How did actors inter­act in violent street protests?

The focus of my research is on the concrete practice of violence in urban space. I examine the inter­pretations and practices of political violence in the street since the 1970s. Especially, I am in­terested in the historical mutability of con­crete, time- and place-dependent dy­namics of violence, protest strategies, and state inter­vention. Based on protest events in European cities, such as the Brixton Riots, specific squatting events, and large-scale demonstra­tions, I want to focus on the central actors: these include not only the pro­testers, but also the security forces and by­standers, as well as the re­spective possibilities and limita­tions of urban space.

Research Area Interpretations: 3.3 Interpretation of Violence in the City

My perspective combines computer science and peace research.

At this interface, I focus in particular on cyber security, new forms of war­fare, and human-computer interaction. In addition, I study the impact of new in­formation and communication technolo­gies (ICTs) on political conflict and trans­formations of political violence. The focus of my research at TraCe is the application of methods and findings from computer science in peace and security re­search.

Research Area Forms: 1.2 New Forms of Political Violence and Technological Change

What impact does technology have on con­flicts, processes of violence and their trans­formation?

Information and communication techno­logies (ICT), particularly social media such as Twitter, Facebook or messenger services like Telegram, play an in­creasingly important role in political crises and con­flicts. Especially since the Arab Spring in 2011, ICTs have been used by various actors to organize for protests, share war pro­paganda, spread dis­information, or generate attention. In my research, I empirically investi­gate how ICTs are used in political crises. I am in­terested in both risks and potentials. I plan to ex­plore the relationship between trans­formation processes and technical applications in more de­tail and find out to what extent ICTs have an impact on the trans­formation of political violence.

Research Area Forms: 1.2 New Forms of Polital Violence and Technological Change

Drawing on Colombia as an example, I explore the justifi­cation of past and present political violence with a focus on gender-specific im­plications.

My research at TraCe is situated in the field of transitional/trans­formative justice and collective memory in Colombia. Particularly, I am in­terested in justifications of past and present para­military, insurgent and state violence which seeks to pre­vent, enable and sanction deviations from norms. gendered and sexual dis­sidence. The question I pursue is whether the complex inter­actions between violent actors and social move­ments (local, national, transnational) lead to multi­layered gendered orders of social life.

Research Area Interpretations: 3.1 Interpretation of Violence | 3.2 Memories of Violence

What are implications of the in­creasing inter­nationalization of violent intra­state conflict for the form, intensity, and duration of political violence?

My research examines the current changing form of political violence in the context and aftermath of intra­state conflicts. I am in­terested in the increasing inter­nationalization of violent intra­state conflicts and the con­sequences for political violence. Further­more, I examine the global trend of ‘shrinking civic spaces’ and the targeted, re­pressive violence against social activists and civic actors. Empirically, I focus my research on the specific dy­namics in Latin America and especially Colombia.

Research Area Forms: 1.1 Findings on the Forms, Causes and Consequences of Political Violence

Why was the contain­ment of violence successful or un­successful in the past?

In my research, I am con­cerned with ‘communities of violence’, their role in excessive force, and historical security re­search. In the con­text of the early modern period, I focus on specific situations of violence such as breaches of land peace, occupation si­tuations, and inter­ventions by foreign powers (e.g., in the context of revolutionary upheavals after 1790). I am in­terested in mechanisms of contain­ment of violence, for example through legal in­stitutions, and for what reasons this succeeds or fails in each case.

Research Area Institutions: 2.1 Intervention and Prohibition in the Context of De-Colonization | 2.2 Justification of External Intervention as a Process of Problematic Normalization of Violence

I co­ordinate the research network and the joint work.

As project coordinator, I support the partners in cross-institutional re­search planning and am responsi­ble for quality control, organi­zation of the scientific advisory board, event co­ordination, and results collection and documen­tation. In addition, I com­municate with the funding agency, the project sponsor, national and inter­national partner organizations, and co­ordinate reporting. Further­more, I accompany the strategic planning for the conti­nuation of TraCe and its institu­tionalization.

I am interested in Islamist and jihadist actors and their inter­action with other actors in West Asia.

