Prof. Dr. Dennis Dijkzeul
Professor in Conflict and Organization Research
Address
Nationality
German
Research Focus
Humanitarian Studies, Management of International and Local Organizations in Crises, Local Participation
Education
Work Experience and other Activities
Junior Professor in the Management of Humanitarian Crises, IFHV, RUB.
Professor of Organization and Conflict Research, Faculty of Social Science, RUB.
Memberships
Positions, Awards, Scholarships and Research Grants (Selection)
Most recent Publications
Books
Dijkzeul, D. and Salomons, D. (Eds) International Organizations Revisited. Agency and Pathology in a Multipolar World, Berghahn Books, Oxford/New York, https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/DijkzeulInternational.
Dijkzeul, D. and Fauser, M. (Eds) Diaspora Organizations in International Affairs, Global Institution Series, Routledge, London, https://www.routledge.com/Diaspora-Organizations-in-International-Affairs/Dijkzeul-Fauser/p/book/9781138589131.
Chapters
Dijkzeul, D., and Salomons, D. (2021) ‘Introduction: International Organizations Revisited’, pp. 1-48, in: Dijkzeul, D. and Salomons D. (Eds) (2021) International Organizations Revisited: Agency and Pathology in a Multipolar World, Berghahn Books, Oxford/New York.
Dijkzeul, D. (2021) ‘The Program Approach and Its Lack of Participation, pp. 225-266, in: Dijkzeul, D. and Salomons D. (Eds) (2021) International Organizations Revisited: Agency and Pathology in a Multipolar World, Berghahn Books, Oxford/New York.
Dijkzeul, D., Beigbeder, Y. and Salomons, D. ‘Therapies and Conclusions: Toward A Better Understanding of the Management of International Organizations,’ pp. 369-399, in: Dijkzeul, D. and Salomons D. (Eds) (2021) International Organizations Revisited: Agency and Pathology in a Multipolar World, Berghahn Books, Oxford/New York.
Dijkzeul, D. and Funke, C. ‘International Organization and Vulnerable Groups’, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, free access at https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.453.
Dijkzeul, D. and Griesinger, D. ‘Ambivalent Humanitarian Crises and Complex Emergencies’, pp. 1-29, in Stern, E. (Ed.) (2020) Oxford Encyclopedia of Crisis Analysis, Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, free access at https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.453.
Dijkzeul, D. and Griesinger, D. ‚Wann ist eine humanitäre Krise eine humanitäre Krise? Zur Definition und Auslegung eines vagen Begriffspaares [When is a Humanitarian Crisis a Humanitarian Crisis? On the Definition and Explanation of a Vague Conceptual Couple]’, pp. 205-229, in Bösch, F., Deitelhoff, N. and Thiel, T. (Ed.) (2019) Handbuch Krisenforschung [Handbook Crisis Research], Springer VS, Heidelberg.
Addis, A. and Dijkzeul, D. ‘Übergang von der humanitären Hilfe zur Entwicklungszusammenarbeit: Vergleich von LRRD, humanitärer Übergangshilfe und Resilienz’, pp. 231-252; in Preuss, H-J. and Beier, C. (2020), Globale Wanderungsbewegungen, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg.
Dijkzeul, D. and Fauser, M. ‘Introduction: Studying Diaspora Organizations in International Affairs’, pp. 1-24; in Dijkzeul, D. and Fauser, M. (2020) Diaspora Organizations in International Affairs, Global Institution Series, Routledge, London.
Dijkzeul, D., Bohlen, R., and Fauser, M. ‘Conclusions: What Is the Relevance of DOs for IR Theory and Research?’, pp. 176-193; in Dijkzeul, D. and Fauser, M. (2020) Diaspora Organizations in International Affairs, Global Institution Series, Routledge, London.
DeMars, W. and Dijkzeul, D. ‘Constituting NGOs’, pp. 75-89, in Davies, Th. (2019) Routledge Handbook of NGOs and International Relations, Routledge, London and New York.
Fomerand, J. and Dijkzeul, D. ‘Coordinating Economic & Social Affairs’, pp. 655-678, in: Weiss, T. and Daws, S. (Eds) (2018) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations, Oxford University Press, Oxford, second edition.
Dijkzeul, D., Hilhorst, D., Walker, P., and Gerdesmeier, V. ´Erkenntnisgestütztes Handeln in humanitären Krisen‘, pp. 12-15, in Gerdesmeier, V. (ed.) (2017) "Wirkungsorientierung in der Humanitären Hilfe – vom Konzept zur Praxis", Caritas International, Freiburg.
