Christopher Brucker (ext.)

Masters of Arts
Christopher Brucker
Christopher Brucker
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Research Interests

  • Public diplomacy and normative foreign policy of secessionist movements
  • International civil society actors and transnational support coalitions in secession conflicts
  • Global history of state emergence, secessionism, and decolonization
  • Dialogue and reconciliation in the South Caucasus
  • Biafra, Catalonia, Bougainville

curriculum vitae

  • 2021-2023 Holder of the Thuringian State Scholarship (Graduate Academy, FSU Jena).
  • 2016-2023 Doctoral Candidate: Chair of International Relations, FSU Jena. Dissertation project: The International Norm Politics of Secessionist Movements: Insights from Biafra, Catalonia, and Bougainville.
  • 2022 Project assistant: Corridors Summer School: Strengthening Peace Education Capacities in the Caucasus, 29 August – 04 September (Dilijan, Armenia), funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Chair of IR (FSU Jena) in cooperation with Corridors – Dialogue through Cooperation.
  • 2022 Research stay in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in cooperation with the Peace and Conflict Studies Institute Australia. July-August (DAAD funded).
  • 2022 Project assistant: 9th European Workshops in International Studies. WS P Patron-Client Relations in World Politics. 6-9 July, University of Macedonia Thessaloniki. Chair of IR (FSU Jena) in cooperation with the Salahaddin University-Erbil.
  • 2021-2022 Guest researcher at the Pompeu Fabra University Barcelona, ​​November-January (DAAD funded).
  • 2021 Project assistant: Corridors Summer School: Strengthening Peace Education Capacities in the Caucasus, 30 August – 05 September (Dilijan, Armenia), funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Chair of IR (FSU Jena) in cooperation with Corridors – Dialogue through Cooperation.
  • 2019-2021 Project assistant: Workshop on International Patron-Client Relationships in Secessionist Conflicts, 16-19 September (Jena, Germany), funded by the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF). Chair of IR (FSU Jena).
  • 2020 Project assistant: Corridors Summer School: Strengthening Peace Education Capacities in the Caucasus, 5-10 October (Blossin, Germany), funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Chair of IR (FSU Jena) in cooperation with Corridors - Dialogue through Cooperation
  • 2010-2013 Master of Arts in Political Science - Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
  • 2006-2010 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science - Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

conferences/workshops

  • 07/2022 - Paper presentation at the 9th European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS), organized by the European International Studies Association (EISA). University of Macedonia Thessaloniki: Non-State Support for Secessionist Rebel Groups: The Case of Bougainville.
  • 09/2021 - Paper presentation at the workshop on International Patron-Client Relations in Secessionist Conflicts. Empirical Insights and Conceptual Innovations. Friedrich Schiller University Jena: International Civil Society Patronage in the Biafran Secession Conflict, 1967-1970.
  • 05/2021 - First Emerging Scholars Workshop on De Facto States (online). Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, University of Tartu.
  • 07/2019 - Paper presentation at the 6th European Workshop in International Studies (EWIS), organized by the European International Studies Association (EISA). Jagiellonian University Krakow: International Norms as Strategic Resources in Secession Conflicts: Insights from the Biafran War of Independence, 1967-1970. Best Graduate Paper Award (Honorable Mention)
  • 02/2019 - Paper presentation at the Re-thinking Self-determination Conference, International Communities Organization in partnership with the New England Journal of Public Policy. Chatham House London: Finding Foreign Friends: National Self-Determination and related norms as strategic resources during the Biafran independence war, 1967-1970.

Publications

  • Brucker C (2019) Finding Foreign Friends. National Self-Determination and Related Norms as Strategic Resources during the Biafran War for Independence, 1967–1970. New England Journal of Public Policy, 31/2 . linkExternal link

Further Qualifications

  • 2020 - Certified project manager. German Society for Project Management
  • 2020 - Certified EU fundraiser and project manager. EUFRAK-EuroConsults Berlin