My research focuses on intra-state conflicts and Islamist and jihadist actors in inter­nationalized armed conflicts. Re­gionally, I focus on West Asia and primarily on Syria. I am con­cerned with structures and in­stitutions these actors (re)build, their be­havior and their inter­action with other groups but also with civilians and ex­ternal actors. I am particularly in­terested in ideological changes, violence against civilians and trans­formation processes. I also explore ways to en­gage with militant Islamist groups to de-escalate conflicts.

Research Area Forms: 1.1 Findings on the Forms, Causes and Consequences of Political Violence

Research Area Institutions: 2.3 Containment of New Violent Actors

To what extent can inter­nationalization on one hand and local solutions on the other contribute to trans­formations of political violence?

Peaceful conflict resolution has experienced a veritable surge of inter­nationalization and institutionalization over the past 25 years: peace­keeping missions are receiving ever more extensive mandates, and peace­building activities now re­present a focus of inter­national organizations and NGOs. At the same time, due to complex conflicts, a certain inter­vention fatigue can be ob­served among many states as well as an in­creasing search for local solutions. My research at TraCe ties in with this tension between inter­nationalization and local solutions. I am working on the con­ditions of sustainable peace­building and focus on the role of inter­national institutions.

Research Area Institutions: 2.3 Containment of New Violent Actors

Taking a feminist perspective, I dis­cuss the colonial legacies of anti-LGBTIQ+ policies, laws and norms.

In my research, I work from a feminist perspective on the complex relation­ship between changing patterns of inter­pretation and justifi­cation of political violence with a specific focus on LGBTIQ+ persons in Eastern and Southern Africa. I dis­cuss the multifaceted colonial legacies of anti-LGBTIQ+ policies, laws and norms as well as their inter­pretations and re-interpretations. I am particularly interested in pro­cesses of change in the field of social norms, legal practices and the relation­ship to political violence and the role of political and religious in­stitutions and actors. Further­more, my research aims to bridge the gap between scholars and activists in the dis­cussions and discourses around (structural) violence against LGBTIQ+ persons and to con­tribute to providing spaces which en­able interdisciplinary exchange.

Research Area Interpretations: 3.1 Interpretation of Violence

I am particularly in­terested in political violence in con­texts of extreme social inequality.

Political violence in (post-) conflict settings and the pro­cessing of past violence in the fields of collective memory and transitional justice are at the center of my re­search at TraCe. I am particularly interest­ed in political violence in contexts of extreme social in­equality. I study forms and trans­formations of political violence especially in the context of socio-ecological con­flict dynamics related to resource ex­ploitation and the turn­around in energy policy.

Research Area Institutions: 2.3 Containment of New Violent Actors

I am particularly interested in the debates around inter­national and intra-societal processing of colonial violence that have unfolded in recent years.

Political violence is inter­twined with the impact of normative projections on social identifi­cations. Translations of these projections take place between institutions and indi­vidual as well as collective actors: What can be understood as a ‘good’ life? At what price should it be defended – even at the cost of death? Under the con­ditions of Europeanization, globali­zation and super-diversity, these questions are constantly re­negotiated in modern societies. Using the inter­national and intra-societal processing of colonial violence, I therefore study the relation­ships between normative dis­course, collective action and re­presentations of past violence and examine what new conflicts emerge in the post­colonial setting

Research Area Interpretations: 3.1 Interpretation of Violence

To what extent do state and non-state institutions influence the rise and legitimi­zation of political violence in the field of climate poli­tics?

In my research, I focus on political violence in the context of environ­mental and climate politics and I examine the forms and mechanisms of environ­mental conflict. I am particularly interested in the inter­actions between activists, state and non-state re­pressive institutions and how these in­fluence the increase and legiti­mation of political violence.

Research Area Forms: 1.2 New Forms of Political Violence and Technological Change

Research Area Institutions: 2.3 Containment of New Violent Actors

What role do spatial conditions play in the emergence of political violence?

I am interested in how and under which con­ditions peaceful protests have developed into violent street protests, which forms of violence are chosen, and how this has trans­formed over time. The city and street as spaces of conflictual, po­litical con­testation are at the center of my research. At TraCe, I want to find out to what extent the spatial con­ditions in the city play a role in the emer­gence of political violence and how actors adapt their stra­tegies and practices accordingly. In order to answer this, I will focus on political violence in cities in the 20th century.

Research Area Interpretations: 3.3 Interpretation of Violence in the City

Transformations of political violence also happen in processes of collective memory.

