Prof. Dr. Tilman Brück

Curriculum Vitae

1. General Information

Contact Details

Addresses: IGZ, Theodor-Echtermeyer-Weg 1, 14979 Großbeeren, Germany

Cell: +49-151 1117 5462

E-Mail: brueck@igzev.de

Internet: www.igzev.de

Research Interests

• Development economics: in particular poverty analysis, rural development, labour economics, and household survey data analysis
• Economics of peace and security: in particular measuring conflict and security, post-war reconstruction, and modelling the costs of conflict
• European and international economic policy: in particular economic security policy, antiterror policy, and defence policy

Country Expertise

including Angola, Bangladesh, Colombia, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Germany, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, Rwanda, Syria, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Further Information

German: fluent

English: fluent

Portuguese: conversational

Nationality: German

2. Work Experience, Education and Honours

Current Position and Affiliations

• Head of Research Group – Economic development and human well-being, IGZ – Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Großbeeren, since June 2015
• Visiting Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, since January 2015
• Director, ISDC – International Security and Development Center, Berlin, since August 2014
• Distinguished Senior Fellow, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – SIPRI, since July 2014
• Member of the Faculty, Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS), Humboldt-University of Berlin, since November 2011
• Associate Researcher, Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon (ICS), Lisbon, since January 2010
• Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, since July 2005
• Co-Director and Co-Founder, Households in Conflict Network (HiCN), since 2004

Past Positions and Affiliations

• Director, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – SIPRI, January 2013 – June 2014
• Full Professor of Development Economics (W3), Department of Agricultural Economics, Humboldt-University of Berlin, October 2009 – December 2012
• Head, Department of Development and Security, German Institute for Economic Research
• (DIW Berlin), October 2006 – December 2012 (on parental leave from July till November 2008)
• Assistant Professor of Development Economics (W1), Department of Agricultural Economics, Humboldt-University of Berlin, October 2006 – September 2009
• Visiting Lecturer in Development Economics, Tor Vergata University, Rome, February 2004 – March 2006
• Visiting Fellow, United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics
• Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki, August – September 2003.
• Acting Head, Department of International Economics, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), June 2003 – September 2006
• Economic Advisor, Office of the President, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), April 2001 – May 2003
• Research Officer, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, January 2001 – March 2001
• Research Officer, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, January 1999 – June 1999
• National Social Service, Kindertagesstätte Fritz-Werner-Straße, Berlin, August 1996 – August 1997
• Research Officer, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, July 1995 – September 1995
• Tutor in Development Economics, BA and MPhil Programmes of Jesus College, Keble
• College, St Hilda’s College, St Hugh’s College, Summerville College (all part of the University of Oxford) and Williams College (Oxford Campus), 1995 – 1999
• Vice President of the Students’ Representative Council, University of Glasgow, 1992 –1993

Declined Offers

• John Hume and Thomas P. O’Neill Chair in Peace, INCORE, University of Ulster, 2014
• Deputy Director, DEval – German Institute for Development Evaluation, 2012
• Team Leader and Professor of Development Economics, IDS and University of Sussex, 2008

Education

• D.Phil. in Economics, University of Oxford, 2001
• M.Phil. in Economics, University of Oxford, 1996
• M.A. in Political Economy (first class honours), University of Glasgow, 1994
• International Baccalaureate (41 points – equivalent to 1.1 on German Abitur scale), Lester B.
• Pearson United Word College of the Pacific, Victoria, B.C., 1990

Prizes, Distinctions and Scholarships

• Member of the Board, Global Young Academy, 2010 – 2012
• Founding Fellow, Global Young Academy, 2010 – 2014
• Member of the Board, Die Junge Akademie (German Young Academy of Sciences), 2010 – 2011
• Chair of the Board, Die Junge Akademie (German Young Academy of Sciences), 2009 – 2010
• „IAP Award for Young Scientists 2008” by the InterAcademy Panel and TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world (prize worth 10.000 USD), 2008
• Nominated as „Distinguished Young Scientist” by the „InterAcademy Panel Conference of Young Leaders in STI – 2008” at the World Economic Forum’s „Annual Meeting of the New Champions”, Tianjin, China, September 2008
• Elected Member, Development Economics Committee, German Economic Association, since 2008
• Elected Fellow, Die Junge Akademie (German Young Academy of Sciences), 2007 – 2012
• „Best Article Award” by the Development Studies Association (DSA) for „Poverty during Transition: Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine” , 2007
• Doctoral Scholarship by German Studienstiftung Foundation, 1997 – 2000
• Economic and Social Research Council Scholarship, 1994 – 1996
• Fellow of the Student Challenge management programme of Bertelsmann AG, 1994 – 1997
• Scholarship by German Studienstiftung Foundation, 1990 – 1997
• Departmental Prize for Outstanding Exam Performance, University of Glasgow, 1993
• United World College Scholarship by German Studienstiftung Foundation, 1988 – 1990

Research Visits

• Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon (ICS), Lisbon, March, June and October 2010.
• Centro de Estudos sobre África e do Desenvolvimento, ISEG, UTL, Lisbon, June and November 2009.
• Department of Economics, Universidade Nova Lisboa, Lisbon, February 2008.
• Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Oslo, June 2007.
• Development Economics Research Group, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, October 2006.
• Department of Economics, Universidade Nova Lisboa, Lisbon, March 2006.
• United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNUWIDER), Helsinki, August and September 2005.
• United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNUWIDER), Helsinki, August – September 2003.
• Summer School „Estonia and Western Europe”, University of Tartu and Studienstiftung Foundation, August 1999.
• UNPREDEP Mission, Skopje, FYR of Macedonia, March 1997.
• Archival work at the Hamburger Weltwirtschaftsarchiv (HWWA), July 1989.

