Tina Freyburg

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Tina Margarete Freyburg (born November 15, 1979 in Stuttgart ) is a German professor of political science . She has taught since 2015 Comparative Political Science (Comparative Politics) at the School of Economics and Political Science (SEPS) of the University of St. Gallen , where she also director of the Master's program is International Affairs and Governance and co-director of the Institute of Political Science (IPW ).

academic career

Tina Margarete Freyburg studied at the University of Mannheim and the Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg and graduated in 2006 with a master's degree in political science with psychology , media and communication sciences as minor subjects. She received her doctorate from ETH Zurich in 2011 . The topic of her dissertation was "Transnational influences and democratic socialization in authoritarian contexts". The work was awarded the prize of the Swiss Institute for International Research for the best dissertation in the social sciences .

Further training stations were the European University Institute in Florence and the University of Warwick . Freyburg is the author of numerous scientific publications and books.

Her research focuses on democracy and democratization research in a globalized and digital world.

Mid-January 2020 has Tina Freyburg at the opening of the Competence Center for African Studies of the University of St. Gallen presented a study (Competence Center for African Research CCAR-HSG), which examines the influence of Internet blockades on election results in African countries. Based on the 2016 elections in Uganda , her research team analyzed the role of telecom companies during an Internet shutdown. The scientific field work was documented in the film "Citizens Offline".

Publications (selection)

  • with Julia Leininger, Sonja Grimm: Do All Good Things Go Together? Conflicting Objectives in Democracy Promotion. Routledge, Abington 2012, ISBN 978-0-415-82590-0 .
  • Democracy Promotion by Functional Cooperation: The European Union and Its Neighborhood. Palgrave Macmillan, London 2015, ISBN 978-1-137-48935-7 .

Awards

  • 2012: Swiss Institute for International Studies (SIAF) for the best dissertation in the social sciences.
  • 2013: Journal of European Public Policy (JEPP). Price for the most downloaded article (co-author).

Single thing

  1. ↑ International Affairs and Governance. University of St. Gallen, accessed April 30, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Institute for Political Science. In: University of St. Gallen. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Tina Margarete Freyburg: Transnational influences and democratic socialization in authoritarian contexts . Ed .: ETH Zurich. 2010 ( ethz.ch [accessed April 30, 2020]).
  4. ↑ a b Appointment of Prof. Dr. Tina Freyburg. In: University of St. Gallen. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
  5. ^ Tina Freyburg: ResearchGate. Accessed April 30, 2020 (English).
  6. ↑ SDA Regional: HSG opens competence center for Africa research. Nau Media AG, accessed April 30, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Freyburg, Tina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Freyburg, Tina Margarete
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist and democracy researcher
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart