Recent Publications

Thorsten Benner, Stephan Mergenthaler, Philipp Rotmann (2008)

International Herald Tribune, 23 July 2008

Thorsten Benner, Philipp Rotmann (2008)

Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding 2 (1), March 2008, pp. 43-62

Thorsten Benner, Philipp Rotmann (2007)

Vereinte Nationen, 5/2007, pp. 177-182

Thorsten Benner (2007)

Deutsche Welle, 17 May 2007

Thorsten Benner, Edward Luck (2007)

Transatlantic Thinkers 4/2007 (Brussels, Bertelsmann Foundation)

United Nations

Making the UN system more effective and accountable is at the heart of GPPi’s work.  GPPi’s research and consulting activities cover key themes such as accountability, organizational learning, evaluation, leadership, as well as UN cooperation with business and civil society.

Current Projects

Learning to Build Peace?

The United Nations, Peacebuilding and Organizational Learning

Crisis and Change: The UN Secretariat and the Quest for Accountability

A peripheral subject in the debates on the UN until recently, accountability is now one of the key terms...

Completed projects

"Towards Global Partnerships": Development of the Secretary-General’s Report

Developing the UN Secretary-General’s Report "Towards Global Partnerships", which will be presented at the 62nd session of the General Assembly.

Learning to Build Peace? (pilot project)

The United Nations, Transitional Administration, Strategic Planning and Organizational Learning. Developing a Research Framework

The U.N. and Partnerships

Taking Stock and Sketching a Way Forward