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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.

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Our project combines:

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Social Research in and together with the Global South

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International Research Network and Fellows

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Transfer of Research Findings into Politics and Society

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ACTIVITIES

In addition to our team's core research, the project conducts further activities such as workshops, conferences, policy briefs and public lecture series. We seek to directly translate our findings into policy recommendations and aim to initiate cooperation with the civil society and the politically active public. Find out more about the project activities below.
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Call for Fellows 2025

8. January 2025 No Comments

The Extractivism project is accepting applications for short-term fellowships, which are funded for up to three months in the University of Kassel and/or the University

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Call for Fellows 2025

8. January 2025 No Comments

The Extractivism project is accepting applications for short-term fellowships, which are funded for up to three months in the University of Kassel and/or the University

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Fellows

Internationally outstanding and distinguished interdisciplinary guest researchers support our project.
Ignacio Sabbatella

Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences
(Argentina)

Pedro Romero Marques

University of São Paulo
(Brazil)

Mohamed Ismail Sabry

Erasmus University of Rotterdam
(Netherlands)

Hanen Keskes

Natural Resource Governance Institute
(Tunisia)

Beth Stratford

University College of London
(United Kingdom)

Laura García-Montoya

University of Toronto
(Canada)

Raouf Farrah

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) (Switzerland)

Ouafa Haddioui

independent
researcher

Veronica Robert

National University of San Martín
(Argentina)

Teresa Kramarz

University of Toronto
(Canada)

Ramon Pichs-Madruga

Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (Cuba)

Samir Bellal

University Mouloud Mammeri de
Tizi-Ouzou (Algeria)

Osmel Manzano

Inter-American Development Bank
Georgetown University (USA)

Juan Infante-Amate

University of Granada
(Spain)

Rebeka Gluhbegovic

Phillips University Marburg
(Germany)

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PUBLICATIONS

Series

Extractivism Policy Briefs

All Extractivism Policy Briefs
Series

Routledge Global Challenges
in Political Economy

all books of the series
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The project results are made accessible to the academic public through international publications. For politics, society and development cooperation, we present our findings in adequate formats.

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Team

The University of Kassel and the Philipps-University Marburg host the project cooperatively, closely linked through intensive interaction among staff and regular joint events. This strengthens scientific cooperation, fosters innovation and supports our team's professional growth, in particularly of the young-career scholars.
Dr. Hannes Warnecke-Berger
Dr. Hannes Warnecke-Berger

Director

Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt

Team Kassel

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Prof. Dr. Martin Beck

Team Marburg

Luiza Cerioli
Dr. Luíza Cerioli

Team Kassel

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Dr. Bertram Lang

Team Marburg

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Jan-Michael Vogt

Team Kassel

Prof. Dr. Rachid Ouaissa
Prof. Dr. Rachid Ouaissa

Team Marburg

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CONTACT

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