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Clara-Auguste Süß

Research Associate

Goethe-University Frankfurt a.M.
Faculty of Social Sciences
Institute for Political Science
Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 6
60323 Frankfurt am Main

Raum: PEG 3.G002

Tel.: +49 (0)69 798-36611
E-Mail: C.Suess@soz.uni-frankfurt.de


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:. 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: . International Journal of Conflict and Violence 14(2): 1–5.

Chapters in Edited Volumes (peer reviewed)

  • 2021 Süß, Clara-Auguste: . 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: . PRIF Spotlight No. 11, 2021. 
  • 2020 Sold, Manjana/Süß, Clara-Auguste: . Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung Herausforderung Islamismus: Infodienst Radikalisierungsprävention, Mai 2020. 
  • 2019 Aakhunzzada, Ahmad Noor Baheige/Süß, Clara-Auguste: . PRIF working paper No. 45/2019. 

Book Reviews

  • 2023 Süß, Clara-Auguste: (Special Issue “Neue Radikalität? Protest, Gewalt, ziviler Ungehorsam – Versuche einer Grenzziehung"), 36(2): 328–345. 
  • 2020 Süß, Clara-Auguste: . Soziopolis, September 2020.

Blogposts / open science

  • 2020 Pfeifer, Hanna/Schwab, Regine/Süß, Clara-Auguste: , PRIF Blog, 3.12.2020. 
  • 2020 Pfeifer, Hanna/Schwab, Regine/Süß, Clara-Auguste: , GNET, 3.12.2020. 
  • 2020 Junk, Julian/Süß, Clara-Auguste: , PRIF Blog, 12.10.2020. 
  • 2020 Junk, Julian/Süß, Clara-Auguste: – Offline, GNET, 12.10.2020. 
  • 2020 Sold, Manjana/Süß, Clara-Auguste: , GNET, 8.4.2020. 
  • 2020 Sold, Manjana/Süß, Clara-Auguste: , PRIF Blog, 30.3.2020.