In this episode we’re talking to researcher Hanna Pfeifer about the role of Islamism in the global order.  Hanna Pfeifer is Professor of political science with a focus on radicalisation and violence research at the Department of Social Sciences, which is funded by the Johannah Quandt Jubilee Fund. She is also the head of the research group “Terrorism” at the Peace Research Institute in Frankfurt. Hanna studied political science in Munich and Paris and completed her doctorate at Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg.  She completed her post-doc at the University of Cambridge. Hanna’s research focuses on Islam and Islamism in the global order.

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https://www.hsfk.de/en/staff/employees/hanna-pfeifer

• Politicising the Rebel Governance Paradigm. Critical Appraisal and Expansion of a Research Agenda   | 2023
  Pfeifer, Hanna / Schwab, Regine (2023): Politicising the Rebel Governance Paradigm. Critical Appraisal and Expansion of a Research Agenda. Introduction to the Special Issue, in: Small Wars and Insurgencies, 34:1, 1–23, DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2022.2144000.
• The Politics of Recognition, Armed Non-State Actors, and Conflict Transformation   | 2022
  Pfeifer, Hanna / Geis, Anna / Clément, Maéva (2022): The Politics of Recognition, Armed Non-State Actors, and Conflict Transformation, PRIF Report 4/2022, DOI: 10.48809/prifrep2204.
• Recognition dynamics and Lebanese Hezbollah’s role in regional conflicts   | 2021
  Pfeifer, Hanna (2021): Recognition dynamics and Lebanese Hezbollah’s role in regional conflicts, in: Geis, Anna/Clément, Maéva/Pfeifer, Hanna (eds), Armed non-state actors and the politics of recognition, Manchester: Manchester University Press, https://www.manchesterhive.com/view/9781526152763/9781526152763.00018.xml .
• Recognising armed non-state actors: Risks and opportunities for conflict transformation   | 2021
  Geis, Anna / Clément, Maéva / Pfeifer, Hanna (2021): Recognising armed non-state actors: Risks and opportunities for conflict transformation, in: Geis, Anna/Clément, Maéva/Pfeifer, Hanna (eds), Armed non-state actors and the politics of recognition, Manchester: Manchester University Press, https://www.manchesterhive.com/view/9781526152763/9781526152763.00009.xml .
• Who are these “Islamists” everyone talks about?! Why academic struggles over words matter   | 2020
  Pfeifer, Hanna / Schwab, Regine / Süß, Clara-Auguste (2020): Who are these “Islamists” everyone talks about?! Why academic struggles over words matter , PRIF Blog, 3.12.2020.
• The Normative Power of Secularism. Tunisian Ennahda’s Discourse on Religion, Politics, and the State (2011-2016)   | 2019
  Pfeifer, Hanna (2019): The Normative Power of Secularism. Tunisian Ennahda’s Discourse on Religion, Politics, and the State (2011-2016), in: Politics and Religion, 12:3, 478–500, DOI: 10.1017/S1755048319000075 .
• Once Upon a Time. Western Genres and Narrative Constructions of a Romantic Jihad   | 2019
  Pfeifer, Hanna / Spencer, Alexander (2019): Once Upon a Time. Western Genres and Narrative Constructions of a Romantic Jihad, in: Journal of Language and Politics, 18:1, 21–39, DOI: 10.1075/jlp.18005.spe 
• Discursive Struggles over World Order   | 2017
  Pfeifer, Hanna (2017): Discursive Struggles over World Order. Exploring Encounters between Islamists and the West, Hamburg: Helmut Schmidt University (PhD Thesis).