Anke Hoeffler
Anke Elisabeth Hoeffler is a German-British social scientist. She is Professor of Political Science at the
University of Konstanz, where she holds an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship.
Her research addresses the causes and consequences of civil war and interpersonal violence, and their relationship to economic development.
With Paul Collier, she developed the "greed and grievance" framework for the quantitative study of civil war onset; the resulting paper was named a Current Classic in Economics & Business by Thomson Reuters' ScienceWatch.com in February 2010.
In 2024 she was elected a member of the Leopoldina, the German National Academy of Sciences.
University of Konstanz, where she holds an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship.
Her research addresses the causes and consequences of civil war and interpersonal violence, and their relationship to economic development.
With Paul Collier, she developed the "greed and grievance" framework for the quantitative study of civil war onset; the resulting paper was named a Current Classic in Economics & Business by Thomson Reuters' ScienceWatch.com in February 2010.
In 2024 she was elected a member of the Leopoldina, the German National Academy of Sciences.
