Christoph Vogel, M.A.

• E-mail: christoph.vogel@uni-koeln.de (Christoph Vogel)
• Office hours: upon individual agreement

Tasks at the institute

Associate Lecturer

Education

• Since 2012: PhD student
• 2006–2012: Cologne University: Political Science, African Studies, and Media Studies (M.A.)
• 2011: Makerere University Kampala: Peace and Conflict Studies

Research interests

Humanitarian Aid, Armed Conflict, Civil War, Peacekeeping, NGOs, United Nations, International Organisations, Development Aid, (International) Political Economy, Security Studies, Governance Studies, Social Media

Regional focus

Democratic Republic of the Congo (fieldwork/work experience), Uganda (fieldwork experience), Haiti (work experience), Côte d’Ivoire, Rwanda, Burundi, Sierra Leone, Liberia and larger Sub-Saharan Africa in general

Teaching

Winter term 2012

• 'African' Civil Wars and the International Community
• Business, Diplomacy, Humanitarian Aid, Peacekeeping and Democratisation

Summer term 2012

• The Great Lakes Region of Africa: Culture, Language, Geopolitics, Economy

Winter term 2011

• State Failure, Complex Emergencies & Post-Conflict Reconstruction

Summer term 2011

• Rationality vs. Irrationality in Civil Wars of the Great Lakes region

Winter term 2010

• Collapsed States, War Economies & Humanitarian Aid

Publications and talks

forthcoming

• Operational stalemate or politically induced failure in the Democratic Republic of Congo? On the dynamics disturbing humanitarian aid in complex emergencies and civil wars. Tectum, Marburg.

2011

• Beiträge zur Kölner Afrikawissenschaftlichen Nachwuchstagung III (KANT III), Cologne University 2011 (ed.).
• Causes of the Congolese Civil Wars and their implications for Humanitarian Assistance, in: KANT III, Cologne University 2011.
• Gefährdete Menschenrechte nach den Wahlen in der DR Kongo. Speech at the Allerweltshaus, Cologne.
• Humanitäre Hilfe nach dem Erdbeben in Haiti. Speech at the German-African Centre, Bonn.
• Causes of the Congolese Civil Wars and their implications for Humanitarian Assistance. Speech at KANT III, Cologne.

2010

• Beiträge zur Kölner Afrikawissenschaftlichen Nachwuchstagung II (KANT II), Cologne University 2010 (ed.).
• The Africa Policy of ‘normative’ power EU considering Cotonou Agreement and promotion of EPAs, in: KANT II, Cologne University 2010.