Dr. Katharina Behmer-Prinz

PhD. “Norm Translation in the Context of Transitional Justice and the Role of Hybrid Courts: A Case Study on Gender Justice in Post-Conflict Cambodia “ at the Faculty of Social Science, Ruhr University Bochum (RUB)

M.A. Social Science, Ruhr University Bochum

B.A. Cultural Studies, Europa-University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)

Senior Researcher & Co-General Manager, Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum 

Head of refugee aid at Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Kreisverband Hanau e.V. [Red Cross Hanau]

Project collaborator at Center for Academic Development, TH Köln, Cologne 

Parental leave II

Postdoc scholarship Gerda Henkel Stiftung. Research project „Human Security Standards in Germany’s Refugee Regime, IFHV, RUB, with Prof. Dr. habil. Kerstin Rosenow-Williams

Desk Officer at the Department for Research an Early Career Researcher, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany 

Parental leave I

Research Associate, PhD-Student & General Manager, IFHV, RUB, Bochum, Germany

Research Associate, PhD Student & Academic Coordinator of the NOHA master program in International Humanitarian Action, IFHV, RUB, Bochum, Germany

Assistant to the Executive Director Prof. Dr. Dennis Dijkzeul & Research Assistant in “Climate Change, Migration and Humanitarian Action“ with Dr. Rosenow-Williams), IFHV, RUB, Germany

Elected board member of the Friends of the IFHV e.V. 

Co-head „Human Security Standards in Germany’s Refugee Regime, IFHV, RUB, together with Prof. Dr. habil. Kerstin Rosenow-Williams, funded by Gerda Henkel Stiftung

Teaching award NOHA academic year 2015/2016 at the IFHV 

Volunteer at German Red Cross Dortmund in the area of refugee relief

Elected Chair of NOHA Joint Program Committee  

Elected representative of the scientific staff, Board of Directors of the IFHV, RUB 

Associate member of the Bund für Soziale Verteidigung (BSV)

Follow-up project with Dr. habil. K. Rosenow-Williams, Gerda-Henkel Stiftung (part-time postdoc scholarship for K. Behmer-Prinz)

RUB Research School PLUS grant for conference organization, IFHV, RUB, 20/09/2016, with R. Ramsahye, C. Lülf & L. Hofmann

Project: “Human Security Standards in Germany’s Refugee Regime” together with Dr. habil. K. Rosenow-Williams, Gerda-Henkel Stiftung

RUB Research School PLUS grant, International Realization Budget and several other travel grants

• Research stay Groningen 19.11 - 8.12.2015
• Research stays Phnom Penh, Cambodia: 08/2014 & 04/2015

ERASMUS-Scholarship, winter term 2005/2006 at Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)

„Unterbringung von geflüchteten Menschen: Kommunale Realitäten“,[Accomodation of refugees: local realities], together with Kerstin Rosenow-Williams und Alina Bergedick. In: blauPAUSE - der Blog der UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe, Bonn: UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe, 2023. https://www.uno-fluechtlingshilfe.de/informieren/aktuelles/blog/artikel/unterbringung-von-gefluechteten-menschen-kommunale-realitaeten (Last accessed: 27.10.2023)

„Die kommunale Unterbringung von geflüchteten Menschen“, [The local accomodation of refugees], together with Kerstin Rosenow-Williams und Alina Bergedieck. In: Migration & Integration Info, 2023, S. 3-5

„Die Praxis der kommunalen Unterbringung von geflüchteten Menschen: Eine akteurszentrierte Analyse der Umsetzung von Schutzstandards zwischen 2015 und 2020“, [The practice of local refugee accomodation: an actors-centered approach regarding the implementation of refugee protection standards between 2015 and 2020], together with Kerstin Rosenow-Williams and Alina Bergedieck. In. Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict 5(1–2), pp. 14 –35

Norm Translation in the Context of Transitional Justice and the Role of Hybrid Courts: A Case Study on Gender Justice in Post- Conflict Cambodia, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Dissertation).

“Gendered?” Refugee Protection Standards in Transition – Studying German NGOs and Public Administrations”, with Kerstin Rosenow-Williams, Inga Zimmermann und Alina Bergedieck, in: Refugee Survey Quarterly. DOI: 10.1093/rsq/hdz015.

“Claiming space – Advocacy networks for gender justice in Cambodia”, in: Lamont, C./ Kunze, A. (eds.) New Spaces in Transitional Justice. Indiana University Press: pp. 113-134.

“The Governance of Humanitarian Action in World Politics”, with Uwe. Andersen. In: Heintze HJ., Thielbörger P. (eds) International Humanitarian Action. Springer, Cham, pp. 97-101.

“What Perceptions Can Tell Us About Transitional Justice: Perceived Legitimacy of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.” In Contemporary Issues in International Criminal and Human Rights Law: Essays from the Summer School on International Criminal Law and Human Rights Law in Cambodia. Edited by Claus Kreß, pp. 60–74. Cologne Occasional Papers on International Peace and Security Law 5. Köln: Optimus Verlag, 2016.

“A Gendered Human Security Perspective on Humanitarian Action in IDP and Refugee Protection”, with Kerstin Rosenow-Williams,:. In: Refugee Survey Quarterly 34(3): pp. 1-23.