3. Memberships and Professional Activities

Membership of Advisory and Governing Boards

• Member of the Advisory Board, Stiftung Entwicklung und Frieden, since 2013
• Member of the International Advisory Council, Institute for Economics and Peace, since 2013
• Member of the Advisory Council, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, 2012 – 2015
• Member of the InterAcademy Panel’s Advisory Group on population, 2011 – 2012
• Member of the Academic Advisory Board, Decreasing Vulnerability to Conflict in MENA
• through Rural Development, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC, 2011 – 2012
• Member of the Academic Advisory Board, ValueSec Research Project, Fraunhofer Institute
• for Factory Operation and Automation (IFF), 2011 – 2013
• Member of the Academic Advisory Board, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH), Hamburg, since 2010 (and its Deputy Chair since 2012)
• Member of the Advisory Board, Wissenschaftsforum der Sozialdemokratie, since 2010
• Member of the Academic Steering Committee, Institut für Ländliche Entwicklung (SLE), Humboldt-University of Berlin, 2010 – 2012
• Member of the Advisory Council, Economic Change in the Arab Region (ECAR) Masters
• Programme, Philipps-Universität Marburg and Damascus University, 2009 – 2011
• Member of the Advisory Group „Transitional Justice and Development” of the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), New York, 2007 – 2008
• Member of the Advisory Group „Fragile States and International Governance” of the German Foreign Office, Berlin, 2005

Membership of Editorial Boards

• Editor, SIPRI Yearbook, 2013 – 2014
• Member of the Editorial Board, DIW Vierteljahreshefte, 2006 – 2012
• Co-editor, HiCN Research Design Notes, since 2006
• Co-editor, HiCN Working Papers, since 2005
• Member of the editorial board, DIW Wochenbericht, 2003 – 2012

Referee for Academic Journals and Publishers

• Agriculture and Human Values, Agricultural Economics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Campbell Collaboration, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Defence and Peace Economics, Economics of Peace and Security Journal, European Journal of Political Economy, Fiscal Studies, German Journal of Agricultural Economics, IZA
• Journal of Labor & Development, Journal for Labour Market Research, Journal of African Economies, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Economic Inequality, Journal of Family and Economic Issues,
• Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Population Economics, Open Economies Review, Oxford Development Studies, Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, Risk
• Analysis, Schmollers Jahrbuch, Security Dialogue, World Development

Referee for Grant-Awarding Bodies

• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Germany), Economic and Social Research Council (UK), International Initiative for Impact Evaluation – 3ie (India), European Science
• Foundation, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal), Israel Science
• Foundation (Israel), Österreichische Nationalbank (Austria), Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (Germany), VolkswagenStiftung (Germany)
• Membership of Academic Hiring Committees
• Hiring committee for the President, DIW Berlin, Berlin, 2011-2012
• Hiring committee for the Head of the Centre for Advanced Training in Rural Development (SLE), Faculty of Agriculture, Humboldt-University of Berlin, 2010
• Hiring committee for an Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Humboldt-University of Berlin, 2010
• Hiring committee for the Head, Department of Information Society and Competition, DIW Berlin, Berlin, 2010
• Hiring committee for a Chair in Economics, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, 2008
• Hiring committee for the Head, Department of Macroeconomic Growth and Forecasting, DIW Berlin, Berlin, 2007

Memberships in Professional Organisations

• Development Economics Committee of the German Economic Association
• German Economics Association
• Hochschulverband
• Tönissteiner Kreis

4. Teaching and Supervision Experience

Teaching Experience

• Full Professor of Development Economics

Duration: October 2009 till December 2012

Employer: Humboldt-University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Course taught: Economics of Human Development (MSc, 2 hours/week)

• Assistant Professor of Development Economics

Duration: October 2006 till September 2009

Employer: Humboldt-University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Course taught: Household Coping, Poverty and Well-Being in Developing Countries

(MSc, 2 hours/week)

• Visiting Lecturer in Development Economics

Duration: February 2004 till March 2006

Employer: Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

Course taught: The Economics of Conflict and Reconstruction (MSc, 1 week module)

• Tutor in Labour Economics

Duration: Summer Semester 2002

Employer: Free University Berlin, Germany

• Tutor in Development Economics, BA and MPhil Programmes

Duration: 1995 – 1999

Employers: Jesus College, Keble College, St Hilda’s College, St Hugh’s College,

Summerville College (all part of the University of Oxford, UK) and Williams College, Oxford Campus, UK