In my re­search, I focus on the dynamics between political violence and collective memory. Truth commissions, com­memorative culture, history books, or everyday acts of storytelling trans­form political violence into collective memory. But me­mory is not just a re­trospective act. It also preforms future violence. This is why I am interested in narratives and mnemonic images of violence. I compare the ‘afterlives’ of co­lonial violence in the Global South with the dynamics of post­colonial and post­imperial memories in Europe. In doing so, I examine the shaping role of media culture and the emer­gence and framing of memory in new media. I put a special emphasis on the analysis of current debates about comparing the Holocaust and co­lonialism (the ‘Historians’ debate 2.0).

Research Area Interpretations: 3.2 Memories of Violence

I want to under­stand why Arab states are increasingly involved in military inter­ventions in civil wars in their neighborhood.

Over the last decade, civil wars that broke out in the after­math of the Arab uprisings have been marked by their in­creased internationa­lization. Next to “typical” interveners in the region, i.e., the US and its Western allies who are militarily active at dif­ferent levels, with varying in­tensity, and mainly in the name of counter-terrorism, other actors have emerged in as ordering powers in re­gional politics, resorting to the use of force to pursue their goals. Arab states some­times cooperate with the “Western concert” but also act uni­laterally or in (new and shifting) regional alliances. The project pursued in the context of TraCe seeks to under­stand the emergence of military inter­ventions as pursued by Arab states in the wars in Libya, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, as well as the way in which cooper­ation is organized among them, and between them and Western states.

Research Area Forms: 1.1 Findings on the Forms, Causes and Consequences of Political Violence

My re­search focuses on the complexity of trans­formation and challenges one-size fits all solutions. 

In my research, trans­formations of political violence mainly relate to peace­building processes after violent conflict. I am in­terested in social and political dynamics of change, in particular re­garding demographic groups such as women and girls, victims or perpe­trators, as well as various notions of justice that are being pursued in the process. I hope to con­tribute to an under­standing of transformation that is situated and loca­lized in particular post-conflict con­texts and that challenges sim­plified global, one-size fits all solu­tions for times of transition.

Research Area Interpretations: 3.1 Interpretation of Violence | 3.2. Memories of Violence

I am interested in the inter­relationship of politi­cal violence and language.

In my research, I am con­cerned with discursive manifes­tations of political violence and nar­ratives that legitimize and justify violence. Using Russia’s current war of aggres­sion against Ukraine as a case study, I focus on Zelensky’s rhetoric of ap­peal, Putin’s propaganda, and the public represen­tation of language in the war situation and iden­tify key discourse strate­gies such as falsifi­cations of history to justify and explain violence. In this con­text, I am particu­larly interes­ted in the complexity of the inter­relationship of violence and lan­guage and analyze the extent to which lan­guage functions as a medium of violence, represents a form of violence itself – for example through hate speech – or en­ables an exchange about violence.

Research Area Interpretations: 3.2 Memories of Violence

Which causal mechanisms and pro­cesses are behind the in­crease of political violence in contexts of natural resource extraction?

My research focuses on political violence in the con­text of environ­mental and climate conflicts associated with natural re­source extraction. In addition to the relation­ between environ­mental and land defenders as well as activists and re­pressive institutions, I am in­te­rested in mechanisms and pro­­cesses associated with radi­cali­zation and terrorism in this con­­text. The aim of my re­search is to gain a deeper under­standing about causes of violent trans­formations and to develop strategies to prevent and miti­gate political violence in the con­text of environ­mental conflict.

Research Area Forms: 1.2 New Forms of Political Violence and Technological Change

Research Area Institutions: 2.3 Containment of New Violent Actors

I am responsible for the public visibility of TraCe and support researchers in their ex­change with civil society, politics and journalism.

To ensure that TraCe's re­search findings and processes are included into the broader societal debate on (trans­formations of) political violence, continuous media work, publi­cations, and know­ledge transfer events are es­sential. In all these areas, I support our re­searchers. Beyond that, I would like to con­tribute to ensuring that societal expec­tations directed towards TraCe are taken up and re­flected upon, thus creating a dialogical know­ledge transfer.

It is my goal to under­stand the relationship between (non-)state political violence and urban spaces.

