Sophia Birchinger
Doctoral ResearcherResearch Department:
Glocal Junctions
Research Group African Intervention Politics
Contact
E-Mail: birchinger@prif.orgDownload Press Photo (304 KB)
CV
| Since 2022 | Doctoral Researcher at PRIF |
| Since 2021 | Researcher at PRIF |
| 2020 | Graduate Student Assistant at KfW Development Bank, Frankfurt/M. |
| 2019 | Graduate Student Research Assistant at PRIF in the project “Peace and Development 2020 – An Analysis of Recent Experiences and Findings” |
| 2019 | Internships at the GIZ Liaison Office to the African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and the GIZ Academy for International Cooperation (GIZ-AIZ), Bonn |
| 2018–2021 | Master of Arts in International Studies/Peace and Conflict Research, Goethe University Frankfurt/M. and Technical University Darmstadt |
| 2017 | Internship at the Federal Foreign Office, German Mission, Pretoria, South Africa |
| 2017 | One-year study-visit in the Euro-Africa Program (EURAF) at SciencesPo Paris, Reims, with the Erasmus Program |
| 2015–2021 | Scholarship Holder, Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw) |
| 2014–2018 | Bachelor of Arts in Political Science/Fundamental Economics/Management, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale) |
| 2013 | Internship at UNCSO (NGO), Usakos, Namibia |
Expertise
Sophia Birchinger is working on the following issues:
- African Union and Regional Economic Communities (RECs, i.e. ECOWAS)
- West Africa (The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau)
- Regional Peace and Security Governance
- African Interventions
- Coercion
Publications
- Sinal de Alerta para Novos Conflitos: Crescente Polarização Social na Guiné-Bissau | 2024
Birchinger, Sophia / Té, Wilson Pedro (2024): Sinal de Alerta para Novos Conflitos: Crescente Polarização Social na Guiné-Bissau, PRIF Blog, 3.9.2024.
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- Early Warning for New Trouble? Increasing Social Polarization in Guinea-Bissau | 2024
Birchinger, Sophia / Té, Wilson Pedro (2024): Early Warning for New Trouble? Increasing Social Polarization in Guinea-Bissau, PRIF Blog, 13.8.2024.
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- Keeping up the Ban against FGM/C: A Strong Signal for Reproductive Health and Rights from The Gambia to the World | 2024
Baldeh, Fatou / Birchinger, Sophia (2024): Keeping up the Ban against FGM/C: A Strong Signal for Reproductive Health and Rights from The Gambia to the World, PRIF Blog, 8.8.2024.
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- Frieden und die Nachhaltigkeitsziele: Warum das Lokale zählt | 2024
Birchinger, Sophia / Bliss, Frank / Debiel, Tobias / Gaesing, Karin / Haidara, Boubacar / Kemmerling, Birgit / Müller-Koné, Marie / Rinck, Patricia / Rosenberg, Carolin / Saalfeld, Jannis / Schetter, Conrad / Schmitz, Jasmin / Witt, Antonia (2024): Frieden und die Nachhaltigkeitsziele: Warum das Lokale zählt, in: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)/Leibniz-Institut Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (PRIF)/Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg (IFSH)/Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden (INEF) (Hg.), Friedensgutachten 2024, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 73–90, www.friedensgutachten.de.
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- Coercion in Peacebuilding: A Conceptual Framework | 2024
Witt, Antonia / Wolff, Jonas / Coni-Zimmer, Melanie / Mannitz, Sabine / Birchinger, Sophia (2024): Coercion in Peacebuilding: A Conceptual Framework, PRIF Working Papers No. 61, Frankfurt/M.
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- How African Regional Interventions are Peceived on the Ground: Contestation and Multiplexity | 2023
Witt, Antonia / Bah, Omar M / Birchinger, Sophia / Jaw, Sait Matty / Schnabel, Simone (2023): How African Regional Interventions are Peceived on the Ground: Contestation and Multiplexity, in: International Peacekeeping, 1–29, DOI: 10.1080/13533312.2023.2262922.
