Dr. Regine Schwab
Researcher
Dr. Regine Schwab is a Researcher at PRIF’s Research Department Intrastate Conflict. Her research interests are, inter alia, armed conflicts, non-state armed groups, and violence against civilians in the MENA region.
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CV
| since 09/2024
Lecturer, Professorship for International Institutions and Peace Processes, Goethe University Frankfurt/M.
| since 07/2024
Researcher at PRIF
| 04/2024–08/2024
Visiting Professor for International Institutions and Peace Processes, Goethe University Frankfurt/M.
| 07/2022–06/2024
Postdoctoral Researcher, Goethe University Frankfurt/M.
| 05/2020–02/2024
Postdoctoral Researcher at PRIF
| 2016–2020
PhD Candidate, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale)
| 2017
Lecturer at the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
| 2015–2016
PhD Fellow, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS)
| 2015
Bucerius Pre-Doctoral Fellow (Trajectories of Change scholarship program)
| 2012–2014
Master of Arts in Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin
| 2008–2012
Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin
| 2007–2010
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
Highlights
Hanna Pfeifer, Regine Schwab, and Mustafa Karahamad on the escalation of violence in the Middle East
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Regine Schwab and Hendrik Simon discuss the sociology of the international legal order
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On violence against civilian infrastructure in armed conflicts in the MENA region
Publications
- Gaza als Trittleiter
| 2024
Karahamad, Mustafa; Schwab, Regine (2024): Gaza als Trittleiter. Beobachtungen zur Rehabilitation des syrischen Regimes, W&F Wissenschaft und Frieden: 4, 22–25.
Publication - Die Transformation des Krieges und Angriffe auf zivile Infrastruktur
| 2024
Schwab, Regine (2024): Die Transformation des Krieges und Angriffe auf zivile Infrastruktur, Mittelweg 36. Zeitschrift des Hamburger Instituts für Sozialforschung, 33: 2, 32–54.
Publication - Re-examining the State/Non-state Binary in the Study of (Civil) War
| 2023
Schwab, Regine; Pfeifer, Hanna (2023): Re-examining the State/Non-state Binary in the Study of (Civil) War, Civil Wars, 25, 426–449. DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2023.2254654 - The bombing of hospitals and local violence dynamics in civil wars: Evidence from Syria
| 2023
Schwab, Regine; Krause, Werner; Massoud, Samer (2023): The bombing of hospitals and local violence dynamics in civil wars: Evidence from Syria, Households in Conflict Network.
Publication - Same same but different? Ideological differentiation and intra-jihadist competition in the Syrian civil war
| 2023
Schwab, Regine (2023): Same same but different? Ideological differentiation and intra-jihadist competition in the Syrian civil war, Journal of Global Security Studies: 1, 1-20. DOI: 10.1093/jogss/ogac045 - Politicising the Rebel Governance Paradigm. Critical Appraisal and Expansion of a Research Agenda
| 2023
Pfeifer, Hanna; Schwab, Regine (2023): Politicising the Rebel Governance Paradigm. Critical Appraisal and Expansion of a Research Agenda. Introduction to the Special Issue, Small Wars and Insurgencies, 34: 1, 1–23. DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2022.2144000 - Transnationale Gewaltordnungen und Konflikte
| 2022
Ketzmerick, Maria; Salehi, Mariam; Schwab, Regine (2022): Transnationale Gewaltordnungen und Konflikte. Workshop AK Gewaltordnungen DVPW, Universität Bayreuth, 3.-4. März 2022, Wissenschaft und Frieden, 40: 2, 54–55. - Escalate or Negotiate? Constraint and Rebel Strategic Choices Towards Rivals in the Syrian Civil War
| 2021
Schwab, Regine (2021): Escalate or Negotiate? Constraint and Rebel Strategic Choices Towards Rivals in the Syrian Civil War, Terrorism and Political Violence, 1–20. DOI: 10.1080/09546553.2021.1998007 - Insurgent courts in civil wars: the three pathways of (trans)formation in today’s Syria (2012–2017)
| 2018
Schwab, Regine (2018): Insurgent courts in civil wars: the three pathways of (trans)formation in today’s Syria (2012–2017), Small Wars & Insurgencies, 29: 4, 801–826. DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2018.1497290
- Competitive Rebel Governance in Syria
| 2023
Schwab, Regine (2023): Competitive Rebel Governance in Syria, in: Fraihat, Ibrahim; Alijla, Abdalhadi (eds), Rebel Governance in the Middle East, Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 117-150. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-1335-0_5
ISBN: 978-981-99-1334-3 - Who owns the law?: Logics of Insurgent Courts in the Syrian War (2012-2017)
| 2022
Schwab, Regine; Massoud, Samer (2022): Who owns the law?: Logics of Insurgent Courts in the Syrian War (2012-2017), in: Gani, Jasmine K./Hinnebusch, Raymond (eds), Actors and Dynamics in the Syrian Conflict's Middle Phase: Between Contentious Politics, Militarization and Regime Resilience, London: Routledge, 164–181.
