Damaris Braun

Associate Fellow

Damaris Braun is an Asso­ciate Fellow in the Research Depart­ment Trans­national Politics. Her research interests include political psycho­logy, group processes and threat percep­tions as well as terrorism and trauma­tization.

Damaris Braun
braun(at)prif.org

CV

| since 2019
Associate Fellow at PRIF's Research Depart­ment Trans­national Politcs

| 2018
DAAD Scholar­ship for Congress Travel Promotion (ISPP, USA)

| since 2017
Scientific advisor to the rectorate / manage­ment of the Competence Net­work for Empirical Research in Edu­cation and Teaching, University of Edu­cation Freiburg

| 2017
Master of Arts (Jewish Studies), Albert-Lud­wigs-University Freiburg

| 2015–2017
Executive director, Frei­burg Advanced Center of Education, Albert-Ludwigs-Uni­versity Freiburg / University of Edu­cation Freiburg

| 2016–2017
Head of the Depart­ment of Teacher Education, Albert-Ludwigs-Uni­versity Freiburg

| 2015–2016
Senior project mana­ger teaching profession, Albert-Ludwigs-Uni­versity Freiburg

| 2015
Scholar­ship holder of the Embassy of the State of Israel, Berlin

| 2012–2015
Project management for Scholarship Programs, Inter­national Office, Albert-Ludwigs-Uni­versity Freiburg

| 2012
Diploma in Psycho­logy, Albert-Ludwigs-Uni­versity Freiburg

| 2009–2010
Scholar­ship holder at the Hebrew University Jeru­salem, Israel

| 2008
Canadian Wor­king Student Program (DKG), Van­couver BC, Canada

PhD Project

Terroristic threat has been a present phenomenon in European countries throughout the last decades. Nevertheless, its impact on the public opinion, policymaking and the national discussions has never been as strong as currently observed. At the same time, the European project is put to test. Right-wing populist parties are uprising and the future of nationalism, immigration, and the European Union are contro­versially discussed between the European countries as well as within the countries themselves.

This study aims to provide answers to the influence of terroristic threat on identity discourse in France and Germany. Damaris Braun will analyze to what extent terror attacks reinforce national identity markers. An additional research objective is to clarify in which manner the terroristic threat changes the setting we live in and therefore influences our situated identities. Drawing upon a social identity approach, she assumes an inter­depen­dence and/or inter­ference between national and European identity constructions. Aspects as agency, recon­struction of a positive identity and super­ordinate identity categories are additionally considered.

In the mixed methods design Damaris Braun contributes to research on identity by providing data showing how terroristic threat influences identity processes on a national and supra­national level.

Projects

Publications

  • Das Projekt »hope«
    | 2023
    Braun, Damaris; Böttcher, J.; Deller-Wessels, L. (2023): Das Projekt »hope«. Ein notfallpsychologisches und psychotherapeutisches Trainingsformat im Kriegskontext, Report Psychologie, 38, 10–13.

  • Gazakrieg beenden, Konfliktlösung neu denken: Internationale und regionale Verantwortung
    | 2024
    Baumgart-Ochse, Claudia; Braun, Damaris; Hoffberger-Pippan, Elisabeth; Pfeifer, Hanna; Schwab, Regine; Weipert-Fenner, Irene; Wildangel, René (2024): Gazakrieg beenden, Konfliktlösung neu denken: Internationale und regionale Verantwortung, 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, 23–43.
    Publication
  • Psychologische Notfallversorgung bei Terroranschlägen
    | 2022
    Braun, Damaris (2022): Psychologische Notfallversorgung bei Terroranschlägen, in: Rothenberger, Liane/Krause, Joachim/Jost, Janis/Frankenthal, Kira (eds), Terrorismusforschung: Interdisziplinäres Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Praxis, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 669–680.
  • Ideologie und Radikalisierung
    | 2022
    Beierlein, Constanze; Braun, Damaris (2022): Ideologie und Radikalisierung, in: Rothenberger, Liane/Krause, Joachim/Jost, Janis/Frankenthal, Kira (eds), Terrorismusforschung: Interdisziplinäres Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Praxis, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 351–358.

Further Activities

  • Management Team Emer­gency Psycho­logy (BDP)
  • Systemic consul­ting
  • Super­vision in youth wel­fare
  • Consul­tant in accre­ditation procedures

  • Project "German-French His­tory Book"
  • Trainer for inter­cultural compe­tence (ida, DAAD)