Dr Katja Mielke
Senior Researcher
showBonn International Centre for Conflict Studies
Our vision is a more peaceful world where the outbreak of violent conflict is prevented, allowing people to live safely, with dignity and in balance with their environment.
Publications
bicc policy brief
How Victims of Violence can Shape Transitional Justice in Cameroon's Far North
bicc , Bonn (2026)
Open
bicc policy brief
Friedensgutachten
Events
Tuesday, 21st July, 2026
Online
Webinar Series on "Peer-to-Peer Exchange on DDR(-related) processes"
Tuesday, 7th July, 2026
Hybrid
Mapping Hope Hybrid Workshop (AGIT 2026)
Friday, 10th July, 2026
Online
Institutioneller Rassismus
Friday, 10th July, 2026
IN-PERSON
Afghanistan research in peaceful times
Monday, 6th July, 2026
IN-PERSON
Regional DDR Action Plan Development Workshop
Thursday, 2nd July, 2026
IN-PERSON
Gendersensible Radikalisierungsforschung und -prävention
Monday, 29th June, 2026
IN-PERSON
Training: Countering Diversion & Enhancing Effective WAM in DDR Contexts in Cameroon
Monday, 22nd June, 2026
Online
Linksextremismus im Umbruch
Thursday, 11th June, 2026
IN-PERSON
Conference: Policy Realignment amid Multipolarisation (GIGA)
Monday, 8th June, 2026
Hybrid
Bundespressekonferenz: Friedensgutachten 2026
Monday, 1st June, 2026
IN-PERSON
Bundespressekonferenz: Report Globale Flucht 2026
Tuesday, 19th May, 2026
IN-PERSON
IMPULSE Café: Protecting Genocide Survivors? Deportation and Reintegration Challenges of Iraqi Yazidis
Saturday, 16th May, 2026
IN-PERSON
Quo Vadis Afghanistan?
Wednesday, 6th May, 2026
IN-PERSON
Gewalt überwinden
Monday, 27th April, 2026
Online
The Nexus between Return and Statelessness in Western Balkan Countries
Friday, 27th March, 2026
IN-PERSON
Syria after Regime Collapse
Tuesday, 3rd March, 2026
Hybrid
From Field to Findings
Wednesday, 25th February, 2026
IN-PERSON
Policies, Practices and Experiences of Return and Reintegration
Tuesday, 27th January, 2026
IN-PERSON
Themenabend ZURÜCKKEHREN mit Diskussionsimpulsen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis
Thursday, 22nd January, 2026
IN-PERSON
Final Conference: Navigating Return Migration
Thursday, 15th January, 2026
Online
Navigating the Field in Afghanistan Post-2021
Monday, 26th January, 2026
Online
Statelessness, Refugeehood and ‘Subhuman’ Life
Tuesday, 13th January, 2026
IN-PERSON
IMPULSE Café: Changing Climate, Transforming Risks and Shifting Identities
Wednesday, 7th January, 2026
IN-PERSON
Transnationale Figurationen der Flucht
Our Experts
In the Media
Should the Insurgent Amnesty Program Remain
TV-interview with Oyewole Oginni, Channels Television, 11 July 2026 (in English)
Der stolze Prinz: Saudi-Arabien geht auf Distanz zu Trumps Amerika
Article with quotes by Marius Bales, Der Tagesspiegel, 10 July 2026 (in German)
Streitgespräch über Aufrüstung: „Europa sollte stärker werden als Russland.“ – „Da widerspreche ich.“
Interview with Max Mutschler, taz.de, 7 July 2026 (in German)
Warum militärische Stärke Kriege nicht automatisch beendet
Interview with Max Mutschler, radioeins, 03 July 2026 (in German)
Iran und Afghanistan: Zwei isolierte Länder rücken zusammen
Article with quotes by Conrad Schetter, Die Presse, 01 July 2026 (in German)
„Unter den Taliban herrscht ein starker Korpsgeist“
Interview with Conrad Schetter, welt-sichten, 30 June 2026 (in German)
„Zerstören reicht nicht, um politisch zu gestalten“: Woran militärische Großmächte wie die USA, Russland oder Israel scheitern
Article with quotes by Max Mutschler, Der Tagesspiegel, 26 June 2026 (in German)
Mehr Taliban-Diplomaten für Abschiebeflüge nach Afghanistan?
