Michel Salzer
* 1993 in Tübingen
M.A. Political Science
CIVIC GmbH - Institute for International Education
Location: Düsseldorf
info@civic-institute.eu
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- Master’s degree in the joint program “Comparative Middle East Politics and Societies (CMEPS)” by Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen and the American University in Cairo (AUC)
- Bachelor’s degree in Political Science (major) und Languages, History and Cultures of the Middle East (minor) at Eberhard Karls University Tübingen with a semester abroad at Bilkent University in Ankara (Turkey)
Since an internship at Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg (State Center for Civic Education of the state of Baden-Württemberg) in 2016, Michel Salzer works as a freelancer in the fields of civic and international education. Among other, he co-authored a simulation game about regional politics.
Since Summer 2020, he holds a position as advisor for the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s Civic Education Forum Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart, Germany.
In his undergraduate and graduate studies, he put emphasis on the topics of political transitions, democracy, protests and media. His wrote his master thesis about the framing of protest in Russia’s international online media.
Aside from a general interest in local, regional as well as European and global politics, Michel Salzer is particularly interested in the politics of Turkey and the European enlargement and neighborhood policies.