MENASP Network Database

Social Policy Database

Database of Middle East North Africa Social Policy Expertise

Name
Dr. Esther Meininghaus
Biography

Esther Meininghaus is a political anthropologist researching negotiations of power with particular emphasis on Syria, Iraq and Jordan. In her work, she focuses on peace processes, armed conflict and resistance as part of Middle Eastern epistemologies, as well as humanitarian aid in autocracies. She is a Senior Researcher at the Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies. With a background in Middle Eastern Studies, she completed her MA at University of Bonn (2007) and her PhD at the University of Manchester (2013). She also teaches as an Accodiate Lecturer at the University of Bonn.

Qualifications
Doctorate, University of Manchester
Current or most recent Employer

Senior Researcher

Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
Time in Post - 10

Organisation Type: Consultancy and research - including think-tanks (not for profit)

Regional Expertise

Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic,

Disciplinary or professional background

Anthropology, Political science

Languages

Arabic (Spoken), English (Spoken), English (Written), English (Primary Writing Language), French (Spoken), French (Primary Writing Language), Other* (Spoken), Other* (Written),
Other *German

Contact Info

esther.meininghaus@bicc.de

Pfarrer-Byns-Str. 1
53123 Bonn
Social Media

Esther Meininghaus (Linkedin)

Public Profiles

https://www.linkedin.com/in/esther-meininghaus-1b126b87/

Current Areas of Policy Interest

Inequality ( 16 years )

Public Policy ( 12 years )

Humanitarianism & emergency relief ( 7 years )

Conflict & Security ( 16 years )

Areas of Policy Interest over the last ten years

Areas of Policy Interest researched, programmes designed and/or delivered in the last ten years

Public Policy

Inequality

Humanitarianism & emergency relief

Conflict & Security

Engagement

Academic publications
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/nejo.12371

Professional or Trade Press
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2024/09/11/effects-of-the-israel-gaza-war-on-syria-multiple-new-fronts/

Social Media
twitter, esthermeininghaus.com

Policy Reports

Policy Briefs
https://www.bicc.de/Publikationen/How_to_Decolonise_the_HDP-Nexus_1.pdf

Other
Monograph: https://www.bloomsbury.com/academic/middle-east/ib-tauris