SIPA: School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University

SIPA Faculty

Dennis Dijkzeul
International Affairs Building, 13th Floor
Adjunct Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs
Phone: 212-854-3213
dd459@columbia.edu

Biography:
Dennis Dijkzeul is professor of Conflict and Organization Research at the Social Science School and Executive Director at the IFHV at Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany, and an adjunct assistant professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, New York. He regularly consults for international organizations in Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, and the United States. The last few years, he has mainly focused on the chronic humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His main interests concern the political economy of humanitarian crises, the management of international organizations, and the participation of local populations in humanitarian action. His recent books are "Humanitaire Ruimte: Tussen Onpartijdigheid en Politiek [Humanitarian Space: Between Impartiality and Politics]" (with Joost Herman, Academia Press, 2010) "Supporting Local Health Care in a Chronic Crisis" (with Caroline Lynch: National Academies Press, 2005), "Between Force and Mercy: Military Action and Humanitarian Aid" (Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag, 2004) and "Rethinking International Organizations: Pathology and Promise" (with Yves Beigbeder, Berghahn Books, 2003).