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Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß
OUTREACH & TRANSFER MANAGER AT THE GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL AND AREA STUDIES (GIGA)/GERMANY
Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß is the Outreach and Transfer Manager for the Merian Center for Advanced Study in the Maghreb (MECAM) at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg, Germany. She is in charge of organizing and coordinating MECAM’s outreach events, effectively the Rencontres Ibn Khaldoun and the MECAM Policy Talk, as well as MECAM’s representation at (inter)national scientific conferences.
Her research focuses on social movements and social (in)justice, political violence and radicalization, as well as dynamics of political transformation. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Goethe University Frankfurt with a dissertation entitled “Radicalization of the Marginalized? Dynamics of Islamist Radicalization in Tunisia post-2011”. She is currently preparing a related book manuscript.
Coordination Office
MECAM established a coordination office based in Tunis. The office provides operational support in four related work areas, namely management, infrastructure and administration, network and communication, and academic activities. It is comprised of an academic coordinator, a research coordinator, a project coordinator and a student assistant.