On-going Doctoral Supervision

Ghassan Baliki, Humboldt-University of Berlin

Completed Doctoral Supervision

• Wolfgang Stojetz: War and Behavior – Evidence from Angolan Civil War Veterans, defended April 2016 at Humboldt-University of Berlin
• Nina Wald: Three Essays on Conflict and Development in Colombia, defended November 2015 at Humboldt-University of Berlin
• Margherita Calderone: Essays on Violent Conflict, Vulnerability to Shocks, and Household Welfare, defended December 2014 at Humboldt-University of Berlin
• Damir Esenaliev: Three Essays in the Economics of Inequality and Well-Being in Kyrgyzstan, defended November 2013 at Humboldt-University of Berlin
• Lena Giesbert: Microinsurance and Risk Management: Evidence from Ghana, defended November 2013 at Humboldt-University of Berlin
• Sindu Workneh Kebede: Poverty and Shocks in Development Economics: Micro and Macro Perspectives, defended October 2013 at Humboldt-University of Berlin
• Tony Muhumuza: Household Livelihoods, Violent Conflict and Child Labour, defended February 2013 at Humboldt-University of Berlin
• Antje Kröger: Four Essays in Development Microeconomics: Migration, Poverty and Wellbeing in Central Asia, defended November 2012 at Humboldt-University of Berlin
• Marc Vothknecht: The Economic Consequences of Violent Conflict: Evidence from Macroand Micro-level Data, defended December 2010 at Humboldt-University of Berlin
• Cathérine Müller: An Econometric Analysis of Concerns about Terrorism, defended November 2010 at Humboldt-University of Berlin
• Christine Binzel: Three Essays in Development Microeconomics, defended July 2010
• Kati Schindler: Violent Conflict, Reconstruction and Development: The Household Perspective, defended July 2010 at Humboldt-University of Berlin
• Andréanne Léger: Impact of Intellectual Property on Innovation in Developing Countries, defended 2007 at Humboldt-University of Berlin (second supervisor)

5. Publications, Presentations and Conference Organization

Selected Working Papers

de Groot, O.J.; C. Bozzoli, C. and Brück,  T.(2015). “The Global Economic Burden of Violent Conflict”. HiCN Working Papers, Nr. 199.

Puri, J.; Aladysheva, A.; Iversen, V.; Ghorpade, Y. and Brück, T. (2014). “What Methods May Be Used in Impact Evaluations of Humanitarian Assistance?”. HiCN Working Paper, Nr. 193.

Schubert, M. and Brück, T. (2014). ”The Perception of Lethal Risks – Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment”. IZA Discussion Papers, Nr. 8578.

Brück, T., Di Maio, M. and Miaari, S. (2014). “Learning the Hard Way: The Effect of Violent Conflict on Student Academic Achievement”. HiCN Working Papers, Nr. 185.

Brück, T. and Ferguson, N. (2014). “Money Can’t Buy Love but Can it Buy Peace? Evidence from the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation”. HiCN Working Papers, Nr. 177.

Brück, T. and Esenaliev, D. (2013). “Post-Socialist Transition and the Intergenerational Transmission of Education in Kyrgyzstan”. IZA Discussion Papers, Nr. 7318.

Brück, T. and Workneh Kebede, S. (2013). “Dynamics and Drivers of Consumption and Multidimensional Poverty: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia”. IZA Discussion Papers, Nr. 7364.

Bozzoli, C.; Brück, T. and Muhumuza, T. (2012). “Movers or Stayers? Understanding the Drivers of IDP Camp Decongestion During Post-Conflict Recovery in Uganda”. DIW Discussion Papers, Nr. 1197.

Schindler, K. and Brück, T. (2011). “The Effects of Conflict on Fertility in Rwanda”. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, Nr. 5715.

Bozzoli, C. and Brück, T. (2011). “Determinants of Protests: Longitudinal Evidence from Ukraine’s Orange Revolution”. DIW Discussion Papers, Nr. 1115.

Avdeenko, A.;Bozzoli, C. and Brück, T. (2010). “Legacy from the Transition?: Alcohol Consumption by Young Adults in Ukraine”. ESCIRRU Working Papers, Nr. 26.

Bozzoli, C. and Brück, T. (2010). “Child Morbidity and Camp Decongestion in Post-war Uganda”. MICROCON Research Working Papers, Nr. 24.

Brück, T. and Peters, H. (2009). “20 Years of German Unification: Evidence on Income Convergence and Heterogeneity”. IZA Discussion Papers, Nr. 4454.

Brück, T. and van den Broeck, K. (2006). “Growth, Employment and Poverty in Mozambique”. Issues in Employment and Poverty Discussion Paper, ILO, Nr. 21.

Brück, T. (2003). “Coping Strategies in Post-War Rural Mozambique”. DIW Discussion Papers, Nr. 384.

Brück, T., FitzGerald; E.V.K.  and Grigsby, A. (2000). “Enhancing the Private Sector Contribution to Post-War Recovery in Poor Countries”. Queen Elizabeth House Working Paper Series, Nr. 45.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Brück, T.; Justino, P.; Verwimp, P.; Avdeenko, A.; Tedesco, A. (2016). Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-Level Surveys: Current Practices and Methodological Challenges. World Bank Research Observer 31/1, 29-58.

Bozzoli, C.; Brück, T.; Muhumuza, T. (2016). Activity Choices of Internally Displaced Persons and Returnees: Quantitative Survey Evidence from Post-War Northern Uganda. Bulletin of Economic Research 68(4), 329-347.

Brück, T.; Justino, P.; Verwimp, P. (2016). New Developments in Measuring the Welfare Effects of Conflict Exposure at the Micro-Level. In: Backer, D.; Bhavnani, R.; Huth, P. (eds). Peace & Conflict, 2016, 144-149.