Are there specifi­cally urban forms of political violence? What strategic role does the structu­ral design of a city play in ex­ercise and containment of political violence? What role does the social and cultural hetero­geneity of urban spaces play? I under­stand large cities (not only) of the Western world as centers of new trans­local, network-like practices of violence. This applies both in the con­text of wars, terror­ism, and violent protests that use cities as vul­nerable infra­structural and sociocultural nodes as well as sites of high media attention, and in the context of in­creased surveil­lance of public spaces. In my re­search at TraCe, I examine urban streets and squares where Islamist ter­rorists have carried out deadly attacks on pedestrians with trucks/vans in recent years (Nice 2016, ­Berlin 2016, London 2017, Stock­holm 2017, and ­Barcelona 2017).

Research Area Interpretations: 3.3 Interpretation of Violence in the City

I am interested in conflicts and new forms of violence in rural areas.

As a con­sequence of land finan­cialization and the general industriali­zation of the country­side, rural populations have been ex­posed to various forms of violence in recent decades. In my re­search I am interested in these violent trans­formations and new forms of re­active violence in the countryside. On the one hand, I look at the actors and the clashes between the investors, governments, and inter­national organizations behind these trans­formations, and the social move­ments trying to re­sist their policies. On the other hand, I am also inter­ested in the rural tendency to give author­itarian answers to e­cological and e­conomic crises.

Research Area Interpretations: 3.1 Interpretation of Violence

I am inter­ested in interpretations of historical po­litical violence in post­colonial contexts.

Within my re­search, I am con­cerned with pro­cesses of attributing meaning to his­torical vio­lence and specif­ically with the circum­stances and con­sequences of inter­pretations of violence in post­colonial relation­ships. I examine re­presentations, narratives, and forms of political and civic engage­ment in relation to the colonial atroci­ties committed by the co­lonial govern­ment during the genocide in former German South­west Africa (1904-08) and the Majimaji War in former German East Africa (1905-07). I am inter­ested in sim­ilarities and differences in the inter­pretation of these crimes and what role this plays in the dif­ferent local and inter­national approaches to historical events. Further­more, I focus on the role of civil society and po­litical actors and their in­fluence on the specific pat­terns of inter­pretation.

Research Area Interpretations: 3.1 Interpretation of Violence

How do violent conflicts affect inter- and transnational orders?

My main re­search interest concerns the productivity of conflicts. I am particularly interested in understanding how conflict, in­cluding violent conflict, affects inter- and transnational orders. Political vio­lence has not only spurred the development of the mo­dern nation state on the European continent but it has equally affected the de­sign of inter­national institutions and values. Think of the creation of the United Nations in response to World War II. I am in­terested in when and how this happens.

Research Area Institutions: 2.2 Justification of External Intervention as a Process of Problematic Normalization of Violence

Research Area Synergies: 4.1 Language and Language Change | 4.3 Pacification or Transformation?

My research is located at the crossroad of sociology and political science in the field of international relations.

For a long time I have been interested in theories and methods in peace and conflict as well as in critical security studies. Currently, I am working on practices of international administration in postcolonial and postwar societies, society's dealing with past mass violence, and sexual and reproductive rights as a global field of conflict. Methodologically, I am using theory driven and comparative research designs with an emphasis on Central and Southeast Asia (in particular Cambodia and Timor Leste).

Research Area Synergies: 4.2 Theoretical Innovations

My research in international law deals with legal issues related to arms control and collective security.

In my inter­national law research, I am interested in the contain­ment of armed violence (military force) in inter­national relations. In addition to ius ad bellum, ius in bello (often label­led as inter­national humanitarian law) forms a cen­tral part of my re­search. As such, research on arms control law has been a key area of my work. By resear­ching legal issues, I hope to con­tribute to strengthening norms against chemical and biolo­gical weapons. In addition, I ad­dress legal questions of col­lective security from the perspec­tive of the history of inter­national law as well as fact-finding in armed conflicts.

Research Area Institutions: 2.1 Intervention and Prohibition in the Context of De-Colonization | 2.2 Justification of External Intervention as a Process of Problematic Normalization of Violence | 2.3 Containment of New Violent Actors

Through my research, I aim to contribute to making political violence tangible to inter­national institutions of conflict resolution.

