Cornelius Friesendorf
Department of Social Sciences
Frankfurt University
Germany
Biography
Dr. Cornelius Friesendorf is a lecturer in the Cluster of Excellence “Normative Orders” at Goethe University Frankfurt. He is also a researcher in the Research Department “International Institutions” at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF/HSFK). His work focuses on security sector reform, international and transnational police cooperation, multinational military missions, and – most recently – the security policies of post-Soviet states. Cornelius holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Zurich, a diploma in political science from the Free University Berlin, and a Masters of Science degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Research Interest
Security sector reform. International and transnational police cooperation. Multinational military missions. Post-Soviet states. Organization theory.
Publications
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Introduction: The Security Sector and Counter-Trafficking, in: Cornelius Friesendorf (ed.), Strategies Against Human Trafficking: The Role of the Security Sector (Geneva and Vienna: DCAF and Austrian National Defence Academy, 2009), 17-32.
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Problems of Crime-Fighting by ‘Internationals’ in Kosovo, in: James Cockayne and Adam Lupel (eds.): Peace Operations and Organized Crime: Enemies or Allies? (London: Routledge, 2011), 47-67.
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Insurgency and Civilian Policing: Organizational Culture and German Police Assistance in Afghanistan, in: Contemporary Security Policy, Vol. 34, No. 2 (August 2013), 324-349.