Bircan, C.; Brück, T.; Vothknecht, M. (2016). Violent Conflict and Inequality. Oxford Development Studies, 1-20. (online first)

Bircan, C., T. Brück and M. Vothknecht (forthcoming). “Violent Conflict and Inequality”. Oxford Development Studies.

Brück, T., P. Justino, P. Verwimp, A. Avdeenko and A. Tedesco (2016): “Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-Level Surveys: Current Practices and Methodological Challenges”. World Bank Research Observer, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 29-58.

Schneider, F., T. Brück and D. Meierrieks (2015): “The Economics of Counterterrorism: A Survey”. Journal of Economic Surveys, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 131-57.

Brück, T., D. Esenaliev, A. Kroeger, A. Kudebayeva, B. Mirkasimov and S. Steiner (2014): “Household Survey Data for Research on Well-Being and Behavior in Central Asia”. Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 819-35.

Brück, T.; Naudé, W.  and Verwimp, P. (2013). “Business under Fire: Entrepreneurship and Violent Conflict in Developing Countries”. Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 3-19.

Bozzoli, C.; Brück, T. and Wald, N. (2013). “Self-Employment and Conflict in Colombia”. Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 117-42.

Brück, T. and de Groot, O. (2013). “The Economic Impact of Violent Conflict”. Defence and Peace Economics, vol. 24, no. 6, 497-501.

Brück, T. and Xu, G. (2012). “Who Gives Aid to Whom and When? Aid Accelerations, Shocks and Policies”. European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 593-606.

Brück, T.; Heidebrecht, J.  and Michaelowa, K. (2012). “Neue Herausforderungen für Beschäftigung und Entwicklung”. Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, vol. 81, no. 3, pp. 5-9.

Brück, T.;de Groot, O. and Schneider, F. (2011). „The Economic Costs of the German Participation in the Afghanistan War“. Journal of Peace Research, vol. 48, no. 6, pp. 793-805.

Bozzoli, C.; Brück, T.  and Muhumuza, T. (2011). “Does War Influence Individual Expectations?”. Economics Letters, vol. 113, no. 3, pp. 288-91.

Brück, T.; Llussá, F.  and Tavares, J. (2011). “Entrepreneurship: The Role of Extreme Events”. European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 27, no. S1, pp. S78-S88.

Brück, T. and Schneider, F. (2011). “Terror and Human Insecurity: Editorial Introduction”. European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 27, no. S1, pp. S1-S4.

Baskaran, T.; Blöchl, F.; Brück, T.  and Theis, F. J. (2011). „The Heckscher-Ohlin Model and the Network Structure of International Trade”. International Review of Economics and Finance, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 135-45.

Brück, T.; Naudé, W.  and Verwimp, P. (2011). „Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Violent Conflict in Developing Countries”. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 161-78.

Brück, T.; Brzoska, M.  and Drakos, K. (2011). „The Economics of Security: A European Perspective”. Defence and Peace Economics, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 99-104.

Bozzoli, C.; Brück, T.  and Sottsas, S. (2010). „A Survey of the Global Economic Costs of Conflict”. Defence and Peace Economics, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 165-76.

Brück, T.; Beaudry, C.; Hilgenkamp, H.; Karoonuthaisiri, N.; Salah-Eldin Mohamed, H. and Weiss, G. A. (2010). „Empowering Young Scientists“. Science, vol. 328, 2 April, p. 17. (And: Brück, T. et al. (2010). „Response-The Time of Young Scientists”. Science, vol. 329, no. 5992, 6 August, pp. 626-7.)

Brück, T.; Danzer, A.; Muravyev, A.  and Weißhaar, N. (2010). „Poverty during Transition: Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine“. Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 123-45.

Brück, T. and Müller, C. (2010). „Comparing the Determinants of Concern about Terrorism and Crime“. Global Crime, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1-15.

Bozzoli, C. and Brück, T. (2009). „Agriculture, Poverty and Post-War Reconstruction: Micro-Level Evidence from Northern Mozambique“. Journal of Peace Research, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 377-97.

Brück, T. and Schindler, K. (2009). „Smallholder Land Access in Post-War Northern Mozambique“. World Development, vol. 37, no. 8, pp. 1379–89.

Brück, T. and Schindler, K. (2009). „The Impact of Violent Conflicts on Households: What Do We Know and What Should We Know about War Widows?“. Oxford Development Studies, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 289-309.

Verwimp, P., Justino, P.  and Brück, T. (2009). „The Analysis of Conflict: A Micro-Level Perspective“. Journal of Peace Research, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 307-14.

Alvarez-Plata, P. and Brück, T. (2008). „External Debt in Post-Conflict Countries“. World Development, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 485-504.

Brück, T. and Stephan, A.  (2006). „Do Eurozone Countries Cheat with their Budget Deficit Forecasts?“. Kyklos, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 3-15.

Brück, T. and Zwiener, R.  (2006). „Fiscal Policy Rules for Stabilisation and Growth: A Simulation Analysis of Deficit and Expenditure Targets in a Monetary Union“. Journal of Policy Modeling, vol. 28, pp. 357-69.

Brück, T. (2006). „War and Reconstruction in Northern Mozambique“. Economics of Peace and Security Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 29-39.

Brück, T., Haisken-De New, J. and Zimmermann, K. F. (2006). „Creating Low Skilled Jobs by Subsidising Market-Contracted Household Work“. Applied Economics, vol. 38, no. 8, pp. 899-911.

