Dr.des. Melanie Coni-Zimmer
Research Associate
RD: Private Actors in the Transnational Sphere
e-Mail: zimmerNoeSPAM@ thanx-for-not-spamming! hsfk.de
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Biography
1996 - 2004 | Studies in Political Science, Economics and Public Law at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, the University of Helsinki and the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen |
2002 - 2003 | Student Assistant at the University of Tübingen |
2004 | Graduation |
2004 - 2005 | Research Fellow at the Institute of Political Science, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen |
since 2006 | Research Associate at PRIF and PhD Student at Darmstadt University |
2009 - 2010 | Visiting Fellow at the Political Science Department of the University of Victoria (Canada), October 2009-January 2010 Scholarship by the DAAD |
Further Affiliations and Activities
- Deputy Speaker of the junior staff of section "International Politics" of the "Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (DVPW)" (2006-2008)
- Speaker of the junior staff of section "International Politics" of the "Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (DVPW)" (2008-2010)
Projects
Selected Publications
- Zivilgesellschaftliche Kritik und Corporate Social Responsibility als unternehmerische Legitimitätspolitik, 2012
- The Relevance of Private Actors in the Transnational Sphere for Just Peace Governance, Arbeitspapiere, No.13, 2012
- CSR aus Perspektive der Governance-Forschung, 2012
- Business in Zones of Conflict and Global Security Governance What has been Learnt and Where to from Here?, 2010
- Oil Companies in Nigeria Emerging Good Practice or Still Fuelling Conflict?, 2010
- Piracy off the Coast of Somalia State failure, war economy and the international community (in German), HSFK-Standpunkte, 6/2009, 2009
- Bad Guys, Good Guys, or Something in between? Corporate Governance contributions in zones of violent conflict, PRIF Reports, 2008
- Inclusive Global Institutions for a Global Political Economy, 2008
- Public Private Partnerships in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit Wirkungen und Lessons Learnt am Beispiel des GTZ/AVE Projektes, 2007
- Die Effektivität von Public-Private Partnerships, 2007
- The UN Global Compact in Sub-Saharan Africa Decentralisation and Effectiveness, 2007
- Transnational Corporations and Conflict Prevention The Impact of Norms on Private Actors, 2004
- Unternehmen der Rohstoffindustrie Grenzen und Möglichkeiten der Konfliktprävention, 2004
Consulting on
- Business in Conflict Zones
- Public-Private Partnerships
- International civil society
- Natural resources
- "New Wars"/ North-South-Conflicts
- Piracy
- Africa