DeMars, W.E. and Dijkzeul, D. “Cómo la Teoría de Relaciones Internacionales Esconde la Política de las Organizaciones No Gubernamentales [How International Relations Theory Hides NGO Politics], pp. 327-357, in Zamudio, L., Arellano, D. y Culebro, J. (2016), Puentes, Fronteras y Murallas Interdisciplinarias en torno a las Organizaciones Internacionales, CIDE, Ciudad de México.
Dijkzeul, D. and Hilhorst, D. ‘Instrumentalisation of Aid in Humanitarian Crises: Obstacle or Precondition for Cooperation?’ pp. 54-71, Heins, V.M., Koddenbrock K., and Unrau, C. (eds.) (2016) Humanitarianism and Challenges of Cooperation, Routledge, London and New York.
Sezgin, Z. and Dijkzeul, D. ‘Introduction: New Humanitarians Getting Old?’ pp. 1-22, in Sezgin, Z. and Dijkzeul, D. (Eds) (2016) The New Humanitarians in International Practice: Emerging Actors and Contested Principles, Routledge Humanitarian Studies Series, Routledge, Milton Park.
Dijkzeul, D., R. O’Neill, R. and Sezgin, Z. ‘Conclusions: Convergence or Divergence?’, pp. 339-365, in Sezgin, Z. and Dijkzeul, D. (Eds) (2016) The New Humanitarians in International Practice: Emerging Actors and Contested Principles, Routledge Humanitarian Studies Series, Routledge, Milton Park.
DeMars, W.E. and Dijkzeul D. ‘Introduction: NGOing: Practice, Bridging and Power’, pp. 3-38, in DeMars, W.E. and Dijkzeul, D. (Eds.) (2015) The NGO Challenge for International Relations Theory, Routledge, Milton Park.
Dijkzeul, D. ‘Heart of Paradox: War, Rape and NGOs in the DR Congo,’ pp. 262-286, in DeMars, W.E. and Dijkzeul, D. (Eds.) (2015) The NGO Challenge for International Relations Theory, The Global Institutions Series, Routledge, Milton Park.
DeMars, W.E. and Dijkzeul, D. ‘Conclusion: NGO Research and International Relations Theory’, pp. 289-316, in DeMars, W.E. and Dijkzeul, D. (Eds.) (2015) The NGO Challenge for International Relations Theory, Routledge, Milton Park.
Rosenow-Williams, K., Dijkzeul, D., de la Portilla, R. ‘Migrant Organizations Active in Humanitarian Crises in Afghanistan: Theoretical and Empirical Questions’. pp. 1-16, in H.-G. Soeffner (ed.) Vielfalt und Zusammenhalt. Verhandlungen zum 36. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Bochum 2012. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.
Lieser, J. and Dijkzeul, D. ‚Einführung‘, pp. 1-5, in: Lieser, J. and Dijkzeul, D. (Eds) (2013) Handbuch humanitäre Hilfe [Handbook Humanitarian Assistance], Springer Verlag, Heidelberg.
Dijkzeul, D. and Reinhardt, D. Das internationale humanitäre System und seine Akteure,‘ pp. 77-103, in: Lieser, J. and Dijkzeul, D. (Eds) (2013) Handbuch humanitäre Hilfe [Handbook Humanitarian Assistance], Springer Verlag, Heidelberg.
Lieser, J. and Dijkzeul, D. Bilanz, Perspektiven, Herausforderungen,‘ pp. 409-421, in: Lieser, J. and Dijkzeul, D. (Eds) (2013) Handbuch humanitäre Hilfe [Handbook Humanitarian Assistance], Springer Verlag, Heidelberg.
Sezgin, Z. and Dijkzeul, D. ‘Bridging Diverse Expectations in Germany and Pakistan: The Transnational Legitimization Strategies of Caritas,’ pp. 430-462, in: Maletzky, M., Seeliger, M., and Wannöffel, M., (2013) Arbeit, Organisation und Mobilität: Eine grenzüberschreitende Perspektive, Festschrift für Ludger Pries [Labor, Organisation and Mobility: A Cross-Border Perspective, Liber Amoricum for Ludger Pries], Campus Verlag, Frankfurt/New York.
Articles
Schneiker, A. and Dijkzeul, D. ‘Einführung: Humanitäre Hilfe und humanitäre Krisen‘, Friedenswarte, 92, pp. 7-24.
Dijkzeul, D. and Sandvik, K. ‘A World in Turmoil: Governing Risk, Establishing Order in Humanitarian Crises’, Disasters, Special Issue on Humanitarian Governance, S2, pp. 85-108.
