Tomas Baum

Tomas Baum
Director

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Tomas Baum (°1972) studied philosophy, applied ethics and international politics. He engages with common characterisations of peace that comprise democratic, cultural, institutional and cosmopolitan elements. From this perspective he reflects not only on war and peace, but also on the relations between the local and the global, ideals and reality, morality and politics.

As director and research coordinator he translates the work from the 'Arms trade and arms production' programme and the 'Peace and society' programme of the Flemish Peace Institute to various levels of policymaking, media and other fora. He also engages as a facilitator in conflict transformation processes based on insights from participatory community building and theories of conflict resolution.

Tomas Baum has media experience and can discuss issues relating to international politics, arms control and political violence.

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Recent lectures

• Arms trade from a European perspective: challenging the normative power. Lecture at the University of Iceland (Institute of International Affairs - Centre for Small State Studies), Reykjavik (IS), 25 November 2011.

• Laudatio of the Ypres Peace Prize 2011 for Dr Denis Mukwege. Ypres (BE), 11 November 2011.

• De vredeswerking in de lage landen de voorbije kwarteeuw. Aalst (BE), 23 October 2011.

• Reflectie op geweld onder kinderen.Brussels, 23 September 2011.

• Laudatio of the 'Evens Prize for Peace Education 2011'. Barcelona (ES), 20 September 2011.

• Mediating the local and the global: a Kantian plea for limiting powers of enforcement. Paper presentation at Third Global International Studies Conference of the World International Studies Committee (WISC), Porto (PT), 20 August 2011.

• The EU defence market: balancing effectiveness with responsibility. Paper presentation and chair of the 'Domestic politics and international security' session at the Dutch-Belgian 'Politicologenetmaal', Amsterdam (NL), 9-10 June 2011.

• How the Critical Achievement Informs the Idea of Perpetual Peace (revised version). Paper presentation at XI International Kant Congress "Kant and Philosophy in a Cosmopolitan Sense", Pisa (IT), 22-26 May 2010.

• EEAS and non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament. Lecture at the European Policy Center, Brussels (BE), 11 April 2011.

Selected bibliography

  • Baum, T. (2011), Effective security and responsible trade, in: Bailes, A. & Depauw S. (2011), The EU defence market: balancing effectiveness with responsibility, Flemish Peace Institute, p.75-80.
  • Baum, T. (2008), De ethiek van een bedrijf en het bedrijf van de ethiek, in: Een doodgewoon bedrijf, VUBPRESS, p. 41-46
  • Baum, T. (2008), A Quest for Inspiration in the Liberal Peace Paradigm: Back to Bentham?, European Journal of International Relations, Vol.14 No.3
  • Baum, T. (2007), Risicotransfer: een evolutie in militaire aangelegenheden, in: Rode Kruis Internationaal Humanitair Recht in de kijker, Rode Kruis
  • Verbruggen D., Dansaert, P., Baum, T., e.a. (2005), Wapentrafieken in de regio van de grote meren: Tanzania, IPIS-dossier 145
 
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