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Eric van Um, M.A., M.P.S.
PhD Candidate / Researcher
Areas of Research
Terrorism and counter-terrorism policy with a particular focus on economic aspects, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Rational Choice Theory.
Background
Eric van Um studied political science and economics at the Universities of Mannheim and Heidelberg and graduated as Magister Artium in 2007. His thesis dealt with US foreign policy vis-à-vis China regarding a potential “New Containment” of the United States. Following his graduation, he was an intern at a private institute offering security consultancy in the Hague, Netherlands. From 2008 to 2009 he successfully completed the postgraduate Master’s program “Master of Peace and Security Studies” at the IFSH, Hamburg. His final thesis was on the rationality of terrorists and implications for counter-terrorism policy. Since October 2009, Eric van Um has been a research assistant and PhD student at the IFSH (ZEUS).
Languages
German, English, Dutch, Spanish
Current Project
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Publications
Aufsätze
- Security Economics in the European Context – Implications of the EUSECON Project. Economics of Security Working Paper 58, Berlin: Economics of Security 2011 (mit Michael Brzoska und Raphael Bossong).
- Effective counterterrorism: What have we learned so far?. Economics of Security Working Paper 55, Berlin: Economics of Security 2011 (mit Daniela Pisoiu).
- Discussing Concepts of Terrorist Rationality: Implications for Counterterrorism Policy, in: Defence and Peace Economics 22(2), 2011, S. 161-179
- "Discussing Concepts of Terrorist Rationality: Implications for Counter-Terrorism Policy", Economics of Security Working Paper 22, Berlin: Economics of Security, 2009.
Besprechungen
- Johanna Heusel, Eine kriminologische Betrachtung des Selbstmordattentats, besprochen in S+F. Sicherheit und Frieden/Security and Peace, 3/2010, 192-193.
- Dorit Bölsche, Internationales Katastrophenmanagement. Logistik und Supply Chain Management, besprochen in S+F. Sicherheit und Frieden/Security and Peace, 2/2010, S. 129-130.
Contact
Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik
Beim Schlump 83
D-20144 Hamburg
Phone: +49-40-866077-42
Fax: +49-40-866 3615
E-mail: vanum@ifsh.de