Jonas Ecke, Senior Research Manager
Dr. Jonas Ecke, scholar-practitioner in the field of humanitarian aid, was Senior Research Manager for the B/ORDERS IN MOTION „Tough Choices: Dilemmas and Decisions in Peacemaking“ research project in 2018.
Jonas Ecke is a trained anthropologist. He studied at Bremen University in Germany, Aalborg University in Denmark and received his PhD in Anthropology at Purdue University in the United States. Dr. Ecke’s research focuses on the post-return integration of refugee returnees in West Africa. He has also gathered extensive work experiences with international humanitarian aid organizations in several African countries (e.g. CARE in Ghana and Togo, Mentor Initiative in Liberia and Everyday Peace Indicators project in South Sudan).
Jonas Ecke is a trained anthropologist. He studied at Bremen University in Germany, Aalborg University in Denmark and received his PhD in Anthropology at Purdue University in the United States. Dr. Ecke’s research focuses on the post-return integration of refugee returnees in West Africa. He has also gathered extensive work experiences with international humanitarian aid organizations in several African countries (e.g. CARE in Ghana and Togo, Mentor Initiative in Liberia and Everyday Peace Indicators project in South Sudan).
Areas of Expertise
Cultural and social dynamics in post-conflict societies; Coordination of multidisciplinary and international research projects; Application of qualitative research methods in humanitarian aid; Forced displacement, especially post-return integration
Publications
- Ecke, Jonas (2017): Whatever happened to Peace? Arms, Oil and War by Proxy. Global Policy Journal, Opinion (blog). Durham, UK: Durham University School of Government and International Affairs. Originally published on Opendemocracy.
- Giesbrecht, David / Pontarollo, Julia / Ecke, Jonas / Kamal Sajid / Koko, Vincent / Hinneh, D. Levi / Pratt Oliver / Belleh, Tuwoyer / Allan, Richard (2017): Novel active ingredient insecticidal wall lining for malaria control in Liberia: Results from a cluster randomized control trial. Online Publikation. Mentor Initiative: West Sussex, UK.
- Ecke, Jonas / Saydee, Geetor / Joseph W. Nyan / Kalilu Donzo / Dolo, Mackie / Russ, Richard (2016): The Subjective and Economic Well-Being of Repatriated Liberian Refugees from Ghana. In: Refugee Survey Quarterly, Vol. 35, Number 3.
- Ecke, Jonas: Continuity and Discontinuity (2015): Cultural Change in a Refugee Camp in Ghana. In: PentecoStudies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, Vol. 14, Number 1.
- Ecke, Jonas (2015): “Ebola is Real“: Christliche Rhetorik und Wahrnehmungen des Dämonischen in Liberia. Im Blog der Arbeitsgruppe Medical Anthropology in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde. Medizinethnologie. 9. Februar 2015.
- Beisel, Uli / Ecke, Jonas (2014): Community Relationships in West Africa and Ebola. Handout. Medical Mission Institute Würzburg: Catholic Advisory Organization for International Health. Würzburg.
- Ecke, Jonas / Wirtz, Elizabeth (2014): The clash and clout of faith: refugee aid in Ghana and Kenya. In: Forced Migration Review, Vol. 48, 2014.
- Ecke, Jonas (2013): Anthropology’s Relevance to the Study of Forced Migration. In: Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2013. hier online abrufbar
- Ecke, Jonas (2012): Manufacturing Consent in the Age of YouTube: The Case of Kony 2012. In: Aalborg University: The Interdisciplinary Journal of International Studies, Vol. 8, 2012.
