Dr. Melanie Müller

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Dr. Melanie Müller

Thematic working group international cooperation in the context of systemic rivalry Co-Chair

Research Division:

Africa and Middle East Deputy Head of Research Division

melanie.mueller@swp-berlin.org

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5393-2173

Curriculum Vitae
Publications
News

Areas of Expertise

Southern Africa
Human rights
Migration
Strategic partnerships
Sustainability governance

Focus

South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, political transformations in Southern Africa, resource governance and supply chain responsibility, metal supply chains, GIBSA

Short Curriculum vitae

Since February 2024: Guest Lecturer at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin

Since April 2024: Head of Project International Raw Material Cooperation for Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains

Since July 2022: Head of Project Research Network Sustainable Global Supply Chains

Since January 2017: Researcher in the Research Division Africa and Middle East, and since 2024 Co-Chair of the Thematic Working Group International Cooperation in the Context of Systemic Rivalry

August 2015 to December 2016: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Freie Universität Berlin

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SWP Publications

- Christine Hackenesch
- Wolfram Lacher (eds.)
- Fahd Azaroual
- Oumayma Bourhriba
- Tobias Heidland
- Cynthia Kamwengo
- Stephan Klingebiel
- Melanie Müller
- Bettina Rudloff
- Meike Schulze
- Denis M. Tull
- Cobus van Staden
The Russia-Ukraine War’s Shockwaves in Africa. A Zeitenwende for German Africa Policy?

Two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, this Working Paper examines repercussions in Africa and on German Africa policy, analysing to what extent they are in continuity with trends that preceded the war and to what extent they represent a break with past patterns. Has the Ukraine war turned out to be a sea change for Africa and German Africa policy, too?

Megatrends Working Paper 2024 10, 13.02.2024, 39 Pages

doi:10.18449/2024MTA-WP10
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- Melanie Müller
South Africa: Good Governance a Precondition for Progress on SDGs
in:
- Marianne Beisheim (ed.)
Country-level Politics around the SDGs
Contribution to a Research Paper 2023/RP 07, 10.07.2023, 75 Pages, pp. 56–59
The Future of European-Chinese Raw Material Supply Chains
- German
Three scenarios for 2030 and their implications

SWP Comment 2023/C 27, 16.05.2023, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2023C27
- Melanie Müller
- Christina Saulich
- Svenja Schöneich
- Meike Schulze
From Competition to a Sustainable Raw Materials Diplomacy
- German
Pointers for European Policymakers

SWP Research Paper 2023/RP 01, 24.02.2023, 45 Pages

doi:10.18449/2023RP01
- Melanie Müller
- Christina Saulich
- Meike Schulze
Public-Private Alliances for Sustainable Commodity Supply Chains
- German
Opportunities and Risks in the South African Mining Sector

SWP Comment 2022/C 05, 21.01.2022, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022C05
- Melanie Müller
South Africa’s Social and Political Challenges
- German
Covid Exacerbates Socioeconomic Inequalities amid ANC Infighting

SWP Comment 2021/C 61, 23.12.2021, 6 Pages

doi:10.18449/2021C61

External publications

Sustainable Global Supply Chains Report 2023

Project or Conference Paper 2023, 25.12.2023, 144 Pages

doi:10.23661/r1.2024
- Melanie Müller
- Inga Carry
Addressing Environmental Injustices in South African Artisanal Gold Mining

In: Obasesam Okoi, Victoria R Nalule (eds.): Governing Natural Resources for Sustainable Peace in Africa. Routledge, 2023, pp. 77-100.
- Melanie Müller
- Meike Schulze
- Svenja Schöneich
The energy transition and green mineral value chains: Challenges and opportunities for Africa and Latin America

in: South African Journal of International Affairs, 24.07.2023 (online)
- Melanie Müller
The ‘new geopolitics’ of mineral supply chains: A window of opportunity for African countries

in: South African Journal of International Affairs, 14.07.2023 (online)
- Melanie Müller
- Svenja Schöneich
- Christina Saulich
Traceability and foreign corporate accountability in mineral supply chains

in: Regulation & Governance, 19.05.2023 (online)
- Melanie Müller
Following the supply chain of “illegal” gold from South Africa

In: Daniel Brombacher, Günther Maihold, Melanie Müller, Judith Vorrath (eds.): Geopolitics of the Illicit. Linking the Global South and Europe, Nomos, E-Book, 2022, pp. 337-360.

News

Member of the Selection Committee of the Humboldt Foundation for the German Chancellor Fellowship from South Africa (since 2021) and Chairperson and academic member of the Advisory Board of the Peace Academy Rhineland-Palatinate (since 2021).