Dorthe Siegmund, M.A.   Lecturers

Dorthe Siegmund heads the Heinrich Böll Foundation's Palestine and Jordan office in Ramallah. She holds a master's degree in political science from Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. She completed her doctorate at the Chair of International Politics and Conflict Research. Her dissertation project focuses on “Local peace initiatives in the field of global culture and conflict: An analysis of the status and significance of Israeli and Palestinian non-governmental organizations.” As part of this project, she undertook research stays in Israel and Palestine. Among other things, she was a visiting scholar at the Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Research interests

Dorthe Siegmund's research interests include: international political sociology; the spread of norms in global society and local adaptation processes; theories and methods of conflict research (especially constructivist approaches); human security; regional focus: Middle East (especially Israel, Palestine, Jordan)

Contact: dorthe.siegmund@ps.boell.org

Academic

01/2023 Doctorate (magna cum laude), Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, University of the Federal Armed Forces, Munich. First supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stephan Stetter (University of the Federal Armed Forces, Munich), second supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bonacker (Philipps University of Marburg)

Dissertation topic: Local peace initiatives in the field of global culture and conflict: An analysis of the status and significance of Israeli and Palestinian non-governmental organizations

10/2004-02/2010: Master's degree in Political Science (major), History and Culture of the Middle East, and Turkology; Ethnology at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Master's thesis on: Egypt's mediating role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its potential for stabilizing the Middle East.

Practical experience

Since November 2021: Head of the Heinrich Böll Foundation Palestine and Jordan office based in Ramallah

11/2018-10/2021 Advisor to the Joint Initiative for Humanitarian International Law in the Middle East by Misereor and Bread for the World

09/2016-12/2018: Co-head of the WIIS Regional Group Munich, Women in International Security

04/2016-05/2016: Research stay in Palestine and Israel, visiting scholar at the Heinrich Böll Foundation Palestine and Jordan

01/2015-04/2015: Research assistant/dean's assistant at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich

01/1014-present: Lecturer at the Chair of International Politics and Conflict Research (Prof. Dr. Stephan Stetter) at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich

10/2013-12/2014: Human resources consultant at Hürlimann & Partner (Intellectual Property), Munich

05/2013-07/2013: Project coordinator at the Goethe Institute e.V. Headquarters, Science and Current Affairs Department; project: Europe, an Economic Tale: The Current Financial Crisis – Perspectives from Europe and Beyond for the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2013: The Future of Growth – Economic Values and the Media

07/2011-04/2013: PR consultant at Wörrlein Communication, Munich

09/2012-12/2012: Research stays in Israel and Palestine (DAAD funded); Visiting Scholar at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem/Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations

Since 06/2009: Editor of the magazine Scheinwerfer, Transparency International Germany e.V.

Scholarships

09/2012-12/2012: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): Research grant for a research stay in Israel and Palestine

04/2015-10/2018: Evangelisches Studienwerk e.V.: Doctoral scholarship (full-time)

Academic memberships

German Working Group on the Middle East (DAVO)

German Sociological Association (DGS), Political Sociology Section

European International Studies Association (EISA)

Language

German: native

English: business fluent

Modern Standard Arabic: advanced