Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Institute of Asian and African Studies

Fabio Braun Carrasco

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Fabio Braun Carrasco
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Fabio is a doctoral student at the Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University Berlin (Germany) and the Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires (Argentina). The Binational Doctoral Program in Global Studies is jointly conducted by the two universities. His Ph.D. research focuses on the current ascendance of far-right movements around the world and how they are connected to social inequality and the contradictions of liberal democracy. His research interests include the far-right, social inequality, critical theory, class, climate change, and decolonial thought.

He currently works in the DFG funded research project "Global Sociology of Elite Conflict" led by Prof. Daniel Bultmann.

 

Academic CV 

  • Since 2024: Researcher, DFG Project "Global Sociology of Elite Conflict" - Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
  • Since 2021: PhD student in Global and Area Studies, Humboldt University and Universidad del Salvador
  • 2018-2020: MA degree in the Global Studies Programme (GSP), Humboldt University
  • 2014-2018: BA degree in Area Studies Asia and Africa, Humboldt University

 

Academic Publications 

  • (forthcoming) Global Sociology on the Ground – Aspirational Libertarian Elites in a Transnational Field of Power (with Daniel Bultmann and Felipe García), in: Marian Burchardt, Johannes Becker, Soledad Balerdi und Weishan Huang (eds.): Handbook of Global Sociology: Approaches, Methods, Fields of Research, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 
  • (2025) Social Class and the Far-Right. In: Wimmer, Christopher and Tobias Rieder (eds.). Relations of Inequality – Worldwide. Brill.
  • (2024) The Ideology of Merit and Social Inequality. In: Jodhka, Surinder and Boike Rehbein (eds.). Global Handbook of Inequality. Springer.
  • (2023) The Far-Right, Climate Change, and the Future of (Climate) Politics. Transcience (2023) Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp.51-65.

 

Miscellaneous 

  • (2024) Left Memes: Resistance, Ridicule, and Belonging in Times of the Internet. In: Schweizer, Paul and Borries Nehe (eds.). Global Visual Handbook of Anti-Authoritarian Counterstrategies. transcript.

 

Workshops and Lectures 

  • (2026) Außenseiter, Auserwählte, Libertäre: Biografien der Konversion (with Daniel Bultmann and Felipe García). [Workshop Presentation] Das biographische Paradigma in der Migrationsforschung, Sektion Biographieforschung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS), Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences.

  • (2025) Global Sociology of Elite Conflict (with Daniel Bultmann and Felipe García). [Workshop Presentation] Humboldt-Princeton Strategic Partnership, Humboldt University, Berlin.
  • (2025) PhD Lab: An Authoritarian Turn in Neoliberalism? A Narrative Comparison between Argentina and India. [Doctoral Workshop] International Sociological Association. 5th ISA Forum of Sociology, Rabat, Morocco. 
  • (2025) Affective Landscapes in Far-Right Memes. [Conference Presentation] 5th ISA Forum of Sociology, Rabat, Morocco.
  • (2025) The Far-Right As Focal Point of the Reemerging Capitalism-Democracy Tension in a Multipolar World. [Conference Presentation] 5th ISA Forum of Sociology, Rabat, Morocco. 
  • (2024) The Far-Right and the Politics of Emotion: From Hurt to Hate? [Workshop Presentation]. Technische Universität Dresden.
  • (2023) The Local and the Global Far-Right – Analyzing Milei’s Voters in Argentina [Conference Presentation]. “40 años de Democracia – 1983-2023”, FLACSO Argentina.
  • (2023) The "Social" As Normative Category [Conference Presentation]. XX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, Australia.
  • (2023) The Global Far Right, Inequality and the Contradictions of Democracy [Workshop Presentation]. “Elites and Class – Interrogating the Rich and Powerful in Latin
    America and Beyond", University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany.

 

Teaching

  • Summer semester 2025: Berlin's Socio-Political Landscape in Transition: Divides, Debates, and the Struggle for the Common Good (with Felipe García). Berlin Perspectives Research Seminar, Humboldt Universität, Berlin.
  • Summer semester 2026: From Divided to Multilayered. Social Transformations across Sectors in Berlin (with Felipe García). Berlin Perspectives Research Seminar, Humboldt Universität, Berlin.