Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences Institute of Political Science Bergheimer Straße 58 D 69115 Heidelberg Germany Tel.: +49(0)6221/54 2864 Curriculum Vitae Email: thomas.wencker @ipw.uni heidelberg.de Thomas Wencker, M.A. January 2014 Personal Details Date of Birth: December 1, 1982 Nationality: German Research Interests Quantitative Conflict Research Geospatial Analysis Theories of Social Action Social Simulation Current Research Fields Non state Conflict Actors GIS-Based Spatial Analysis of Political Conflicts Collective Intentionality
Language Skills German (native speaker) English (fluent) French (reading capacity) Italian (basic) University Education 2010 present University of Heidelberg, Doctoral Student in Political Science 2010 University of Heidelberg, Magister Artium (equivalent to Master) in Political Science, Sociology and Political Science of South Asia (summa cum laude) Title of the master thesis: Intrastate political conflicts in Asia and Oceania. 2003 2010 University of Heidelberg, Studies in Political Science, Sociology, and Political Science of South Asia Other Education and Exchange Visits 2013 Exchange Visit, Department of Government, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom 2012 Exchange Visit, Center for Comparative and International Studies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland 2010 ESSA Summer School in Social Simulation, University of Brescia, Italy 2009 Exchange Visit, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore; Gaston Z. Ortigas Peace Institute, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines 2006 2007 Student Exchange, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Grants 2012, 2013 European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST), Short Term Scientific Mission 2008 German Academic Exchange Service, Travel Grant 2006 2007 Exchange Scholarship, National University of Singapore 2006 2007 Landesstiftung Baden Württemberg, Scholarship for the Study Abroad Seite 2
Teaching and Research Assistance 2011 present Lecturer, Institute of Political Science, University of Heidelberg 2011 Research Fellow, Institute of Political Science, University of Heidelberg, project on Causes of Escalation in Intrastate Political Conflicts funded by the Innovation Fund FRONTIER 2010 Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Political Science, University of Heidelberg 2007 2010 Research and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Political Science, University of Heidelberg 2007 2008 Research Assistant, Institute of Political Science, University of Heidelberg, Project on Culture and Conflict in a Global Perspective. The Cultural Dimensions of Conflicts from 1945 to 2007, funded by the Bertelsmann Foundation, Gütersloh Teaching Experience Instructor 2014 Intrastate Political Conflict 2013 Intrastate Political Conflict 2013 Introduction to Political Science 2012 / 2013 Introduction to Political Science (2 courses), 2012/2013 Introduction to Quantitative Conflict Research 2012 Introduction to Political Theory (2 courses) 2011 Introduction to Political Theory (3 courses) Teaching Assistant 2008/2009 Introduction to Comparative Politics 2008 Cultural Conflicts 2007/2008 Comparative Conflict Research Seite 3
Memberships and Associations 2012 present German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies 2012 present COST Action IS 1107 European Network for Conflict Research 2011 2013 COST Action IS 0805 New Challenges of Peacekeeping and the European Union s Role in Multilateral Crisis Management, Member of Management Committee 2010 present European Social Simulation Association 2009 present Member of the Research Team of the Conflict Information System (CONIS) Research Group, Heidelberg 2009 present Board Member of the Forum for International Security Heidelberg (FiS) 2012 present Member of the Working Group on Methodology, Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK) 2007 2012 Head of Regional Working Group for Asia & Oceania of the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK) 2005 present Conflict Observer for South and South East Asia, Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK) Conference Participation Sept. 2013 April 2013 Apr 2012 Mar 2012 Mar 2012 Peace and Conflict Anniversary Conference of the Conflict Research Society and the European Network for Conflict Research, Peace and Conflict: an international interdisciplinary conference, Colchester Presentation on Non-State Conflict Actors and Patterns of Violence in Intrastate Conflict European Network for Conflict Research Spring Meeting, International Conference on Conflict Research, Amsterdam Annual Conference of the Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft, Working Group Democracy Research, Democracy and Political Violence, Heidelberg Presentation on Spheres of Contention. A Model of Autonomy Arrangements and Non State Conflict Actors Young Academics Conference 2012 of the German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies, Schwerte Villigst Meeting of the Management Committee of COST Action IS 0805, International Conference, EU and Multilateral Peace Operations. Assessing Options and Limits, Rome Seite 4