In my research, I aim to respond to the trend towards intra-state inter­nationalized conflicts and non-state conflicts by examining the partly outdated in­stitutional regulations in the contain­ment and legitimation of political violence. By taking up post­colonial perspectives on trans­formative justice, I am to consider global inter­connections and historically founded in­equality in conflict. At the same time, such a perspective makes their intra-societal effects and potentials for conflict resolution at the local level tangible. Ultimately, through a trans­formative justice lens, my research aims to further the under­standing of political violence as a complex social phenomenon in its emergence and exercise and to find adaptations for the inter­national institutions of conflict resolution.

Research Area Institutions: 2.3 Containment of New Violent Actors

How are violence and ex­ternal interventions in armed conflicts related, and how can we statistically model and ex­plain these processes?

My research uses quantitative methods to better under­stand and describe the dynamics of armed conflict. I am primarily in­terested in three topic areas: When and with which out­comes do external interventions and peace processes occur in intra-state conflicts? How does ex­posure to violence affect indi­vidual identity, attitudes, and behavior? How can we analyze data most effectively to under­stand these phenomena more accurately?

Research Area Forms: 1.1 Findings on the Forms, Causes and Consequences of Political Violence

How were international interventions legally justified in the 19th century?

I am looking at the construction of international law in the 19th century and especially at international lawyers and their contribution within foreign affairs ministries (Prussia/Germany, Austria, France, Russia, etc.). I will give an insight on how these international lawyers have contributed on the juridification of international relations and the justification of external intervention from a global perspective.

Research Area Institutions: 2.1 Intervention and Prohibition in the Context of De-Colonization | 2.2 Justification of External Intervention as a Process of Problematic Normalization of Violence | 2.3 Containment of New Violent Actors

What drives war and peace between great powers and adjacent states?

The deadliest and most de­stabilizing wars in history all developed from initial clashes between the world’s most formida­ble military powers and their much weaker neighbors (e.g. Austria-Hungary vs. Serbia in 1914). Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the looming war threat be­tween China and Taiwan highlight the endu­ring need for a systema­tic and well-grounded under­standing of military conflict between un­equal neighbors. I identify how un­equal neighbors differ from other state pairs in inter­national politics, systematize patterns of war and peace between them, and trace the causes of these patterns.

Research Area Forms: 1.1 Findings on the Forms, Causes and Consequences of Political Violence

Research Area Synergies: 4.3 Pacification or Transformation?

My research on memories of political violence com­bines theoretical concepts of interdiscipli­nary memory studies with approaches from media and communi­cation studies as well as questions of recog­nition and social justice. 

I understand media culture and memory culture studies as a form of contempo­rary social analysis. In particular, I am inte­rested in the ambivalent role and trans­formative potentials of old and new media in the pro­duction and networking of media (counter)publics. In doing so, I adopt a criti­cal postcolonial-feminist pers­pective and also draw on social move­ment studies to examine the trans­formations of memory discourses and memory spaces for margina­lized groups in the Global South. The regional focus of my case studies is on the entangle­ments of social memory, media culture, and (the interpretation of) political violence in Brazil.

Research Area Interpretations: 3.2 Memories of Violence

I explore the question of how practices of violence are dealt with in and through urban spaces.

In my research, I am con­cerned with the reciprocal relationships between political violence and urban (public) spaces. I am in­terested in how urban spaces are trans­formed by acts of violence materially, symbolically, and in terms of social practices. Further­more, I investigate how these urban spaces are inter­preted differently by actors, which different con­ceptions and constructions of public spaces are made relevant and the different forms of memory of these acts of viol­ence. In this way, I would like to con­tribute to the spatial analysis of political violence.

Research Area Interpretations: 3.3 Interpretation of Violence in the City

How was modern violence conceptually and normatively ordered?

In my planned research project "Ordering Violence" I en­gage with the question as to what extent transformations of the terminological as well as normative order(s) of political violence can be identified in modernity (~1789 to today). In particular, this involves ordering the per­ception of violence by developing a modern genealogy of war and its justifi­cation. In this genealogy, I will recon­struct changes and continuities in the way ‘political violence’ has been conceptually and normatively ordered in mo­dernity. The aim of the research project is therefore not only to re­construct the definitions, concepts, and narratives cen­tral to this ordering process, but also discursive ruptures, continuities, and contingencies beyond a simple dichotomy of "old" and "new."

Research Area Synergies: 4.1 Language and Language Change | 4.3 Pacification or Transformation

I am in­terested in how political violence is remembered.

