Trautner, Bernhard
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Trautner
Department
Transformation of Political (Dis-)order
Function
Former Researcher
Specialization
Political Science
Vita
| since 11/2020 | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Senior advisor, Dep’t of research & evaluation |
| 2015-2020 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Senior Researcher, Project ‘Contributions to stabilization and development in North Africa and the Middle East’ |
| 2012-2015 | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Deputy Head, Middle East Department |
| 2014 | Tübingen University, Institute for Political Science Appointment Professor (adj.) |
| 2008-2012 | German Embassy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Federal Foreign Office, First Secretary for bilateral cooperation |
| 2005-2008 | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Dept. for Governance, Human Rights and Accountability |
| 2003-2005 | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Division for Regional Development Policy/Middle East |
| 2003 | Bremen University Appointment Chair for Political Science and Political Management (pro tempore) |
| 2002-2003 | Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn Senior Fellow |
| 2001-2003 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Advisor on Dialogue with the Arab World to the German Foundation of International Development (DSE/InWent, now: GTZ), Bonn and on crisis prevention in Central Asia (appraisal missions to Afghanistan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan), Eschborn |
| 1993-2000 | Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (Prof. Senghaas), Bremen University Researcher & post-doc |
| 1997 | Bremen University PhD, thesis title: „Konstruktive Konfliktbearbeitung im Vorderen und Mittleren Orient (1945 - 1995)“ |
| 1992 | Heidelberg University M.A. in Political Science, Islamic Studies and Public Law |
Member of
- German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation (DAVO)
Refereed Publications
- Furness, Mark / Bernhard Trautner (2020)
Reconstituting social contracts in conflict-affected MENA countries: Whither Iraq and Libya?
in: World Development 135, 1-12, article 105085 - Trautner, Bernhard (2003)
Auf dem Weg zur Anerkennung: die Schiiten im Irak und ihre Rolle beim politischen Wiederaufbau
in: Blätter für Deutsche und Internationale Politik 6/2003, 714-723
Non-refereed Publications
- Loewe, Markus / Bernhard Trautner / Tina Zintl // ماركوس لوفة / برنھارد تراوتنر/ تینا زينتلِ (2020)
العقد الاجتماعي: أداة تحلیلیة للبلدان في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقیا وأبعد (Arabic version of: The social contract: an analytical tool for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and beyond)
(Briefing Paper 6/2020) - Loewe, Markus / Bernhard Trautner / Tina Zintl (2020)
Le contrat social: un outil d’analyse pour les pays de la région Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord (MENA), et au-delà
(Briefing Paper 5/2020) - Loewe, Markus / Bernhard Trautner / Tina Zintl (2019)
Der Gesellschaftsvertrag: ein Analyseinstrument nicht nur für Länder im Nahen Osten und in Nordafrika (MENA)
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 13/2019) - Loewe, Markus / Bernhard Trautner / Tina Zintl (2019)
The social contract: an analytical tool for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and beyond
(Briefing Paper 17/2019) - Trautner, Bernhard (2018)
The social contract for reconstruction in MENA
Hintergrundpapier für den Weltbank-Bericht 'Building for peace in MENA - reconstruction for security, sustainable growth and equity' (i.E. 2019) - Schraven, Benjamin / Bernhard Trautner (2016)
Flucht und Vertreibung als entwicklungspolitische Herausforderung: die MENA-Region im Brennpunkt
in: Jahresbericht 2015-2016: Brücken bauen zwischen Theorie und Praxis, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 22-25 - Trautner, Bernhard (2016)
Irak: „makro-ökonomisches do-no-harm für IWF-Programm und Privatisierungspläne“
Kurzstellungnahme für das BMZ, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - Trautner, Bernhard (2016)
Krisenregion Naher Osten: Fluchtursachen und die Rolle der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
in: Resultate 2/2016, 1,3-4 - Schraven, Benjamin / Bernhard Trautner / Julia Leininger / Markus Loewe / Jörn Grävingholt (2016)
How can development policy help to tackle the causes of flight?
(Briefing Paper 2/2016) - Schraven, Benjamin / Bernhard Trautner / Julia Leininger / Markus Loewe / Jörn Grävingholt (2015)
Was kann Entwicklungspolitik zur Bekämpfung von Fluchtursachen beitragen?
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 14/2015) - Trautner, Bernhard (2003)
Zum "peripheren Islam" in Südostasien
in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 37/2003, 32-40
Opinion Pieces
- Schetter, Conrad / Bernhard Trautner (2021)
Promoting civil society engagement in Afghanistan
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 13 September 2021 - Trautner, Bernhard / Erin McCandless (2020)
What to expect from a Biden administration in the MENA region
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 18 December 2020 - McCandless, Erin / Bernhard Trautner (2020)
International Cooperation with Fragile MENA Countries in the COVID-19 Context
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 24 August 2020 - Trautner, Bernhard / Mark Furness (2020)
How the international community can support Lebanon’s reset
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 17 August 2020 - Trautner, Bernhard / Tina Zintl (2018)
What is the renewed military offensive achieving?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 31 January 2018 - Trautner, Bernhard / Mark Furness (2017)
Trump, the Middle East and Germany
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 19 January 2017) - Loewe, Markus / Amirah El-Haddad / Mark Furness / Annabelle Houdret / Bernhard Trautner / Tina Zintl (2016)
A new social contract for the countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 5 December 2016) - Loewe, Markus / Tilman Altenburg / Bernhard Trautner / Georgeta Vidican (2016)
An Italian researcher is tortured to death in Cairo – sombre cause to reconsider the way we work with Egypt
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 17 March 2016) - Trautner, Bernhard (2016)
Ein Marshallplan für Syrien
published on Zeit Online 3. Februar 2016 - Trautner, Bernhard (2015)
Tackling the real reasons causing people to flee Syria
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 8 October 2015) - Trautner, Bernhard (2015)
The nuclear deal with Iran: adding fuel to the fire or ushering in peace in the Middle East?
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 29 June 2015) - Trautner, Bernhard (2015)
Time for a paradigm shift in policy on Syria and the Middle East?
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 31 March 2015)
