Elvan Isikozlu
Researcher
Political Science
Bonn International Center for Conversion
Germany
Biography
Elvan graduated from one of Canada’s most innovative and interdisciplinary programmes, earning a Bachelor of Arts & Science Degree with a combined Major in Political Science and a Minor in Peace Studies (McMaster University). She completed her Master of Arts degree in International Relations at the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs in Ottawa, with a specialty in Conflict Analysis and Conflict Resolution. Elvan began her professional career at the largest non-profit youth organization in Canada (Junior Achievement) and worked for the Mine Action Unit at Foreign Affairs Canada prior to coming to BICC. Her focus has since been on building capacity for community-level small arms control and conducting research on small arms, DD&R concepts and practice, and wartime sexual violence. She has engaged in field work in South Sudan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and El Salvador
Research Interest
SALW control policy, DD&R policy, mine action, wartime sexual violence, design and implementation of training modules and curricula
Publications
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Isikozlu E, Millard AS. Wartime Rape: Identifying Knowledge Gaps and their Implications. Sicherheit und Frieden (S+ F)/Security and Peace. 2010 Jan 1:35-41.
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Pietz T, Edelmann R, Isikozlu E. Small Arms Distribution Survey (SADS)-Overall Distribution. SALW Survey of Croatia. Belgrade: South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC)/Bonn International Center for Conversion. 2006 Nov;1.
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Ashkenazi M, Farha J, Isikozlu E, Radeke H, Rush P. Services, Return, and Security in four counties in southern Sudan. Bonn: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC). 2008.
