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About Julian Walterskirchen

I am a PhD student in the Department of Political 91̽»¨ at the University 91̽»¨. My research focuses on empirical conflict studies, particularly the connections between international, interstate, and intrastate dynamics in civil conflict. I have a strong interest in quantitative methods, conflict prediction, and the use of natural language processing (NLP) in political science.

I hold an M.Sc. in International Relations from the University of Essex and a B.A. in Political 91̽»¨ from the University of Innsbruck.

Before starting my PhD, I worked as a Research Associate at the Center for Crisis Early Warning (CCEW) at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich (2021–2024), where I explored text-as-data approaches to conflict prediction and contributed to a project developing a crisis early warning system for Germany’s Ministry of Defence. Previously, I was a Research Assistant on a project examining sanctions dynamics at the University of Innsbruck (2019–2021). I also worked as a consultant on the prevention of violent extremism (PVE) at the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism in New York (2017–2019).