Brück, T. (2005). „An Economic Analysis of Security Policies“. Defence and Peace Economics, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 375-89.

Brück, T. and Wickström, B.-A. (2004). „The Economic Consequences of Terror: Guest Editors’ Introduction“ European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 293-300.

Brück, T.; Cors, A.; Zimmermann, K. F.  and Zwiener, R. (2003). „Stability Criteria and Convergence: The Role of the System of National Accounts for Fiscal Policy in Europe“. Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv, vol. 87, no. 2, pp. 113-32.

Brück, T. (1998). „Guerra e Desenvolvimento em Moçambique“. Análise Social, vol. 33, no. 149, pp. 1019-51.

Book Chapters

Justino, P., T. Brück and P. Verwimp (forthcoming). “New Developments in Measuring the Welfare Effects of Conflict Exposure at the Micro-Level”, Peace & Conflict 2015, University of Maryland.

Brück, T. (2015). “Frieden und Sicherheit – welche Rolle für Europa?”. In: Stock, G., C. Markschies and S. Hauer (eds.). Zukunftsort: Europa. De Gruyter Akademie Forschung, Berlin.

Brück, T. and G. Milante (2014). “Financing Peace and Security for Sustainable Development”. In: OECD. Development Co-operation Report 2014: Mobilising Resources for Sustainable Development. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris.

Brück, T. (2013). “Introduction: An Economist’s Perspective on Security, Conflict and Peace Research”. In: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. SIPRI Yearbook 2013. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Justino, P., T. Brück and P. Verwimp (2013). “Micro-level Dynamics of Conflict, Violence and Development: A New Analytical Framework”. In: P. Justino, T. Brück and P. Verwimp, eds. A Micro-Level Perspective on the Dynamics of Conflict, Violence and Development. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Bozzoli, C., T. Brück and N. Wald (2013). “Evaluating Programmes in Conflict-affected Areas”. In: P. Justino, T. Brück and P. Verwimp, eds. A Micro-Level Perspective on the Dynamics of Conflict, Violence and Development. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Brück, T., O. J. de Groot and N. Ferguson (2013). “Measuring Security”. In: R. Caruso and A. Locatelli, eds. Understanding Terrorism: A Socio-economic Perspective. Emerald Publishing, Bingley.

Bozzoli, C., T. Brück and O. J. de Groot (2011). „How Many Bucks in a Bang: On the Estimation of the Economic Costs of Conflict”. In: M. Garfinkel and S. Skaperdas, eds. Handbook of the Economics of Peace and Security. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Brück, T. and M. Vothknecht (2011). „Impact of Violent Conflicts on Women’s Economic Opportunities.” In: K. Kuehnast, C. de Jonge Oudraat and H. Hernes, eds. Women and War: Power and Protection in the 21st Century. United States Institute of Peace Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 85-114.

Addison, T. and T. Brück (2009). „The Multi-Dimensional Challenges of Mass Violent Conflict”. In: T. Addison and T. Brück, eds. Making Peace Work: The Challenges of Social and Economic Reconstruction. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, pp. 1-14.

Addison, T. and T. Brück (2009). „Achieving Peace, Participation, and Prosperity”. In: T. Addison and T. Brück, eds. Making Peace Work: The Challenges of Social and Economic Reconstruction. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, pp. 15-30.

Addison, T. and T. Brück (2009). „A Way Forward”. In: T. Addison and T. Brück, eds. Making Peace Work: The Challenges of Social and Economic Reconstruction. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, pp. 264-270.

Alvarez-Plata, P. and T. Brück (2007). „Postwar Debts: Time for a New Approach“. In: J. K. Boyce and M. O’Donnell, eds. Peace and the Public Purse: Economic Policies for Postwar Statebuilding. Lynne Rienner.

Brück, T. (2002). „Ludwig Erhard in Africa: War Finance and Post-War Reconstruction in Germany and Mozambique“. In: J. Brauer and J. P. Dunne, eds. The Economics of Military Expenditure and Arms Production and Trade in Developing Countries. Macmillan, London, pp. 236-250.

Brück, T. (2001). „Mozambique: The Economic Effects of the War“. In: F. Stewart and E. V. K. FitzGerald, eds. War and Underdevelopment. Oxford University Press, Oxford, vol. 2, pp. 56-88.

Brück, T. (2000). „The Economics of Civil War in Mozambique“. In: J. Brauer and K. Hartley, eds. The Economics of Regional Security: NATO, the Mediterranean and Southern Africa. Harwood Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, pp. 191-215.

Special Issues

Brück, T., W. Naudé and P. Verwimp, eds. (2013). “Entrepreneurship and Conflict”. Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 57, no. 1.

Brück, T. and O. de Groot, eds. (2012). “The Economic Impact of Violent Conflict”. Defence and Peace Economics, vol. 24, no. 6.

Brück, T., J. Heidebrecht and K. Michaelowa, eds. (2012). “Neue Herausforderungen für Beschäftigung und Entwicklung”. Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, vol. 81, no. 3.

Brück, T. and F. Schneider, eds. (2011). “Terrorism”. European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 27, no. S1.

Brück, T., M. Brzoska and K. Drakos, eds. (2011). „A European Conceptual Framework of Insecurity”. Defence and Peace Economics, vol. 22, no. 2.

Brück, T., W. Naudé and P. Verwimp, eds. (2011). „Violent Conflict and Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries”. Journal of Small Business Entrepreneurship, vol. 24, no. 2.

