Glawion, Dr. Tim

Email: 
tim.glawion [at] giga-hamburg.de
Areas of Research: 
Local security and civil war in fragile states
Regional Focus: 
Central African Republic, Haiti, South Sudan, Somaliland

 

Dr Tim Glawion is a skilled political analyst and field researcher on issues of local security and civil war in fragile states. He has investigated conflict and peace in the Central African Republic, Egypt, Kenya, Haiti, South Sudan, and Somaliland. Tim Glawion speaks six languages (Arabic, English, French, German, Somali, Creole), and has completed his BA (Heidelberg University,) MA (King’s College London), and doctoral studies (University of Freiburg). He regularly publishes in top academic and media outlets, and advises the United Nations, German government officials as well as civil society organizations.

Education: 
- 2018
University of Freiburg and GIGA, Doctorate – Political Science: Security Arena – Local Order Making in the Central African Republic, Somaliland and South Sudan
- 2013
King’s College London, MA – Conflict Resolution in Divided Societies
- 2012
University of Heidelberg, BA – Political Science
Professional Experience / Applied Research: 
since 2018
Université Quisqueya, Haiti: DAAD Post-Doctoral Research Fellow;
Researching effects of Hurricane Matthew on security in Jérémie,
Comparing local security arenas in Jérémie, Mirebalais and Anse-Rouge,
Discussing qualitative methodology with university staff and students
2014 – 2018
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Berlin, Germany: Research Fellow;
Member of Research Centre (SFB) 700 “Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood”,
Field research in the Central African Republic, South Sudan and Somaliland,
Researching alternatives to state security provision,
Studying effects of international intervention on local security,
2015 – 2016
University of Hargeisa, Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies Hargeisa, Somaliland: Guest Lecturer & Supervisor;
Teaching MA-course “Political Economy of Governance and Development”,
Supervising three MA theses

 

  • Short-term Election Observer Somaliland, Nov 2017
  • Reporting for German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation Berlin, since 06/15 and Development (BMZ)
  • Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research, Researcher Heidelberg, 04/10 – 04/14
  • Les Wamso Yonais, Volunteer Cameroon, 09/08 – 09/09

 

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals
Glawion, Tim, and Lotje de Vries. ‘Ruptures Revoked: Why the Central African Republic's Unprecedented Crisis Has Not Altered Deep-Seated Patterns of Governance.’ Journal of Modern African Studies, 56(3): https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X18000307, 2018.
Glawion, Tim, Lotje de Vries, and Andreas Mehler. ‘Handle with care! A qualitative comparison of the Fragile States Index’s bottom three countries (Central African Republic, Somalia, and South Sudan).’ Development and Change, online first: https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12417, 2018.
Glawion, Tim. ‘Conflict, mediation, and the African state: How foreign support and democracy lead to strong political order’, African Security, 6(1), 38-66, 2013.

Policy-relevat Publications
Glawion, Tim. ‘Krieg oder Frieden als Frage der Perspektive: Die Realität einer Rebellenstadt zeigt dem Weltfriedensindex seine Grenzen auf.’ Zur Sache BW, forthcoming.
Glawion, Tim. ‘Aufruhr in Zentralafrika: Proteste, Politik und Wege aus der Krise.’ GIGA Focus Africa (3), 2018.
Glawion, Tim. ‘Zentralafrikanische Republik: Politökonomische Kurzanalyse (PÖK)’/ [Confidential background report for the German Ministry of Cooperation and Development on the Central African Republic], written in 2018, 2017 and 2016, 25 pages each.
Glawion, Tim. ‘Krisenfrühwarnung für das BMZ – Zentralafrikanische Republik’/ [Confidential early warning report for the German Ministry of Cooperation and Development on the Central African Republic], written in 2018, 2017 and 2016, 15 pages each.
Glawion, Tim. ‘Krisenfrühwarnung für das BMZ – Somalia’ /[Confidential early warning report for the German Ministry of Cooperation and Development on Somalia], written in 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015, 15 pages each.
Lotje de Vries, and Glawion, Tim. ‘Speculating on crisis: The progressive disintegration of the Central African Republic’s political economy’, Clingendael Research Unit Report, Den Haag, The Netherlands, 2015, 63 pages: https://www.clingendael.org/pub/2015/speculating_on_crisis/.

Other publications
Glawion, Tim. ‘Louisa Lombard. State of rebellion. Violence and intervention in the Central African Republic. London, Zed Books, 2016.’ In Politique Africaine, (146), 191-3, 2017.
Glawion, Tim. ‘Field Research in conflict environments: Interviews, focus groups, and observations in Somaliland and the Central African Republic’, in: Measuring statehood on a sub-national level: A dialogue among methods, edited by Angela Heucher, Luisa Linke-Behrens and Leon Schettler. Berlin: SFB-Governance Working Paper Series, 2017.
Glawion, Tim. ‘Südsudan: Ein Frieden, der sich rächt’, Zeit Online, 11 April 2016: http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2016-04/suedsudan-krieg-friedensvertrag-fluechtlinge-hunger.
Glawion, Tim. ‘Rezension: Ein neues Ägypten? Reise durch ein Land im Aufruhr.’ Alsharq Blog, 19 December 2013.
Glawion, Tim. ‘Carolin Goerzig, Talking to Terrorists. Making Concessions to Armed Groups, London (Routledge) 2010.’ Sicherheit und Frieden, 29(2), 138-139, 2011.
Glawion, Tim. ‘Wolfgang Wagner, Die demokratische Kontrolle internationaler Sicherheitspolitik, Baden-Baden (Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft) 2011.’ Sicherheit und Frieden, 29(4), 287-288, 2011.
Glawion, Tim. ‘Somalia (Islamist groups)’, in Conflict Barometer. Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research. Heidelberg, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 on pages 39-40, 42-43, 45-46 and 62-63, respectively.

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