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| Six Science Awards from Mosbach’s HGB Foundation on Peace and Ecology in the Anthropocene for a Peace Researcher from California, an International Lawyer from New Zealand, three International Scientific Recognitions for young Postdocs from Bangladesh, Brazil and Germany) and for a Senior Scholar for a Recognition of his Livelong Achievement |
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| Mosbach. (HGBS). On October 9, 2025, the Hans Günter Brauch Foundation for Peace and Ecology in the Anthropocene will award its Third International Science Prize in a public ceremony in the town hall of Mosbach, Germany, in collaboration with the town of Mosbach. These international awards go to six scholars from three generations to Prof. Dr. Dieter Senghaas, em. (University of Bremen), a cofounder of Peace Research in West Germany will receive an award for his lifelong achievements whose books were translated into ten languages. Two midcareer scientists from the USA and New Zealand (UK) share the Prize Money of 3000 €. Three recent postdocs (2024-2025) will get international recognitions for the high quality of their Ph.D dissertation from the university of Lund (Sweden), Hamburg and Heidelberg with publication contracts with a honorarium from Springer Nature valid for 3 years. The first two books from international scientific achievements will be published this autumn by Dr. Annet Adong (Uganda) and Dr. ASM Mostafizur Rahman (Bangladesh). Thus, the HGB foundation supports a wider recognition for high quality global research on peace and ecology. |
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The two science prizes will be awarded to Dr. Angela Jill Lederach, who teaches peace and justice studies at Chapman University in Southern California, and to Dr. Matthew G. Gillett, an international lawyer from New Zealand who works at the University of Essex Law School in the UK. Dr. Gillett also works for the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, has worked for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, and is a member of the Platform of Independent Experts on Refugee Rights (PIERR) and director of the Initiative for Peace and Justice, which works to improve the enforcement of international criminal law. |  |
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Dr. Angela Jill Lederach, assistant professor in Southern California, earned her academic degrees (Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD) at the University of Notre Dame (USA). She is being honoured for her book, Feel the Grass Grow: Ecologies of Slow Peace in Colombia, published in 2023 by Stanford University Press. She has already received several honours for this book: in 2024, she received an award from the American Library Association for the best academic title, and in 2025, she received an award from the Peace Section of the International Studies Association (ISA). |  |
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| Born in New Zealand, Dr. Matthew G. Gillett is a scholar and international lawyer with nearly 15 years of experience with the international courts in The Hague, where he has prosecuted cases involving war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. In 2022, he was appointed Special Representative of the United Nations. He was subsequently elected Vice-Chair and then Chair and Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. He has authored numerous publications on international law, peace and security, and the environment. His award-winning monograph, entitled Prosecution of Environmental Harm before the International Criminal Court, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2022. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Angela J. Lederach is Assistant Professor of Peace and Justice Studies at Chapman University in Southern California, USA. Her research examines the intersection of political and ecological violence in Colombia. Based on over a decade of participatory and ethnographic research in Montes de María, Colombia, Lederach focuses on the narratives, theories, and strategies of grassroots organizers working to transform violent conflicts and create a more just and livable world. She is the author of Feel the Grass Grow: Ecologies of Slow Peace in Colombia (Stanford University Press 2023) and co-author of When Blood and Bones Cry Out: Journeys Through the Soundscape of Healing and Reconciliation (Oxford University Press 2010). As a cultural anthropologist and scholar and practitioner in the field of peace studies, Lederach has worked on peacebuilding and environmental justice processes in Sierra Leone, the Philippines, Colombia, and the United States In Feel the Grass Grow, Lederach draws on nearly a decade of participatory research in Colombia to develop a robust theory of “slow peace.” Lederach traces the cross-generational struggle of the campesinos to defend their lives, land, and territory in the face of political and ecological violence, showing how the campesinos' call for “slowness” refocuses attention on the grassroots practices of ecological peacebuilding rooted in the collective struggle for the liberation of their territory. The call for “slow peace” gives priority to everyday life, in which relationships are deepened, memories of ancestors are recovered, and ecosystems are regenerated. |
