Lorch, Jasmin
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Dr. Jasmin Lorch
Department
Transformation of Political (Dis-)order
Function
Senior Researcher
Specialization
Political Scientist
Work areas
- State Fragility
- Violent Conflict
- Democratisation
- Autocratisation
- Civil Society
- Religion and Politics
- Terrorism
Regional expertise
- The Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
- North Africa
- South and Southeast Asia
Vita
since 11/2023 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Senior Researcher, Research Department "Transformation of political (dis-)order: Institutions, values & peace" |
10/2023 | University of Erfurt, Willy Brandt School of Public Policy (WBS) and Max Weber Centre Annemarie Schimmel Scholar |
4/2023-9/2023 | Humboldt University of Berlin, Institute for Asian and African Studies (IAAW) Stand-in for professorship |
5/2021-3/2023 | University of Erfurt, Willy Brandt School of Public Policy (WBS) and Max Weber Centre Annemarie Schimmel Scholar (intermittendly suspended for freelance consultancies) |
3/2021–6/2021 6/2020–12/2020 | German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Institut für Asien-Studien (IAS), Hamburg/Berlin Research Fellow |
7/2016–3/2020 | German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Institut für Nahost-Studien (IMES), Hamburg/Berlin Research Fellow |
10/2016–3/2018 | Otto-von-Guericke University (OVGU), Magdeburg Lecturer |
8/2016-9/2016 11/2015–12/2015 | Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 700 “Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood”, Free University of Berlin and Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin Reserach Fellow / Visiting Fellow |
11/2013-12/2015 | German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Institut für Asien-Studien (IAS), Hamburg/Berlin Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
12/2012–4/2014 | Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 700 “Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood”, Free University of Berlin and Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin Reserach Fellow / Visiting Fellow |
1/2008–11/2012 | Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Forschungsgruppe Asien, Berlin Visiting Fellow |
3/2007-09/2013 | University of Freiburg, Seminary for Political Science PhD candidate |
10/2000-09/2005 | Free University of Berlin, Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science Studies of Political Science (MA/Diplom) |
Mitgliedschaften
- German Association for Asian Studies
Refereed Publications
- Lorch, Jasmin (2023)
Civil society between repression and cooptation: adjusting to shrinking space in Cambodia
in: Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 42 (3), 395-420 - Lorch, Jasmin / Janjira Sombatpoonsiri (2022)
COVID-19 and civil society in Southeast Asia: beyond shrinking civic space
in: Voluntas-International Journal of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organizations 34, 613-625 - Lorch, Jasmin (2021)
Elite capture, civil society and democratic backsliding in Bangladesh, Thailand and the Philippines
in: Democratization 28 (1), 81-102 - Lorch, Jasmin (2020)
Terrorism in Bangladesh: understanding a complex phenomenon
in: Asian Survey - a Bimonthly Review of Contemporary Asian Affairs, 60 (4), 778-802. - Lorch, Jasmin / Hatem Chakroun (2020)
Othering within the Islamist spectrum: Ennahda and the oolitical salafists in Tunisia
in: Middle East Law and Governance 12 (2), 198-221 - Lorch, Jasmin (2019)
Islamization by secular ruling parties: the case of Bangladesh
in: Politics and Religion 12 (2), 257-282 - Hassan, Mazen / Jasmin Lorch / Annette Ranko (2019)
Explaining divergent transformation paths in Tunisia and Egypt: The role of inter-elite trust
in: Mediterranean Politics 15 (5), 553-578 (nominated for the best 2020 APSA MENA section article award) - Wischermann, Jörg / Bettina Bunk / Patrick Köllner / Jasmin Lorch (2018)
Do associations support authoritarian rule? Evidence from Algeria, Mozambique, and Vietnam
in: Journal of Civil Society 14 (2), 95-115 - Lorch, Jasmin (2017)
Civil society support for military coups: Bangladesh and the Philippines
in: Journal of Civil Society 13 (2), 184-201 - Lorch, Jasmin (2017)
Civil society and mirror images of weak states: Bangladesh and the Philippines
London: Palgrave Macmillan - Lorch, Jasmin / Bettina Bunk (2017)
Using civil society as an authoritarian legitimation strategy: Algeria and Mozambique in comparative perspective
in: Democratization 24 ( 6) 987-1005 - Lorch, Jasmin (2008)
Stopgap or Change Agent? The Role of Burma’s Civil Society after the Crackdown
in: International Quarterly for Asian Studies, 39 (1-2), 21-54 - Lorch, Jasmin (2007)
Myanmar's civil society - a patch for the national education system? The emergence of civil society in areas of state weakness
in: Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 26 (3), 54-88 - Lorch, Jasmin (2006)
Civil society under authoritarian rule: the case of Myanmar
in: Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 25 (2), 3-38
Non-refereed Publications
- Bergmann, Julian / Jasmin Lorch (2024)
EU engagement in fragile and conflict-affected states: towards a dedicated strategy
in: Christine Hackenesch / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (eds.), The European Union’s global role in a changing world: challenges and opportunities for the new leadership, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 28-31 - Lorch, Jasmin (2024)
Deutschlands Nationale Sicherheitsstrategie aus entwicklungspolitischer Perspektive: Zielkonflikte thematisieren, Synergien stärken
(Policy Brief 18/2024) - Lorch, Jasmin / Sebastian Ziaja / Jörn Grävingholt (2024)
Constellations of State Fragility: improving international cooperation through analytical differentiation
(Policy Brief 5/2024) - Lorch, Jasmin (2022)
Philippine civil society and democratic regression under Duterte
in: Anthony Spires / Akihiro Ogawa, Authoritarianism and Civil Society in Asia, London: Routledge, 59-76 - Lorch, Jasmin / Monika Onken / Janjira Sombatpoonsiri (2022)
Sustaining civic space in times of COVID: global trends
in: GIGA Working Paper 332
Opinion Pieces
- Lorch, Jasmin (2024)
Integrated Security in Times of Austerity
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 13 June 2024 - Lorch, Jasmin (2024)
2024 – Asia’s bumper election year
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 4 March 2024
Projects
Highlight
Constellations of State Fragility: improving international cooperation through analytical differentiation
Lorch, Jasmin / Sebastian Ziaja / Jörn Grävingholt (2024)
Policy Brief 5/2024
Im Fokus
Das Superwahljahr 2024 in Asien
Lorch, Jasmin
Die aktuelle Kolumne, 04.03.2024
Highlight
Civil society between repression and cooptation: adjusting to shrinking space in Cambodia
Lorch, Jasmin (2023)
in: Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 42 (3), 395-420