Thorsten Bonacker

Dr. Thorsten Bonacker, born 1970, Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the Centre for Conflict Studies at Philipps-Universität Marburg, studied in Marburg from 1990 to 1996 and received his doctorate in 1999 at Carl von Ossietzky University. His research and publications focus on violence and peace in world society, in particular on state-building processes in post-war and postcolonial societies, on how societies deal with violent pasts, and on sexual and reproductive rights as a global field of conflict.