Institute of Political Science

Dr. Maria Josua

 

Contact Information

mailto: menaresearch(at)ifp.uni-tuebingen.de

 

Research Associate & Teaching Fellow

Academic Background

Since 07/2014

Research Fellow at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), coordinator of IDCAR network, Hamburg

06/2009- 06/2014

Researcher and Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science of the University of Tübingen. PhD project: The Arab Uprisings as Crises of Legitimacy - Success and Failure of Strategies of Political Rule in Jordan and Algeria (working title)

04/2009

M.A. in Political Science, Middle East Studies and Public International Law, University of Tübingen. Thesis title: Dynastic Succession in Neo-Patrimonial Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Bahrain, Jordan and Syria (in German)

2006/2007

Study abroad at the University of Copenhagen, DK

Research Interests

Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East and North Africa

Legitimacy of Authoritarian Regimes

Repression

Methods in Comparative Politics

Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)

Country Expertise

Jordan, Algeria, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain

Teaching

Concepts and Theories of Political Rule: Current Trends in Research on Authoritarianism

(Summer Term 2014)

Comparative Politics: Authoritarian Systems

(in German, original title: "Comparative Politics: Autoritäre Systeme"; Winter Term 2013/2014)

Politics after the Arab Spring

(Summer Term 2013)

Introduction to Comparative Politics: The New Arab World

(in German, original title: "Vergleichende Analyse politischer Systeme: Die neue arabische Welt"; Winter Term 2012/2013)

Concepts and Theories of Political Rule: Post-Democratization Studies

(in German, original title: "Konzepte und Theorien politischer Herrschaft: Die neuere Autoritarismusforschung"; Summer Term 2012)

Introduction to Comparative Politics: The Middle East between Reform and Revolution

(in German, original title: "Vergleichende Analyse politischer Systeme: Der Vordere Orient zwischen Reform und Revolution"; Winter Term 2011/2012)

Middle Eastern Political Systems between Crisis and Stability

(Summer Term 2011)

Comparative Politics of the Middle East

(in German, original title: "Vergleichende Analyse politischer Systeme des Vorderen Orients"; Winter Term 2010/2011)

What Is Rightful Rule? Theories of Political Legitimacy

(in German, original title: "Was ist rechtmäßige Herrschaft? Theorien politischer Legitimität"; Summer Term 2010)

Comparative Politics of the Middle East

(in German, original title: "Vergleichende Analyse politischer Systeme des Vorderen Orients"; Winter Term 2009/2010)

Publications

Presentations (selection)

Managing Minorities in the Arab World. Strategies of Political Rule in Jordan. Presentation at the Bauhaus-University Weimar, 12 December 2013.

Inheriting Autocracy: An Analytical Toolbox for Predicting Dynastic Succession. Presentation at the International Research Workshop “The Transformation of Political and Economic Orders around the Mediterranean”, Tübingen, 6-8 December 2012.

To Repress or Not to Repress. Varieties of Regime Survival Strategies in the Arab Spring. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the German Political Science Association (DVPW) – Section for Comparative Politics, Marburg, 29-31 March 2012 (together with Mirjam Edel).

Protest Movements in Authoritarian Systems: Crises of Legitimation and Opportunity Structures. Presentation at the Weingartener Afrika-Gespräche 2011, Weingarten, 2-4 December 2011.

The Dynamics of Normative Order in the Arab Spring. Interruption and Continuity in Jordanian Politics. Presentation at the 3rd Graduate Conference of the Cluster of Excellence "The Formation of Normative Orders", Frankfurt/Main, 18-20 November 2011.

Jordan is Beautiful: The King's Advantage in Times of Protest. Presentation at the 18th congress of the German Middle East Studies Association, Berlin, 6-8 October 2011.

Co-optation as a Strategy of Authoritarian Legitimation – Success and Failure in the Arab World. Presentation at the 3rd General Conference of the ecpr, Reykjavik, 24-27 August 2011.

Studying Legitimacy in the Arab World. Sources, Crises and Strategies. Presentation at the Center for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan, Amman, 20 March 2011.

Tunisia is the Solution? Understanding Processes of Change in the Arab World. Presentation for the Regional Group of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Tübingen, 28 January 2011.

The King’s Advantage: Legitimacy and Legitimation of Monarchies (in German). Presentation at the 31st German Congress of Oriental Studies/17th congress of the German Middle East Studies Association, Marburg, 20-24 September 2010.

Linking Sources and Crises of Legitimacy to Strategies of Legitimation - Towards a Typology of Legitimacy in the Arab World. Presentation at the 3rd World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies, Barcelona, 19-24 July 2010.

What Happens When the Ruler Dies? A Comparative Analysis of Dynastic Succession Processes in Bahrain, Jordan, and Syria (in German, original title: Was passiert, wenn der Herrscher stirbt? Eine vergleichende Analyse dynastischer Nachfolgeprozesse in Bahrain, Jordanien und Syrien). Presentation at the 16th congress of the German Middle East Studies Association, Bonn, 8-10 October 2009.

Memberships

Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Vorderer Orient (DAVO) - German Middle East Studies Association

Polis. Förderverein für Politikwissenschaft an der Universität Tübingen e.V.