Security or Violent Democracy? Colombia’s Runoff and the Future of State Violence

Global Updates by Brandtians

Our Research and Recommendations to Strengthen Academic Freedom in Germany

Why the AI Election Panic Is Missing the Real Threat

Policy Analysis

Understanding police decision-making in context: Fieldwork reflections from Colombia

Research and PhD

Mexico Defuses a “Time Bomb” Ahead of the 2026 World Cup: The Fall of “El Mencho”

From Coursework to Conversations

Brandt School Life

Reflections from a GFA Consulting Group Event on International Cooperation

Time management: A guide

Alumni & Career

Welcome to this year’s Brandt School Bulletin blog and podcast committee!

Bridging Research and Practice: My Journey into Colombia’s Security Sector

For more than ten years, I have been driven by a question that follows me everywhere—from classrooms to field sites, from long interviews to long flights with my baby in my arms: Why doesn’t institutional reform translate into real behavioral change within the security sector?