Tilman Brück is a German economist specializing in development and the economics of peace, conflict and terrorism.
Education
Brück studied for masters and doctorate degrees in economics at the University of Oxford between 1996 and 2001. Prior to this he studied economics at the. He was also a visiting lecturer at the University of Rome, Tor Vergata.
He speaks English, German and Portuguese.
Career
He was full professor of development economics at Humboldt University of Berlin. He also headed the department of Development and Security at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW). Brück is an expert on the economics of developing and transition countries such as Colombia, Mozambique, Angola, Uganda, Mongolia and the countries of Central Asia.
In September 2012 it was announced that he was to replace Bates Gill as head of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, a global think-tank dedicated to research into security, conflict and arms control.
Brück took up the Director"s position in January 2013 and stepped down in June 2014. Brück"s research interests include the inter-relationship between peace, security and development (especially at the micro-level), the economics of post-war reconstruction, and the economics of terrorism and security policy.
21. Households in Conflict Network (HiCN), co-director Institute of the Study of Labor, research fellow Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Global Young Academy, founding fellowship