Verwimp, P., T. Brück and P. Justino, eds. (2009). „Micro-Level Dynamics of Violent Conflict”. Journal of Peace Research, vol. 46, no. 3.

Brück, T. and H. Engerer, eds. (2009). „Die Ökonomie der Sicherheit”. Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, vol. 78, no. 4.

Brück, T. and B.-A. Wickström, eds. (2004). „The Economic Consequences of Terror“. European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 20, no. 2.

Monographs

Justino, P., T. Brück and P. Verwimp, eds. (2013). A Micro-Level Perspective on the Dynamics of Conflict, Violence and Development. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Brück, T. and H. Lehmann, eds. (2012). In the Grip of Transition: Economic and Social Consequences of Restructuring in Russia and Ukraine. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke.

Addison, T. and T. Brück, eds. (2009). Making Peace Work: The Challenges of Social and Economic Reconstruction. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke.

Brück, T., ed. (2007). The Economic Analysis of Terrorism. Routledge, Abingdon.

Brück, T. (2001). Coping with Peace: Post-war Household Strategies in Northern Mozambique. D.Phil. Thesis, Economics Department, University of Oxford, Oxford.

Brück, T. (1996). The Economic Effects of War. M.Phil. Thesis, Economics Department, University of Oxford, Oxford.

Policy Reports

Brück, T. and K. Henning (2016). „Die volkswirtschaftlichen Kosten von Krieg“. Entwicklungspolitik Kompakt, no. 6, 18 February, KfW Development Research.

Brück, T., K. Krisko and A. Tedesco (2015). “Theories of Change: Linking Employment and Stability in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations”. A Scoping Study for the Working

Group on Employment for Stability of the Dutch Government ‘Knowledge Platform’ on Security and Rule of Law. The Hague Institute for Global Justice, The Hague, June.

Brück, T., P. Justino, P. Verwimp and A. Tedesco (2013). „Measuring Conflict Exposure in Micro-Level Surveys“. LSMS-ISA Sourcebook, World Bank, Washington, D.C., August.

Brück, T., A. Avdeenko, P. Justino and P. Verwimp (2010). „Identifying Conflict and Violence in Micro-Level Surveys“. Report for the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Bozzoli, C, T. Brück, T. Drautzburg and S. Sottsas (2008). „Economic Costs of Mass Violent Conflicts: Final Report for the Small Arms Survey, Geneva, Switzerland“. Politikberatung Kompakt, no. 42, DIW Berlin.

Brück, T., M. Karaisl and F. Schneider (2008). „A Survey of the Economics of Security“. Politikberatung Kompakt, no. 41, DIW Berlin.

Brück, T. and H. Engerer (2008). „Kapazitäten entwicklungsökonomischer Forschung und Lehre in Deutschland: Forschungsprojekt im Auftrag der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH“. Politikberatung Kompakt, no. 39, DIW Berlin.

Binzel, C., T. Brück and L. Handrich (2007).“Evaluating Economic Reforms in Syria: Final Report“. Politikberatung Kompakt, no. 35, DIW Berlin.

Brück, T. and M. Vothknecht (2007). Women and Post-Conflict Economic Recovery.

Background paper for the UNDP Report on Report on Fostering Post-Conflict Economic Recovery. DIW Berlin, Berlin, October.

Brück, T. (2006). „European Security Economics Research: Challenges and Next Steps“. Unpublished Report to the European Security Research Advisory Board (ESRAB), 20 March.

Brück, T. and K. Van den Broeck (2005). „Growth, Employment and Poverty in Mozambique”. Report to the International Labour Organisation, Berlin, 30 August.

Brück, T. and A. Steinherr (2005). „China“. Unpublished Report to the German Federal Ministry of the Economy and Labour, 17 November.

Brück, T. (2001). „Determinants of Rural Poverty in Post-War Mozambique: Evidence from a Household Survey and Implications for Government and Donor Policy“. Report to DFID, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford, March.

Brück, T. (1997). Macroeconomic Effects of the War in Mozambique. Report to ODA. E.V.K. FitzGerald and F. Stewart (eds.), Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford.

Brück, T. (1997). „Economic Effects of Civil War“. Report to ODA. E.V.K. FitzGerald and F.Stewart (eds.), Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford.

