Goethe-Universität — Clara-Auguste Süß

Clara-Auguste Süß

Research Associate

Vita

Since September 2023, Clara-Auguste Süß is working as a research associate at the Professorship of Political Science, especially Radicalization and Violence Research, and the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF). Previously, she was a doctoral candidate at PRIF’s research group “Radicalization” and its research department “Intrastate Conflict” as well as a lecturer at the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies at Philipps University Marburg. In 2017, she completed her Master of Arts in Political Science at Philipps University Marburg.

Research

Expertise:

North Africa, particularly Tunisia
Islamist radicalization and political violence
Social movements and mobilization
Social justice and marginalization
Political transformation and regime change
Ethics and safety in (field) research

PhD Project:

In her PhD project (submitted 06/2023), Clara-Auguste Süß explored the interlinkages between violent Islamist radicalization, marginalization and democratization in post-revolutionary Tunisia. Based on a causal mechanism-oriented theoretical framework, an extensive (framing) analysis of the online output of radical Islamist actors and a field research-based study of the perspectives of the potential followers and supporters of these actors in Tunisia, her dissertation makes a case for the need to incorporate marginalization in the study of radicalization dynamics.

Publications

Journal Articles (peer review)

2022 Süß, Clara-Auguste/Weipert-Fenner, Irene: One crisis among many: Russia's war in Ukraine and its implications for the MENA region. Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung 11(2): 255–265.
2021 Süß, Clara-Auguste/Weipert-Fenner, Irene: Socio-economic factors of radicalisation in Tunisia and Egypt: What we (don't) know. ORIENT No. 2, March 2021: 14–19.

Journal Articles (non-peer review)

2020 Junk, Julian/Süß, Clara-Auguste/Daase, Christopher/Deitelhoff, Nicole: What Do We Know about Radicalization? Overview of the Structure and Key Findings of the Focus Section. International Journal of Conflict and Violence 14(2): 1–5.

Chapters in Edited Volumes (peer reviewed)

2021 Süß, Clara-Auguste: The Pandemic and its Handling as Crisis Intensifiers? Taking Stock of Mobilisation, Terrorism and COVID-19 in the Maghreb. In: Thriving on Uncertainty. COVID-19-Related Opportunities for Terrorist Groups, eds. Abdelhak Bassou and Youssef Tobi. EuroMeSCo Joint Policy Study No. 21, June 2021, 60–83.

Edited Volumes

2020 Junk, Julian/Süß, Clara-Auguste/Daase, Christopher/Deitelhoff, Nicole: What do we know about radicalization? Key findings, challenges, and policy recommendations. Special Issue, International Journal of Conflict and Violence 14(2), November 2020.

Policy briefs / working papers

2021 Süß, Clara-Auguste: Is the Worst Yet to Come? Consequences of the COVID-19 Crisis and its Management in the Maghreb. PRIF Spotlight No. 11, 2021.
2020 Sold, Manjana/Süß, Clara-Auguste: Das Virus als Mittel zum Zweck: Extremistische (Um-)Deutungen der Corona-Pandemie. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung Herausforderung Islamismus: Infodienst Radikalisierungsprävention, Mai 2020.
2019 Aakhunzzada, Ahmad Noor Baheige/Süß, Clara-Auguste: The Socioeconomic Dimension of Islamist Radicalization in Egypt and Tunisia. PRIF working paper No. 45/2019.

Book Reviews

2023 Süß, Clara-Auguste: Radikalisierung, relational gelesen (Sammelrezension). Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen (Special Issue “Neue Radikalität? Protest, Gewalt, ziviler Ungehorsam – Versuche einer Grenzziehung"), 36(2): 328–345.
2020 Süß, Clara-Auguste: Die Erbsünde der Revolution? Rezension zu “Your Sons Are at Your Service. Tunisia's Missionaries of Jihad" von Aaron Y. Zelin. Soziopolis, September 2020.

Blogposts / open science

2020 Pfeifer, Hanna/Schwab, Regine/Süß, Clara-Auguste: Who are these “Islamists" everyone talks about?! Why academic struggles over words matter, PRIF Blog, 3.12.2020.
2020 Pfeifer, Hanna/Schwab, Regine/Süß, Clara-Auguste: Why Academic Struggles Over Words Matter, GNET, 3.12.2020.
2020 Junk, Julian/Süß, Clara-Auguste: Macron's plan for fighting Islamist radicalization – and what Germany and other European countries should and shouldn't learn from it, PRIF Blog, 12.10.2020.
2020 Junk, Julian/Süß, Clara-Auguste: Macron's Plan for Fighting Islamist Radicalisation – Offline, GNET, 12.10.2020.
2020 Sold, Manjana/Süß, Clara-Auguste: The Coronavirus as a Means to an End: Extremist Reinterpretations of the Pandemic, GNET, 8.4.2020.
2020 Sold, Manjana/Süß, Clara-Auguste: The Coronavirus as a Means to an End: Extremist Reinterpretations of the Pandemic, PRIF Blog, 30.3.2020.

Clara-Auguste Süß

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