Schomerus, Mareike
Ms Mareike Schomerus
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Experience keywords:
humanitarian aid; peace processes; human security; small arms; conflict resolution; Lord's Resistance Army (LRA); media; violent conflict; peacebuilding; peacemaking
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I work on violent conflict and the myriad reasons why violence continues. Several questions are important to me: Why does violence continue? What are the motivations of actors involved in conflict? What role do local, national and international interventions play? What is the best way to achieve security for civilian populations? And in addition to creating a peaceful environment, what is needed to make peace and create an environment of human security? To acknowledge the broad range of elements that are part of peace, I aim to look at violence from a holistic angle. This means that I attempt to understand both the motivations of those who commit violence and the context in which violence occurs. Inevitably, this means that I examine social, political and economic processes, including processes of conflict resolution. In some cases, conflict resolution attempts create a situation in which the continuation of the conflict still remains the more viable choice for one or several conflict parties. This is particularly striking when analyzing peace processes that fail. At which point and why does a peace process become a continuation of the violent conflict?
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Sectors and industries to which research relates:
Consultancy
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Countries and regions to which research relates:
Sudan; Uganda
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Languages: German [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; French [Spoken: Basic]
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Media experience:
Has written for mainstream press; Radio; TV
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The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.
Schomerus, Mareike and Allen, Tim and Vlassenroot, Koen (2012) KONY 2012 and the prospects for change. Council on Foreign Relations Schomerus, Mareike (2012) “They forget what they came for”: Uganda's army in Sudan. Journal of Eastern African studies, 6 (1). pp. 124-153. ISSN 1753-1055 Schomerus, Mareike and Titeca, Kristof (2012) Deals and dealings: inconclusive peace and treacherous trade along the South Sudan-Uganda border. Africa spectrum, 47 (2-3). pp. 5-31. ISSN 0002-0397 Schomerus, Mareike and Allen, Tim and Vlassenroot, Koen (2011) Obama takes on the LRA: why Washington sent troops to Central Africa. Council on Foreign Relations Schomerus, Mareike and Ogwaro, Betty Acan (2010) Searching for solutions in Juba: an overview. Accord: an international review of peace initiatives, supple ISSN 1365-0742 Allen, Tim and Laker, F. and Schomerus, Mareike and Porter, H. (2010) Postscript: the Lord's Resistance Army. In: Allen, Tim and Vlassenroot, Koen, (eds.) The Lord's Resistance Army: myth and reality. Zed Books, London, UK. ISBN 9781848135635 Schomerus, Mareike (2010) A terrorist is not a person like me: an interview with Joseph Kony. In: Allen, Tim and Vlassenroot, Koen, (eds.) The Lord's Resistance Army: myth and reality. Zed Books, London, UK. ISBN 9781848135628 Schomerus, Mareike (2010) Chasing the Kony story. In: The Lord's Resistance Army: myth and reality. Zed Books, London, UK. ISBN 9781848135628 Schomerus, Mareike and Tumutegyereize, Kennedy (2009) After Operation Lightning Thunder: protecting communities and building peace. Conciliation Resources, London, UK Schomerus, Mareike (2008) Perilous border: Sudanese communities affected by conflict on the Sudan-Uganda border. Conciliation Resources, London, UK Schomerus, Mareike (2008) Violent legacies: insecurity in Sudan's Central and Eastern Equatoria. Working paper, 13. Small Arms Survey, Geneva, Switzerland Schomerus, Mareike (2008) International involvement and incentives for peacemaking in northern Uganda. Accord: an international review of peace initiatives, 19 ISSN 1365-0742 Schomerus, Mareike (2007) The Lord's Resistance Army in Sudan: a history and overview. HSBA working paper, 8. Small Arms Survey, Geneva, Switzerland Schomerus, Mareike (2007) Book review: Darfur: the long road to disaster. By J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins. International affairs, 83 (4). pp. 821-822. ISSN 0020-5850 Schomerus, Mareike (2007) The Sudan wars. In: Middleton, John and Miller, Joseph C., (eds.) New encyclopedia of Africa. Charles Scribner's Sons, Washington, USA. ISBN 9780684314549 Schomerus, Mareike and Allen, Tim (2006) A hard homecoming: lessons learned from the reception center process in northern Uganda: an independent study. United States Agency for International Development / United Nations Children’s Fund, Washington, USA Schomerus, Mareike and Böhm, Andrea (2006) Die Geissel seines Volkes. Die Zeit, 29 ISSN 0044-2070 Schomerus, Mareike (2006) Sailors and their horizons: the politics of cruise ships, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the photographer Heinrich Heidersberger. In: Schmidt, Franziska, (ed.) MS Atlantic: Heinrich Heidersberger. Schaden Verlag, Köln, Germany. ISBN 9783932187117 Schomerus, Mareike (2000) Cyber venom: hate on the Internet. Women's American ORT reporter, 50 (4). pp. 39-41. ISSN 0043-7514
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