Assoc Prof Dr. Dominik Balthasar, Asian Institute of Management, Philippines
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dominik Balthasar, born on January 27, 1980, is a German international development expert with over 18 years of experience in academia, policy, and operations. Currently a Program Director and Assistant Professor at the Asian Institute of Management in Manila, Philippines, he specializes in strategic foresight and systems thinking. Dr. Balthasar has a rich background in global development, having held key roles at KfW Development Bank and swisspeace, among others. He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and is a member of several prestigious networks including the Overseas Development Institute. 🌏📊✨
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Education 🎓📚
He holds a PhD in International Development from the London School of Economics and has completed various certificates in design thinking and management from prestigious institutions.
Work Experience 🏢🌟
Dominik’s career spans roles at KfW Development Bank and swisspeace, and he has undertaken numerous consulting assignments. His work focuses on strategic foresight, peace-building, and development in fragile states, with a keen interest in innovative solutions for global challenges.
Research Focus 🌍
Dr. Dominik Balthasar is an accomplished researcher specializing in state-building, peace-building, and conflict resolution, primarily in the context of fragile and emerging states like Somalia and Somaliland. His work delves into the intricacies of state formation, examining the interplay between politics, conflict, and identity. He explores themes such as the effectiveness of international interventions, the role of local politics in state-making, and the challenges of nation-building in volatile regions. Dr. Balthasar’s research also addresses how socio-political dynamics and resource conflicts, such as those involving oil, shape state trajectories and peace processes. 📘🔍
Publications Top Notes 📊
- “Somaliland’s best kept secret: shrewd politics and war projects as means of state-making” – Journal of Eastern African Studies 7 (2), 218-238, 2013 | Cited by: 73 📈
- “From hybridity to standardization: rethinking state-making in contexts of fragility” – Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding 9 (1), 26-47, 2015 | Cited by: 44 📚
- “‘Peace-building as state-building’? Rethinking liberal interventionism in contexts of emerging states” – Conflict, Security & Development 17 (6), 473-491, 2017 | Cited by: 28 🌍
- “Oil in Somalia: adding fuel to the fire” – The Heritage Institute for Policy Studies, 1-14, 2014 | Cited by: 27 🛢️
- “State-making in Somalia and Somaliland: understanding war, nationalism and state trajectories as processes of institutional and socio-cognitive standardization” – London School of Economics and Political Science, 2012 | Cited by: 20 🎓
- “On the (in) compatibility of peace-building and state-making: evidence from Somaliland” – The Journal of Development Studies 55 (4), 457-472, 2019 | Cited by: 15 🤝
- “State Making in Somalia under Siyad Barre: Scrutinizing Historical Amnesia and Normative Bias” – The International Journal of African Historical Studies 51 (1), 141-162, 2018 | Cited by: 11 📜
- “Somalia: unable to escape its past? Revisiting the roots of a fractured state and elusive nation” – Critical African Studies 6 (2-3), 223-239, 2014 | Cited by: 11 📆
- “The Wars in the North and the Creation of Somaliland” – Patterns of Violence in Somalia, 22, 2013 | Cited by: 11 ⚔️
- “Somalia’s Federal Agenda: From Fragility to Fragmentation?” – European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), 2022 | Cited by: 10 🏛️