Key expertise
Ethnopolitical movements, translocal mobilization, social network analysis.
(Academic) education / CV:
MA in Political Science (2015)
Carina studied Political Science and Cultural Anthropology at the Universities of Göttingen and Bonn and studied abroad at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as well as at the Université Paris-Sorbonne. She completed several internships, amongst others at the Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) and the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy Hamburg (IFSH). During her studies she received a scholarship from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Carina is interested in questions of ethnicity and conflict, actor fragmentation and local networks; her regional focus is the Middle East. As a PhD-researcher at BICC, she focuses on translocal dynamics of the Kurdish question in the Middle East. She is further involved in the research area of arms exports control.
Recent Publications:
- Meininghaus, E., & Schlüsing, C. (2021). Translocality in War: Why Does it Matter? London: London School of Economics Middle East Blog.
- Meininghaus, E., & Schlüsing, C. (2020). War in Syria: The translocal dimension of fighter mobilization. Small Wars & Insurgencies, 31(3), 475-510.
- von Boemcken, M., Meininghaus, E., Mielke, K., Schetter, C., Schlüsing, C., Trancart, C., & Wirkus, L. (2018). Bewaffnete Konflikte: Deutsche Stabilisierungspolitik auf dem Prüfstand. In BICC, HSFK, IFSH, & INEF (Eds.), Friedensgutachten 2018 (pp. 43-63). Berlin: LIT.
- Debiel, T., Hippler, J., Meininghaus, E., Schetter, C., & Schlüsing, C. (2018). Fokus / Kriegerischer Zerfall im Nahen und Mittleren Osten. In BICC, HSFK, IFSH, & INEF (Eds.), Friedensgutachten 2018 (pp. 21-41). Berlin: LIT.
- Schlüsing, C., & Mielke, K. (2018, May). Deutsches Engagement im Irak: Wie weniger mehr sein kann (BICC Policy Brief series No. 4/2018). Bonn: BICC.
- Schlüsing, C., & Mielke, K. (2017, October). Drohende Gewalteskalation nach dem Referendum: Wie kann deutsche Einflussnahme in Kurdistan-Irak deeskalierend wirken? (BICC Policy Brief series No. 8/2017). Bonn: BICC.
- Gurol, J., Meininghaus, E., Mutschler, M., & Schlüsing, C. (2017). Die Risiken europäischer Waffenexporte. In F. Braunsdorf (Ed.), Fluchtursachen „Made in Europe“: Über europäische Politik und ihren Zusammenhang mit Migration und Flucht (pp. 9-12). Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Globale Politik und Entwicklung).