Aembe, B. and Dijkzeul, D. ‘Performance-based Financing and Strengthening Health Governance in the Fragile State of the Democratic Republic of Congo’, International Public Management Review, 1/2, pp. 224-254.
Wakenge, C.I., Dijkzeul, D. and Vlassenroot, K. ‘Ruling the Old Game of Smuggling? Coltan Mining, Trade and Reforms in the Democratic Republic of Congo’, Journal of Modern African Studies, 3, pp. 1-26.
Funke, C. and Dijkzeul, D. ‘The Growing Pains and Growing Neglect of a Normative Framework: The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement’, Humanitäres Völkerrecht Informationsschriften, 3/4, pp. 91-101.
Dijkzeul, D., Bohlen R. und Mehrabi F. ‘Summer School „Humanitarian Action in the 21st Century“’, Neues Handbuch für die Hochschullehre, 1, pp. 1-18.
‘Wann ein Krieg ein Krieg ist’, RUBIN Wissenschaftsmagazin, 2, pp. 26-27.
‘Humanitären Krisen: Wann ein Krieg ein Krieg ist’, RUBIN Wissenschaftsmagazin Compact, 2, p. 8.
‘Humanitarian Crises: When a War is a War’, RUBIN Wissenschaftsmagazin Compact, 2, p. 8.
Dijkzeul, D. and Wakenge, C.I. ‘Proselytizing as Spoiling from Within? Comparing Proselytizing by UN Peacekeepers in the Sudan and the DR Congo’ Journal of International Organizations Studies, Special Issue on Spoiling within Peacekeeping Operations, 1, pp. 39-55.
Dijkzeul, D., Hilhorst, D. and Walker, P. ‘Introduction: Evidence-Based Action in Humanitarian Crisis’, Disasters, Special Issue on Evidence-Based Action in Humanitarian Crises, 3, S1, pp. S1-S19.
Sezgin, Z. and Dijkzeul, D. ‘Migrant Organisations in Humanitarian Action’ Journal of International Migration and Integration, March 2013, pp. 159-177, DOI 10.1007/s12134-013-0273-9.
Conference Papers
Tackenberg B., Lukas T. Fiedrich F. Borgmann C. Dijkzeul D. ‘Community Resilience: “Lost Letters” for Measuring the Willingness to Provide Social Support in Urban Neighbourhoods.’ In: Proceedings of the 4th Northern European Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies: NEEDS 2019; June 10-12, 2019, pp. 1-17.
Internet Publications
Borgmann, Dijkzeul, D., Tackenberg, B., Lukas, T. and Fiedrich ‚Glossar: Resilienz durch Sozialen Zusammenhalt - Die Rolle von Organisationen [Glossary: Resilience through Social Cohesion – The Role of Organizations],‘ at https://www.resort.uni-wuppertal.de/fileadmin/site/resort/Glossar/Glossar_06042018_final.pdf.
Dijkzeul, D. and Wakenge, C.I. ‘Proselytizing as Spoiling from Within? Comparing Proselytizing by UN Peacekeepers in the Sudan and the DR Congo’ Journal of International Organizations Studies, Special Issue on Spoiling within Peacekeeping Operations, Vol. 5, 1, pp. 39-55, at http://journal-iostudies.org/sites/journal-iostudies.org/files/JIOSDijkzeulWakenge2014-1.pdf.
Research Papers, Visitations, Evaluations and Consultancy Reports
Dijkzeul, D. ‘Comparative Field Evaluation (2019-2020) of The PHINEO Food Security Projects by Mary Help Association – Wau, South Sudan, Bishop Gassis Relief & Rescue Foundation – Agok, South Sudan, and Caritas Gulu – Gulu, Uganda’, in mimeo.
Dijkzeul, D. ‘Comparative Field Evaluation of Three Food Security Projects by Mary Help Association – Wau, South Sudan, Bishop Gassis Relief & Rescue Foundation – Agok, South Sudan, and Caritas Gulu – Gulu, Uganda’, in mimeo.
‘Rethinking the Limits of Humanitarian Critiques: Responses to Tom Weiss’, pp. 34-38, Commentary in: Weiss, Th. G. (2014) ‘Humanitarianism’s Contested Culture in War Zones’ with commentaries by Chandler, D. and. Dijkzeul, D., Global Cooperation Research Papers, 8, Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research, Universität Essen-Duisburg, Duisburg (available at http://www.gcr21.org/fileadmin/website/daten/pdf/Publications/Weiss_-_Humanitarism_s_Contested_Culture_in_War_Zones_2198-0411-GCRP-8.pdf).
Language Skills
Dutch
English
German
French
Spanish
Afrikaans