Claudia Wiehler

Researcher @Berghof Foundation and @HD | Expert in informal armed groups, ceasefires, and process design | Regional focus on Nigeria | Feminist. Dr sc. She/her.

[Claudia Wiehler @CWiehler]

Sharing my PhD manuscript was my last action on X 👋 This is not a place I want to support any longer. You can find me on @bluesky and @LinkedIn. See you there!

[Claudia Wiehler @CWiehler]

💡 My work contributes to the integration of macro- and micro-level research in conflict studies by explaining how the network structure conditions the behaviour of armed groups & vice versa. Curious to learn more? Check out the full manuscript: 📖 https://t.co/RJ9TjD1Jlg 5/5

[Claudia Wiehler @CWiehler]

🤔 In #Nigeria, conflicts between informal armed groups like #bandits & militias have been rising in the shadow of the Boko Haram insurgency. This led to the central question of my PhD: how do civil wars & local conflicts influence each other? 👇 https://t.co/RJ9TjD1Jlg 1/5

[Claudia Wiehler @CWiehler]

🔁 *Within* the civil war conflict zone, local conflicts are almost absent due to the massive disruption of everyday life and rebel governance. Importantly, these developments feed back into the civil war by overall strengthening the insurgents. 4/5

[Claudia Wiehler @CWiehler]

How do conflict parties react to #ceasefire *violations*? Conflict parties face an intricate decision-making problem because they have to safeguard their interests in the conflict & in a continuation of the ceasefire at the same time. See my full article https://t.co/P30KhIhnSu

[Claudia Wiehler @CWiehler]

Your chance to become my successor as a PhD candidate at @CSS_ETHZurich. Very good conditions money-, people-, and city-wise ✨️ Feel free to reach out

[CSS at ETH Zurich @CSS_ETHZurich]

🔔 We have an opening for a fully-funded PhD position in Security Politics!

🔊 Please share this information with anyone in our network who may be interested.

💡 For more information and to apply: https://t.co/mSPakt6fbA

[Claudia Wiehler @CWiehler]

... and suddenly it's over. Over the moon to share that my PhD thesis was accepted without revisions 🤩 Many thanks to my committee - Andi Wenger, @liviaisabella13 and @_janakrause - for their time and thought-provoking questions. And to everyone else who made this possible 🤗

[Claudia Wiehler @CWiehler]

I made it: PhD thesis submitted a few weeks ago ✅️ Recovered at the beach ✅️ Now preparing for the defense at the beginning of August 🤞🏻

[Claudia Wiehler @CWiehler]

Important thread on the misogyny to expect during the upcoming electoral campaigns. If you think misogyny is not a thing anymore or want to understand it better, I highly recommend reading Down Girl by @kate_manne

[Claudia Wiehler @CWiehler]

I made it: PhD thesis submitted a few weeks ago ✅️ Recovered at the beach ✅️ Now preparing for the defense at the beginning of August 🤞🏻

[Luis L. Schenoni @llschenoni]

Are you a conflict/peace/security studies scholar with network analysis skills? Join our top-tier Political Science Department as an Associate Lecturer and work in the vibrant heart of London. New deadline: August 1st https://t.co/9fvoxcWt6r

[Claudia Wiehler @CWiehler]

@AmelieFreiberg I can recommend Lee and Zhang 2017 "Legibility..." - but maybe the temporal resolution is not fine-grained enough for you

[The Conflict Research Society @CRS_INFO]

Call for contributions to the special issue on the finances of insurgency and rebel governance - please send proposals to @_AlexWaterman, @PolViolence @ilyssa_y & @irwintanya.

Deadline: 1st August

[Sara Hellmüller @SaraHellmuller]

Are you a peace and conflict scholar? The call for papers for the Swiss Political Science Association (@SVPW_ASSP) congress in beautiful Geneva on 9-10/1/25 is now open. Submit your paper until 30.6.24 here: https://t.co/VOEw3UKd16. With @DanaMLandau and @EnzoNussio.

[Claudia Wiehler @CWiehler]

@nengakd @sebvanbaalen @UCDP @CSS_ETHZurich I would say so, yes 🙂 What do you think?

[Claudia Wiehler @CWiehler]

In 2023, almost all communal conflicts (95%) occurred in civil war contexts. @sebvanbaalen and I explain why this matters in our new blog ⬇️ @UCDP @CSS_ETHZurich

[The Loop. A Political Science Blog from @ECPR @ECPR_TheLoop]

Violent conflicts over land & resources happen almost exclusively in civil war-affected areas. @CWiehler & @sebvanbaalen argue peacebuilders must involve civil war parties in conflict resolution — and even see them as potential conflict management partners
https://t.co/zOLktm7DV4

[Claudia Wiehler @CWiehler]

@nengakd @sebvanbaalen @UCDP @CSS_ETHZurich Well, this depends on how you define it. I'm aware that the notion of civil war is understood differently in Nigeria. We follow UCDP, and according to them, the Boko Haram conflict is a high-intensity intra-state conflict btw the gov and non-state groups over government control.

[Claudia Wiehler @CWiehler]

There is a somewhat mysterious correlation between my need to submit my PhD manuscript in June and the productivity rate of non-PhD publications these weeks 😅 🤞🏻