Melanie Hussak

Melanie Hussak is a Researcher at the Peace Institute Freiburg since March 2023 and serves as Sustainability Officer at the Evangelische Hochschule Freiburg (EH Freiburg). Her work focuses on peace, conflict, and violence research, with a particular emphasis on practical engagement and academic exploration of sociopolitical transformation pathways.

Research Interests:

• Peace education and its disciplinary advancement
• Conflict dynamics in right-wing extremism contexts
• Justice in energy transition policies
• International networking in peace studies

Key Activities:

• Contributions to the CELIS Eurocampus for Social Work
• Organizer of the Global Perspectives on Peace Education conference (July 2025)
• Advocacy for open borders and interdisciplinary collaboration

Professional Background: Inspired by post-9/11 discourse critiques, her career merges academic rigor with practical social impact. She emphasizes the necessity of heightened awareness in conflict analysis while balancing personal-professional commitment demands.