Julia Wiessmann, MA
Contact & Office Hours
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Institut für Politische Wissenschaft
Bergheimer Str. 58 | 69115 Heidelberg
Office: 03.010
E-Mail: julia.wiessmann[at]ipw.uni-heidelberg.de
Phone: +49 6221 54 2874
Office Hours: by Appointment
Research Profile
Julia Wiessmann is a doctoral researcher and associate lecturer at the Institute of Political Science at the chair of Prof. Dr. Croissant. Her research interests extend into the topics of comparative politics, social movement studies, and conflict studies. Her regional focus is on South Asia and Southeast Asia. In her dissertation, she analyzes the connection between political violence and autocratization.
Julia Wiessmann studied political science, sociology, philosophy, and business and economics at the Universities of Würzburg, Heidelberg, and Prague. She graduated with a Master of Arts degree in March 2022.
Selected Publications
- Julia Wießmann (2025). (De-)Demokratisierung, Protest und Gewalt im internationalen Vergleich: Forschendes Lernen in der Politikwissenschaft. HINT 6.
- Julia Wießmann (2025). Hate Speech: A contextual framework for India and the South Asian Region. CSOH.
- Julia Wießmann (2024). Facebook and the Rohingya: A case of digital complicity. CSOH.
- Julia Wießmann (2024). From unarmed to armed resistance: The anti-coup in Myanmar. Contemporary Politics 31(1), 110-128.
- Julia Wießmann (2023). The two logics of autocratic rule, by Johannes Gerschewski, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2023, 297 pp., £85.00 (hardcover), ISBN 9781009199414 , Democratization 30(7), 1431-1433.
- Julia Wießmann (2021). Massacre in Myanmar’s Rakhine State: Consequences of the Terrorism of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army?. Wissenschaft & Sicherheit Online 2/2021.
- Julia Wießmann (2020): Surveillance and the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Curriculum Vitae
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since 05/2003 | PhD candidate at the Institute of Political Science, Chair of Prof. Dr. Croissant at Heidelberg University |
since 04/2022 | Research fellow at the Institute of Political Science, Chair of Prof. Dr. Croissant at Heidelberg University |
04/2019 – 03/2022 | Master studies in Political Science and Sociology at the University Heidelberg |
04/2014 – 03/2019 | Bachelor studies in Political and Social Studies, Philosophy and Economics at the Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg |
External Functions
- Internationalisation Officer for exchange programmes with China and Taiwan