Interview with Conrad Schetter, hr INFO, 23 June 2026 (in German)
Atempause für den Iran und die Golfstaaten
Article with quotes by Conrad Schetter, DW, 19 June 2026 (in German)
Großmachtstreben am Persischen Golf „Die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate tragen zur Destabilisierung von Konfliktregionen bei“
Article with quotes by Marius Bales, Tagesspiegel, 16 June 2026 (in German)
27 Years Of Democracy: Analysts Discuss Cost Of Securing The Republic
Interview with Oyewole Oginni, Channels Television, 13 June 2026 (in English)
Keine US-Marschflugkörper für Deutschland: Die Trump-Regierung hat offenbar Angst vor Eskalation mit Russland
Article with quotes by Max Mutschler, Tagesspiegel, 05 June 2026 (in German)
Deadly spillovers from Myanmar's civil war can no longer be ignored
Article by Anas Ansar and Benjamin Etzold, The Daily Star, 04 June 2026 (in English)
117 Millionen Geflüchtete weltweit: Forscherin warnt vor Abschottung
Article with quotes by Benjamin Etzold and Franck Düvell, Frankfurter Rundschau, 01 June 2026 (in German)
„Rücksichtslos nationalistisch“: Forschende kritisieren EU-Asylreform und Vorgehen von Deutschland
Article with quotes by Benjamin Etzold and Franck Düvell,Tagesspiegel, 01June 2026 (in German)
Au Mali, quelle issue à la crise un mois après les attaques du 25 avril ?
Podcast with Boubacar Haidara, "Afrique 360°" International Crisis Group, 24 May 2026 (in French)
Helsinki-Process as a Role Model?
Article with quotes by Marius Bales, Tagesspiegel, 19 May 2026
Su wane ne mayaƙan JNIM kuma me ya sa suke kai hare-hare?
Article with quotes by Yvan Guichaoua, BBC, 05 May 2026 (in Hausa)
Xi Warned of the ‘Thucydides Trap.’ What Is It?
Interview with Ryan Swan, The New York Times, 14 May 2026 (in English)
Germany’s Little America Confronts the Specter of U.S. Troop Withdrawal
Article with quotes by Marc von Boemcken, The Wall Street Journal, 12 May 2026 (in English)
Bangladesh-Myanmar Border: How the Battlefield is Expanding
Article by Benjamin Etzold and Anas Ansar, Prothom Alo, 08 May 2026 (in Bangla)
New Job Vacancy: Internship with the Taliban in Germany
Article with quotes by Conrad Schetter, ThePioneer, 11 May 2026 (in German)
Arms expert Max Mutschler: “The defense industry has never been seen as grubby”
Interview with Max Mutschler, Security.Table, 30 April 2026 (in English, German)
‘Not Enough Strategy’ in Defence Policy
Interview with Max Mutschler, WDR 5, 27 April 2026 (in German)
BBC World Service & Live News, Mali
Interview with Yvan Guichaoua, BBC, 03 May 2026 (In English, 9:15)
Attaques au Mali. « Une secousse monumentale dans l’histoire malienne »
Article with quotes by Yvan Guichaoua, Afrique XXI, 30 April 2026 (in French)
Mali at Risk of Splintering after Jihadi and Separatist Attacks
Article with quotes by Yvan Guichaoua, Reuters, 27 April 2026 (in English)
Analyse Dans le nord du Mali, le Sahara bascule progressivement aux mains des insurgés
Article with quotes by Yvan Guichaoua, Libération, 05 May 2026 (in French)
Co-ordinated Attacks threaten Mali’s Russian-backed Regime
Article with quotes by Yvan Guichaoua, Financial Times, 25 April 2026 (in English)
New Bundeswehr Strategy: Think Big, Plan Vaguely
Article with quotes by Max Mutschler, taz.de, 22 April 2026 (in German)
Hope for an End to the War: Are the US and Iran set for New Talks?
Article with quotes by Conrad Schetter, dw.com, 17 April 2026 (in German)
A Power Struggle has broken out within the Taliban
Article with quotes by Conrad Schetter, Die Presse, 16 April 2026 (in German)
What the Iran War Reveals
Article with quotes by Max Mutschler, Tagesspiegel, 16 April 2026 (in German)
Deterrence through Denial
Article with quotes by Max Mutschler, taz.de, 24 March 2026 (in German)
New Study: Greenpeace calls for targeted Defence rather than rapid Rearmament
Article with quotes by Max Mutschler, table.media, 24 March 2026 (in German)
The Gulf States fear Iran
Interview with Marius Bales, tagesspiegel.de, 18 March 2026 (in German)
The War against Iran
Article with quotes by Max Mutschler, tagesspiegel.de, 14 March 2026 (in German)
Germany: Goodbye Car, Hello Tank?
Podcast with Max Mutschler, deutschlandfunknova, 11 March 2026 (in German)
Escalation in the Hindu Kush
Interview with Katja Mielke, WEB.DE, 02 March 2026 (in German)