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- “Siding with the people” or “Occupying force”? Local perceptions of African Union and ECOWAS interventions in the Gambia | 2023
Birchinger, Sophia / Jaw, Sait Matty / Bah, Omar M / Witt, Antonia (2023): “Siding with the people” or “Occupying force”? Local perceptions of African Union and ECOWAS interventions in the Gambia, PRIF Report 3/2023, Frankfurt/M, DOI: 10.48809/prifrep2303.
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- Security Sector Reform in The Gambia – The Historic Roots of Current Challenges | 2022
Barchet, Adrian / Birchinger, Sophia (2022): Security Sector Reform in The Gambia – The Historic Roots of Current Challenges, PRIF Blog, 9.11.2022.
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- Heimvorteil? | 2022
Witt, Antonia / Bah, Omar M / Birchinger, Sophia / Jaw, Sait Matty / Schnabel, Simone (2022): Heimvorteil? Lokale Perspektiven auf die Friedensbemühungen afrikanischer Regionalorganisationen, in: Forschung Frankfurt, 2022:1, 30–34, www.forschung-frankfurt.uni-frankfurt.de/(...).
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- The AU as Peacebuilder in the Gambia | 2021
Birchinger, Sophia (2021): The AU as Peacebuilder in the Gambia. Why pragmatic Peacebuilding is good, but not enough, PRIF Spotlight 18/2021, Frankfurt/M, DOI: 10.48809/prifspot2118.
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- #GambiaDecides2021: A Sign of Democratic Hope? | 2021
Bah, Omar M / Jaw, Sait Matty / Birchinger, Sophia (2021): #GambiaDecides2021: A Sign of Democratic Hope?, PRIF Blog, 14.12.2021.
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- Der Koalitionsvertrag von SPD, Grünen und FDP zur Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik | 2021
Abb, Pascal / Birchinger, Sophia / Coni-Zimmer, Melanie / Gromes, Thorsten / Scheyer, Victoria / Wisotzki, Simone (2021): Der Koalitionsvertrag von SPD, Grünen und FDP zur Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, PRIF Blog, 6.12.2021.
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- Mehr Peacebuilding wagen? Die Parteipositionen zu Konfliktbearbeitung und Friedensförderung im Vergleich | 2021
Birchinger, Sophia (2021): Mehr Peacebuilding wagen? Die Parteipositionen zu Konfliktbearbeitung und Friedensförderung im Vergleich, PRIF Blog, 22.9.2021.
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- Zusammenarbeit mit Afrika: Parteipolitische Positionen im Vergleich | 2021
Birchinger, Sophia (2021): Zusammenarbeit mit Afrika: Parteipolitische Positionen im Vergleich, PRIF Blog, 17.9.2021.
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- Developing Peace: Impulses for German and International Development Cooperation | 2020
Bethke, Felix S. / Birchinger, Sophia / Christian, Ben / Coni-Zimmer, Melanie / Junk, Julian / Peez, Anton / Stappenbeck, Jens / Schnabel, Simone / Witt, Antonia / Wolff, Jonas (2020): Developing Peace: Impulses for German and International Development Cooperation, Peacelab Blog, 25.5.2020.
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- Peace and Development 2020 | 2020
Wolff, Jonas / Witt, Antonia / Stappenbeck, Jens / Schnabel, Simone / Peez, Anton / Junk, Julian / Coni-Zimmer, Melanie / Christian, Ben / Birchinger, Sophia / Bethke, Felix S. (2020): Peace and Development 2020. An Analysis of Recent Experiences and Findings.
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- Entwicklung und Frieden zusammen denken | 2020
Bethke, Felix S. / Birchinger, Sophia / Christian, Ben / Coni-Zimmer, Melanie / Junk, Julian / Peez, Anton / Stappenbeck, Jens / Schnabel, Simone / Witt, Antonia / Wolff, Jonas (2020): Entwicklung und Frieden zusammen denken. Anregungen für die deutsche Politik, PEACELAB BLOG, 19.2.2020.
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- Frieden und Entwicklung 2020 | 2020
Wolff, Jonas / Witt, Antonia / Stappenbeck, Jens / Schnabel, Simone / Peez, Anton / Junk, Julian / Coni-Zimmer, Melanie / Christian, Ben / Birchinger, Sophia / Bethke, Felix S. (2020): Frieden und Entwicklung 2020. Eine Analyse aktueller Erfahrungen und Erkenntnisse.
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