In my research, I am con­cerned with the relationship between political violence, memory, and mobility through the case of political exiles from Turkey who had to flee after the 1980 mili­tary coup in Turkey. Relying theoretically on the memory literature, the question I pursue is how a traumatic past marked by poli­tical violence, dis­placement, and exile is remembered and inter­preted today. I also focus on the relationship between memory and mobility by examining how these exiles' memories of trauma and violence moved into a new space and inter­related with a new memory culture.

Research Area Interpretations: 3.2 Memories of Violence

My task lies in the administrative coordination of TraCe, including a wide spectrum of work areas.

In addition, both my research interests and my teaching and publishing activities lie in the areas of maritime conflict in history and the present, critical social theory, philosophy of state, ethics and moral philosophy, and philosophy of religion. Traces of political violence infuse these areas, too. Thus, as a coordinator, TraCe additionally functions for me as a repository for my scholarly development.

Connecting all the dots at the research center is my key responsibility.

As academic coordinator, I have an overview of all TraCe-relevant activities and keep a firm eye on plans and objectives. In addition to the general manage­ment of the directorate, this includes the coordi­nation of the scientific work of the research center, such as general quality con­trol or the publication of the TraCe publication series. Strategic planning for the future of the re­search center (beyond the current funding period) also falls within my area of responsi­bility. Together with the colleagues from know­ledge transfer, I plan TraCe events and coordinate the center's public appearance. I also promote the PRIF-internal net­working and cooperation of TraCe re­searchers. The support of early career researchers, which is also the focus of my freelance work as a coach, is particularly close to my heart.

My research is focused on historical colonial violence in Canada.

I take into account how this violence is addressed in the modern, postcolonial settler state. Specifically, I am interested in Indigenous women who live at an intersection of multiple dimensions of violence, particularly in relation to gender and race. I study the impact that the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) renders on political discourse, how it affects legal and policy processes, and if — or to what extent — the realities of Indigenous women change as a result.

Research Area Interpretations: 3.1 Interpretation of Violence

As a Visiting Fellow with TraCe, I focus on due diligence in arms trade.

In my research at the Asser Institute for International and European Law in The Hague, I examine the human rights implications of ir­responsible arms trade. In particular, I am con­cerned with the access to remedies for gun victims through trans­national civil litigation, focusing on legal remedies avail­able across European juris­dictions for harm occuring in third states. This is not only the focus of my aca­demic work, but also in a practical capacity as supervisor of the Inter­national Law Clinic on Access to Justice for Gun Violence at the Uni­versity of Amsterdam. During my fellowship with TraCe, I aim to con­tribute to discussions about due diligence in relation to the arms trade and en­gage with scholars and stakeholders in this respect. 

Research Area Institutions: 2.3 Containment of New Violent Actors

How can institutions create a framework to acknowledge, listen and archive survivor's voices?

The overall aim of my research is to map, in the recent de­mocratic period, transformations in the modes of (non)recognition by the Brazilian State of the politi­cal violence produced by the military dictatorship. Particularly interes­ting in this process, I examine the structures that enabled and con­ditioned the insertion of the voice of the sur­vivor’s in the country’s official history. I aim at showing how different in­stitutional mechanisms of the Brazilian transition provided distinct degrees of partici­pation, publication, and reliance on the testimony of victims of state violence in the con­struction of juridical and historical truth.

Research Area Interpreations: 3.2 Memories of Violence

As a Visiting Fellow with TraCe, I will continue my research on women, peace and security from the perspective of political violence.

My research interest includes spatial approaches to peace and peace­building, transitional justice, memory politics, norms in IR, as well as gender and peace. First, I conduct re­search on memory politics in societies that grapple with the painful legacies of the violent past in a collabo­rative research project Politics of Memory and Cultural Heritage of War, funded by the Swedish Research Council. Our research findings from Cyprus, Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina demon­strate the strength with which memories of past violence affect the quality of peace in the present. Second, within the re­search project Troubling Testimonies we collect and analyse women’s testi­monies of war from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, and Syria/Iraq with the aim of gendering knowledge of war. Third, building on my re­search on UNSCR 1325 and Women Peace and Security, and norms, I am currently re­searching the Backlash on the WPS agenda.