“Gendered Environmental Security in IDP and Refugee Camps”, with Kerstin Rosenow-Williams. In: Peace Review 27 (2), pp. 188–195.

“Justice finally delivered: Führer der Roten Khmer, Nuon Chea und Khieu Samphan, wegen Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit verurteilt”, with Alexander Schwarz. In: Bofaxe, Vol. 2014, No. 456D, at: http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ifhv/documents/bofaxe/bofaxe2014/456d.pdf (accessed on: 04 February 2015).

„Humanitäre Hilfe - für wen?", in: Dijkzeul, Dennis/Lieser, Jürgen (Hrsg.): Handbuch Humanitäre Hilfe, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, pp. 157-170.

„Kommunale Flüchtlingshilfe: Lokale Lösungen für Globale Probleme“, presentation in the lecture series on „Aktuelles aus der Globalisierungsforschung“, Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz

„FH-/HAW-Professur – quo vadis” Presentation in the Workshop on Mixed Methods of the DGS working group on mixed methods, via Zoom

“Was bedeutet eigentlich Sicherheit? Forschung trifft Praxis zum Thema Flucht und Asyl“[What does security actually mean? Research meets Practice concerning Flight and Asylum], Closing conference of the research project "Organisational Perspectives on Human Security Standards for Refugees in Germany“, IFHV, RUB, Blue Square (conference organization and co-chair panel discussion)

“Human Rights & Gender in the new cold war”, panel discussion at the IFHV 30th anniversary, RUB, Bochum

“Theoretical Approach and Research Framework”, (PhD-Project: Chapter 3), Cluster meeting at IFHV, with Prof. Dr. Gisela Hirschmann and Prof. Dr. Dennis Dijkzeul, RUB

“Transitional Justice as a Normative Project” (PhD-Project: Chapter 2), PhD-Colloquium with Prof. Dr. Eva Gerharz & Prof. Dr. Sally Feldmann, IEE, RUB

“The role of Hybrid Courts in Norm Translation: A Case Study on Gender Justice in the Cambodian Transitional Justice Process” (PhD-Project), Pre-Conference Workshop for Junior Researchers (including conference organization), IFHV, RUB

“Global Norms and Local Interactions in Post- Conflict Settings: A Case Study on Gender in the Cambodian Transitional Justice Process”, Annual conference of the working group on politics and gender of the German Political Science Association (GPSA), “Politische Transformation – Transformationen des Politischen: Feministische Perspektiven und Interventionen, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Campus Westend

“The prosecution of gender based crimes in post-conflict justice: A case study on the crime of “forced marriage” before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)”, World Conference of Humanitarian Studies (WCHS 2016), Addis Abeba

„Aktive Partizipation und Teilhabe von Geflüchteten in der internationalen Humanitären Hilfe“, together with Charlotte Lülf; Tagung: Wir schaffen das! Aber nur gemeinsam. Selbstermächtigung und aktive Teilhabe von Geflüchteten; Katholische Hochschule NRW, Aachen

“Expanding Protection for People fleeing Armed Conflict – Gender in Refugee Law”, together with Charlotte Lülf; ISA Annual Conference, New Orleans

“Gender & Humanitarian Action”, NOHA Intensive Programme, organized by the University of Warsaw and Ruhr-University Bochum, University of Warsaw

„Global Norms and Local Negotiations in Post-Conflict Societies: A Case Study on Gender in Peacebuilding“ (PhD-Project), PhD-Colloquium with Prof. Dr. Antje Wiener, University of Hamburg

„A Gendered Human Security Approach in Humanitarian Responses to Forced Migration” & panel organization: „Interdisciplinary Approaches to Gender in Humanitarian Crisis (together with Dr. Kerstin Rosenow-Williams), Third World Conference on Humanitarian Studies „The Human Security: Humanitarian Perspectives and Responses”, Istanbul

“Creating Junctions for Power and Agency in Constructivist Norm Theory”, Association for Peace and Conflict Studies Conference (IAPCS) on “Peace and Power”, Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI), University of Manchester

“A Gendered Human Security Approach to Forced Migration” (with Dr. Kerstin Rosenow-Williams), International Conference on Gender and Migration: Critical Issues and Policy Implications, Department of Sociology at Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey

„Wahrnehmung von Nachkriegsprozessen: Wessen Wahrheit? Gerechtigkeit für wen?" [Perceptions of Transitional Jusitce: Whose truth’s, justice for whom?] BA- course, Heinrich-Heine Universität, Institut für Medien- und Kulturanalyse [Institute for Media and Cultural Studies], Düsseldorf.

“International Relations and Humanitarian Action” MA Module (multiple lecturers), NOHA Master in International Humanitarian Action, IFHV, RUB, Bochum.

“Transitional Justice”, MA Course, Module: Institution Building, NOHA Master in International Humanitarian Action, IFHV, RUB

“Women, Peace and Security” (Session 10), in BA Seminar (multiple lecturers), New Challenges of Humanitarian Action in the 21st Century, Optionalbereich, RUB, Bochum.

“Academic Writing & Field Research” with M. Meis., MA Workshop, Module: Introduction NOHA Master in International Humanitarian Action, IFHV, RUB.

“International Relations and Humanitarian Action” MA Module (multiple lecturers), NOHA Master in International Humanitarian Action, IFHV, RUB, Bochum.