Country of Residence
Discipline(s)
Institution
Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology
Law Department
Universität Bern
Institut für Strafrecht und Kriminologie
Schanzeneckstrasse 1
3001 Bern
Research Interests
Social Inequalities; Social Networks; Social Interactions and Processes; Social Resilience; Political Legitimacy and Democracy; Media and Polarization, AI and Ethics, Migration and Integration; Terrorism and Political Violence; Cybersecurity and Cybercrime; Computational Social Sciences, Empirical Methods of Social Sciences
Topics to speak on:
Social Resilience to Social Threats, Media and Polarization, AI and Ethics, Migration and Integration; Terrorism and Political Violence; Cybersecurity and Cybercrime
Biography
Anina is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Bern. She applies herbackground in sociology, criminology, and computational social sciences to study social inequalities, cohesion, and resilience. Her current projects examine the social networks and dynamics that led to the emergence and evolution of extremist movements in contemporary societies and the impact of generative AI on the resilience of democracies. Aformer fellow of Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center and Max Planck Society alumna, Anina draws on international and interdisciplinary collaborations to help design interventions for more resilient societies. Recipient of multiple grants and awards, she also serves as a Board Member of the Academy of Sociology.
Awards
Initiator Grant awarded by the University of Bern
Swiss National Science Fund (SNSF) Postdoc Mobility Grant
Harvard Belfer Center Cyber Project Fellow
Harvard Belfer Center International Security Program Fellow
Fondazione Leonardo Research Grant