Dr Philipp Schulz

Associate Researcher
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Vita

Philipp Schulz is postdoctoral researcher at IFSH with a focus on participatory and co-creative methods. Previously, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bremen, where he led the DFG-AHRC project “A different kind of war story: Centering love and care in peace and conflict studies” with Roxani Krystalli (University of St. Andrews) and the DFG-project “Exploring the agency of male survivors of wartime sexual violence”. Philipp obtained his PhD from the Transitional Justice Institute (TJI) at Ulster University with an ethnographic study on wartime sexual violence. He previously held positions and did research stays at Uppsala University, the University of Minnesota Law School and the Refugee Law Project (RLP) at Makerere University in Uganda. Philipp is currently also a visiting scholar at the Global Security Programme, Pembroke College at the University of Oxford. 

Research profile

Philipp’s research explores multiple dimensions of violence, war and peace, from the perspectives of violence-affected communities, and with particular attention to the intersectional gender dimensions of conflict, peace and security.

  • Post-conflict processes, peacebuilding and transitional justice
  • Feminist perspectives on conflict, peace and security
  • Love and care in the midst and wake of violence
  • Ethnographic, participatory and co-creative approaches 

Memberships & professional activities

  • Visiting Scholar (non-residential) at the “Global Security Programme”, Pembroke College, University of Oxford
  • Member of the Editorial Board of “Politics & Gender" and "Third World Quarterly”
  • Editor of the “Edinburgh Studies on Masculinities in Global Politics” book series
  • Consultant with Impunity Watch (IW), The Hague
  • Chairperson of the Board “Angels Refugee Support Foundation” (ARFS) Uganda

Latest Publications

Love in a “hopeless” place? Courtship, intimacy, and romance in displacement

Philipp Schulz, in: Journal of Refugee Studies, 13.08.2026.

New book series: Masculinities in Global Politics

Editor is IFSH researcher Dr Philipp Schulz.

Selected Publications

  • Schulz, Philipp. 2026. Turning a Blind-Eye? A Critical Reflection About the Metaphor of Turns in International Studies. Global Studies Quarterly 6 (2): ksag077. DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksag077.
  • Schulz, Philipp, Brandon Hamber, Heleen Touquet, ed. 2024. Masculinities and Queer Perspectives in Transitional Justice. Transitional Justice. London: Routledge.
  • Myrttinen, Henri, Chloé Lewis, Heleen Touquet, Philipp Schulz, Farooq Yousaf, Elizabeth Laruni, ed. 2025. Routledge Handbook of Masculinities, Conflict, and Peacebuilding. London: Routledge.
  • Krystalli, Roxani, Philipp Schulz. 2022. Taking Love and Care Seriously: An Emergent Research Agenda for Remaking Worlds in the Wake of Violence. International Studies Review 24 (1): viac003. DOI: 10.1093/isr/viac003.
  • Schulz, Philipp. 2021. Male Survivors of Wartime Sexual Violence. Perspectives from Northern Uganda. Oakland: University of California Press. DOI: 10.1525/luminos.95.
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