Associates

Areas of research: Gender and conflict studies in Global South

Regional focus: South Asia

E-mail: a.agarwal [at] sheffield.ac.uk

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Phone: +49 761 88878-22

Position at ABI: Senior Researcher

Areas of research: Music, Art and Politics, Media Theory, Film, Visual Studies, Transdisciplinarity, Interdisciplinarity, Visual Communication, Dance and Performance, Artistic Research, Participatory Practices, Transmedia Storytelling, Post- and Decolonialism

Regional focus: Central Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, with focus on Central and West Africa as well as Namibia and South Africa

E-mail: balz.alter [at] act.uni-freiburg.de

Phone: +49 761 88878-39

Position at ABI: Curator and Coordinator for Science Communication

Areas of research: Transnational Migration, Return migration, policy analysis, identity and belonging politics, migration governance, migration economics

Regional focus: Sub-Sahara Africa, Europe

E-mail: Kwaku.Arhin-Sam [at] thh-friedensau.de

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Areas of research: Authoritarianism and political transformation; violent conflict and its local, cross-border, regional dynamics; disciplinarity of social sciences and area studies

Regional focus: Middle East, especially Jordan and Syria

E-mail: andre.bank [at] giga-hamburg.de

Areas of research: Decoloniality in the judiciary and security, social conflicts

Regional focus: Latin America, esp. Peru

E-mail: cesar.bazan [at] pucp.edu.pe

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Areas of research: Conflict studies, ethnic conflict, electoral violence, violent conflict at the local level, democratic transition, party politics, human rights

Regional focus: Subsaharan Afrika, with a focus on East and Southern Africa

E-mail: anika.becher [at] act.uni-freiburg.de

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Phone: +49 761 88878-38

Position at ABI: Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Transregional Research (ACT)

Areas of research: Salafism, political Islam, conservative religious movements, transregional authoritarian practices, transregional energy infrastructure policies, gender studies

Regional focus: MENA region, Tunisia

E-mail: alessandra.bonci.1 [at] ulaval.ca

Position at ABI: Senior Researcher

Areas of research: Indigenous rights and peoples, Neo-extractivism in the Peruvian Amazon, Sustainable development and ontological ecology, International cooperation and interculturality

Regional focus: Latinamerica (especially Peru)

E-mail: j.l.camacho.cueva [at] gmail.com

Areas of research: Peace building, conflict management, traditional institutions, local governance, Good Governance

Regional focus: West Africa (esp. Ghana)

E-mail: cobbmiky [at] gmail.com

Areas of research: Human rights, democracy and development; democracy promotion; participatory democracy; structural inequalities and the role of social movements; natural resource governance

Regional focus: Sub-Saharan Africa (especially Ghana); South Asia (especially Nepal)

E-mail: gordon.crawford [at] coventry.ac.uk

Areas of research: Ethnic and Religious Conflicts, Conflict Regulation, Transition and Democratization, Pentecostal Churches and Religious Movements, Political Role of Churches

Regional focus: Subsaharan Africa, esp. Chad, South Africa, Burundi

E-mail: helga.dickow [at] abi.uni-freiburg.de

Phone: +49 (0)761 888 78 40

Position at ABI: Senior Researcher, Coordination Cluster Conflict and Fragility

Areas of research: Religious politics, Islamist transnationalism, contested governance, political thought

Regional focus: Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

E-mail: guyrpeyre [at] googlemail.com

Social Media: https://twitter.com/GuyEyre

Areas of research: democracy, neoliberalism, class conflicts, social movements and urban policies

Regional focus: Latin America

E-mail: hfanton [at] gmail.com

Areas of research: Human rights, access to justice, macho violence, violence against women, feminists theories and ethics theories, criminal justice and decolonial criminology

Regional focus: South America (especially Chile and Wallmapu, territory of the mapuche people’s) and Australia

E-mail: sheila.fernandez [at] udc.es

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Social Media: https://twitter.com/Leirado

Areas of research: Environmental Anthropology, Science, Technology, and Society (STS), Infrastructures, Urban Anthropology, Water Supply, Geological Anthropology, Energy Transformation

Regional focus: Latin America (primarily Colombia and Bolivia)

E-mail: felipe.fernandez [at] ethno.uni-freiburg.de

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Areas of research: Religion and international development; religion and society in East Africa; self-accomplishment in East Africa; theorizing religious mobility; the 'afterlives' of development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa; the internationalization of private education

Regional focus: East Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

E-mail: yonatan.gez [at] graduateinstitute.ch

Areas of research: Global authoritarianism/transregional authoritarian practices; connectivity; (digital) infrastructure, narratives in world politics, critical geopolitics

Regional focus: Global China, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

E-mail: julia.gurol-haller [at] giga-hamburg.de

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Social Media: https://bsky.app/profile/jgurolhaller.bsky.social

Areas of research: Education and Development, Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Regulation, Religion and Democracy

Regional focus: Subsaharian Africa, South-East Asia, Middle East

E-mail: theodor.hanf [at] gmail.com

Areas of research: Class and State Formation, Neoliberalism, Finance and Development, Race, Labour and Migration, Oil and Capitalism

Regional focus: Middle East

E-mail: A.Hanieh [at] exeter.ac.uk

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Areas of research: Project conceptualisation (programme theory), indicator development, quality assurance and standard-setting for M&E systems, (conflict-sensitive) results-based monitoring, project evaluations (focus: contribution analysis)

Regional focus: Southern and Eastern Africa, Central Asia, Middle East

E-mail: m.und.e [at] justinehunter.com

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Areas of research: Political, social and economic development of modern South Asia, mainly since 1947; Development policy and theory; Postcolonialism; Election observation / election studies; International political economy

