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Claudia Hofmann Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | FPGS | Foreign Policy & Global Security

Contact
Claudia Hofmann
(202) 885-6728 (Office)
SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security
School of International Service 207
https://hofmann.youcanbook.me
Additional Positions at 麻豆破解版
Executive Director, Online and Executive Programs
Degrees
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Cologne, Germany; M.A., International Conflict Analysis, Brussels School of International Studies, University of Kent, Belgium; B.A.(hons), Politics & Government and History, University of Kent, UK

Bio
Dr. Claudia Hofmann is the Executive Director of Online and Executive Programs at the School of International Service, 麻豆破解版. She leads the strategy and implementation of SIS online and executive degree programs, including the strategic planning and curriculum development for executive non-credit short courses and training.

With 20 years of experience in strategic analysis, policy advising, and academic leadership, Dr. Hofmann specializes in transatlantic relations, U.S. foreign policy, and emerging security challenges鈥攊ncluding asymmetric conflict and digital threats. Her work has resulted in numerous peer-reviewed publications, international policy papers, presentations, and policy consultations, as well as robust collaborations with prominent organizations on both sides of the Atlantic.
For the Media
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Selected Publications

  • (2024) "" [Spyware and Cyberattacks: The Growing Threat from Non-State Actors], in DGAP Memo, German Council on Foreign Relations, 11 December 2024.
  • (2020) , in: RESOLVE Network, 12 June 2020.
  • with Carolin Goerzig, , in: Negotiation Journal 32 (2): 151-163, 2016.
  • (2016) with Carolin Goerzig, , in: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Working Papers, No. 177.
  • 鈥淓ngaging Armed Actors in Conflict Mediation. Consolidating Government and Non-government Approaches鈥, in: , pp. 23-37, London: Chatham House, 2016.
  • with Carolin Goerzig, 鈥淭he Dark Side of Recognition. Mutual Exclusiveness of Passive and Active Recognition in the Middle East Conflict鈥, in: Christopher Daase, Caroline Fehl, Anna Geis, and Georgios Kolliarakis (eds.), , Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
  • 鈥淣GOs as norm dealers: Norm-Diffusion in Conflict Management using the example of the ICRC鈥, in: Felix Dane (ed.), , Rio de Janeiro: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2015.
  • with Virginia Comolli, , Report 6, Modernising Drug Law Enforcement, London: International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) / Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House / International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), 2013.
  • , SWP Research Paper, Berlin: German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), 2012.
  • , USIP Peace Brief 91, Washington: United States Institute of Peace, 2011.
  • , (with J枚rn Gr盲vingholt and Stephan Klingebiel),听Bonn: German Development Institute (DIE) (Studies 29), 2007.
  • , Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2007.
  • 鈥,鈥 in International Peacekeeping 13 (3): 396-409, 2006.

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Professional Presentations

  • 鈥淐onsiderations for an Engagement with Armed Groups鈥 (online), Specialized Training on Gender in Humanitarian Action (ATHA) / Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2012
  • 鈥淏reaking the Deadlock in the Middle East Peace Process鈥 (organizer), Center for Transatlantic Relations, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA, 2012
  • "Engaging Armed Groups. Options and Strategies鈥 (online), Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2012
  • 鈥淐onflict Prevention on Both Sides of the Atlantic鈥, Subcommittee on Civilian Crisis Prevention and Integrated Conflict Management in the German Bundestag, German Embassy, Washington, DC, USA, 2011
  • 鈥淥pportunities and Limits of Engaging Non-State Armed Groups鈥, FCO-LSE Workshop, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, UK, 2010

Research Interests

  • non-traditional security threats;
  • community resilience;
  • transnational organized crime;
  • violent conflicts.
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