Personal Information

• Born: 1948 in Hamburg, FRG
• Marital Status: married since 1984 to Hanne-Margret Birckenbach
• Nationality: German

Academic degrees

• phil. in Political Science, Free University Berlin (1988)
• -Soz. (Diploma in Sociology), Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-University Frankfurt/M (1977)

Institutional affiliations / Academic Positions

• since 2010: Senior Researcher, Peace Research Division of the Institute of Social Sciences of the Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel.
• 2006 - 2010: Acting Head, Peace Research Division of the Institute of Social Sciences of the Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel.
• 1995 - 2006: Deputy Director and Research Co-ordinator, The Schleswig-Holstein Institute for Peace Research at the Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel (SHIP/SCHIFF)
• 1990 - 1995: Scientific Co-ordinator, Peace Research Unit at the Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel (PRUK/PFK)
• 1988 - 1990: Senior Researcher and Scientific Editor, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt/M (PRIF/HSFK)
• 1981 - 1987: Lecturer, Free University Berlin, Institute of International Relations and Regional Studies of the Department for Political Science
• 1979 - 1981: Assistant Lecturer, Free University Berlin, Institute of International Relations and Regional Studies of the Department for Political Science
• 1977 - 1981: Researcher, Berlin Research Unit of the Berghof-Foundation for Conflict Research (BPBSK)
• 1971 – 1984: Responsible Editor, antimilitarismus information (ami), Frankfurt/M and Berlin

University Teaching

Courses (B. A. and M. A. level) in peace research, international relations, military economy and conversion at the Free University Berlin

Series Editing Activities

• Kiel Peace Research Series / Kieler Schriften zur Friedenswissenschaft, Lit-Verlag: Münster, i.a. (US-distrib.: Transaction Publ.), irreg. 1992 ff. (Series Editor)
• Jahrbuch Frieden [Yearbook on Peace], Beck-Verlag: München, annually 1989-96 (Co-Editor)
• NEBI - Yearbook on North European and Baltic Sea Integration, Springer Scientific Publ.: Heidelberg i. a., 1997-2003 (Member of Advisory Board)

Awards received

• Ernst-Reuter-Award of the Free University Berlin ”Best Doctoral Dissertation 1987”

Professional memberships

• German Association for Peace and Conflict Research (AFK)
• German Political Science Association (DVPW)
• German Society for East European Studies (DGO)
• European Peace Research Association (EUPRA)
• International Peace Research Association (IPRA)