Prof. Dr. Christof Hartmann

DirectorProf. Dr. Christof Hartmann

Room: LS 120
Phone: +49 (0)203-379-4421
E-Mail: christof.hartmann[at]uni-due.de

▶ Research Focus
▶ Selected Publications
▶ Research Projects
▶ Transfer Activities 
▶ Curriculum Vitae
▶ Lectures

Research Focus

  • Regionalism in the Global South (esp. Africa)
  • Africa's External Relations (esp. China)
  • Development Policy
  • Comparative Politics of Africa
  • Elections and Political Parties in Africa
  • State Reform, Decentralization and Federalism
  • Conflict Management via Political Institutions

Selected Publications

Hartmann, Christof 2022: Authoritarian Origins of Term Limit Trajectories in Africa, in: Democratization, 29:1, 57-73. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2021.1992387

Hartmann, Christof / Biira, Catherine Promise 2021:  Demographic Change and Political Order in Sub-Saharan Africa: How Côte d’Ivoire and Uganda Deal with Youth Bulge and Politicized Migration, in: Goerres, Achim / Vanhuysse, Pieter (eds.): Global Political Demography: How Population Change and Politics/ Policies Influence one Another. London: Palgrave, 221-248.

Hartman, Christof / Noesselt, Nele (eds.) 2020: China’s New Role in African Politics. From Non-Intervention towards Stabilization? London: Routledge. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429422393

Hartmann, Christof 2019: Managing Ethnicity in African Politics, in: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African Politics, Oxford UP. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.886

Hartmann, Christof 2017: ECOWAS and the Restoration of Democracy in the Gambia‚ in: Africa Spectrum, 52:1, 85-99. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1177/000203971705200104

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Transfer Activities

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Online, Blog and Media Contributions 

Hartmann, Christof 2023: The limits of regional democracy engineering: ECOWAS and the Niger coup. INEF/sef: Development and Peace Blog, 16.11.23, https://www.uni-due.de/inef/blog/the-limits-of-regional-democracy-engineering-ecowas-and-the-niger-coup.php

Consulting Activities

Consulting Activities for BMZ, Bertelsmann Transformation Index, DEval amongst others.

Interviews

Spannungsreiche Beziehungen: Chinas neue Interessen in Afrika, Interview with Julia Schwanholz, Politischer Pausen Podcast, 11.5.2023.

Publications for Practice/Short Expert Reports

Witt, Antonia / Hartmann, Christof / Engel, Ulf: Zusammenarbeit mit afrikanischen Regionalorganisationen strategischer ausrichten. Blog Joint Futures, 24.01.2024.

Hartmann, Christof: Die Grenzen des "regional democracy engineering": ECOWAS und der Niger-Putsch. INEF/sef:-Blog,  16.11.2023.

Abb, Pascal / Hartmann, Christof / Kreuzer, Peter / Noesselt, Nele / Sebastian, Gregor 2021: China - Partner, Konkurrent oder Rivale?, in: Friedensgutachten 2021. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 25-47.

Bethke, Felix / Debiel, Tobias / Poppe, Annika / Schablitzki, Jan / Wolff, Jonas 2018: Liberal-demokratische Friedenskonzepte unter Druck in: Friedensgutachten 2018. Münster/Hamburg: Lit, 65-83 .

Hartmann, Christof: Elections in Côte d’Ivoire – Towards Political Stability without Democracy. INEF-Blog,  19.3.2021.

Saalfeld, Jannis / Hartmann, Christof: Does Electoral Inclusion Constrain Jihadist Radicalisation in Africa? INEF-Blog, 8.12.2020.

Curriculum Vitae

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Since April 2021
Board Spokesperson of the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF), University of Duisburg Essen

Since 2016
Professor of Political Science, in particular International Relations and African Politics, Faculty of Social Sciences; University Duisburg-Essen

2010-2011, 2013-14
Managing Director of the Institute of Political Science, UDE

2006-2016
Professor of Political Science, in particular International and Development Politics, Faculty of Social Sciences; University Duisburg-Essen
 
2004-2006     
Assistant Professor of Transformation Research with emphasis on Africa and Asia, Institute of Development Research and Development Policy; Ruhr-University Bochum; Director at the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy

2002-2006
Visiting Lecturer in the MADM Programme, School of Government, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

2003-2004                           
Assistant Professor, Institute of Development Research and Development Policy; Ruhr-University Bochum

1999-2003     
Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Development Research and Development Policy; Lecturer at Faculty of Social Sciences, Ruhr-University Bochum

1998-1999                           
Senior Research Fellow , Institute of Political Science, University Heidelberg (DFG Project Elections in Asia and the Pacific)

1997-1998                           
Lecturer in the Corso di Perfezionamento in Cooperation and Conflict Management, Università di Bologna

1994-1998                           
Ph.D. in Political Science, University Heidelberg
Dissertation: External Factors in Democratization. A Comparative Study of African Countries (Chair: Dieter Nohlen)

1989-1994                  
MA in Political Science (Minors: Modern History and International Law), University Heidelberg

1990-1991                  
Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Aix-en-Provence (Frankreich); Certificat d’Etudes Politiques; Option: Relations Internationales

1987-1989                  
BA in Political Science (Minors: Modern History and International Law), University Freiburg i. Brsg. (Grundstudium)

Lectures

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  • Democracy as Contested Part of Sustainable Regional Peacebuilding: A Case Study of ECOWAS. Vortrag bei der MIASA Conference on Sustainable Regional Peacebuilding in Africa: Practices and Disconnects, 27.-28. November 2023 in Accra, Ghana.
  • Frieden und Konflikt in der neuen Weltordnung: Perspektiven aus dem Globalen Süden. Vortrag bei der Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft (DGfP), 23.-24. Juni 2023 in Berlin.
  • The International dimension of political settlement analysis in Africa. Präsentation beim Annual Meeting der British International Studies Association (BISA), am 21. Juni 2023 in Glasgow, UK (mit Georg Lammich).
  • Chinas Entwicklungspolitik in Afrika. Vortrag beim Arbeitskreis Internationales der Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung, am 27. Mai 2023 in Mainz. 
  • Implications of the Ukraine War for Peace and Conflict in the Global South (with particular emphasis on Africa). Vortrag am Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Dar-es-Salaam, am 15. Mai 2023 in Dar-es-Salaam, Tansania.