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Education

• B.A. in Political Science, University of Innsbruck, 2016
• M.Sc. in International Relations, University of Essex, 2017

Work experience

• Sep. 2021 - ongoing Research Associate
  • Center for Crisis Early Warning, University of the Bundeswehr, Munich. ”Integrating unstructured data sources to improve crisis early warning models”. Director: Prof. Dr. Carlo Masala.
• Mar. 2021 - Sep. 2021 Research Associate
  • Crisis Early Warning - IT Support, Center for Intelligence and Security Studies (CISS), University of the German Federal Armed Forces. ”Validation of computer-assisted methods to improve crisis early warning models”. Project manager: Prof. Dr. Carlo Masala.
• Mar. 2019 - Feb. 2021 Research Assistant
  • Department of Political Science of the University of Innsbruck - OeNB funded project. ”Sanction dynamics in the cases of North Korea, Iran and Russia: Objectives, Measures and Effects”. Supervised by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Mangott.
• Apr. 2018 - Jan. 2019 Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE) Consultant
  • United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, New York City.
• Sept. 2017 - Feb. 2018 Political Affairs Intern
  • United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, New York City.

Publications

A Cross-National Analysis of Forced Population Resettlement in Counterinsurgency Campaigns

Böhmelt, Tobias, Dworschak, Christoph, Pilster, Ulrich and Walterskirchen, Julian. "A Cross-National Analysis of Forced Population Resettlement in Counterinsurgency Campaigns" Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, vol. 26, no. 1, 2020, pp. 20190022. https://doi.org/10.1515/peps-2019-0022

Sanction Dynamics in the Cases of North Korea, Iran, and Russia

Walterskirchen, J., Mangott, G., Wend, C. (2022). Sanction Dynamics in the Cases of North Korea, Iran, and Russia: Objectives, Measures and Effects. SpringerBriefs in International Relations. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-17397-4

Introducing an Interpretable Deep Learning Approach to Domain-Specific Dictionary Creation: A Use Case for Conflict Prediction

Häffner, S., Hofer, M., Nagl, M., & Walterskirchen, J. (2023). Introducing an Interpretable Deep Learning Approach to Domain-Specific Dictionary Creation: A Use Case for Conflict Prediction. Political Analysis, 31(4), 481-499. doi:10.1017/pan.2023.7

Replication of The Morning After: Report from the Nottingham Replication Games

Oswald, C., Walterskirchen, J., Häffner, S., Binetti, M. N., & Dworschak, C. (2023, July 5). Replication of The Morning After: Report from the Nottingham Replication Games. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/a2d5p

Talks

Presentation at NEPS 2017

June 20, 2017

Presentation at University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Presentation at COMPTEXT 2022

May 05, 2022

Presentation at University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Presentation at the AFK Methods Workshop 2022

September 29, 2022

Presentation at Aarhus University, Sønderborg, Denmark

Presentation at COMPTEXT 2023

May 11, 2023

Presentation at University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scottland

Invited Talk: Machine Learning Seminar at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals

June 01, 2023

Presentation at Online/hybrid, Barcelona, Spain

Presentation at NEPS 2023

June 26, 2023

Presentation at University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Presentation at the AFK Methods Workshop 2023

September 05, 2023

Presentation at University of the Bundeswehr, Munich, Germany

Presentation at the CCEW Symposium 2023

October 24, 2023

Presentation at University of the Bundeswehr, Munich, Germany

Teaching

Statistics for Sociel Sciences using R

Statistics for Sociel Sciences using R

Applied Methods of Social Sciences

Work in Progress

Do alliances deter civil conflict? Assessing the effect of military alliances on the onset of intrastate violence

Walterskirchen, J., Unterhuber, F. (in progress). Do alliances deter civil conflict? Assessing the effect of military alliances on the onset of intrastate violence

The night before or the morning after: Coup risk, failed coup attempts, and minister removals in autocracies

Oswald, C., Walterskirchen, J., Häffner, S., Binetti, M.N., Dworschak, C. (in progress). The night before or the morning after: Coup risk, failed coup attempts, and minister removals in autocracies

The Promises and Pitfalls of using Text as Data for Crisis-Early Warning: A Comparative Assessment of NLP Methods for Conflict Prediction

Walterskirchen, J., Häffner, S. (in progress). The Promises and Pitfalls of using Text as Data for Crisis-Early Warning: A Comparative Assessment of NLP Methods for Conflict Prediction

The Impact of Sanctions Imposition Coordination: A Time-Varying Measure of EU and US Sanctions Coordination in the Cases of Russia, Iran, and North Korea

Walterskirchen, J., Häffner, S. (in progress). The Impact of Sanctions Imposition Coordination: A Time-Varying Measure of EU and US Sanctions Coordination in the Cases of Russia, Iran, and North Korea

Enhancing Conflict Prediction: Investigating Temporal Dynamics and Spatial Dependencies through Deep Learning and Transformer-Based Architectures

Walterskirchen, J., Häffner, S., Oswald, C., Binetti, M.N., Dworschak, C. (in progress). Enhancing Conflict Prediction: Investigating Temporal Dynamics and Spatial Dependencies through Deep Learning and Transformer-Based Architectures

The Toolkit of Indiscriminate Targeting: Forced Resettlement and Mass Killing

Dworschak, C., Walterskirchen, J. (in progress). The Toolkit of Indiscriminate Targeting: Forced Resettlement and Mass Killing

Friend or Foe: Using Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis to Measure Relations between Member States at the UN General Assembly

Häffner, S., Walterskirchen, J. (in progress). Hostile Rhetoric at the UN General Assembly: Using Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis to Measure Relations between Member States