About
Ulf Engel is the professor of politics in Africa at the Institute of African Studies, Leipzig University (Germany). He is also a visiting professor at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies at Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia) and a professor extraordinary at the Department of Political Science at Stellenbosch University (South Africa). Since 2006 he is advising the AU Peace and Security Department (as of 2021: Political Affairs, Peace and Security) in the fields of conflict prevention, early warning, and preventive diplomacy. Currently, he is coordinating a research network financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) on African non-military conflict intervention practices (see https://ancip-project.de).
Selected publications
- Engel, U. et al. (eds.) (2016) The New Politics of Regionalism. Perspectives from Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. London and New York: Routledge. 234pp.
- Engel, U. and Porto, J. G. (eds.) (2013) Towards an African Peace and Security Regime. Continental Embeddedness, Transnational Linkages, Strategic Relevance. Farnham and Burlington VT: Ashgate. 276pp.