Talks

I disseminate my findings and research insights on matters related to global security, nationalism, and ethnic conflict in talks, workshops, and university lectures and seminars. Please do not hesitate to contact me in case you are interested in hosting a talk or workshop on related matters.

Talks and workshops

Achieving the SDGs in Times of Fiscal Constraints and Increasing Nationalism
20.10.2025, Zurich
Roundtable as part of the United Nations-ETH Forum

Russlands Krieg gegen die Ukraine: Europa nach dem Wendepunkt (Russia’s War Against Ukraine: Europe After the Turning Point)
21.5.2025, Fribourg
Roundtable as part of Europe Day, together with Natasha Wunsch and Jan Dollbaum

Das globale Panorama politischer Konflikte (The global panorama of political conflict)
14.10.2024, Wien
Workshop offered to employees of the Parliamentary Directorate and the parliamentary clubs of the Austrian Parliament

Citizens and Democratic Backsliding
12.9.2024, Fribourg
Workshop offered as part of the Swiss Summer School in Democracy Studies, together with Natasha Wunsch

The wrong place at the wrong time? Territorial autonomy and conflict during regime transitions
15.1.2024, Barcelona
Talk as part of award ceremony for Best Article Prize of Institut d’Estudis de l’Autogovern, Barcelona

Measuring Ethnic Identity and Conflict
30.8.2023, Belgrade
Workshop offered as part of the ECMI Summer School on National Minorities in Border Regions

Lectures and seminars

Causes and consequences of nationalism: Eastern Europe and Beyond
2025-present, University of Fribourg
MA seminar

Political Order and Conflict
2023-2024, ETH Zurich
MA seminar (Master of Comparative and International Studies MACIS), together with Lars-Erik Cederman

Konfliktforschung II: Herausforderungen und Lƶsungen gegenwƤrtiger Konflikte (Conflict Research II – Contemporary conflicts: challenges and solutions)
2022-2024, ETH Zurich
BA lecture (Staatswissenschaften / Public Policy)

Konfliktforschung I: Politische Gewalt (Conflict Research I – Political Violence)
2021-2024, ETH Zurich
BA lecture (Staatswissenschaften / Public Policy)