Regional focus: South Asia, India

E-mail: clemens.juergemeyer [at] abi.uni-freiburg.de

Areas of research: Sociology of Development, Theory of Development, Political Sociology, Sociology & Politics of Work, Ethnicity, Public Memory, Theory of Society

Regional focus: Southern Africa

E-mail: r-koessler [at] gmx.de

Areas of research: Migration and asylum regimes, externalization, digital identification, bureaucracy, infrastructures, future-making

Regional focus: West Africa (Niger, Sierra Leone), Europe

E-mail: laura.lamber [at] leuphana.de

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Social Media: https://twitter.com/lejlambert

Areas of research: Social-ecological conflicts and inequalities, transformation, political ecology, societal nature relations, multi-scalar negotiation processes, energy spaces, renewable energies, bioeconomy

Regional focus: Latin America (especially Mexico, also Chile), Germany

E-mail: rosa.lehmann [at] uni-heidelberg.de

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Areas of research: Governance, Democracy, Political Economy of Corruption, Socio-Economic Development, Inequality, Civil Society, IT/New Media, Research Methods

Regional focus: Asia / Southeast Asia - particular focus on Indonesia

E-mail: christian.von.luebke [at] abi.uni-freiburg.de

Areas of research: Democracy, Constitutionalism, Elections, Gender, Peace and Conflicts, Development, Public Opinion, Political Institutions, Political Behavior, and Comparative Politics

Regional focus: Sub-Saharan Africa

E-mail: makulilo76 [at] yahoo.co.uk

Position at ABI: Senior Research Fellow

Areas of research: Global migration & refugee studies; Socio-legal dimensions of irregular & forced migration in Southeast Asia; Diaspora politics & long-distance nationalism; Trafficking in persons, human smuggling & related transnational crimes in Asia-Pacific region

Regional focus: Southeast Asia, mainly Indonesia

E-mail: antje.missbach [at] uni-bielefeld.de

Areas of research: Tradition, Education and Democracy. Philosophical foundations of development aid.

Regional focus: Francophone Africa

E-mail: pascal.mupepele [at] abi.uni-freiburg.de

Areas of research: Inequality, corruption, and the informal economy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Regional focus: Sub-Saharan Africa

E-mail: philip.nel [at] otago.ac.nz

Areas of research: International Criminal Law, International Human Rights, Legal Pluralism, Customary Law, Gender Equality and Access to Justice

Regional focus: Burundi, Africa

E-mail: niyoparfait2004 [at] yahoo.fr

Areas of research: Migration, Theory of International Relations, Regional Cooperation (ASEAN), Global Governance, Social Movements

Regional focus: Southeast Asia

E-mail: mail [at] stefan-rother.de

Phone: +49 (0)761 888 78 41

Social Media: https://twitter.com/srother

Areas of research: Political Sociology; International Labour Migration & Skills Mobility; Political Mobilization & Social Movements; Transnational Advocacy Networks; Multi-level & networked Governance; Migrant Rights; Gender and Migration; Social and Political Development

Regional focus: Primarily Asia, also Latin America and Africa

E-mail: n.piper [at] qmul.ac.uk

Areas of research: Peace processes (Peacebuilding, Mediation and Local Level Dialogue); climate change and its effects on the global South (Migration, impacts on livelihoods in the urban context, resource conflicts)

Regional focus: Western Africa (especially Ghana), Eastern Africa (especially Ethiopia and Rwanda)

E-mail: erik.plaenitz [at] gmail.com

Areas of research: European (especially German and French) policy on Africa and Euro-African relations; Africa's geopolitical and economic role in the global context; genesis and practice of development cooperation; genesis and practice of diplomacy

Regional focus: Africa, Europe

E-mail: vocation.rothe [at] pm.me

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Areas of research: The impact of authoritarian rule, conflict and flight on the memory of the body and the political and social behavior of refugees; political trauma, violence and conflict, process of coming to terms with own’s past, authoritarian states

Regional focus: Subsaharan Africa (Zimbabwe), Southern Europe (Spain)

E-mail: beatrice.schlee [at] abi.uni-freiburg.de

Areas of research: Anthropology of the Future: Migration and Flight in the Context of Hope and Waiting

Regional focus: Turkey, Germany

E-mail: erkan.tuemkaya [at] abi.uni-freiburg.de

Areas of research: Syrian refugees in the Middle East; humanitarianism; gender, particularly masculinities; labour market access and integration, encampment policies

Regional focus: Middle East, particularly Jordan

E-mail: lewis.turner [at] newcastle.ac.uk

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Social Media: https://twitter.com/lewiseturner

Areas of research: Democratization, Transformation, Authoritarian practices, Political Institutions, Governance, EU foreign and security policy, Euro-Mediterranean relations

Regional focus: Middle East and North Africa

E-mail: jvolkel [at] uottawa.ca

Phone: +49 (0)761 383778-19

Areas of research: Democratic Transition, Good Governance, Conflict Resolution, Decentralisation, Education, Development Policy

Regional focus: Africa, Asia, EU

E-mail: heribert.weiland [at] abi.uni-freiburg.de

Areas of research: Migration and Displacement Studies, Gender and Masculinities, Security Studies Research on violence

Regional focus: North Africa, Central Mediterranean Route, Europe

E-mail: Cita.Wetterich [at] zv.uni-freiburg.de

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Social Media: https://twitter.com/Cita_Wetterich

Areas of research: Migration, gender and violence, forced migration and refugee protection, care and transnational families

Regional focus: Latin America (Central America and Mexico)

E-mail: susanne.willers [at] fu-berlin.de

Areas of research: Political economy of development, Infrastructures and logistics, Gender and feminism, Race and racialisation

Regional focus: Middle East, East Africa

E-mail: rafeef.ziadah [at] kcl.ac.uk

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