Recent Organization of Conferences, Workshops and Special Sessions

• “Tenth Annual Workshop of the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN)”. Co-organizer of the workshop. Washington, DC, USA, February 2015 (in cooperation with the World Bank).
• “Ninth Annual Workshop of the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN): The Economics of Genocide, Mass Murder and other Atrocities”. Co-organizer of the workshop. Berkeley, USA, November 2013 (in cooperation with the University of California Berkeley).
• “Joint Workshop on the Economic Analysis of Conflict in Central, South and Southeast Asia”. Co-organizer of the workshop. New Delhi, India, March 2013.
• “Eighth Annual Workshop of the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN): Violent Conflict and Economic Development”. Co-organizer of the workshop. Aix-en-Provence, France, December 2012 (in cooperation with the Aix-Marseille School of Economics).
• „Seventh Annual Workshop of the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN).” Co-organizer of the workshop. Bogotá, Colombia, December 2010 (in cooperation with the Universidad de los Andes).
• “12th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference.” Co-organizer of the workshop. June 2012, Berlin.
• “Micro-Level Analysis of Well-Being in Central Asia.” Co-organizer of the workshop. May 2012, Berlin.
• „Annual Meeting of the Development Economics Committee of the German Economic Association.” Co-organizer of the workshop. June 2011, Berlin.
• „The Global Economic Costs of Conflict.” Co-organizer of the workshop. Berlin, January 2011 (in cooperation with the Households in Conflict Network).
• „Sixth Annual Workshop of the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN).” Co-organizer of the workshop. Bogotá, Colombia, December 2010 (in cooperation with the Universidad
• de los Andes).
• „EUSECON Policy Workshop.” Co-organizer of the workshop. Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH), Hamburg, November 2010 (with M. Brzoska).
• „German Day on Development.” Co-organizer of the workshop. World Bank, Washington DC, November 2010 (a cooperation between DIW Berlin , IZA Bonn and DIW DC).
• „The Behavioural and Cultural Foundations and Consequences of Violence.” Co-organizer of the workshop. Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon, Lisbon, June 2010 (with S. Durão, P. Justino and P. Verwimp).
• „EUSECON Project Workshop.” Organizer of the Workshop. Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, March 2010.
• „Founding National Young Academies and the Global Young Scientists Academy (GYSA).” Co-organizer of the workshop. German Young Academy, Berlin, February 2010.
• „Fifth Annual Workshop of the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN): The Global Costs of Conflict.” Co-organizer of the workshop. Berlin, February 2010.
• „Economics of Security.” Co-organizer of the session. Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA), Atlanta, January 2010.
• „Die Schicksale von Juden in Deutschland, 1933-1945: Interdisziplinäre Diskussion von Methoden und offenen Fragestellungen auf der Mikroebene”. Organizer of the workshop. Die Junge Akademie, Berlin, December 2009.
• „Final ESCIRRU Conference.” Co-organizer of the conference. Higher School of Economics, Moscow, October 2009 (in cooperation with the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, and Bologna University).
• „German Day on Development.” Co-organizer of the workshop. World Bank, Washington DC, October 2009 (a cooperation between DIW Berlin , IZA Bonn and DIW DC).
• „The Impact of Conflict on Households: Pointers for Practitioners.” Co-organizer of the workshop. United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Washington DC, April 2009.
• „Entrepreneurship and Conflict.” Co-organizer of the workshop. INCORE, University of Ulster, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, March 2009 (in cooperation with the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN), Antwerp University and UNU-WIDER).
• „Poverty and Coping in Mongolia: Current Trends and Future Research Needs”. Co-organizer of the workshop. Zorig Foundation, DIW Berlin and Humboldt-University of Berlin, Ulaanbaatar, March 2009.
• „Fourth Annual Workshop of the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN): Micro-Macro Linkages in Conflict Research.” Co-organizer of the workshop. New Haven, December 2008 (in cooperation with the Institute of Development Studies in Sussex and Yale University).
• „German Day on Development.” Co-organizer of the workshop. World Bank, Washington DC, December 2009 (a cooperation between DIW Berlin , IZA Bonn and DIW DC).

Media Appearances

Regular media appearances in Geman and international television (including ARD, BBC, BR, Deutsche Welle, N24, N-TV, RTL, SAT1, ZDF), radio (including BBC, HR, NDR, SWF), newspapers and magazines (including Bild, Capital, FAZ, FTD, Fokus, Manager Magazin, SZ, Welt, Zeit) and various on-line media

6. Grants and Projects

This is a list of all approved grant applications for research and training projects where I have co-authored the proposal and some of the publications emerging from the projects.

On-going Research and Training Projects

• Lead Author, 2016 – 17

“Impact Evaluation of the Long-Term Sustainability of a Home Garden Project in Bangladesh” AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center

• Principal Investigator, 2015 – 2016

“Employment and Peace-Building” World Bank, UN-PBSO, ILO and UNDP

• Principal Investigator, 2015 – 2017

“Impact Evaluation of WFP Food Aid in Niger” 3ie, India, and WFP

• Principal Investigator, 2014 – 2016

“Design of an Impact Evaluation of Humanitarian Assistance in D.R. Congo” 3ie, India, and MDF-AC, DRC

• Co-Investigator (with Prof. Mary Kaldor, LSE), 2014 – 2016

“Crowdsourcing Conflict and Peace ‘Events’ in the Syrian Conflict” Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), United Kingdom

• Principal Investigator, 2014 – 2016

“Does opportunity reduce instability? A meta-analysis of skills and employment interventions in LMICs” The Hague Institute for Global Justice and NWO

• Principal Investigator, 2014 – 2017

“Social Cohesion through Community-Based Development Project in the Kyrgyz Republic” Aga Khan Foundation and World Bank, USA

• Principal Investigator, 2014 – 2016

“An Impact Evaluation of ‘Living Side By Side’ in Kyrgyzstan” 3ie, India

Completed Research and Training Projects (above 100.000 Euro each)

• Principal Investigator, 2013 – 2015

„Gender and Employment in Central Asia – Evidence from Panel Data“ Growth and Labour Markets in Low Income Countries Program of IZA and DfID, United Kingdom

Total value of grant: ca. 493.000 Euro

• Principal Investigator, 2013 – 2014

“Development and Security”

