Anita R. Gohdes
Assistant Professor
International Relations
Center for International and Comparative Studies Zurich
Switzerland
Biography
University of Mannheim, Germany 2011 - 2015 Graduate School of Economic & Social Sciences; Dr. rer. soc. (PhD) Political Science (summa cum laude); Title: Repression in the Digital Age: Communication Technology and the Politics of State Violence; Examiners: Sabine Carey, Nikolay Marinov, Nils Weidmann; (date of defense 12/2014, diploma received 03/2015); – 2014-2016 Walter Isard Award for Best Dissertation in Peace Science; – German Dissertation Award 2015 (Deutscher Studienpreis); – Foundation for Communication and Media Studies Dissertation Prize 2016;
Research Interest
Quantitative state repression and human rights research; statistical methods to estimate political & hidden forms violence; information & communication technology; civilian targeting and gender politics in conflict; elections and violence
Publications
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Gohdes, Anita R: Pulling the Plug: Network Disruptions and Violence in Civil Conflict, Journal of Peace Research: 52(3): 352-367.
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Gohdes, Anita R: Bringing perpetrator and victim identities into empirical ethnic conflict research, Ethnopolitics: 16(1): 28-33.
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Gohdes, Anita R & Sabine C Carey: Canaries in a coal-mine? What the killings of journalists tell us about future repression Journal of Peace Research: 54 (2):157-174.
