Hello!

I am a sociologist and postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Bern.

My research lies at the intersection of sociology, criminology, and political science.

In my work, I pair tools from computational social sciences and standard statistical analyses to study inequalities, trust and social cohesion, and resilience. My current projects examine topics and sentiments related to the digital media discourse on contentious social issues and their consequences on public opinion, 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.

I am a former fellow with Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center. I was a fellow with the Harvard Kennedy School’s Cyber Project (2020-2022), a Belfer Center International Security Program postdoctoral fellow (2018-2020), as well as a member of the Belfer’s team that has built the National Cyber Power Index 2020 (downloaded more than 4,300 times). Previously, I held positions as a postdoctoral associate at the University of Maryland, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and as a graduate researcher at the Max-Planck Institute for Foreign Criminal Law and Criminology in Germany (2013-2018). I am a recipient of grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the Fondazione Leonardo among others, and serve as a Board Member of the Academy of Sociology as well as an elected member of the Global Young Academy.

Curriculum Vitae (Updated April 2024)

Contact

Email: anina.schwarzenbach@unibe.ch

Address:
Department of Law
University of Bern
Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern
Switzerland