Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät - Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften

Seminar für Südostasienstudien

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften
Invalidenstr. 118
10115 Berlin
Raum 119

About:

Before joining Humboldt University, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow (Annemarie Schimmel Scholarship) at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy (WBS), University of Erfurt. I was previously a Research Fellow at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg/Berlin and, earlier, at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) in Berlin. I hold a PhD (doctorate) in Political Science from the University of Freiburg and an M.A. (Diplom) in Political Science from the Free University of Berlin.

I have researched and published extensively on processes of democratization and autocratization, armed conflicts and peacebuilding processes, and the role of civil society in in South and Southeast Asia and North Africa. My last research project (conducted with Dr. Janjira Sombatpoonsiri) focussed on the impact of COVID-19 on civic space in Southeast Asia and from a global perspective. I have conducted field research in Myanmar, Thailand, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Algeria, and Tunisia and have learned a lot from collaborating and exchanging views with local colleagues and academic experts in these countries. The findings of my research have been published by Palgrave Macmillan and the Middle East Institute (MEI) in Washington as well as in Democratization, VOLUNTAS, Politics and Religion, the Journal of Civil Society, Asian Survey, Mediterranean Politics, and Middle East Law and Governance (MELG), among others.

In addition, I have provided advice to foreign and development policy makers, including representatives of the German Federal Foreign Office (AA), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and different German political foundations.

Publications:

Books

Lorch, Jasmin (2017), Civil Society and Mirror Images of Weak States: Bangladesh and the Philippines, Governance and Limited Statehood Series edited by Thomas Risse, London: Palgrave Macmillan

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Lorch, Jasmin and Sombatpoonsiri, Janjira (2022), “COVID-19 and Civil Society in Southeast Asia: Beyond Shrinking Civic Space”, Voluntas (online first); https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-022-00496-1

Lorch, Jasmin (2021), “Elite Capture, Civil Society and Democratic Backsliding in Bangladesh, Thailand and the Philippines”, Democratization 28(1), 81-102

Lorch, Jasmin (2020), “Terrorism in Bangladesh: Understanding a Complex Phenomenon”, Asian Survey: A Bimonthly Review of Contemporary Asian Affairs, 60(4) (July/August), 778-802

Hassan, Mazen; Lorch, Jasmin and Ranko, Annette (2020), “Explaining Divergent Transformation Paths in Tunisia and Egypt: The Role of Inter-Elite Trust”, Mediterranean Politics 25(5), 553-578 (nominated for the best 2020 APSA MENA section article award)

Lorch, Jasmin and Chakroun, Hatem (2020), “Othering Within the Islamist Spectrum: Ennahda and the Political Salafists in Tunisia”, Middle East Law and Governance, 12 (2020), 198-221

Lorch, Jasmin (2019), “Islamization by Secular Ruling Parties: The Case of Bangladesh”, Politics and Religion, 12(2), 257-282

Wischermann, Jörg; Bunk, Bettina; Köllner, Patrick and Lorch, Jasmin (2018), “Do Associations Support Authoritarian Rule? Evidence from Algeria, Mozambique, and Vietnam”, Journal of Civil Society, 14(2), 95-115

Lorch, Jasmin and Bunk, Bettina (2017), “Using Civil Society as an Authoritarian Legitimation Strategy: Algeria and Mozambique in Comparative Perspective”, Democratization, 24(6), 987-1005

Lorch, Jasmin (2017), “Civil Society Support for Military Coups: Bangladesh and the Philippines”, Journal of Civil Society, 13(2), 184-201

Lorch, Jasmin (2008), “Stopgap or Change Agent? The Role of Burma’s Civil Society after the Crackdown”, International Quarterly for Asian Studies, 39(1-2), 21-54

Lorch, Jasmin (2007), “Myanmar’s Civil Society – a Patch for the National Education System? The Emergence of Civil Society in Areas of State Weakness”, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Issue 3/2007, 54-88

Lorch, Jasmin (2006), “Civil Society under Authoritarian Rule: The Case of Myanmar”, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Issue 2/2006, 3-37

Chapters in Edited Volumes

Lorch, Jasmin (2022), “Philippine Civil Society and Democratic Regression under Duterte: Connivance, Resistance and Legacies of Elite Co-optation in the Context of a Weak State”, in: Akihiro Ogawa and Anthony Spires (eds) Authoritarianism and Civil Society in Asia, London, 59-76

