Extractivism Flying Academy Mexico 2025
22. September 2025 No Comments
DOWNLOAD PROGRAM The Conference The world is entering a new energy era. This transition substantially increases demand for raw materials essential to renewable energy and
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THE PROJECT
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 RESEARCH AGENDA:
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What is Extractivism?
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Extractivism and Energy Transitions
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Extractivism and Geopolitics
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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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Latin America’s new geopolitical constellation: actors, interests, conflicts Hofgeismarer Lateinamerikagespräche, 30.01.-02.02.2026
15. September 2025 No Comments
The world is changing: climate crisis, geopolitical rivalry between the US and China, and the EU seeking influence – all of these factors are shaping
Welcoming New Extractivism.de Fellows at CELA, 16 June 2025
28. July 2025 No Comments
On Monday, 16 June 2025, an informal gathering took place at CELA (the Center for Latin American Studies, an interdisciplinary research center focusing on Latin
Fellow Workshop 2025: Extractivism and Geopolitics
28. July 2025 No Comments
From June 30 to July 2, 2025, all current fellows of the Extractivism.de program, based at the University of Kassel and the Philipps University of
Raisina Mediterranean: Maritime Geopolitics and Extractivism
8. July 2025 No Comments
Comment by Youssef Cherif, Extractivism Fellow in Marburg, 2025 The inaugural Raisina Mediterranean forum, held in Marseille on 12–13 June 2025, marks a new chapter
Extractivism Talks #11: “New energy, new resource geopolitics: Chinese and Gulf State investors in the Maghreb”
7. July 2025 No Comments
The Extractivism Talks series is our platform for timely discussions on international affairs and current events. It explores the connections between global uneven development and
Extractivism Flying Academy Mexico 2025
22. September 2025 No Comments
DOWNLOAD PROGRAM The Conference The world is entering a new energy era. This transition substantially increases demand for raw materials essential to renewable energy and
Latin America’s new geopolitical constellation: actors, interests, conflicts Hofgeismarer Lateinamerikagespräche, 30.01.-02.02.2026
15. September 2025 No Comments
The world is changing: climate crisis, geopolitical rivalry between the US and China, and the EU seeking influence – all of these factors are shaping
Welcoming New Extractivism.de Fellows at CELA, 16 June 2025
28. July 2025 No Comments
On Monday, 16 June 2025, an informal gathering took place at CELA (the Center for Latin American Studies, an interdisciplinary research center focusing on Latin
Fellow Workshop 2025: Extractivism and Geopolitics
28. July 2025 No Comments
From June 30 to July 2, 2025, all current fellows of the Extractivism.de program, based at the University of Kassel and the Philipps University of
Raisina Mediterranean: Maritime Geopolitics and Extractivism
8. July 2025 No Comments
Comment by Youssef Cherif, Extractivism Fellow in Marburg, 2025 The inaugural Raisina Mediterranean forum, held in Marseille on 12–13 June 2025, marks a new chapter
Extractivism Talks #11: “New energy, new resource geopolitics: Chinese and Gulf State investors in the Maghreb”
7. July 2025 No Comments
The Extractivism Talks series is our platform for timely discussions on international affairs and current events. It explores the connections between global uneven development and
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Fellows
Internationally outstanding and distinguished interdisciplinary guest researchers support our project.
Beatriz Calzada Olvera
Erasmus University Rotterdam
(Netherlands)
Valeria Manzano
University of San Martín
(Argentina)
Mustapha Majidi
Hassan I University
(Morocco)
Julian Germann
University of Sussex
(United Kingdom)
Siran Huang
Leiden University
(Netherlands)
Youssef Cherif
Leiden University
(Netherlands)
Gabriel Ignacio Rivas Castro
University Diego Portales
(Chile)
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.
Click for an overview of the project publications:
Energy Sovereignty for Tunisia: A people-centered approach to transition
11. September 2025
This Extractivism Policy Brief 03/2025 shows: Tunisia’s energy strategy is shaped by a global discourse prioritizing state-centric energy security, despite addressing national needs and climate
Promises of development and phosphates: Between expectations and realities in Gafsa
16. June 2025
This Extractivism Policy Brief 02/2025 shows: Communities demand a fair share. Local populations in Gafsa call for a direct role in managing and benefiting from phosphate revenues.
Habitus and economic institutions of the rentier regime in Algeria: Interactions and discrepancies
16. June 2025
This Extractivism Policy Brief 01/2025 shows: Algeria’s rentier economy persists not due to institutional failure alone, but because a historically entrenched habitus actively sustains and legitimizes the
New publication: Cerioli and Warnecke-Berger (2025), Extractivism and International Studies
5. May 2025
Our project director, Hannes Warnecke-Berger, and our postdoc researcher, Luíza Cerioli, have published a new article on extractivism and international studies in the Oxford Research
New contribution to the volume “The Russia-Ukraine War and the Global South’s Sovereignty Paradox”
29. April 2025
Our postdoctoral researcher, Luíza Cerioli, along with co-author Jens Heibach (German Institute for Global Affairs, GIGA), has contributed a chapter to the forthcoming volume The
New publication: “Neoclassical Realism as a Path for Growing Collaboration across Middle East International Relations and Area Studies”
29. April 2025
Our postdoctoral researcher, Luíza Cerioli, has contributed a chapter to the forthcoming volume International Relations in a Multipolar Middle East, edited by Francesco Belcastro and
Energy Sovereignty for Tunisia: A people-centered approach to transition
11. September 2025 No Comments
This Extractivism Policy Brief 03/2025 shows: Tunisia’s energy strategy is shaped by a global discourse prioritizing state-centric energy security, despite addressing national needs and climate
Promises of development and phosphates: Between expectations and realities in Gafsa
16. June 2025 No Comments
This Extractivism Policy Brief 02/2025 shows: Communities demand a fair share. Local populations in Gafsa call for a direct role in managing and benefiting from phosphate revenues.
Habitus and economic institutions of the rentier regime in Algeria: Interactions and discrepancies
16. June 2025 No Comments
This Extractivism Policy Brief 01/2025 shows: Algeria’s rentier economy persists not due to institutional failure alone, but because a historically entrenched habitus actively sustains and legitimizes the
New publication: Cerioli and Warnecke-Berger (2025), Extractivism and International Studies
5. May 2025 No Comments
Our project director, Hannes Warnecke-Berger, and our postdoc researcher, Luíza Cerioli, have published a new article on extractivism and international studies in the Oxford Research
New contribution to the volume “The Russia-Ukraine War and the Global South’s Sovereignty Paradox”
29. April 2025 No Comments
Our postdoctoral researcher, Luíza Cerioli, along with co-author Jens Heibach (German Institute for Global Affairs, GIGA), has contributed a chapter to the forthcoming volume The
New publication: “Neoclassical Realism as a Path for Growing Collaboration across Middle East International Relations and Area Studies”
29. April 2025 No Comments
Our postdoctoral researcher, Luíza Cerioli, has contributed a chapter to the forthcoming volume International Relations in a Multipolar Middle East, edited by Francesco Belcastro and
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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.
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CONTACT
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