Katharina Nicolai
Katharina Nicolai, M.A.
Research Associate
Erlangen Centre for Islam and Law in Europe (EZIRE)
Bohlenplatz 6
91054 Erlangen
Doctoral Candidate at the Chair of Middle East Politics and Society
(Prof. Dr. Thomas Demmelhuber), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
+49 9131 85-26369
Office hours: on appointment
Personal details
| since 2019 | PhD fellowship – German Academic Scholarship Foundation |
| 2019 | Receiver of the Christoph-Schumann-Memorial Award for an outstanding master thesis |
| 2018-2019 | Bucerius Doctoral Scholarship ‚Trajectories of Change‘ – ZEIT Foundation |
| since 2018 | Research Assistant at EZIRE and Chair of Middle East Politics and Society |
| 2014-2018 | Study of Middle Eastern Studies at Philipps Universität Marburg, École de Gouvernance et d’Économie Rabat, Marokko
and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Master of Arts |
| 2010-2014 | Study of Political Science and Islamic Studies at Universität Heidelberg and Katholischen Universität Leuven, Belgien |
Courses
Winter term 2020/21
- Empirical Democracy and Autocracy Research
Summer term 2020
- The Political Systems of the Maghreb: A Comparativ Perpective
Winter term 2019/2020
- Monarchies in the Middle East: Between “The King’s Dilemma” and Political Resilience (with Prof Dr Thomas Demmelhuber)
Research profile
- Climate policy and Environmental protection in the Arabic world
- International relations in the Middle and Near East
- Transitional Justice
- Political Systems of the Middle East & North Africa
- Islam in Germany
Dissertation: Environmental Sustainability as a Catch-All Policy Field in Morocco (working title)
Publications
Nicolai, K., A. Wüst (2022). Cultural diplomacy and the reconfiguration of soft power: Evidence from Morocco, Mediterranean Politics, DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2022.2033513 (peer-reviewed)
Nicolai, K. (2020). A Green Gambit: The Development of Environmental Foreign Policy in Morocco, The Journal of North African Studies, DOI: 10.1080/13629387.2020.1865931 (peer-reviewed)
Nicolai, K. (2020). Sustainable development and environmental policy in the Middle East and North Africa. In ORIENT (Vol. 61, pp. 36-44). Berlin: German Orient-Institute.
Nicolai, K. (2020). Polygamie – Islamisch. In Lexikon für Kirchen- und Religionsrecht. Bd. 3.
Nicolai, K. (2020). Pilgerfahrt – Islamisch. In Lexikon für Kirchen- und Religionsrecht. Bd. 3.
Nicolai, K., et al. (2019). Germany. In Oliver Scharbrodt (eds.), Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Volume 11. Leiden: Brill, 2018.
Nicolai, K. (2019). Feiertage – Islamisch. In Lexikon für Kirchen- und Religionsrecht. Bd. 2.
Nicolai, K. (2013). Algeria (AQM et Al.). In ConflictBarometer 2013. disputes – non violent crisis – violent crisis – limited wars – wars (Vol. 22, p. 131). Heidelberg: Heidelberger Institut für Internationale Konfliktforschung.
Nicolai, K. (2013). Tunisia (AQIM et Al.). In ConflictBarometer 2013. disputes – non violent crisis – violent crisis – limited wars – wars (Vol. 22, p. 145). Heidelberg: Heidelberger Institut für Internationale Konfliktforschung.
Nicolai, K. (2012). Algeria (AQIM, MUJAO). In ConflictBarometer 2012. disputes – non violent crisis – violent crisis – limited wars – wars (Vol. 21, p. 104). Heidelberg: Heidelberger Institut für Internationale Konfliktforschung.