Christiane Fröhlich is a peace and conflict researcher with a focus on resource scarcity and power conflicts. Currently, she is exploring “environmental migration” as a driving force of conflict escalation processes in authoritarian regimes. She is the co-founder of the international research network "Gender, Conflict, Climate Change" (www.gccn.de), which critically engages with the role of gendered power relations in resource-related conflicts. Moreover, for several years she co-edited the German annual Peace Report (www.friedensgutachten.de), which is the main outlet of German peace research toward policymakers and academia alike.
Fröhlich is particularly interested in feminist and postcolonial approaches in peace and conflict studies, currently with a focus on the "local" and the "intersectional" turn. Her regional focus is on the Middle East/the Mediterranean, where she has spent several months doing field research, most recently in the Syrian refugee camps in Jordan. She holds a DPhil in sociology from Marburg University and a Master in Peace Research and Security Policy from Hamburg University as well as an MA in English, History and Psychology from Warwick and Hamburg Universities. More information is available on her website, www.christianefroehlich.de.
Welcoming of the 2015/16 Mercator-IPC Fellows
We welcome our 2015/16 Mercator-IPC Fellows, Christiane Fröhlich, Defne Kadıoğlu Polat, Çetin Çelik, Peter Mock, Hande Paker and İlke Toygür.
Christiane Fröhlich | Climate Change and Migration
Defne Kadıoğlu Polat | A Tale of Two Gentrifying Cities: Berlin and Istanbul
Çetin Çelik | Comparing School Opportunity Structures in Turkey and Germany
Peter Mock | Crossing the Bridge: Policies for Clean Vehicles in Turkey and Germany
Hande Paker | Politics of Climate Change at the Crossroads of Local and Transnational
İlke Toygür | Political Parties and Elections in Turkey and Europe: Challenge for Democracy?
Beyond Climate Migration
2016/17 Mercator-IPC Fellow Sarah Louise Nash, 2015/16 Mercator-IPC Fellow Christiane Fröhlich, and 2014/15 Mercator-IPC Fellow Ethemcan Turhan convened a workshop titled “Beyond Climate Migration” on April 20-21, 2017 at IPC. Dr. Andrew Baldwin from Durham University, UK, gave the keynote speech on “White World Order, International Relations, and Migration: Getting Beyond Climate Migration.”
Welcoming of the 2015/16 Mercator-IPC Fellows
The Welcoming of the 2015/16 Mercator-IPC Fellows was held on October 5, 2015 at Feriye Restaurant. The event began with welcoming remarks by Fuat Keyman, followed by remarks from Rüdiger Frohn. The welcoming remarks were followed by a movie screening that introduced the 2015/16 Mercator-IPC Fellows Christiane Fröhlich, Defne Kadıoğlu Polat, Çetin Çelik, Peter Mock, Hande Paker and İlke Toygür.
