Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß

Is climate change really a crisis multiplier? Drawing on a Frankfurt seminar on the climate–conflict nexus in West Asia and North Africa, this article advances a feminist, decolonial, intersectional, reflexive agenda with concrete steps across six areas to reshape methods, concepts, power, and practice.

The MECAM Policy Talk 2025 brought together experts on and from the Maghreb as well as on and from Sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin for 2.5 days of intense deliberations. The blog article summarizes the main findings and presents central policy implications.

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.

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).

Organiser: German Institute for Global and Area Studies Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß (Organiser), Prof. Fatma Oussedik (Moderator), Thaddäa Sixta (Panelist), Iman El Ghoubashy (Panelist), Dr. Amro Ali (Panelist), Meriem Mokdad Zmitri (Panelist)

In this Rencontre Ibn Khaldun, three contributions from diverse backgrounds offered distinct perspectives on experiences of solidarity with Palestine in Germany and Tunisia. The multilingual roundtable aimed to create space for open, pluralistic exchange and critical reflection across contexts.

MESA Annual Meeting 2025, Westin Washington, Washington DC, Downtown Organisers: Middle East Studies Association Dr. Julius Dihstelhoff (Chair), Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß (Panelist), PhD Riadh Ben Khalifa (Panelist), Assoz. Prof. Dr. Heidrun Bohnet (Panelist), PhD Andrew Fallone (Panelist), Prof. Dr. Esther Möller (Panelist)

The panel "Transregional Entanglements: European Narratives and Local Agency in Mediterranean Migration Governance" explored tensions between external influences and local agency, highlighting the Maghreb as a key region where these transregional dynamics are especially visible.