Markus V. Hoehne

Markus V. Hoehne is a PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle/Saale, Germany. His research focuses on identity and conflict in northern Somalia (Somaliland and Puntland) where he conducted twenty two months of field research in 2002, 2003-2004, and 2008-2009. He is also part of a research project funded by the European Union on 'Diasporas for Peace' (DIASPEACE). His publications include a book entitled Somalia zwischen Krieg und Frieden. Strategien der friedlichen Konfliktaustragung auf internationaler und lokaler Ebene (Hamburg, 2002), a co-edited volume on Borders in the Horn of Africa (with James Currey, 2010), and several peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters.