Blogposts
ANCIP is pleased to announce the launch of two new publication series: the ANCIP Policy Papers and the ANCIP Working Papers. The series are dedicated to providing information on ongoing research, exploring novel topics, and generating policy advice on topics related to African non-military conflict intervention practices.
Introducing the ANCIP Policy Brief and Working Papers Series Read More »
El-Ghassim Wane, former head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), has been this fall’s ANCIP fellow at Leipzig University. Among others, Wane is a former UN assistant secretary-general peacekeeping, former chief advisor to the chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), and director peace and security at the AUC. He spend his time in Leipzig writing policy briefs and background papers on peacekeeping and discussing with our PhD students working on the African peace and security architecture.
New ANCIP Fellow El-Ghassim Wane in Leipzig Read More »
This summer ANCIP was part of 17th Pan-European Conference on International Relations (PEC) held at the Université Catholique de Lille from 27. until 31 August 2024. ANCIP-fellow Jasmin Schmitz presented her research on Local Inclusion in West African Regional Peacebuilding Structures.
ANCIP at the 17th Pan-European Conference Read More »
In recent years, peace missions by the African Union (AU) and various African regional organizations have increasingly relied on the use of special envoys. These envoys are tasked with advancing peace processes in conflict-prone regions, aiming to strengthen African and local solutions over international interventions. However, the diplomatic interventions conducted by African special envoys have been insufficiently explored in academic research. The practical implementation of these interventions, as well as the necessary social, institutional, and contextual conditions for their success, remain underexplored.
New Report by Dimpho Deleglise on Special Envoys Read More »
The ANCIP team held its fifth network workshop in Leipzig, enjoying three sunny days around the beautiful Nikolaikirche. Like the previous times, these days spent together were a great opportunity to reconnect, exchange and plan the next steps of our project.
5th ANCIP workshop in Leipzig Read More »
On 8 July 2024, ANCIP was represented at the European Conference on Politics and Gender, taking place from 8-10 July at Ghent University. ANCIP fellow S. Elisabeth Warnck co-chaired a panel on Feminist approaches to regional peace and security in the Global South, with Dr. Karmen Tornius (Freie Universität Berlin).
Feminist approaches to regional peace and security in the Global South Read More »
In February and March 2024, ANCIP fellow, Camille Vern, spent two months as a visiting research fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).
Visiting Research Fellowship at NUPI in Oslo Read More »
From 5-7 February 2024, the ANCIP network met for its fourth internal project workshop at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) in Frankfurt am Main.
4th ANCIP Workshop in Frankfurt Read More »
On December 4, 2023, the Ancip portal project participated in this year’s Digital Humanities Day at Leipzig University (DHDL’23).
ANCIP Portal Presentation at Digital Humanities Day Leipzig 2023 Read More »
ANCIP members Antonia Witt, Christof Hartmann and Ulf Engel jointly
participated in a conference on the theme “Sustainable Regional
Peacekeeping”.
ANCIP at Sustainable Regional Peacebuilding Conference in Accra Read More »
