Laura Stritzke
Laura Stritzke is a Doctoral Researcher within the Research Group Radicalization, Terrorism, and Extremism Prevention at PRIF's Research Department Transnational Politics and part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network VORTEX. In her dissertation project, she investigates the challenges of prevention work between support and control and how these are negotiated.
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| seit 2023
PhD student in the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network VORTEX at PRIF
| 2023
M.Sc. Psychology at the University of Osnabrück
| 2023
Intern at the Institute for Qualitative Social Research at the Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna
| 2022–2023
Research assistant at the Christian Michelsen Institute Bergen, Norway
| 2022
Scholarship holder of the Global Engagement Scholarship Vacasol
| 2022
Erasmus+ stay at the University of Bergen, Norway
| 2021–2022
Intern and guest student at the Institute for Social Psychology at the Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna
| 2020
B.Sc. Psychology at the University of Osnabrück
| 2019
Scholarship holder of Lower Saxony
| 2018–2022
Research assistant at the Institute of Psychology at the University of Osnabrück
PhD Project
The dissertation examines how prevention hybrids influence practice. Prevention of extremism is usually divided into three areas. In theory, a distinction is made between primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. While primary prevention is aimed at the general public, secondary prevention attempts to reach people who are assumed to be at an increased risk of radicalization. Finally, tertiary prevention is aimed at distancing and deradicalization. In practice, however, overlaps can be found between the areas, resulting in a mixture of objectives and approaches. For example, primary prevention programs are implemented in the context of secondary prevention and vice versa. These prevention hybrids thus combine aspects that by definition are ascribed to different areas. The project examines how practitioners experience and implement these programs in different contexts. The dissertation thus explores how opportunities and needs are negotiated in prevention practice. This research project, which is part of the EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie doctoral network VORTEX, provides insights into the conception and implementation of prevention and thus has theoretical and practical relevance.
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Discussion about research design and methodology of radicalization research
Publications
- Recognizing the Political in Acts of Violence
| 2026
Stritzke, Laura (2026): Recognizing the Political in Acts of Violence. Reflections on Current Approaches, VORTEX Blog.
Publication - Between Diffuse Motives and Mental Health – Debates Following Recent Attacks in Germany
| 2025
Stritzke, Laura; Stephanblome, Isabelle (2025): Between Diffuse Motives and Mental Health – Debates Following Recent Attacks in Germany, VORTEX Blog.
Publication - Zwischen diffusen Motivlagen und mentaler Gesundheit – Die Debatten nach den jüngsten Anschlagsereignissen
| 2025
Stephanblome, Isabelle; Stritzke, Laura (2025): Zwischen diffusen Motivlagen und mentaler Gesundheit – Die Debatten nach den jüngsten Anschlagsereignissen, PRIF Blog.
Publication - Punching the World – Developmental Psychological Perspectives on Trajectories of Radicalization
| 2025
Stritzke, Laura (2025): Punching the World – Developmental Psychological Perspectives on Trajectories of Radicalization, VORTEX.
Publication - “Everything was Great”
| 2025
Stritzke, Laura (2025): “Everything was Great”. Making the Most out of Feedback Methods in Universal/Selective Prevention Contexts for Monitoring, VORTEX Blog.
Publication - Interview with a “Grandma against the Right” Activist
| 2024
Stritzke, Laura (2024): Interview with a “Grandma against the Right” Activist, VORTEX Blog.
Publication - Multi-agency Approaches in Prevention: Opportunities and Challenges
| 2024
Stritzke, Laura (2024): Multi-agency Approaches in Prevention: Opportunities and Challenges, VORTEX Blog.
Publication - Tensions between Security and Support in P/CVE
| 2024
Stritzke, Laura (2024): Tensions between Security and Support in P/CVE, VORTEX Blog.
Publication - What Do We Mean When Speaking about “Radicalization”? – Reflections on the Use of a Contested Term
| 2024
Stritzke, Laura (2024): What Do We Mean When Speaking about “Radicalization”? – Reflections on the Use of a Contested Term, VORTEX Blog.
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Further Activities
- Part of the Organizing Team of the German Political Psychology Network
- Knowing How We Feel: Perceived Collective and Group-Based Emotions in Times of War (together with Maor Shani), October 22, 2023, annual conference of the Political Studies Association Ireland 2023. Further information.
- Symposium of the Forum Friedenspsychologie 2024, May 16–17, 2024. Further information.
- Honorable Mention by the Peace Psychology Form 2024. Further information.