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Plänitz, Dr. Erik

E-mail:
erik.plaenitz [at] abi.uni-freiburg.de
Areas of research:
Peace processes (Peacebuilding, Mediation and Local Level Dialogue); climate change and its effects on the global South (Migration, impacts on livelihoods in the urban context, resource conflicts)
Regional focus:
Western Africa (especially Ghana), Eastern Africa (especially Ethiopia and Rwanda)
Professional experience:
Since 2020
Associated Researcher ABI
2017-2020
PhD-Fellow at Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg
2016
Research Assistant Roskilde University / Royal Danish Defence College Kopenhagen (Denmark)
2014
Internship and research assistant at the Flemish Peace Institute Brussels (Belgium)
2013
Study Scholarship at Nordic Africa Institute Uppsala (Sweden)
2013
Research assistant at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Accra (Ghana)
2018-2020
Africa Researcher / Consultant; Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED)
Education:
2011 - 2013
Global Studies (MA); Gothenburg University (Schweden)
2009 – 2010
International Relations; Högskolan i Halmstad (Schweden)
2007 – 2011
International Degree Programme in Political Management (B.A.), University of Applied Sciences Bremen

 

Recent Publications

Plänitz, E. (2022): The Individuals Take on Political Action–The Role of Perceived Inequality and Mobilization in the Onset of Post-disaster Disorder in Accra, Democracy and Security 18 (4)

Plänitz, E. (2022): Rwanda. In Africa Yearbook Volume 18: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2021, edited by Albert K. Awedoba, Benedikt Kamski, Andreas Mehler, and David Sebudubudu. BRILL, 2022.

Plänitz, E. & Wetterich, C. (2021): Systematische Literaturanalysen in den Sozialwissenschaften: eine praxisorientierte Einführung, Verlag Barbara Budrich

Plänitz, E. (2021): Rwanda. In Africa Yearbook Volume 17: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2020, edited by Albert K. Awedoba, Benedikt Kamski, Andreas Mehler, and David Sebudubudu. BRILL, 2021.

Plänitz, E. (2020): Natural Disasters and Political Disorder: Why Urban Flooding Turns Violent. Applying a Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 26, no. 2.

Plänitz, E. (2020): Rwanda. In Africa Yearbook Volume 16: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2019, edited by Albert K. Awedoba, Benedikt Kamski, Andreas Mehler, and David Sebudubudu. BRILL, 2020.

Plänitz, E. (2019): Neglecting the urban? Exploring rural-urban disparities in the climate change-conflict literature on Sub-Sahara Africa. Urban Climate, Vol 30.

Plänitz, E. (2019): Missed Expectations and Disorder: The Dilemma of Political Response to Disasters. ACLED Analysis. Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project 

Plänitz, E. (2018): EU Mediation in the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue - Framing Mediation Success. Journal of Regional Security, Vol 13, 1

Algar-Faria, G; Juncos, A.; Edmunds, T.; Đokić, K.; Plänitz, E.; Stojanovic Gajic, S.; Abdi, K.; Simons, S. (2018): International capacity building in the Western Balkans and the Horn of Africa: Lessons on coherence and coordination. EU-CIVCAP Report DL 6.2.

Plänitz, E. (2017): Fixed on the Rural; Neglecting the Urban? Reviewing Spatial Disparities in Climate Change – Conflict Literature. ABI Working Paper 6. Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute, Freiburg

Plänitz, E. & Stojanovic Gajic, S. (2017): Report on impact of EU engagement on mediation and local level dialogue initiatives in Western Balkans, EU-CIVCAP Report DL 5.2

Juncos, A.; Algar-Faria, G. Edmunds, T.; Đokić, K.; Plänitz, E. Abdi, K.; Simons, S. (2017): Database of state/international organisations’ policies of local capacity building. EU-CIVCAP Report DL 6.1.

Kuzu, D. & Plänitz, E. (2014): Oil Production and its Impact on the Livelihood of Communities in Ghana. Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, Accra

 

Presentations

Plänitz, E. (2018): Neglecting the Rural? Presented at VAD Conference, Leipzig (Germany), June 27-30

Plänitz, E. (2017): Local Legitimacy of the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue in Kosovo. Presented at Belgrade Security Forum, Belgrade (Serbia), October 11th

Plänitz, E. (2017): EU Mediation in the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue -Framing Mediation Success. Presented at European Studies Association Conference, Miami (USA), May 4-6