Swedish Foreign Ministry, Sweden

Total value of grant: ca. 333.000 Euro

• Co-Principal Investigator, 2012

„Coping with Climate Shocks in Mongolia: Vulnerability, Assets and Migration“

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany

Total value of grant: ca. 632.000 Euro

(I handed over responsibility for this project to Dr. Kati Schindler at DIW Berlin when I moved to Sweden)

• Principal Investigator, 2012

„An Economic System of Indicators to Measure Security and the Security Industry in Germany“ German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany

Total value of grant: ca. 1.560.000 Euro

(I handed over responsibility for this project over to Dr. Tim Stuchtey at BIGS when I moved to Sweden)

• Principal Investigator, 2011 – 2014

„The Role of Angolan Ex-Combatants in Society, Politics and the Economy“

jointly funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal, and the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), United States

Total value of both grants: ca. 188.000 Euro

• Coordinator, 2011 – 2014

Initial Training Network „Training and Mobility Network for the Economic Analysis of Conflict (TAMNEAC)”

European Commission, Marie Curie Actions in the 7th Framework Programme

Total value of grant: ca. 3.000.000 Euro

• Project Director, 2010 – 2012

„Economic Transformation, Household Behaviour and Well-Being in Central Asia: The Case of Kyrgyzstan”

Volkswagen Foundation, Germany

Total value of grant: ca. 619.000 Euro

• Project Director, 2009 – 2011

„Global Economic Costs of Conflict (GECC)”

German Peace Research Foundation (DSF), Germany

Total value of grant: ca. 150.000 Euro

• Coordinator, 2008 – 2012

Integrated Project „A New Agenda for European Security Economics (EUSECON)”

European Commission, 7th Framework Programme, Brussels

Total value of grant: ca. 2.357.000 Euro

• Coordinator, 2008 – 2009

„Network for the Economic Analysis of Terrorism (NEAT)”

Directorate-General Justice Liberty Security of the European Commission, Brussels

Total value of grant: ca. 200.000 Euro

• Deputy Director, 2006 – 2011

Integrated Project „Micro-Level Analysis of Conflict (MICROCON)”

European Commission, 6th Framework Programme, Brussels

Total value of grant: ca. 4.000.000 Euro

• Coordinator, 2005 – 2008

„Economic and Social Consequences of Industrial Restructuring in Russia and Ukraine (ESCIRRU)”

European Commission, 6th Framework Programme, Brussels

Total value of grant: ca. 1.400.000 Euro

• Co-Director, 2005 – 2007

„Households in Conflict Network”

Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom

Total value of grant: ca. 134.000 Euro

• Co-Director, 2005

„German Advisory Group on Economic Reforms with the Government of Ukraine”

Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), Germany

Total value of grant: ca. 834.000 Euro

Completed Research and Training Projects (below 100.000 Euro each)

• Team Leader, 2013

“Theories of Change Linking Employment to Stability in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations”

Dutch Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law, The Netherlands

• Principal Investigator, 2012

„12th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference“

conference grant from the German Research Council (DFG), Germany

• Researcher, 2010

“Gender and Conflict Research Program”

World Bank, Washington, DC

• Lead Researcher, 2009 – 2010

„Reconstructing Agricultural Livelihoods in Post-conflict Situations: The Case of Northern Uganda”

German Development Ministry (BMZ), Germany

• Team Leader, 2009 – 2010

„Identifying Conflict and Violence in Micro-Level Surveys”

German Federal Ministry for Development Cooperation (BMZ), Germany

• Lead Researcher, 2008 – 2009

„Entrepreneurship and Conflict”

World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER), Finland

• Director, 2008

„Economic Costs of Mass Violent Conflicts”

Small Arms Survey, Geneva, Switzerland

• Team Leader, 2007

„Evaluating Economic Reforms in Syria”

German Development Agency (GTZ), Germany

• Director, 2007

„Women and Post-Conflict Economic Recovery”

United Nations Development Programme, New York

•  Co-Director, 2006 – 2007

„A Survey on Economics of Security with Particular Focus on the Possibility to Create a Network of Centres of Excellence and on the Interplay between Costs of Terrorism and Anti-Terror Measures – the State of Play Research”

Directorate-General Justice, Liberty and Security of the European Commission, Brussels

• Director, 2006 – 2007

„Capacities in Development Economics Research in Germany”

German Development Agency (GTZ), Germany

• Director, 2006 – 2007

„Poverty Reduction in Conflict and Fragile States: Perspectives from a Household Level”

USAID, United States

• Director, 2005 – 2008

„Conflict, Reconstruction and Development: The Household Perspective”

United States Institute of Peace, United States

• Economist, 2005

„Post-Conflict Debt Management”

Carnegie Foundation, United States

• Director, 2004

„Employment, Poverty and Pro-Poor Growth in Mozambique”

International Labour Organisation, Geneva

• Economist, 2003 – 2004

„The Security Economy: What Trade-Offs in an Open and Mobile Society?”

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

• Project Director, 2001

„Determinants of Rural Poverty in Post-War Mozambique”

Department for International Development, UK

• Economist, 1999

„Enhancing the Private Sector Contribution to Post-War Recovery in Poor Countries”

Department for International Development, UK

• Consultant, 1999

„Panel Study of the Tanzanian Manufacturing Industry”

Department for International Development, UK

• Economist, 1995

„The Economic Effects of Civil War in Developing Countries”

Overseas Development Agency, UK

last updated: 4 May 2016

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