georgia at the Graduate Institute. Dr. Wennmann has written consultancies for a number of organisations and was Co-editor of the Global Burden of Armed Violence Report for the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development at the Small Arms Survey. He has spoken in conferences and workshops to a variety of audiences and taught seminars at the graduate level and for government officials. Dr. Wennmann has field experience in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, and worked extensively on Angola, Kosovo, Nepal, and Sudan.