At King’s College London, Inga Kristina Trauthig is a visiting fellow with the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies (IMES). She is a security studies researcher and holds a PhD from the Department of War Studies at King's for which she focussed on Libya. During the time of her PhD, she was a research fellow with the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR). She also has an MLitt from the University of St Andrews in Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian Security Studies.

 

Inga has conducted work with UN-organisations, governmental actors, NGOs and private companies that address causes of war and insecurity and specifically practical and ideological competition between state and non-state actors with a focus on the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA). Her studies have been supported by the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, the German Academic Exchange Service and the Conflict Research Society, for example. She has had work published in International Sociology, Lawfare, Routledge or The Conversation, amongst others.

 

At King’s College, she was convenor of the MENA Research Group within IMES and has held various positions in student representation at faculty, school, and departmental level.

Research Interests

• North Africa, Libya
• Ideology, Political Islam, Salafism
• Non-violent and violent extremism
• Misinformation and disinformation 

Publications

• Trauthig, Inga Kristina and Guy Eyre. “(In-)security, (dis)order, and political (in)subordination: ‘Quietist’ Salafism and the Arab revolts in Algeria and Libya”, Mediterranean Politics, October 2023. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13629395.2023.2272474
• Trauthig, Inga Kristina. “Chat Apps, Mass Mobilization, and Authoritarian Control: Assessing Evidence from Egypt, Iran, and Morocco,” eds. Francis Fukuyama and Marietje Schaake. Digital Technologies in Emerging Countries: Impacts and Responses” (DTEC) from the Program on Democracy and the Internet (PDI), Stanford University, https://fsi9-prod.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2023-05/digital_technologies_in_emerging_countries_digital.pdf
• Trauthig, Inga Kristina and Lorand Bodo. “Emergent Technologies and Extremists: The DWeb as a New Internet Reality?” Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), 11 August 2022. https://gnet-research.org/2022/08/01/emergent-technologies-and-extremists-the-dweb-as-a-new-internet-reality/
• Trauthig, Inga Kristina and Guy Eyre. “‘Quietist’ Salafism in North Africa: Outlining Moroccan and Libyan Developments.” Al Sharq Forum, December 2021.
• Trauthig, Inga Kristina and Samuel Woolley. “Online Propaganda Is Making Inroads in the Middle East and North Africa.” Center for International Governance Innovation, 9 December 2021.
• Trauthig, Inga Kristina. “SSR and elections – what role for the security sector in fostering the democratic process?”, in Hybridity in Conflict Environments, Roberta Maggi and Archibald Gallet, eds, Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), November 2021.
• Trauthig, Inga Kristina. “The Integrated Review and the Middle East: Trade Priorities, Self-Reliance and Pitfalls.” King’s College London School of Security Studies Series, 8 June 2021.
• Angha, Negah and Inga Kristina Trauthig. “Middle East Diplomacy: Reflections on the Role of Diplomacy in Managing the Arab Spring”, in New Perspectives on Diplomacy, Jack Spence, Claire Yorke and Alistair Messer, eds, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, April 2021.
• Trauthig, Inga Kristina. “God’s Plan: COVID19 lockdowns and the reaction of Moroccan religious leaders”, Middle East Research Hub (MERH), 9 November 2020.
• Cook, Joana, Haid, Haid and Inga Kristina Trauthig. “Jurisprudence beyond the state: An analysis of jihadist ‘justice’ in Yemen, Syria and Libya”, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 10 June 2020.
• Trauthig, Inga Kristina. “Islamic State in Libya: From Force to Farce?”, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR), King’s College London, 10 March 2020.