Since 02/2015: Senior Research Fellow and member of the "Communication, Networks and Contention" Research Group at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Konstanz
12/2008 - 01/2015: Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute for African Affairs
Education: Bachelor of Arts "History and Political Science" at Ruhr University Bochum. Master of Science "Peace Research and International Politics" at Eberhard Karls University Tübingen. PhD Candidate, University Tübingen, Thesis Title: "Es sind noch keine Friedensengel vom Himmel gefallen…. Friedensengagement von Religionsgemeinschaften in innerstaatlichen Gewaltkonflikten, 1990 bis 2009"
Anecdotal evidence from many armed conflicts suggests that religion incites violence. However, empirical research has hitherto found no conclusive answer on the extent to which religion is connected to…
Replication Data for Article: Ottmann, Martin, and Johannes Vuellers (2015), The Power-Sharing Event Dataset (PSED): A new dataset on the promises and practices of power-sharing in post-conflict countries…
Despite ample anecdotal evidence, previous research on violent conflict has found little evidence that religion is an important factor in organized violence. Quantitative work in this area has been…
