Zanker, Dr. Franzisca

Position: 
Senior Researcher
Email: 
franzisca.zanker [at] abi.uni-freiburg.de
Areas of Research: 
Peace processes, legitimacy, citizenship and forced migration
Regional Focus: 
Sub-Sahara Africa
Education: 
2011-2015
PhD Political Science at University of Tübingen (Dissertation Title: The Legitimisation of Peace Negotiations: A Role for Civil Society)
2008-2010
Masters in International Relations and Diplomacy (MA) at University of Leiden
2004-2008
LLB (Bachelor of Law) at Exeter University/M1 en droit européen, Université de Rennes
Professional Experience / Applied Research: 
since October 2016
Senior Researcher (Head of Research Cluster Patterns of (Forced) Migration), Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute, Freiburg
2011-2016
Research Fellow at GIGA Institute of African Affairs, Hamburg
2010
Research Assistant at the Overseas Development Institute, London
2009
Research Assistant at the Department of Political Sciences, Universiteit Leiden
2006-2010
Internship experiences include the OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities, The Hague (2010), The Association for the Prevention of Torture, Geneva (2008) and the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative, Kampala (2006)

Networks:

Coordinator of Freiburger Netzwerk für Migrations- und Integrationsforschung (FREINEM)

Co-founder of AEGIS Collaborative Research Group African Migration, Mobility and Displacement (AMMODI)

Projects:

The Politics of Migration Governance in the Gambia (ABI Pilot Study)

Important publications

Zanker, Franzisca (2017), "Legitimacy in Peacebuilding: Rethinking Civil Society Involvement in Peace Negotiations", Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution, Abingdon: Routledge

Zanker, Franzisca (2017),"Moving Beyond Hybridity: the Multi-Scalar Adaptation of Community Policing in Liberia", Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 11(2), pp.166-185.

Zanker, Franzisca ; Simons, Claudia ; Mehler, Andreas (2015), “Power, Peace, and Space in Africa: Revisiting Territorial Power Sharing”, African Affairs, 114(454), pp. 72-91.

Zanker, Franzisca (2014), “Legitimate Representation: Civil Society Actors in Peace Negotiations Revisited”, International Negotiation, 19 (1), pp. 62 – 88.

Simons, Claudia ; Zanker, Franzisca ; Tull, Denis; Mehler, Andreas (2013), “Power-sharing in Africa’s war zones: how important is the local level?”,  Journal of Modern African Studies, 51(4), pp. 681-706.

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