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Claudia Hofmann Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | FPGS | Foreign Policy & Global Security

Contact
Claudia Hofmann
(202) 885-6728 (Office)
SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW 207
https://hofmann.youcanbook.me
Additional Positions at 헤라카지노 주소
Executive Director, Online and Executive Programs
Degrees
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Cologne, Germany; M.A., International Conflict Analysis, Brussels 헤라카지노 도메인 of International Studies, University of Kent, Belgium; B.A.(hons), Politics & Government and History, University of Kent, UK

Bio
Dr. Claudia Hofmann is the Executive Director of Online and Executive Programs at the 헤라카지노 도메인 of International Service, 헤라카지노. She leads the strategy and implementation of SIS online and executive degree programs, including the strategic planning and curriculum development for executive non-credit short courses and training.

With 20 years of experience in strategic analysis, policy advising, and academic leadership, Dr. Hofmann specializes in transatlantic relations, U.S. foreign policy, and emerging security challenges—including asymmetric conflict and digital threats. Her work has resulted in numerous peer-reviewed publications, international policy papers, presentations, and policy consultations, as well as robust collaborations with prominent organizations on both sides of the Atlantic.
For the Media
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Teaching

Summer 2024

  • SIS-096 Selected Topics:Non-Recurring: Intl Relations (MA) Immersion

Fall 2024

  • SIS-686 Proseminar in Int'l Affairs

Spring 2025

  • SIS-096 Selected Topics:Non-Recurring: Intl Relations (MA) Immersion

  • SIS-793 Practicum in Int'l Affairs: For Pol Making/Defense/Intel

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Selected Publications

  • (2024) "" [Spyware and Cyberattacks: The Growing Threat from Non-State Actors], in DGAP Memo, German Council on Foreign Relations, 11 December 2024.
  • (2020) , in: RESOLVE Network, 12 June 2020.
  • with Carolin Goerzig, , in: Negotiation Journal 32 (2): 151-163, 2016.
  • (2016) with Carolin Goerzig, , in: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Working Papers, No. 177.
  • “Engaging Armed Actors in Conflict Mediation. Consolidating Government and Non-government Approaches”, in: , pp. 23-37, London: Chatham House, 2016.
  • with Carolin Goerzig, “The Dark Side of Recognition. Mutual Exclusiveness of Passive and Active Recognition in the Middle East Conflict”, in: Christopher Daase, Caroline Fehl, Anna Geis, and Georgios Kolliarakis (eds.), , Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
  • “NGOs as norm dealers: Norm-Diffusion in Conflict Management using the example of the ICRC”, in: Felix Dane (ed.), , Rio de Janeiro: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2015.
  • with Virginia Comolli, , Report 6, Modernising Drug Law Enforcement, London: International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) / Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House / International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), 2013.
  • , SWP Research Paper, Berlin: German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), 2012.
  • , USIP Peace Brief 91, Washington: United States Institute of Peace, 2011.
  • , (with Jörn Grävingholt and Stephan Klingebiel), Bonn: German Development Institute (DIE) (Studies 29), 2007.
  • , Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2007.
  • “,” in International Peacekeeping 13 (3): 396-409, 2006.

 

Professional Presentations

  • “Considerations for an Engagement with Armed Groups” (online), Specialized Training on Gender in Humanitarian Action (ATHA) / Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2012
  • “Breaking the Deadlock in the Middle East Peace Process” (organizer), Center for Transatlantic Relations, 헤라카지노 도메인 of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA, 2012
  • "Engaging Armed Groups. Options and Strategies” (online), Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2012
  • “Conflict Prevention on Both Sides of the Atlantic”, Subcommittee on Civilian Crisis Prevention and Integrated Conflict Management in the German Bundestag, German Embassy, Washington, DC, USA, 2011
  • “Opportunities and Limits of Engaging Non-State Armed Groups“, FCO-LSE Workshop, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, UK, 2010

Research Interests

  • non-traditional security threats;
  • community resilience;
  • transnational organized crime;
  • violent conflicts.