German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß

Research Fellow | MECAM Outreach & Transfer Manager

Short CV

Since 05/2024: MECAM Outreach & Transfer Manager
05/2024-09/2024: Lecturer at Goethe University Frankfurt
09/2023-04/2024: Research Associate at Goethe University Frankfurt, Professorship of Political Science, especially
Radicalisation and Violence Research
2019-2023: Doctoral Researcher and Research Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)
10/2022-11/2022: Visiting Researcher at the Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS), Centre on Social Movement Studies (Cosmos), Florence/Italy
04/2022-09/2022: Lecturer at the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) at Philipps University Marburg
2018-2020: Research Associate at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)

Education: B.A. in Political Science at Technical University of Dresden (2011-2014), M.A. in Political Science at Philipps University Marburg (2014-2017); PhD dissertation "Radicalization of the Marginalized? Dynamics of Islamist Radicalization in Tunisia post-2011" at Goethe University Frankfurt (2019-2023)

Current Research

Social movements and mobilization
Social (in)justice and marginalization
Islamist radicalization and political violence
Political transformation and regime change

Countries and Regions

Tunisia
Maghreb

Research Programmes

Accountability and Participation

Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß

Research Fellow / MECAM Outreach & Transfer Manager

T. +49 40 42825-714 clara.suess@giga-hamburg.de

PRIF Working Papers | 2024

Conceptualizing Co-escalation in Contentious Politics and Radicalization

Dr. Hande Abay Gaspar

Prof. Dr. Julian Junk

Manjana Sold

Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß

Chapter in Edited Volume | 2024

Demokratie unter Druck: Politische Extremismen und hybride Ideologien

In Deutschland verlieren demokratische Institutionen an Vertrauen und erhalten autoritäre und extremistische Gruppen Zulauf. Der friedliche Konfliktaustrag und das demokratische Zusammenleben sind dadurch nachhaltig herausgefordert. Seit Langem bestehende Ausprägungen des Extremismus sind weiterhin präsent.

Reem Ahmed

Stephen Albrecht

Lea Brost

PD Dr. Hendrik Hegemann

Susanne Johansson

Prof. Dr. Julian Junk

PD Dr. Martin Kahl

Mona Klöckner

Dr. Janina Pawelz

Isabelle Stephanblome

Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß

Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (ZeFKo) | 2022

One Crisis among Many: Russia’s War in Ukraine and Its Implications for the Mena Region

Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß

Research Fellow / MECAM Outreach & Transfer Manager

Dr. Irene Weipert-Fenner

Peace Research Institute Frankfurt

PRIF Spotlight | 2021

Is the Worst Yet to Come? Consequences of the COVID-19 Crisis and its Management in the Maghreb

Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß

Research Fellow / MECAM Outreach & Transfer Manager

Orient: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Politik und Wirtschaft des Orients | 2021

Socio-Economic Factors of Radicalisation in Tunisia and Egypt: What We (Don’t) Know

Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß

Research Fellow / MECAM Outreach & Transfer Manager

Dr. Irene Weipert-Fenner

Peace Research Institute Frankfurt

Research Project | 01/04/2023 - 31/03/2029

Merian Center for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM): Imagining Futures - Dealing with Disparity, Phase II

The Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) based in Tunis is the first and only Institute for Advanced Studies in North Africa. MECAM’s ambition is to become an intellectual hub that contributes to the emergence of cutting-edge, internationally relevant and visible research in the humanities and social sciences on, from and in the Maghreb and in particular with scholars from the Maghreb. The GIGA coordinates MECAM's publications as well as outreach and transfer activities.
BMBF, 2023-2029

Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß

Short CV

Current Research

Countries and Regions

Research Programmes

Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß

Publications

Conceptualizing Co-escalation in Contentious Politics and Radicalization

Demokratie unter Druck: Politische Extremismen und hybride Ideologien

One Crisis among Many: Russia’s War in Ukraine and Its Implications for the Mena Region

Is the Worst Yet to Come? Consequences of the COVID-19 Crisis and its Management in the Maghreb

Socio-Economic Factors of Radicalisation in Tunisia and Egypt: What We (Don’t) Know

Research Projects

Merian Center for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM): Imagining Futures - Dealing with Disparity, Phase II

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