Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß

Research Fellow | MECAM Outreach & Transfer Manager

Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß

  • 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

    Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß

    Research Fellow / MECAM Outreach & Transfer Manager

    T. +49 (40) 42825 714[email protected]


    Journal for Deradicalization | 09/2024

    Socioeconomic Grievances, Opportunities, and Frames: Conceptualizing Marginalization and Islamist Radicalization in Post-2011 Egypt and Tunisia, and Implications for PCVE

    The article investigates the assumption that socioeconomic marginalization helps explain radicalization, focusing on Egypt and Tunisia after 2011. Using social movement theory and based on a comprehensive study of literature, it identifies key mechanisms linking socioeconomic factors and radicalization.

    Research Ethics | 08/2024

    Ethical Research in the German Social Sciences: Exploring the Significance and Challenges of Institutionalized Research Ethics Practices

    This article explores two key facets of institutionalized ethical review processes in Germany: their importance in shaping ethical research and their associated challenges. To address these challenges, this article emphasizes the need for expanding the current management of research ethics and implementing what we call “Institutionalized Research Ethics Practices’’ (IREPs).

    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.

    Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (ZeFKo) | 2022

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

    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

    German Institute for Global and Area Studies | 27/06/2025

    MECAM Policy Talk 2025: Security, Migration, Economy: Enhancing Cooperation between Germany, the Maghreb and the Sahel Amid Shared Challenges

    Organiser: German Institute for Global and Area Studies Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß (Organiser), Dr. Julius Dihstelhoff (Moderator), Tasnim Abderrahim (Panelist), Youssef Cherif (Panelist), Dr. Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu (Panelist), Ornella Moderan (Panelist), Axel Biallas (Discussant)

    The MECAM Policy Talk 2025 and side events connected academic insight with policy dialogue. It gathered experts and policymakers and examined Germany’s role in advancing South-South-North cooperation. A highlight was the 27 June roundtable, co-hosted with the German Africa Foundation (DAS).

    German Institute for Global and Area Studies | 17/04/2025

    Book Talk and Workshop on “Doing Research as a Native: A Guide for Fieldwork in Illiberal and Repressive States” / MECAM Rencontre Ibn Khaldun

    Organiser: German Institute for Global and Area Studies Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß (Moderator), Ph.D. Kira Jumet (Speaker), Ass. Prof. Dr. Merouan Mekouar (Speaker)

    This event explored the challenges particular to researchers conducting fieldwork in their home countries. Dr. Kira Jumet and Dr. Merouan Mekouar first discussed their edited volume “Doing Research as a Native” (Oxford UP, 2025) and then offered practical, hands-on advice in a workshop session.

    Ass. Prof. Dr. Merouan Mekouar

    German Institute for Global and Area Studies | 08/04/2025

    Book Talk "Development at Work: Postcolonial Imaginaries, Global Capitalism, and Everyday Life at a Factory in Tunisia" / MECAM Rencontre Ibn Khaldun

    Organiser: German Institute for Global and Area Studies Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß (Moderator), Dr. André Weißenfels (Speaker), Dr. Béatrice Hibou (Discussant)

    This event explored the relationship between Tunisia’s political economy, the postcolonial promises of the Tunisian state, and the hopes and dreams of Tunisians working in a French factory. After a presentation by the author, Dr. André Weißenfels, Dr. Béatrice Hibou offered a commentary.

    Teaching | Goethe University Frankfurt | 2024

    Investigating the Climate-Conflict-Nexus in West Asia and North Africa (WANA)

    This seminar explored the relationship between climate change and conflict in the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region, providing a nuanced understanding of the so-called climate-conflict nexus. It discussed key theoretical approaches, empirical studies and academic controversies about this very nexus.

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