Dec 2011 Jan 2011 Oct 2010 May 2010 July 2008 Meeting of the Management Committee of COST Action IS 0805, Seminar The European Union and International Organizations in Crisis Management: Perceptions and Lessons Learned, Lisbon 3-Länder-Tagung of the Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft, Österreichische Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft, and Schweizerische Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft, Rise and Shine! Career Day for Young Political Scientists, Basel Annual Conference 2010 of the Peace Research Institute, Frankfurt 12 th German French Dialogue of ASKO Europa Foundation, Acting in Crisis Civil Society, State, Europe, Otzenhausen Presentation on Sub European Alliance Politics as Crisis Management in the workshop on Challenges of the Crisis vs. Resources Crisis Management Simulation Stabilizing Afghanistan of the ASKO Europa Foundation, Otzenhausen Publications Edited Periodicals 1. Conflict Barometer 2011 (Heidelberg: ISSN 1616 931X, 2012), (co edited with Jan Deuter, Peter Hachemer, Bastian Herre, Natalie Hoffmann, Laura Schelenz, and Christoph Trinn) Journal Articles and Invited Chapters 1. Statistical Systems: Conflict and Security, in International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, forthcoming (with Aurel Croissant and Christoph Trinn) 2. Der Heidelberger Ansatz der Konfliktdatenerfassung, in: Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, 2 (1), 32-63. (with Nicolas Schwank and Christoph Trinn) (peer-reviewed) 3. Reise ins Ungewisse: Migration als Problem transnationaler Sicherheit. Ein Bericht über den Heidelberger Dialog zur internationalen Sicherheit 2013, in: Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, 2013, Seite 5
doi: 10.1007/s12399-013-0387-3 (with Christoph Trinn, Sebastian Cujai, Julius Lagodny, and Natascha Pongratz) 4. Kooperation im Spannungsfeld Zum Verhältnis von Entwicklungs- und Sicherheitspolitik (Konferenzbericht, Vierter Heidelberger Dialog zur internationalen Sicherheit, Heidelberg), in: Zeitschrift für Außen und Sicherheitspolitik, 6 (1), 101-106, 2013 (with Magdalena Kirchner and Kazimir Menzel) 5. Méthodologie de la recherche sur les conflits à Heidelberg, in: Les Grands Dossiers de Diplomatie n 7: L etat des conflits 2012, 2012 (with Nicolas Schwank and Christoph Trinn) 6. La crise face à ses défis et ressources (compte rendu des débats), in: ASKO Europa Stiftung (ed.): Face à la crise. La société civile, l État, l Europe, Saarbrücken, 2010 (with Christoph Trinn and Linus Rob) 7. Herausforderungen der Krise vs. Ressourcen (Diskussionsbericht), in: ASKO Europa Stiftung (ed.): Handeln in der Krise. Zivilgesellschaft, Staat, Europa, Saarbrücken, 2010 (with Linus Rob and Christoph Trinn) 8. Goodbye Afghanistan? (Konferenzbericht, Zweiter Heidelberger Dialog zur internationalen Sicherheit, Heidelberg), in: WeltTrends. Zeitschrift für internationale Politik, 75, 118-119, 2010 (with Katrin Gerber, Dorothea Müller, Caja Schleich und Christoph Trinn) 9. "Der zweite Irakkrieg" in the monograph by Aurel Croissant, Uwe Wagschal, Nicolas Schwank and Christoph Trinn: "Kulturelle Konflikte seit 1945. Die kulturellen Dimensionen des globalen Konfliktgeschehens", 151-160, Baden Baden, 2009 Country Reports India (MPLF, ZRA, KCP/Manipur) (with Pascal Sadaune and André Rapp); India (Naxalites) (with André Rapp); India (JeM, LeT, HM et al./kashmir) (with Kristine Döll and André Rapp); India (PULF) (with André Rapp); Sri Lanka (LTTE/northern and eastern Sri Lanka), in: Heidelberger Institut für Internationale Konfliktforschung (ed.): Conflict Barometer 2009 (Heidelberg: ISSN 1616 931X, 2009) Seite 6
India (MPLF, ZRA, KCP/Manipur) ; North Korea South Korea ; North Korea USA ; South Korea, Japan ; Timor Leste (veterans), in: Heidelberger Institut für Internationale Konfliktforschung (ed.): Conflict Barometer 2008 (Heidelberg: ISSN 1616 931X, 2008) Laos (Hmong/Royalists) ; Myanmar (KNU, KNLA, KNPP, KnA UWSA, DKBA, government / Karen State, Kayah State) ; Myanmar (SSA S, SSNA, SSA N government, UWSA, NDAA ESS / Shan State) (with Christoph Trinn), in: Heidelberger Institut für Internationale Konfliktforschung (ed.): Conflict Barometer 2007 (Heidelberg: ISSN 1616 931X, 2007) Malaysia Indonesia, Philippines (immigrants) ; Malaysia Indonesien, Philippinen (Einwanderer), in: Heidelberger Institut für Internationale Konfliktforschung (ed.): Konfliktbarometer 2006 (Heidelberg: ISSN 1616 931X, 2006) Seite 7