Research Fellow

Chiara Keßel
كيارا كيسل

Chiara Keßel is currently pursuing her Bachelors Degree in Sociology, Politics & Economics at Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen where she focuses on cultural policy,  sociological theory, political communication, and international relations. She is particularly interested in questions of human rights, peacebuilding, global justice, and the role of arts, culture and civil society in shaping sustainable futures. As a student assistant at the Chair of Cultural Policy, she supports research on transnational cultural production and the role of the arts in processes of social transformation.

As a Fellow of the Tawasol Network Chiara Keßel conducted interviews and filmed everyday scenes as part of her first documentary film project, working with a hybrid format that combines documentary storytelling and alternative research formats of knowledge exchange.

In the past she was involved in the project management of several events, exhibitions and workshops, such as the planning and conceptualisation of the Seekult Festival of music, arts and culture, and the organisation of theatre workshops for the Drama Group at her University.

  • Souha Bachtobji

    Research Project

    Video-Podcast: A Dialogue Between Egypt’s and Tunisia’s Music Scenes

  • Wajih Bejaoui

    Research Project

    Exploring Cairo’s Underground Art Scene: Stories of Resilience and Artistic Resistance

  • Meriam Bettouhami

    Research Project

    collectivise (culture)
    mapping collaborative practices in arts and culture

  • Johanna Diekmann

    Research Project

    Artists in Society
    Film-Portraits from Tunis

  • Jan Thomas Heinrich Ennker

    Research Project

    ‘Places in the In-Between’
    An Exhibition

  • Julia Hartmann

    Research Project

    ‘Places in the In-Between’
    An Exhibition

  • Ricarda Hommann

    Research Project

    ‘Places in the In-Between’
    An Exhibition

  • Bahman Iranpour

    Research Project

    collectivise (culture)
    mapping collaborative practices in arts and culture

  • Hiba Kammarti

    Research Project

    Video-Podcast: A Dialogue Between Egypt’s and Tunisia’s Music Scenes

  • Mohamed Ali Kechiche

    Research Project

    Exploring Cairo’s Underground Art Scene: Stories of Resilience and Artistic Resistance

  • Julian Kraemer

    Research Project

    collectivise (culture)
    mapping collaborative practices in arts and culture

  • Lilli Kim Schreiber

    Research Project

    collectivise (culture)
    mapping collaborative practices in arts and culture

  • Aaron Edvard Vilkama

    Research Project

    Exploring Cairo’s Underground Art Scene: Stories of Resilience and Artistic Resistance