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Annelies Hickendorff
Research Assistant
Annelies Hickendorff
Annelies Hickendorff was a Research Assistant with SIPRI’s Sahel and West Africa Programme. She has been involved in multiple studies contributing to a better understanding of local security perceptions in the region. Prior to joining SIPRI, she was a Rotary Peace Fellow in African Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Bradford, UK, and worked for various international non-governmental organizations and United Nations agencies in Cameroon, Kenya, Mali and Senegal.
Subject expertise
Civil society, peace operations, conflict narratives, capacity building, project management, communication
Regional expertise
Sub-saharan Africa
Languages
English, French, Dutch
Education
MA in African Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Bradford, UK; MA in Modern Dutch Literature, University of Leiden, the Netherlands.
Citizenship
Netherlands
SIPRI COMMENTARY
- Understanding local perceptions of security in Mali: The White Book (Blog, )
- Success of Joint Force Sahel depends on local actor engagement (Blog, )
- Renewal of MINUSMA: A missed opportunity for new generation of DDR (Blog, )
SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS
- EU Military Training Missions: A Synthesis Report (SIPRI, Stockholm: May 2022)
- The European Union Training Mission in the Central African Republic: An Assessment (SIPRI, Stockholm: February 2021)
- Civil Society White Book on Peace and Security in Mali (2019) English Summary (SIPRI, Stockholm: July 2019)
External publications
- Hickendorff, A. and van der Lijn, J., Report: Civil Society Workshop on the Future of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations Peacekeeping (2021)
- Livre Blanc de la société civile pour la paix et la sécurité au Mali [The White Book of the Civil Society for Peace and Security in Mali], The White Book Committee (Jan 2019)