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.
PhD in Political Science, 2024 (expected)
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
M.Sc. in International Politics, 2020
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
BA in Political Science and English Studies, 2017
University of Mannheim, Germany
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