Pia Falschebner

Pia Falschebner is a Research Associate at the Center for Conflict Research (ZfK) at Philipps University of Marburg, Germany. She has been working on the DFG-funded project "Reparations Policy of Victims' Organizations in Transitional Justice Processes" since September 2020, collaborating with Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bonacker and Dr. Eva Willems. Her work focuses on victim mobilization, memory politics, and post-colonial justice frameworks.

• Research Focus: Transitional Justice, Social Movements, Post-colonial Theory, Memory and Identity, Conflict Transformation
• Geographic Expertise: Morocco, Northern Ireland, Guatemala, Middle East, Latin America

Dr. Falschebner has conducted extensive fieldwork in Morocco and Northern Ireland, including guest researcher positions at the Netherlands Institute Morocco (NIMAR) and Queen's University Belfast. She contributes to academic debates through publications in journals like Journal of Human Rights Practice and Global Society, with recurring themes around victim-driven reparations, memory as a tool for justice, and socio-political inequalities in transitional contexts.

Her academic contributions include:

• Keynote presentations at major conferences including ISA Annual Convention and ECPR General Conference
• Co-organization of workshops on research ethics, particularly in conflict/post-conflict settings
• Teaching seminars on Research Ethics and Knowledge Production in (Post-)Conflict Settings

Notable achievements include receiving the Christiane-Rajewsky-Preis 2020 for her master's thesis on decolonization and colonial memory culture in Germany. She combines methodological innovation with critical analysis in her work across multiple continents.