Lorch, Jasmin and M Abul Kalam Azad (2022), “Female Terrorism in Bangladesh: Manifestations, Causes and Consequences”, in: Saimum Parvez and Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman (eds) Perspectives on Terrorism in Bangladesh, London: Routledge, 49-69

Lorch, Jasmin and Sombatpoonsiri, Janjira (2020), “Southeast Asia: Between Autocratization and Democratic Resurgence”, in: Richard Youngs (ed.), Global Civil Society in the Shadow of the Corona Virus, Washington DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 5-10

Beisheim, Marianne; Ellersiek, Anne and Lorch, Jasmin (2018), “INGOs and Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships”, in: Thomas Risse, Tanja A. Börzel and Anke Draude (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Governance and Limited Statehood, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 211-230

Beisheim, Marianne; Liese, Andrea and Lorch, Jasmin (2014), “Introduction”, in: Marianne Beisheim and Andrea Liese (eds.), Transnational Partnerships: Effectively Providing for Sustainable Development?, Governance and Limited Statehood Series edited by Thomas Risse, Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 3-16

Janetschek, Hannah and Lorch, Jasmin (2014), “Mastans in Bangladesh”, in: Marianne Beisheim and Andrea Liese (eds.), Transnational Partnerships: Effectively Providing for Sustainable Development?, Governance and Limited Statehood Series edited by Thomas Risse, Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 138-139 (textbox)

Lorch, Jasmin (2014), „Aktuelle Entwicklungen und Aussicht. Perspektiven und Widersprüche des myanmarischen Reformprozesses“, in: Ute Köster, Phuong Le Trong und Christina Grein (Hrsg.), Handbuch Myanmar. Gesellschaft, Politik, Wirtschaft, Kultur, Entwicklung, Leck: Horlemann, 419-439

Lorch, Jasmin (2008), “The (Re)emergence of Civil Society in Areas of State Weakness: The Case of Education in Burma/Myanmar”, in: Monique Skidmore and Trevor Wilson (eds.) (2008), Dictatorship, Disorder and Decline in Myanmar, Canberra: ANU E-Press, The Australian National University, 151 – 176

Lorch, Jasmin (2006), “Do Civil Society Actors Have any Room for Manoeuvre in Myanmar/Burma? Locating Gaps in the Authoritarian System”, in: Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF) (ed.), Active Citizens under Political Wraps: Experiences from Myanmar/Burma and Vietnam, Chiang Mai: HBF, 2006, 120-139

Lorch, Jasmin (2005), “Bieschke, Eduard”, in: Siegfried Mielke in Verbindung mit Günter Morsch (Hrsg.), Gewerkschafter in den Konzentrationslagern Oranienburg und Sachsenhausen. Biographisches Handbuch, Berlin: Edition Hentrich, 359-363

Lorch, Jasmin (2005), “Hannemann, Erich”, in: Siegfried Mielke in Verbindung mit Günter Morsch (Hrsg.), Gewerkschafter in den Konzentrationslagern Oranienburg und Sachsenhausen. Biographisches Handbuch, Berlin: Edition Hentrich, 347-350

Lorch, Jasmin (2005), “Stahl, Ewald”, in: Siegfried Mielke in Verbindung mit Günter Morsch (Hrsg.), Gewerkschafter in den Konzentrationslagern Oranienburg und Sachsenhausen. Biographisches Handbuch, Berlin: Edition Hentrich, 535-536

Other Academic Articles

Lorch, Jasmin (2021), “Myanmar’s ‘Tripple Crisis’: Impact on the Pro-Democracy Movement”, in Middle East Institute (MEI) (ed.), Middle East Asia Project (MAP) Series, 12 October 2021, https://www.mei.edu/publications/myanmars-triple-crisis-impact-pro-democracy-movement

Lorch, Jasmin and Chakroun, Hatem (2020), “Salafism Meets Populism: The Al-Karama Coalition and the Malleability of Political Salafism in Tunisia”, in Middle East Institute (MEI) (ed.), Middle East Asia Project (MAP) Series, 12 May 2020, https://www.mei.edu/publications/salafism-meets-populism-al-karama-coalition-and-malleability-political-salafism

