Dr B. Trautner: CV, Fields of Interest, Research, Consultancy, Teaching, Links to Fields of Interest

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Degrees

1992 M.A. in Political Science, Islamology, and Public Law/Heidelberg University, Germany. Dissertation on: 'First and Second Gulf War - Autodynamics, Regional Implications and Internationalisation' (unpublished in German) 150 pp + documents. Final Grade: A ('sehr gut')

1997 Ph.D. (Doctor of Political Science)/Bremen University, Germany. Dissertation title: 'Constructive Conflict Resolution in Oriens Islamicus.
Approaches to Deescalation and Termination of national and international Conflicts 1945-995.' (published in German) 350 pp, 15 tables 18 graphs. Grade: 'magna cum laude'

Academic/Work Experience

1988-90: Research Assistant for 'National and International Conflicts 1945-1990' research project, funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) at the Institute for Political Science/Heidelberg University : sole area expert on the Middle East, Central and South Asia (cf. publications 1991 )

1992/93 Teaching Assistant ("Lehrbeauftragter") for International Relations, Institute for Political Studies, Heidelberg University

1994-2000 Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Sociology/Bremen University (cf. teaching )

1995-2000 Research Fellow, Institute for Intercultural and International Studies /Bremen University

2001-2002 Free-lance advisor to the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) , Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) , and others.

2001-2002 Senior Fellow, Center for Development Research (ZEF) at the University of Bonn, Germany

2003 Chair for Political Science and Political Management at the University of Applied Sciences/Hochschule Bremen (pro tempore - summer term)

2003 – present, Advisor to the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Division for Regional Development Policy/Middle East, Bonn

Field stays

Pakistan, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Malaysia, Central Asia (Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan)

Work related skills

Languages: German (maternal), French, English, Persian (Farsi), Arabic (Fusha)

IT: DOS, Win/Office, WordPerfect, HTML, SQL, SAS

Fields of Interest

Middle Eastern Studies

Conflict Resolution

History of Ideas in Islam

Sociology of Muslim Peoples

Research (currently suspended)

* Islamische Reform im Zeichen zeitgenössischer Herausforderung durch die realpolitische Pluralität. 'Islamische Politische Theologie' - extremo oriente lux ? (Forschungsantrag 05/00)

* Muslim Reformism in the Face of Contemporary Challenges by Political Plurality - extremo oriente lux? Research Proposal 2003

Teaching (mainly in German)

University of Applied Sciences Bremen (Chair for Political Science and Political Management pro tempore summer term 2003)
2003 (course descriptions in German)	Introduction to Politics (2^nd semester, in English)
	Inter- and Transnational Relations: Introduction to International Organizations (2^nd & 4^th semester)
	Political Systems of the Muslim World (2^nd & 4^th semester)
University of Bremen (Dept. of Sociology/Institute for Intercultural and International Studies)
1999/00	Globalization *
1999/00	Modernization in Non-Western Societies *
1999	Islamic Political Theory in the 20th Century: Between Integrism and Pluralism
1998/99	"Fear from Modernity": F. Mernissi and Women's Status in Muslim Societies *
1997	Worlds of Islam*
1996	Fundamentalisms: Causes and Types *
1995/96	Theory and Analysis of Conflict *
1994/95	Theory and Strategies of Peace *
1994	Fundamentalisms: Causes and Types in Contemporary World Society *
*	together D. Senghaas