PhD researchers receive prestigious opportunities

Sara Daub, PhD researcher at the Centre for International Security, has been nominated by the German-American Fulbright Commission for a Fulbright scholarship to complete a six-months research stay at the University of Maryland (UMD), College Park. She will be housed in the Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM) within the Department of Government & Politics. During her time at UMD, Daub will work on her research project on ‘Diaspora Support for Rebel Groups - Consequences for Civilians’ and contribute to transatlantic research relations. In addition, Daub has been awarded a DAAD scholarship for a research stay at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. She will spend seven weeks as a pre-doctoral fellow at Uppsala University researching on the causes and consequences of diaspora sponsorship to rebel organizations.

Allison Koh, PhD researcher at the Centre for International Security, recently began a research fellowship at the New York University’s Center for Social Media and Politics. Koh is collaborating with the Center to carry out research on state-aligned online harassment campaigns targeting women activists in the diaspora.