Dr Rama Mani receives the Peter-Becker-Prize for Peace and Conflict Research

Congratulations to CIS Research Associate Rama Mani who, with the Komitee fr Grundrechte und Demokratie (Committee for Basic Rights and Democracy, Cologne), received the Peter Becker Prize for Peace and Conflict Research from the Chancellor of Philipps-Universitt Marburg, Dr. Friedhelm Nonne, at a ceremony in the Great Hall of Marburgs Old University on Friday 22 November.

The prize, endowed with an overall sum of 10,000 Euros and awarded every two years, is the highest endowed award for peace and conflict research in Germany.

In her laudation on Rama Mani, Professor Dr. Claudia von Braunmhl (Berlin) emphasised: Dr. Rama Mani researches on burning issues of peace, peace making and its pre-requisites on the one hand and on the other membership in bodies which are mandated with designing policy avenues to just and sustainable peace and with advising and lobbying to that effect. Rama Mani rightly describes herself as a scholar-practitioner of peace-building.

First awarded in 2005, the Peter Becker Prize is awarded (every two years) to promote the application of peace research in practical projects. The prize money is donated by the Marburg lawyer Peter Becker, who is also the spokesperson for the German section of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA). The aim is to support projects which make a significant contribution to promoting peace.

To view a photograph of the event please clickhere.