Welcome and thank you for visiting my website. I am Amelie Freiberg.
I am a Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of Political Science at Trinity College Dublin.

I received a B.A. in Political Science and English Studies from the
University of Mannheim and a M.Sc. in International Politics from
Trinity College Dublin.

I specialize in conflict research and my research interests are explaining sexual violence in armed conflicts and insurgent behaviour.
In my thesis ““Explaining variation in sexual violence in civil war: Understanding patterns of combatant socialisation”,I focus on explaining and predicting socialisation patternsby rebel groups in connection to conflict-related sexual violence.

As part of my thesis I am conducting the “Socialisation and Political Education in Rebel Groups” (SOPERG) data project. The SOPERG Project dataset measures how African rebel groups utilize political education to facilitate socialization among their members.

I am am happy to discuss this project and my work nore generally at freibera@tcd.ie.

Interested in my research? Check out the episode of the CRSV Podcast. Where I talk about my research on Conflict-related sexual violence and combatant socialization
You can find it here: https://www.crsvobservatory.com/podcast/episode/55949ad6/episode-19-amelie-freiberg

Besides my work, I am passionate about books, pets, plants, and knitting.