Africa and Middle East Head of Research Division
Economic Developments, Political Economy
Since 2018 Head, Research Division Africa and Middle East
2012 – 2015 Member of the project »Elite Change and New Social Mobilization in the Arab World«
2009 – 2012 Forum Ebenhausen Fellowship
2010 – 2011 Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
2007 – 2009 Hanns Seidel Foundation, PhD scholarship
2006 German Academic Exchange Service, research scholarship (research stay in Cairo, Egypt)
2005 – 2009 PhD Candidate, Subdivision Contemporary Orient Research, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg
Arbitrary Detention as an Obstacle to German Stabilisation Efforts
doi:10.18449/2021C49
Egypt has never been called to account for the murder of Giulio Regeni, nor for the numerous human rights violations committed by the Sisi regime. Focusing only on stability, European governments are increasingly losing touch with actual developments in Egypt, say Lars Brozus and Stephan Roll.
doi:10.18449/2021C06
How Europeans Can Lead an Alternative Way Forward
doi:10.18449/2020C11
Economic Reforms and Power Consolidation in Saudi Arabia
doi:10.18449/2019RP08
Development Dictatorship, Mubarak 2.0, or Rapid Collapse?
doi:10.18449/2019C18
Middle East regional dynamics have made arms exports less compatible with German export regulations.
The dispute about maritime territories between Turkey and Greece is heating up. Egypt's involvement has added a new dimension to the conflict, the Middle East analyst Stephan Roll says.