Dr. Maren Koß

Associate

Dr. Maren Koß

  • Short CV

    • Since 11/2018: Associate at the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies

    • Since 2021 Senior Policy Officer to the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration and the Federal Government Commissioner for Anti-Racism, Federal Chancellery

    • 2018 - 2021: Senior Policy Officer to the Federal Government Commissioner for Global Freedom of Religion, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

    • 2017 - 10/2018: Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies

    • 2016: Associate at the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies

    • PhD in Political Sciene at the University of Hamburg; Topic: "Islamist Resistance Organizations and Conceptions of Political Order - Comparing Hezbollah and Hamas from 2005 to 2013"

    • 2011 - 2015: Member of the GIGA Doctoral Programme

    • Education: 2002 - 2008 Political Science and Islamic Studies at the University of Hamburg including language courses at the University of Damascus, Syria.

    Current Research

    • Political Islam in the Middle East and North Africa

    • Power and Norms in Islamist Organizations

    • Muslim Brotherhood in the MENA-Region and the Gulf

    • Hezbollah, Hamas

    Countries and Regions

    • Lebanon

    • Palestinian Territories

    Research Programmes


    Dissertation

    • Islamist Resistance Organizations and Conceptions of Political Order: Comparing Hezbollah and Hamas from 2005 to 2013

    Dr. Maren Koß

    Associate

    marenkoss@yahoo.com


    Carnegie Middle East Center, Diwan | 07/2018

    Comrades in Arms - Interview with Maren Koß

    Michael Young

    L’Orient Le Jour | Expert Comment / Guest Contribution | 21/07/2018

    La résistance flexible, un outil stratégique pour le Hezbollah et le Hamas

    Wunderwelt Wissen | Article | 27/02/2018

    Krieg um die Heilige Stadt - Seit Jahrzehnten kämpfen Israelis und Palästinenser um die Vorherrschaft in Jerusalem. Warum lodert der Konflikt immer wieder auf? Und wird er je enden?

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