South America

Prof. Dr. Marianne Braig

Research Project C3 - Police-Building und Transnational Security Fields in Latin America

Areas of Expertise:

politics in Latin America
security governance
(transnational) policing
transnational security fields in Latin America
economics and politics
South and Central America (esp. Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico)

Prof. Dr. Robin Geiß

Research Project C11 - Charting the International Legal Framework for Security Governance by External Actors in Areas of Limited Statehood

Areas of Expertise:

security governance
international (humanitarian) law
global fight against crime
drug trafficking
piracy
transnational terrorism
Somalia, Kenya, Columbia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Prof. Dr. Andrea Liese

Research Project D8 - “Talk, and Action”: How International Organizations React to Areas of Limited Statehood

Areas of Expertise:

international institutions
discourse and organisational practice in international institutions
governance provision
food security
development partnerships in Haiti, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Columbia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone

Prof. Dr. Markus Michael Müller

Research Project C3 - Police-Building und Transnational Security Fields in Latin America

Areas of Expertise:

public security
security governance
(transnational) policing
transnational security fields in Latin America
(post-)colonial rule
Mexico

Prof. Dr. Stefan Rinke

Research Project D9 - Exchange Relationships and Collective Use of Resources in Culturally Heterogeneous Areas: Latin American Frontiers, 1880 to 1910