Research Area III: Social Conflicts and Resilience
Research Focus
► Long and short-term effects of protest movements
► Resilience of social and political systems
► Paths of politico-religious mobilization
► Conflict interventions by regional actors
Crises, such as the coronavirus pandemic, can lead to societal conflicts and put pressure on politics and society. How societies deal with these challenges is determined to a large extent by their ability to cope with different crises, to adapt to new problem situations and to reposition themselves accordingly for possible future challenges. Our research focuses on the causes and consequences of social conflicts and the role of authority in them, as well as on the resilience of social and political systems and the framework conditions that promote resilience.
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Research Projects
► African Non-Miltary Conflict Internvention Practices (ANCIP)
► Protest Groups in the Aftermath of Mass Protest Campaigns against the State
Recent Publications
▶ Saleh, Mona 2025: Why Maintaining EU-ECOWAS Partnership is Important in Uncertain Times (ANCIP Policy No. 2). Leipzig: ANCIP Project.
► Birchinger, Sophia / Bliss, Frank/ Debiel, Tobias (Coordination) / Gaesing, Karin / Haidara, Boubacar / Kemmerling, Birgit / Müller-Koné, Marie / Rinck, Patricia (Coordination) / Rosenberg, Carolin / Saalfeld, Jannis / Schetter, Conrad / Schmitz, Jasmin / Witt, Antonia 2024: Frieden und die Nachhaltigkeitsziele: Warum das Lokale zählt / Nachhaltiger Frieden, in: Friedensgutachten 2024. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 71-91.
► Saalfeld, Jannis 2022: Rejectionist Islamism in sub-Saharan Africa, in: International Affairs, 98: 2, 493-508. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiac016
► Vüllers, Johannes 2021: Revolutions and Constitutional Crisis, in: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1607
► Vüllers, Johannes / Hellmeier, Sebastian 2021: Does Counter‐Mobilization Contain Right‐Wing Populist Movements? Evidence from Germany, in: European Journal of Political Research. DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12439
Head of Research Area
Dr. Carmen Wunderlich
Room: LS 030
Phone: +49 (0)203-379-2036
E-Mail: carmen.wunderlich[at]uni-due.de
Staff Portfolio
Participating Members
Dr. Leonardo Bandarra
Room: LS 033
Phone: +49 (0)203-379-1916
E-Mail: leonardo.bandarra[at]uni-due.de
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Prof. Dr. Tobias Debiel
Room: LF 324
Phone: +49 (0)203-379-2021
E-Mail: tobias.debiel[at]uni-due.de
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Prof. Dr. Christof Hartmann
Room: LS 120
Phone: +49 (0)203-379-4421
E-Mail: christof.hartmann[at]uni-due.de
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Andréa Noël, M.A.
E-Mail: andrea.noel[at]uni-due.de
Dr. Patricia Rinck
Room: LF 316
E-Mail: patricia.rinck[at]uni-due.de
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Dr. Jannis Saalfeld
Room: LS 034
Phone: +49 (0)203-379-3847
E-Mail: jannis.saalfeld[at]uni-due.de
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Dr. Mona Saleh
Room: LS 118b
Phone: +49 (0)203-379-3974
E-Mail: mona.saleh[at]uni-due.de
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Jasmin Schmitz, M.A.
Room: LS 118b
Phone: +49 (0)203-379-1919
E-Mail: jasmin.schmitz[at]uni-due.de
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