Author: Sophia Birchinger
Sophia Birchinger ist Doctoral Researcher in der Forschungsgruppe African Intervention Politics im Programmbereich Glokale Verflechtungen des PRIF. In ihrer Forschung beschäftigt sie sich mit Fragen der internationalen Friedenskonsolidierung, Alltags- und Subjektivierungsprozessen sowie Theorien von Zwang in den internationalen Beziehungen. Konkret nimmt Sophia Birchinger afrikanische Regionalorganisationen (AU, ECOWAS) sowie (nicht-)militärische Interventionen innerhalb der Afrikanischen Friedens- und Sicherheitsarchitektur in den Blick. Ausgehend von einer „bottom-up“-Perspektive untersucht sie in ihrem Dissertationsprojekt, wie Bürger*innen in Gambia und Guinea-Bissau die Androhung und Anwendung von Zwang in afrikanischen Friedensinterventionen erleben. // Sophia Birchinger is a Doctoral Researcher in the Research Group African Intervention Politics in PRIF's Research Department Local Peace Orders. Her research deals with questions of international peacebuilding, the everyday and theories of coercion in international relations. Specifically, Sophia Birchinger focuses on African regional organizations (AU, ECOWAS), as well as (non-)military interventions within the African Peace and Security Architecture. Taking on a bottom-up perspective, in her PhD project, she explores how citizens in The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau experience the threat and use of coercion in African peace interventions.
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