Marika Gereke

Research Associate and Lecturer at the Professorship for International Institutions and Peace Processes


Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a. M.
FB 03: Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Institut für Politikwissenschaft
Campus Westend – PEG-Gebäude
Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 6
60323 Frankfurt a. M.
Hauspostfach 28
Room: 3.G104
Phone: +49-(0)69/798-36654
gereke@soz.uni-frankfurt.de

Consultation hours:

I offer consultation hours upon request by email.

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Vita

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

seit 08/2013

Research Associate and Lecturer at the Professorship for International Institutions and Peace Processes, Institute for Political Science, Goethe University Frankfurt

05/2013 - 06/2015

Managing Editor of the peer-reviewed journal Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (German Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies)

10/2010 - 04/2013

Research Assistant at the Professorship for International Institutions and Peace Processes, Institute for Political Science, Goethe University Frankfurt

04/2008 - 10/2012

Student Assistant and elected representative of the Women´s Council at the Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt

10/2009 - 10/2011

Student teaching at the Institute for the Foundations of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt

2005 - 2012

Different internships and professional activities, inter alia in the project „UniKiStA – Studying and Working at the University with a Child“ (Frankfurt a. M.), at the Society for International Development (SID, Frankfurt a. M.), in the project „Revelando Memorias“ (Lima, Peru), at the Center for Conflict Studies (CCS, Marburg), at the Centro de la Niña Trabajadora (CENIT, Quito, Ecuador), and at Greenpeace (Stuttgart).

EDUCATION

since 02/2015

PhD Student at the Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Tanja Brühl)

10/2010 - 08/2013

Master´s degree in Political Science, Goethe University Frankfurt

10/2007 - 07/2010

Bachelor´s degree in Political Science and Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt

10/2007 - 10/2009

Completion of basic studies in Romance Studies/Latin American Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt

Research Interests

  • Socio-environmental research, in particular political ecology, agricultural, food and resource policies, socio-ecological conflicts
  • (Transnational) civil society actors, in particular social movements and civil society networks
  • Development studies and postcolonial approaches
  • Gender and feminist theories
  • Qualitative methods and social network analysis
  • Regional focus: Latin America

Publications

  • Gereke, Marika/Brühl, Tanja 2019: Unpacking the Unequal Representation of Northern and Southern NGOs in International Climate Change Politics, in: Third World Quarterly, DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2019.1596023.
  • Gereke, Marika/Nijhawan, Subin 2019: 'Start ins Deutsche' – Students Teach German to Refugees at Goethe University Frankfurt, in: Sengupta, Enakshi/Blessinger, Patrick (Hg.): Language, Teaching and Pedagogy for Refugee Education, Innovations in Higher Education, Teaching and Learning Vol. 15, Emerald Publishing Limited, 91-105.
  • Brühl, Tanja/Gereke, Marika/Ottendörfer, Eva 2018: Mehr Normativität wagen: Ein Plädoyer für eine reflexive Grundhaltung in der politikwissenschaftlichen Lehre, in: Politische Vierteljahresschrift 59: 4, 759-778.
  • Brühl, Tanja/Gereke, Marika 2015: Der Beitrag von Non-State Actors zum Schutz der Umwelt: Eine kritische Analyse der Rolle von NGOs in der Klimapolitik, in: Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, Band 8, Heft 2, 677-694.
  • Brühl, Tanja/Gereke, Marika 2015: Stichwort „Konflikte“, in: DIE Zeitschrift für Erwachsenenbildung 2015/1, 24-25.
  • Gereke, Marika 2014: Editorial, in: Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung 3: 1, 3-5.
  • Gereke, Marika 2013: Review of Werthmann, Katja/Grätz, Tilo (Hg.) 2012: Mining Frontiers in Africa. Anthropological and Historical Perspectives, Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, in: PERIPHERIE 33: 132, 514-516.
  • Gereke, Marika 2012: Widerstand – Gewalt – Umbruch, in: Wissenschaft & Frieden 3/2012, 59-60.
  • Gereke, Marika 2012: Widerstand, Gewalt, Umbruch – Bedingungen gesellschaftlichen Wandels. Bericht der Jahreskonferenz der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung e. V. (AFK).
  • Gereke, Marika (together with Marina Martinez Mateo) 2011: Frauenförderung im Rahmen der neoliberalen Hochschule, in: Die Ratsfrau Nr. 19, 22-27.

Teaching

Below you will find information on current and completed courses.

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Current Courses

no courses in summer term 23

Past Courses

Ongoing Projects

Power Dynamics and Negotiation Processes in Transnational Civil Society Networks (working title)

Contact

Marika Gereke

Goethe University Frankfurt
FB03: Faculty of Social Sciences
Institute of Political Science
Campus Westend – PEG-Gebäude
Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 6
60323 Frankfurt am Main
Hauspostfach 28

Room: 3.G104
Phone: +49-(0)69-798-36654
gereke@soz.uni-frankfurt.de