Sophia Birchinger

Sophia Birchinger

Doctoral Researcher
Research Department:
Glocal Junctions
Research Group African Intervention Politics

Contact

E-Mail: birchinger @prif .org

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CV

Since 2022Doctoral Researcher at PRIF
Since 2021Researcher at PRIF
2020Graduate Student Assistant at KfW Development Bank, Frankfurt/M.
2019Graduate Student Research Assistant at PRIF in the project “Peace and Development 2020 – An Analysis of Recent Experiences and Findings”
2019Internships at the GIZ Liaison Office to the African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and the GIZ Academy for International Cooperation (GIZ-AIZ), Bonn
2018–2021Master of Arts in International Studies/Peace and Conflict Research, Goethe University Frankfurt/M. and Technical University Darmstadt
2017Internship at the Federal Foreign Office, German Mission, Pretoria, South Africa
2017One-year study-visit in the Euro-Africa Program (EURAF) at SciencesPo Paris, Reims, with the Erasmus Program
2015–2021Scholarship Holder, Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw)
2014–2018Bachelor of Arts in Political Science/Fundamental Economics/Management, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale)
2013Internship 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

How African Regional Interventions are Perceived 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 Perceived 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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