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Dr. Matthew Gillett is a senior lecturer (associate professor) at the University of Essex and vice-chair and rapporteur of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. He worked in The Hague for over 15 years, including as a trial lawyer at the International Criminal Court and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He also served as human rights officer for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and as senior legal adviser to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. He has authored numerous publications on international law and environmental protection, including his award-winning monograph “Prosecution of Environmental Damage before the International Criminal Court” (Cambridge University Press, June 2022). The threat of man-made environmental damage is becoming more urgent every year. Human activities are destroying the natural environment worldwide and contributing to potentially irreversible climate change. This book examines how the International Criminal Court can effectively prosecute those who cause or contribute to serious environmental destruction. Written by an international lawyer who has prosecuted cases of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, it offers insights into the procedures, laws, and techniques that can lead to convictions of environmental offenders. The International Science Prize 2025 was supported by a generous grant of the Foundation of the
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| An international academic award is given to doctoral students working on topics related to peace and ecology who have completed their doctorate but have not yet published their excellent or very good doctoral thesis. They receive a publishing contract from Springer Nature for the Anthropocene book series with a publishing fee if they submit a book manuscript within three years. Three International Scientific Recognitions will be awarded in 2025 for doctoral theses: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dr. Bárbara Magalhães Teixeira is a peace and conflict scholar and educator. Her research touches on issues on nature, peace, and development, with a focus on environmental conflicts and the socio-ecological transition in the Global South. She is currently a researcher in the Climate Change and Risk Programme at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Her dissertation reveals how unequal access to nature and resources fuels conflict and sustains structural violence bridging environmental peacebuilding and critical peace studies, it argues that lasting peace demands reimagining how we value, share, and govern nature – shifting from exploitation to justice, and from negative peace to transformative, positive peace. | Dr. Anselm Vogler is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH). His research examines political responses to the climate-security nexus. He previously held postdoctoral positions at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Harvard University. In his cumulative PhD thesis, Dr. Anselm Vogler examined the emergence of climate-related insecurities and governmental responses to them. So far, four chapters have been published in leading journals, including International Studies Review, Political Geography, Journal of Global Security Studies, and Global Environmental Change. More on these websites of the |
Dr. ASM Mostafizur Rahman is a lecturer at the South Asia Institute (SAI), Heidelberg University. He earned his PhD in Political Science from Heidelberg. His research bridges political economy, governance, development, globaliza-tion, and Bangladesh’s global engagement. His revised PhD thesis will be published in autumn of 2026 with the new title: Garments and Growth - State, Ideas, Policy Learning, and Globalization in Bangladesh. It explores how policy learning and deliberation—through political and technocratic interactions—enabled Bangladesh to adopt a garment export-led development strategy. This fostered private sector growth and opened formal labour market access for rural women. Strategic policy shifts mobilized resources, advancing human development, climate resilience, and gender-inclusive ecological security in the Global South. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At the third award ceremony of the International Science Prize of the Mosbach Peace Foundation, Prof. Dr. em. Dieter Senghaas, one of the pioneers of peace research in Germany, will be honoured for the first time on the occasion of his 85th birthday on August 27, 2025, for his extensive scientific work. On Thursday, October 9, 2025, in the town hall of Mosbach in the Neckar-Odenwald district, the HGB Foundation for Peace and Ecology will present its first international scientific award to a globally renowned scholar and co-founder of peace research in Germany for his life's work in peace and development research and for his late work on peace and music. Prof. Senghaas' books have been translated into numerous languages, including English, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Arabic, Persian, Italian, and Catalan. The founder published two of his books in English in his two pioneering series in 2013 and 2025. |  |
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| The first two books to be published in December 2025 by postdocs receiving an international recognition in 2024 from Uganda and in 2025 from Bangladesh |
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| Hans Günter Brauch (Ed.): Towards Rethinking Politics, Policy and Polity in the Anthropocene: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Open Access (Cham: Springer, 2025). <https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-71807-6> | Paul J. Crutzen; Hans Günter Brauch (Eds.): Paul J. Crutzen: A Pioneer on Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Change in the Anthropocene, (Cham: Springer, 2016, Open Access: 2025). <https://link.springer.com/ book/10.1007/978-3-319-27460-7> | Benner, S., Lax, G., Crutzen, P.J., Pöschl, U., Lelieveld, J., Brauch, H.G. (Eds.): Paul J. Crutzen and the Anthropocene: A New Epoch in Earth’s History.(Cham: Springer, 2021 & 2025). <https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-82202-6> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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