Reposted by Julia KöbrichGerman Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · 18/12/2025🌐 Wir verbessern unsere GIGA-Website – und brauchen deine Meinung! Was ist dir an unserem Angebot besonders wichtig? 👉 Nimm dir 5 Minuten Zeit und teile deine Gedanken in unserer Umfrage: forms.office.com/pages/respon... 053
Julia Köbrich @juliakoebrich.bsky.social · 19/11/2025PhD completed 🎓 I am deeply grateful to all of you accompanying me on my way! Special thanks to my supervisors — Borja Martinović,Tobias H. Stark and Matthias Basedau (joining the ceremony virtually) — for their guidance and thoughtful feedback! 241
Julia Köbrich @juliakoebrich.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Interested in quantitative peace and conflict research and some knowledge of coding in R? Apply to become a member in our team working on ‚Religion for Peace‘! 021
Reposted by Julia KöbrichJuliana Tappe Ortiz @tappeortiz.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Next week, May 7, 4 pm I will present some of my research on activism in Colombia at the Political Science Institute in Tübingen and give insights into a new project with @juliakoebrich.bsky.social. You can join us online: uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...uni-tuebingen.deInstitutskolloquium IfP (07.05.25) - "Women under threat: perceptions of women's activism in Colombia" 031
Reposted by Julia KöbrichGerman Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · 07/04/2025#InterreligiousRelations and #Peacebuilding in #Togo: #GIGA researchers Theodora Benesch & @juliakoebrich.bsky.social evaluated a training programme promoting interfaith dialogue among youth. Their study looks at its impact on social cohesion and peacebuilding. ➡️ www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/int... 061
Julia Köbrich @juliakoebrich.bsky.social · 06/03/2025How to bridge societal divides? This blogpost presents insights from my research on interreligous relations in Togo and Sierra Leone: spsp.org/news/charact... @spspnews.bsky.socialspsp.orgFinding Answers to Societal Division in Togo and Sierra Leone | SPSPInclusive beliefs and knowledge encourage people to reach across boundaries of religious divides. 052
Reposted by Julia KöbrichGerman Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · 09/01/2025While #religion can fuel conflict, it also has the power to foster peace – like in #Togo and #SierraLeone. #GIGA researchers uncovered the secret to #InterreligiousPeace. 🕊️ ➡️ Have a look at the findings in this infoscroll: gigahh.pageflow.io/putting-inte... @juliakoebrich.bsky.social 044
Julia Köbrich @juliakoebrich.bsky.social · 16/12/2024I am happy to share great news with my first post on Bluesky! Our mixed methods article on determinants of contact preferences in Togo and Sierra Leone is now available open access with Political Psychology. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comOvercoming barriers to interreligious peace: Determinants of preferences for religiously similar others in Togo and Sierra LeonePreferences to interact with similar others are a barrier to positive intergroup contact and, thus, peaceful intergroup relations. A growing literature investigated what shapes contact preferences bu... 172