Publication - Globalizing Elites from the ‘Global South’: Elites in Brazil and India
| 2015
Schneickert, Christian; Kroneder, Andreas; Schwab, Regine (2015): Globalizing Elites from the ‘Global South’: Elites in Brazil and India, in: Lenger, Alexander/Schumacher, Florian (eds), Understanding the Dynamics of Global Inequality, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 229–243.
Publication - De-Constitutionalising the Egyptian Constitution
| 2014
Schwab, Regine (2014): De-Constitutionalising the Egyptian Constitution, in: Belakhdar, Naoual /Eickhof, Ilka/el Khawaga, Abla/el Khawaga, Ola/Hamada, Amal/Harders, Cilja/Sandri, Serena (eds), Arab Revolutions and Beyond: Change and Persistence. Proceedings of the International Conference, Tunis, 12-13 November 2013, Berlin: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics at the Freie Universität Berlin, 179–192.
Publication
- Politicising the Rebel Governance Paradigm
| 2023
Schwab, Regine; Pfeifer, Hanna (2023): Politicising the Rebel Governance Paradigm, 34: 1.
Publication
- Syrien: Blitzoffensive der islamistischen Rebellenallianz stürzt Assad
| 2024
Schwab, Regine; Al Hakari, Masood (2024): Syrien: Blitzoffensive der islamistischen Rebellenallianz stürzt Assad, PRIF Blog.
Publication - 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 - The weaponization of civilian infrastructure
| 2023
Schwab, Regine (2023): The weaponization of civilian infrastructure, CPD Policy Blog.
Publication - Arab States’ Incentives Towards (not) Normalizing Relations with Syria – Islamists and Drug Trafficking?
| 2023
Karahamad, Mustafa; Schwab, Regine (2023): Arab States’ Incentives Towards (not) Normalizing Relations with Syria – Islamists and Drug Trafficking?, PRIF Blog.
Publication - The Externalization of EU Borders
| 2023
Horváth, Sarah; Schwab, Regine (2023): The Externalization of EU Borders. The Case of Agadez, PRIF Spotlight, 4, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/prifspot2304 - Eine politische Naturkatastrophe in Nordwestsyrien – das Erdbeben und das Versagen der internationalen Gemeinschaft
| 2023
Schwab, Regine (2023): Eine politische Naturkatastrophe in Nordwestsyrien – das Erdbeben und das Versagen der internationalen Gemeinschaft, PRIF Blog.
Publication - Blick zurück nach vorn: Was droht bei einer Belagerung ukrainischer Städte?
| 2022
Gromes, Thorsten; Schwab, Regine; Karahamad, Mustafa (2022): Blick zurück nach vorn: Was droht bei einer Belagerung ukrainischer Städte?, PRIF BLOG.
Publication - Withdrawal of NATO troops – Comeback of the Taliban?
| 2021
Schwab, Regine (2021): Withdrawal of NATO troops – Comeback of the Taliban?, PRIF Blog.
Publication - Wechselnde Herrschaft in Postkonfliktkontexten. Hessische Stiftung für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
| 2021
Schwab, Regine; Pfeifer, Hanna (2021): Wechselnde Herrschaft in Postkonfliktkontexten. Hessische Stiftung für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Wissenschaft und Frieden, 39: 2, 50–51.
Publication - Wütende Kämpfe
| 2021
Röleke, Juliane; Schwab, Regine (2021): Wütende Kämpfe. Über den Dokumentarfilm „As I want“, Gewalt gegen Frauen in Ägypten und die Möglichkeiten politischer Selbstorganisation, zeitgeschichte online.
Publication - Why not to deport suspected ‘terrorists’ to Syria: a security perspective
| 2021
Karahamad, Mustafa; Schwab, Regine (2021): Why not to deport suspected ‘terrorists’ to Syria: a security perspective, PRIF Blog.
Publication - 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 - Krieg der Bilder – wie das syrische Regime den Bürgerkrieg im Fernsehen weiterführt
| 2020
Schwab, Regine (2020): Krieg der Bilder – wie das syrische Regime den Bürgerkrieg im Fernsehen weiterführt, PRIF Blog.
Publication - Ein zweischneidiges Schwert
| 2020
Schwab, Regine (2020): Ein zweischneidiges Schwert. Rezension zu "The Internet and Political Protest in Autocracies" von Nils B. Weidmann und Espen Geelmuyden Rød, Soziopolis.
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Further Activities
- Christiane Rajewsky Award 2022 for the best dissertation in peace and conflict research by the German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies (AFK)