We are delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Bettina Engels as a new member of the steering committee.

Bettina Engels has been Junior Professor for Empirical Conflict Research with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa since 2014. She is also co-director, together with Kristina Dietz, of the junior research group "Global Change - Local Conflicts? Land Conflicts in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa" (GLOCON) and since 2021 she has been an Assistant Professor of African Politics and Societies at the Cluster of Excellence Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS).