Dr. Christiane Fröhlich

Senior Research Fellow | Research Team Spokesperson

Dr. Christiane Fröhlich

  • Short CV

    • Since 01/2023: Spokesperson of the Research Team "Institutions for Sustainable Peace", RP2 "Peace and Security"
    • Since 2021: Member of DFG network "Migration and Im/Mobility in the Global South in Pandemic Times"
    • Since 2021: Principal Investigator in the FFO and DAAD-funded "Regional Center for Sustainable Adaptation to Global Change" (SAGE)
    • 2018-2023: Work package lead in the EU Horizon2020 Consortium "Migration Governance and Asylum Crises" (MAGYC)
    • Since 2018: Senior Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies
    • 2016-2017: Postdoc, DFG Cluster of Excellence "Climate System Analysis and Prediction" (CliSAP), Hamburg University
    • 2016: Mercator-IPC Fellow, Istanbul Policy Center
    • 2015-2016: Acting Professor of International Security Policy and Conflict Studies, Helmut Schmidt University
    • 2013-2015: Postdoc, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at Hamburg University (IFSH)
    • Education: PhD at Philipps University Marburg, Center for Conflict Studies; Master of Peace and Security Studies (M.P.S.), Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg; M.A. in English Literature, Language and Culture, History and Psychology at the universities of Hamburg and Warwick (UK)

    Current Research

    • Human mobility within and from the Global South
    • Forced migration governance
    • Climate-related mobility

    Countries and Regions

    • Syria
    • Jordan
    • Lebanon
    • Israel/Palestine
    • Turkey (refugee policy)

    Research Programmes


    Memberships

    • Nature Communications, Begutachtung, since 2024
    • Imaginaries of Climate Futures - Cross Regional Insights to get from Knowledge to Action, Member of Academic Advisory Board, 2024 - 2024
    • Leibniz Research Network "Integrated Earth System Research", Membership in discipline-specific association or network, since 2022
    • The Council on Migration, Membership, since 2022
    • Ethics Advisory Board, HABITABLE – Linking Climate Change, Habitability and Social Tipping Points: Scenarios for Climate Migration, Other functions, 2021 - 2022
    • International Migration Research Network, Membership in discipline-specific association or network, since 2021
    • Academic Advisory Board, Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer, Wissenschaftlicher Beirat des BMBF Projekts "Flucht- und Flüchtlingsforschung:<br/>Vernetzung und Transfer" (FFVT), since 2020
    • The German Network of Forced Migration Researchers, Executive Board, 1st chair, since 2018
    • International Studies Association, Membership in discipline-specific association or network, since 2013

    Awards

    • Award for GIGA researchers: Dr. Christiane Fröhlich and Dr. Lea Müller-Funk win Routledge Area Studies Interdisciplinarity Award, Routledge Publishing Ltd., Taylor and Francis Publishing Group, 2023
    • Fellowship for interdisciplinary teaching tandems on the topic of „Mobilities“, Universität Hamburg (UHH), 2021
    • John Urry Memorial Prize 2020, Mobilities Journal, 2020
    • Migration Politics Fellowship 2021, International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion (IMISCOE), 2020
    • Fast Track Program: Excellence and Leadership for Women Scientists 2016-2018, Robert Bosch Stiftung, 2016
    • Mercator-IPC Fellowship, Stiftung Mercator, 2015

    Dr. Christiane Fröhlich

    Senior Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson

    T. +49 40 42825-621[email protected]


    Other Report

    Executive Report on Climate Change and National Security in the Arab World

    PD Dr. Tobias Ide

    University of Melbourne

    Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte

    Flucht und Migration Global: Dynamiken, Hintergründe, Debatten

    Der Text bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über globale Migrations- und Fluchtdynamiken und untersucht die historischen, sozialen und politischen Faktoren, die menschliche Mobilität antreiben. Migration hat verschiedene Ursachen, wie Kriege, Wirtschaftskrisen, politische Verfolgung und Umweltkatastrophen.

    Ulrike Krause

    Externalizing Asylum: A Compendium of Scientific Knowledge | 08/2024

    Externalising Perceived Crises: A View from Europe’s Southern and Eastern Neighbours

    European discourses on migration have historically been dominated by a crisis narrative, often centred around the influx of non-EU migrants. This Eurocentric perspective has led to policies focusing on externalising border control through agreements with neighbouring non-EU countries, such as the EU-Turkey Deal in 2016 and proposed ‘disembarkation platforms’ in North Africa in 2018.

