THE PROJECT
NATURAL RESOURCE EXTRACTIVISM IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE MAGHREB
extractivism.de is a collaborative research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The project investigates natural resource extractivism in Latin America and the Maghreb.
Natural resources and raw materials are among the most important lubricants of the global economy. Many countries in the Global South have specialized in the extraction and export of raw materials and natural resources – extractivism – and Latin America and the Maghreb are critical examples of this development model. Within our project, we scrutinize the many crisis scenarios, socio-economic contexts, resilience and transformative potentials for development models based on extractivism in Latin America and the Maghreb.
We do not simply conduct research on, but with regions outside of Europe.
Our project combines:
Social Research in and together with the Global South

International Research Network and Fellows

Transfer of Research Findings into Politics and Society

ACTIVITIES
Extractivism Flying Academy 2023 in Tunisia – International Conference
The Crisis in Peru and Extractivism: Resource-rich, Instability Ridden?
500 Jahre Verflechtung zwischen Maghreb und Europa
Fellows

Hartmut Elsenhans
University of Leipzig

Cecilia Gárgano
National University of San Martín

Moustapha Taleb Heidi
Centre de Recherchers de l'Ouest Saharien

Rafael Domínguez
University of Cantabria

Pedro Alarcón
University of Giessen

Sajjad Faraji Dizaji
Tarbiat Modares University

Julieta Godfrid
Autonomous University of Chile

Mourad Ouchichi
University of Bejaia

Roger Merino
Universidad del Pacífico

Juan Pablo Jiménez
University of Buenos Aires

Fatiha Talahite
University of Paris Nanterre
Click for an overview of the project publications:
Petropolitics
“New Generations and Leaders to Power: from the student movement of 2011 to the first government of the Frente Amplio in 2022”
Does Political Resource Curse Really Exist? Evidence from the rentier states in the Greater Middle East
Energy Transition-Quo Vadis – Revisiting Supply-Side Policies in Ecuador
The Political Economy of Extractivism. Global Perspectives on the Seduction of Rent
Brazilian Development at a Standstill? Perspectives and Challenges for the New Lula Government

Petropolitics
The prevailing trend was that oil and gas were seen primarily as a matter of market mechanisms and competition rules, even if they were related

“New Generations and Leaders to Power: from the student movement of 2011 to the first government of the Frente Amplio in 2022”
On March 29th, the dossier “Youth, politics and generations in Latin America, from the second half of the 20th century to the 21st century” was

Does Political Resource Curse Really Exist? Evidence from the rentier states in the Greater Middle East
This Extractivism Policy Brief shows: • Oil rents may affect the political regimes through influencing both defense and non-defense expenditures. • Defense expenditures are considerably

Energy Transition-Quo Vadis – Revisiting Supply-Side Policies in Ecuador
This Extractivism Policy Brief shows: • Extractivism has shaped Ecuador for the last half century. • The Yasuní initiative aimed at leaving about one fifth

The Political Economy of Extractivism. Global Perspectives on the Seduction of Rent
Edited by Hannes Warnecke-Berger and Jan Ickler For many countries, primarily in the Global South, extractivism – the exploiting and exporting of natural resources –

Brazilian Development at a Standstill? Perspectives and Challenges for the New Lula Government
This policy brief argues that Brazil has a standstill development syndrome as its development path swayed from extractivism to industrialization and back to extractivism. The

Special Issue: The Global South and its Perspectives: Expanding the Frontiers of International Relations
Our Post-Doctoral Researcher based at the University of Kassel, Luíza Cerioli, together with Dr. Fernanda Barasuol (Federal University of Grande Dourados) and Dr. Mariana Kalil

Colombia and the Coalition of the Pacto Histórico: From Extractivism to a Productive Economy?
This Extractivism Policy Brief argues The new Colombian president Gustavo Petro pushes for a transition from an extractivist to a productive economy. He needs to

Transformation or persistence of the extractivist model? The challenges for Gabriel Boric’s government
This Extractivism Policy Brief argues The European energy transition has an impact on political decisions in Chile President Boric intends to change the mining sector

Blog post: Bolsonaro in the Ukraine crisis. Framing extractivism as a national strategy
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro seems to be somewhat confused on how to tackle the Ukraine-Russia conflict in a way that aligns with his interests. In

Natural Resources, Raw Materials and Extractivism: The Dark Side of Sustainability
This Extractivism Policy Brief argues Extractivism is the dark side of sustainability raw materials and primary commodities are the backbones of the global economy extraction

Entanglements of the Maghreb: Cultural and Political Aspects of a Region in Motion
The impulse for the recent transformations in the Arab world came from the Maghreb. Research on the region has been on the rise since, yet

Questioning the neoliberal extractivist model from the south. Capitalism, territories and resistance
We would like to share the book “Questioning the neoliberal extractivist model from the south. Capitalism, territories and resistance”. Where the postdoctoral researcher of

Re-Configurations. Contextualizing Transformation Processes and Lasting Crises in the Middle East and North Africa
This edited volume is an open access title and assembles both the historical consciousness and transformation of the MENA region in various disciplinary and topical

Nada dura para siempre: Neo-extractivismo tras el boom de las materias primas
In the wake of high world market prices at the beginning of the 21st century, many commodity exporting states experienced an enormous economic boom. In
Team

Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt
Principal Investigator

Prof. Dr. Rachid Ouaissa
Principal Investigator