HPS³ - Anke Hoeffler - Can Aid Reduce ViolenceWe welcome Anke Hoeffler (University of Konstanz) on Thursday, 18 January 2024 to the HPS Seminar Series

18 January 2024

The Hamburg Political Science Seminar Series (HPS³) features international speakers presenting cutting-edge research in empirical political science and political economy.

We welcome on Thursday, 18 January 2024 17:15-18:45 CET in VMP9 A315 & via Zoom

Anke Hoeffler (University of Konstanz)

Title: Can Aid Reduce  Violence

 Abstract: Although the provision of security to all their citizens is a state’s fundamental duty, over 50 countries experienced armed conflict during the past year. The international development community has identified armed conflict as an impediment to development and provides considerable resources to reduce armed conflicts. However, other forms of violence, such as suicide, homicide, and assault, are vastly more prevalent and far more widely distributed across countries than armed conflict. For some time, scholars in the field of public health have been arguing for putting self-directed and interpersonal violence higher on domestic and international policy agendas. When analysing the allocation of aid by purpose, it is obvious that donors and recipients have so far neither recognized self-directed nor interpersonal violence as a major development issue. Almost no aid is targeted at suicide prevention and less than one per cent of total official development assistance is targeted at interpersonal violence. 

The HPS³ seminars take place  in person at the UHH and are live-streamed on Zoom.

 Please find the preliminary program on the HPS³ Website.

 We invite everyone interested to attend the HPS Seminar Series and are looking forward to seeing you.