Lorch, Jasmin (2018), “Trajectories of Political Salafism: Insights from the Ahle Hadith Movement in Pakistan and Bangladesh”, in Middle East Institute (MEI) (ed.), Middle East Asia Project (MAP) Series, 30 October 2018, https://www.mei.edu/publications/trajectories-political-salafism-insights-“ahle-hadith-movement-pakistan-and-bangladesh

Lorch, Jasmin and Burkhard, Jonas (2017), “Online and Traditional Forms of Protest Mobilization: Morocco’s Rif Protests and Beyond”, in Middle East Institute (MEI) (ed.), Middle East Asia Project (MAP) Series, 22 August 2017, https://www.mei.edu/publications/online-and-traditional-forms-protest-mobilization-moroccos-rif-protests-and-beyond

Lorch, Jasmin (2016), “Varieties and Dilemmas of Activism in Informal Spaces of Resistance: The Case of Burma under Military Rule“, in: Middle East Institute (MEI) (ed.), Middle East Asia Project (MAP) Series, 6 September 2016, https://www.mei.edu/publications/varieties-and-dilemmas-activism-informal-spaces-resistance-case-burma-under-military

Wischermann, Jörg; Bunk, Bettina; Köllner, Patrick and Lorch, Jasmin (2016), Do Associations Support Authoritarian Rule? Tentative Answers from Algeria, Mozambique, and Vietnam, GIGA Working Paper, No. 295, Hamburg: GIGA

Lorch, Jasmin and Ranko, Annette (2016), Salafisten im Maghreb: Politische Ambitionen nach dem “Arabischen Frühling“, GIGA Focus Nahost, 07/2016, Hamburg: GIGA

Lorch, Jasmin and Bunk, Bettina (2016), Gender Politics, Authoritarian Regime Resilience, and the Role of Civil Society in Algeria and Mozambique, GIGA Working Paper, No 292, Hamburg: GIGA

Lorch, Jasmin (2015), “Civil Society, Political Alliance-Building, and Democratization in the Philippines: An Instructive Example for the MENA Region?”, in: Middle East Institute (MEI) (ed.), Middle East Asia Project (MAP) Series, 8 October 2015, https://www.mei.edu/publications/civil-society-political-alliance-building-and-democratization-philippines-instructive

Wischermann, Jörg; Bunk, Bettina; Köllner, Patrick and Lorch, Jasmin (2015), Zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen in Autokratien: Akteure des Wandels?, GIGA Focus Global, 06/2015, Hamburg: GIGA

Lorch, Jasmin (2014), “Elections in Bangladesh: Political Conflict and the Problem of Credibility”, in: E-International Relations, 2 February 2014, http://www.e-ir.info/2014/02/02/elections-in-bangladesh-political-conflict-and-the-problem-of-credibility

Lorch, Jasmin (2005), „Myanmar – ein Fall für den Sicherheitsrat?“ Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Issue 6/2005, 11-18

Lorch, Jasmin (2005), „Der Rückzug des UN Global Fund aus Myanmar: Chancen und Risiken humanitärer Hilfe im autoritären System“, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Issue 5/2005, 8-13

Policy Papers

Lorch, Jasmin and Roepstorff, Kristina (2013), Myanmar’s Peace Process. The Importance of Federal Reforms and an Inclusive National Dialogue, SWP Comments 2013/C 29, Berlin: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) (also published in German)

Lorch, Jasmin (2011), Peace Talks in the Philippines: Ways out of the Impasse. National Reforms Needed to End Local Conflict in Mindanao, SWP-Comments 2011/C 27, Berlin: SWP (also published in German)

Lorch, Jasmin (2011), Bangladesh: Successes in the Fight against Islamist Militancy. Democracy and the Rule of Law as a Bulwark against Radicalism, SWP-Comments 2011/C 11, Berlin: SWP (also published in German)

Lorch, Jasmin and Will, Gerhard (2009), Burma's Forgotten Conflicts. A Risk for the Region's Security, SWP-Comments 2009/C 10, Berlin: SWP (also published in German)

Lorch, Jasmin (2008), Politischer Islam in Bangladesch. Wie schwache Staatlichkeit und autoritäre Regierungsführung islamistische Gruppen stärken, SWP-Studie 2008/S 34, Berlin: SWP

Lorch, Jasmin and Will, Gerhard (2008), Birma: Intervention oder Konsultation? Die Antwort der internationalen Gemeinschaft auf die humanitäre Katastrophe, SWP-Aktuell 2008/A 52, Berlin: SWP