    Blog Article | 06/2024

    Klimawandel, Migration und Konflikt (Update): Der Klimawandel bringt nicht nur Ökosysteme durcheinander, er bedroht auch die Lebensgrundlage vieler Menschen

    In frühen Einschätzungen der möglichen Zusammenhänge zwischen Klimawandel und Gewaltkonflikten spielte Migration eine bedeutende Rolle. Es wurde oftmals vermutet, dass eine große Zahl von Menschen ihre Heimat infolge des Klimawandels verlassen müsste.

    Prof. Dr. Michael Brzoska

    Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy

    Contribution | 2024

    Ethics Guidelines of the German Network for Forced Migration Studies

    The Ethics Guidelines of the German Network for Forced Migration Studies place the respect for human dignity and safeguarding the rights and well-being of all research participants, especially but not exclusively those with lived experience of displacement, at the heart of all research processes.

    Research Project | 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2025

    Climate Obstruction and Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective

    The fight against climate change continues to be hindered by campaigns of corporate and other actors who seek to prevent global and/or national action on climate change. This research group is set up to a joint and comparative research agenda on climate obstruction in and across key Global South countries. The lead institutions are the GIGA and the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).
    DAAD/CAPES, 2024-2026

    Research Project | 01/12/2021 - 30/11/2024

    Migration and Im/Mobility in the Global South during a Pandemic (DFG Network)

    The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has led to novel experiences of isolation, mobility restriction and exclusion. Mobile populations are particularly affected when borders are closed and migrants are turned away, commuters are denied border crossings, resettlements are suspended or unlawful deportations are justified by pandemic-related risks. This network brings together twenty migration researchers to collect data, build theory, and gain new knowledge about the impact of the pandemic on the Global South.
    DFG, 2021-2024

    Research Project | 01/05/2021 - 31/12/2025

    SAGE-Centre: Sustainable Adaptation to Global Change in the Middle East

    The overarching goal of SAGE is to contribute to sharing of and exposure to knowledge and capacity-building in disciplines relevant for sustainable resource management, to conduct multilateral, inter- and transdisciplinary research on areas of concern, and to make cutting-edge, relevant research available for decision-makers.
    DAAD, 2021-2025

    Research Project | 01/11/2018 - 30/04/2023

    Migration Governance and Asylum Crises, Work Package "Comparing Crises" (MAGYC)

    This project explores how European migration policies are influenced by political crises triggered by (forced) migration. At a time when such policies are heavily contested across European member-states, and when asylum seems more threatened than ever, this project is critically important to improve our understanding of how migration policies are formulated and shaped by a context of crisis. The project gathers 13 partners from diverse European countries, as well as from Lebanon and Turkey, and GIGA leads the Work Package “Comparing Crises”.
    EC, Horizon 2020, 2018-2023

    Mediendienst Integration | Quote | 07/11/2024

    Die meisten Flüchtlinge bleiben in der Region

    Schon vor Beginn der militärischen Offensive Israels gegen die Hisbollah-Miliz befand sich der Libanon in einer schweren Krise. Mehr als eine Million Menschen haben inzwischen ihre Häuser verlassen – aber nicht in Richtung Europa.

    tagesschau.de | Quote | 20/06/2024

    Geflüchtete aus Syrien. Rückkehr in Assads Bürgerkriegsland

    Die Zeit, da Geflüchtete aus Syrien verständnisvoll empfangen werden, ist längst vorbei. Das gilt für das Nachbarland Libanon wie für die EU. Der Libanon setzt auf die Rückkehr der Flüchtlinge in ihre Heimat. Was blüht ihnen dort?

    New York Times | Interview | 13/06/2024

    South-South Migration

    Teaching | Universität Hamburg | 2021

    Block Seminar Climate Change and Migration

    Universität Hamburg Hamburg Germany

    Teaching | Universität Hamburg | 2021

    Block Seminar Digital Humanitarianism and the Visual Politics of the Refugee Camp – (Un)Seeing Control

    Universität Hamburg Hamburg Germany

    Teaching | Universität Hamburg | 2021

    Digital Approaches to Migration Governance: Critical Perspectives

    Universität Hamburg Hamburg Germany

    Fellowship for interdisciplinary Teaching-Tandems on the topic of „Mobilities“

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