Research Area Interpretations: 3.2 Memories of Violence | 3.3 Interpretation of Violence in the City

As a Visiting Fellow at TraCe, I examine transformations of conflict causes over time as well as expectations regarding interventions to counter Russia in the wake of the war in Ukraine.

In my main projects, I investigate the interaction between civil war belligerents: I examine how quagmire can result from the interaction between the warring parties, taking into account international politics. I also look at warfighting choices, focusing on alliance behavior and the operational goals of fighting. Finally, I study the behavioral determinants of individual actions in situations of group conflict. My empirical focus is on the Middle East, especially Lebanon and Syria. With TraCe, I will (1) compare civil war causes from 1990-2000 and 2001-present and (2) consider a different context: Using my new public opinion survey in Finland, I will examine citizens’ desired national and international security responses to potential Russian attacks following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Research Area Forms: 1.1 Findings on the Forms, Causes and Consequences of Political Violence

With my research, I aim to contribute to peacebuilding efforts in Colombia.

In my research, I investigate environ­mental conflicts and address issues of peace studies, participation as well as gender in Colombia. Having lived in Colombia and the longstanding armed conflict for all of my life, I am particularly in­terested in the local and peaceful resistance of marginali­zed groups such as women, LGBTIQ+ people, or ethnic groups against political violence. It is my goal both as a scholar and a peace­builder to provide space for a new generation to think and act critically. During my fellow­ship at TraCe, I will focus on the connections between mining and environ­mental conflicts, as well as the recent strikes in Colombia, and use qualita­tive methods to examine the role of women, LGBTIQ+, and technology in particular.

Research Area Forms: 1.2 New Forms of Political Violence and Technological Change

I am interested in the link between political violence and historical social hierarchies

In my research, I examine the extent to which transitional justice mechanisms and peacebuilding efforts are able to adress the link between political violence and long-term race, gender and class-based hierarchies. My work is based on a feminist research philosophy that emphasizes the situatedness of knowledge and aims to build ethical solidarity between activist and academic knowledge-production networks. In my research I acknowledge and emphasize the horizons of transformation that marginalized social actors enact in peacebuilding scenarios, such as Indigenous and Afrodescendent groups, women and gender/sexual dissidences, which exceed the framework of liberal modernity.

Research Area Interpretations: 3.1 Interpretation of Violence | 3.2 Memories of Violence

How have socpe and form of intervention in intra-state conflicts changed over time?

In my research, I am studying civil conflicts with a particular focus on peace negotiations, conflict interventions and nonviolent action in violent contexts. I mostly conduct quantitative large-N studies using methods such as panel regression, IRT models and survival analysis. In the context of TraCe, I am particularly interested in the internationalization of intra-state conflict as a larger trend in the transformation of political violence. I examine how scope and forms of intervention and external support in intra-state conflicts have changed over time and how this influences the course and outcome of these conflicts.

Research Area Forms: 1.1 Findings on the Forms, Causes and Consequences of Political Violence

I support TraCe's public relations work.

As a student assistant in the TraCe Knowledge Transfer, I mainly support the research center's media and public relations work. My tasks include managing and editing the website and social networks. Here, I advertise TraCe events or publications, report on past activities and support the scientists in making their work visible.

I support the coordination of the research network.

As a student assistant for the center coordination, I provide support for organizational, content-related, and editorial tasks. My responsibilities include creating and maintaining databases, such as the TraCe calendar, as well as editorial preparation for the internal newsletter. 

How do practices of human-computer interaction contribute to the production of (in)security?

My research focuses on the interface of humans and information technology, analyzing governmental visions of future interactions between human actors and artificial intelligence. In doing so, I am interested in how such innovation policies, drawing on conventional understandings of human-computer interaction, contribute to the geopoliticization of technology but also to the production of ontological security. Further, I look at the micro level and examine technologically mediated practices that have both violent and peace-promoting effects. The analysis of crisis scenarios focuses in particular on misinformation and informal self-organization on social media and also asks about design-oriented implications.

Research Area Forms: 1.2 New Forms of Political Violence and Technological Change

I support TraCe's public relations work.

As a student assistant in the TraCe Knowledge Transfer, I mainly support the research center's media and public relations work. My tasks include managing and editing the website and social networks. Here, I advertise TraCe events or publications, report on past activities and support the scientists in making their work visible.