Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß
Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß is a Doctoral Researcher at PRIF‘s Research Department Intrastate Conflict and member of the Research Group Radicalization. Her research focusses on Islamist radicalization processes as well as political transformation and marginalization in Tunisia.
CV
| since 05/2024
Postdoctoral research fellow / outreach and transfer manager of the Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
| since 2024
Associate Fellow at PRIF
| 2023–2024
Research associate at the Goethe University Frankfurt
| 2023
PhD in Political Science, Goethe University Frankfurt
| 2022
Visiting stay at Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS), Centre on Social Movement Studies (Cosmos), Florence/Italy (October–November)
| 2019–2023
Doctoral Researcher at PRIF
| 2018–2019
Research Associate at PRIF for the project “Extreme Society”
| 2015–2017
Scholarship of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES)
| 2014–2017
M.A. in Political Science, Philipps University Marburg, Germany
| 2011–2014
B.A. in Political Science and Communication Studies, TU Dresden, Germany
Publications
- Socioeconomic Grievances, Opportunities, and Frames: Conceptualizing Marginalization and Islamist Radicalization in Post-2011 Egypt and Tunisia, and Implications for PCVE
| 2024
Süß, Clara-Auguste; Weipert-Fenner, Irene (2024): Socioeconomic Grievances, Opportunities, and Frames: Conceptualizing Marginalization and Islamist Radicalization in Post-2011 Egypt and Tunisia, and Implications for PCVE, Journal for Deradicalization: 40, 184–241.
Publication - Ethical Research in the German Social Sciences: Exploring the Significance and Challenges of Institutionalized Research Ethics Practices
| 2024
Crawford, Andrew; Fichtner, Laura; Guntrum, Laura Gianna; Jänsch, Stephanie; Krösche, Niklas; Soulier, Eloïse; Süß, Clara-Auguste (2024): Ethical Research in the German Social Sciences: Exploring the Significance and Challenges of Institutionalized Research Ethics Practices, Research Ethics (online first). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161241270787 - One crisis among many: Russia’s war in Ukraine and its implications for the MENA region
| 2022
Süß, Clara-Auguste; Weipert-Fenner, Irene (2022): One crisis among many: Russia’s war in Ukraine and its implications for the MENA region, Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung. DOI: 10.1007/s42597-022-00081-9 - Socio-economic factors of radicalisation in Tunisia and Egypt: What we (don’t) know
| 2021
Süß, Clara-Auguste; Weipert-Fenner, Irene (2021): Socio-economic factors of radicalisation in Tunisia and Egypt: What we (don’t) know, ORIENT: 2, 14-19. - What Do We Know about Radicalisation? Overview of the Structure and Key Findings of the Focus Section
| 2020
Junk, Julian; Süß, Clara-Auguste; Daase, Christopher; Deitelhoff, Nicole (2020): What Do We Know about Radicalisation? Overview of the Structure and Key Findings of the Focus Section, International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 14: 2, 1–5. DOI: 10.4119/ijcv-3875
- The Pandemic and its Handling as Crisis Intensifiers? Taking Stock of Mobilisation, Terrorism and COVID-19 in the Maghreb
| 2021
Süß, Clara-Auguste (2021): The Pandemic and its Handling as Crisis Intensifiers? Taking Stock of Mobilisation, Terrorism and COVID-19 in the Maghreb, in: Bassou, Abdelhak/Tobi, Youssef (eds), Thriving on Uncertainty. COVID-19-Related Opportunities for Terrorist Groups, 60–83.
Publication
- What do we know about radicalization? Key findings, challenges, and policy recommendations
| 2020
Junk, Julian; Süß, Clara-Auguste; Daase, Christopher; Deitelhoff, Nicole (2020): What do we know about radicalization? Key findings, challenges, and policy recommendations. Focus Section, International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 14:2.
Publication
- Demokratie unter Druck: Politische Extremismen und hybride Ideologien
| 2024
Ahmed, Reem; Albrecht, Stephen; Brost, Lea; Hegemann, Hendrik; Johansson, Susanne; Junk, Julian; Kahl, Martin; Klöckner, Mona; Janina, Pawelz; Stephanblome, Isabelle; Süß, Clara-Auguste (2024): Demokratie unter Druck: Politische Extremismen und hybride Ideologien, in: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)/Leibniz-Institut Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (PRIF)/Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg (IFSH)/Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden (INEF) (eds), Friedensgutachten 2024, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 135–150.
Publication - Is the worst yet to come?
| 2021
Süß, Clara-Auguste (2021): Is the worst yet to come?. Consequences of the COVID-19 crisis and its management in the Maghreb, PRIF Spotlight, 11, Frankfurt/M. - Who are these “Islamists” everyone talks about?! Why academic struggles over words matter
| 2020
Pfeifer, Hanna; Schwab, Regine; Süß, Clara-Auguste (2020): Who are these “Islamists” everyone talks about?! Why academic struggles over words matter, PRIF Blog.
Publication - Macron’s plan for fighting Islamist radicalization – and what Germany and other European countries should and shouldn’t learn from it
| 2020
Junk, Julian; Süß, Clara-Auguste (2020): Macron’s plan for fighting Islamist radicalization – and what Germany and other European countries should and shouldn’t learn from it, PRIF Blog.
Publication - Macron’s Plan for Fighting Islamist Radicalisation – Offline
| 2020
Junk, Julian; Süß, Clara-Auguste (2020): Macron’s Plan for Fighting Islamist Radicalisation – Offline, GNET.
Publication - Die Erbsünde der Revolution?
| 2020
Süß, Clara-Auguste (2020): Die Erbsünde der Revolution?, Soziopolis.
Publication - Das Virus als Mittel zum Zweck: Extremistische (Um-)Deutungen der Corona-Pandemie
| 2020
Sold, Manjana; Süß, Clara-Auguste (2020): Das Virus als Mittel zum Zweck: Extremistische (Um-)Deutungen der Corona-Pandemie, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung.
Publication - The Coronavirus as a Means to an End: Extremist Reinterpretations of the Pandemic
| 2020
Sold, Manjana; Süß, Clara-Auguste (2020): The Coronavirus as a Means to an End: Extremist Reinterpretations of the Pandemic, PRIF Blog.
Publication
- Co-escalation in Contentious Politics and Radicalization
| 2024
Abay Gaspar, Hande; Junk, Julian; Sold, Manjana; Süß, Clara-Auguste (2024): Co-escalation in Contentious Politics and Radicalization, PRIF Working Paper, 62, Frankfurt/M. - The Socioeconomic Dimension of Islamist Radicalization in Egypt and Tunisia
| 2019
Süß, Clara-Auguste; Aakhunzzada, Ahmad Noor Baheige (2019): The Socioeconomic Dimension of Islamist Radicalization in Egypt and Tunisia, PRIF Working Paper, 45, Frankfurt/M.
Further Activities
| 2022–2023
Board Member of the EuroMeSCo Young Researchers Lab
| 2021–2023
Representative of the board of management for assistants at PRIF
| 2019–2021
Representative in the Leibniz-PhD-Network