Dr. Hans Jonas Gunzelmann
Hans Jonas Gunzelmann is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Civil Society Research where he is involved in a research project on civil society and the far right. His areas of interest are political sociology and organizational sociology, in particular social movements, protest, and civil society.
Previously, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Sociology at Freie Universität Berlin with a scholarship from the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. At Freie Universität, he investigated the role of protest and social movement organizations in the Catalan secessionist conflict. In October 2021 he received his PhD in Political Science and Sociology from the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence. He studied political science in Madrid, Marburg, and Madison (Wisconsin) and was a visiting researcher at the University of Barcelona, the University of Gothenburg, and Technical University Berlin.
For more information on Hans Jonas Gunzelmann's research projects, publications, and an up-to-date CV, please visit his personal website.
Selected Publications
Gunzelmann, Hans Jonas. 2024. “Organizing for Independence. Secessionist Protest, Organizational Change, and the Referendum Crisis in Catalonia”. Amsterdam University Press.
Gunzelmann, Hans Jonas. 2024. “How Critical Junctures Shape Secessionist Movement Cohesion: Strategies, Framing Processes, and Interorganizational Relations before and after the 2017 Referendum in Catalonia. Journal of Peace Research (online first). doi: 10.1177/00223433241258368
Gunzelmann, Hans Jonas. 2024. “Counter-surveillant Organizing during the Secessionist Cycle of Contention in Catalonia”. Social Movement Studies 23(5): 623-639. doi: 10.1080/14742837.2022.2142545
Della Porta, Donatella, Hans Jonas Gunzelmann, and Martín Portos. 2021. “Repression and Democracy Amidst the Eventful 1-O Referendum.” Pp. 127–50 in Catalan Independence and the Crisis of Sovereignty, edited by Ó. G. Agustín. Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-54867-4_6