Dr. Jannis Saalfeld
ResearcherDr. Jannis Saalfeld
Room: LS 034
Phone: +49 (0)203-379-3847
E-Mail: jannis.saalfeld[at]uni-due.de
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Research Focus
- Religion and Conflict
- Social Movements and Political Change
- Power-Sharing
- Regional Focus: East Africa (esp. Tanzania, Kenya)
Publications
► Debiel, Tobias (Koordination) / Dombrowski, Stephan / Haidara, Boubacar / Meininghaus, Esther / Noesselt, Nele / Radtke, Katrin / Saalfeld, Jannis / Schetter, Conrad / Schlüsing, Carina / Schmitz, Jasmin / Vüllers, Johannes (Koordination) / Weller, Daniel 2023: Verwundbarkeit und Resilienz im Zeichen multipler Krisen / Nachhaltiger Frieden, in: Friedensgutachten 2023. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 65-83.
► Saalfeld, Jannis 2022: Rejectionist Islamism in sub-Saharan Africa, in: International Affairs, 98: 2, 493-508. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiac016
► Saalfeld, Jannis 2021: Inter-Secular Party Competition and the (Non-)Formation of Salafi-Jihadist Milieus: Evidence from Tanzania, in: Studies in Conflict & Terrorism (online first). DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2021.1945187
► Saalfeld, Jannis / Hartmann, Christof 2020: Does Electoral Inclusion Constrain Jihadist Radicalisation in Africa? Development and Peace Blog, 08.12.2020.
► Saalfeld, Jannis 2020: Between Grassroots Contention and Elite Manoeuvring: Sub-Nationalism in Zanzibar and Coastal Kenya, in: Journal of Eastern African Studies, 14: 3, 413-432. DOI: 10.1080/17531055.2020.1790863
► Debiel, Tobias / Saalfeld, Jannis / Vüllers, Johannes / Weipert-Fenner, Irene / Wolff, Jonas 2020: Protestbewegungen, politische Umbrüche und Gewaltrisiken / Nachhaltiger Frieden, in: Friedensgutachten 2020. Berlin: Transcript, 71-91.
► Saalfeld, Jannis 2019: On the Divergent Trajectories of African Islamism: Explaining Salafi Non-Radicalisation in Zanzibar, in: Africa Spectrum, 54: 3, 201-221. DOI: 10.1177/0002039719887825
► Saalfeld, Jannis 2019: Before and Beyond Al-Shabaab: National Islamic Councils, Contentious Politics and the Rise of Jihadism in East Africa. Duisburg: Institute for Development and Peace.
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Since November 2018
Researcher at the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF)
10/2016 – 10/2018
M.A. in International Relations and Development Policy, University of Duisburg-Essen
(Thesis: On the causes of militant Islamism in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative case study of Zanzibar and coastal Kenya)
01/2017 – 11/2018
Student Assistant to Prof Dr Theresa Reinold in the research project “The Rule of Law in African Regionalism”
08/2014 – 11/2014
Internship at the Friedrich Ebert Foundation’s Tanzania office
10/2011 – 11/2015
B.A. in Political Science and African Studies, University of Leipzig