Biography
Sebastian Cujai studied political science, history, and sociology in Heidelberg, Aachen, and Nottingham. After earning his Ph.D. from Heidelberg University in 2023, he currently works as lecturer at Heidelberg University, where he develops and teaches courses focused on data literacy. His research focuses on mechanisms of conflict escalation, political psychology, and computational social science.
Interests
- Conflict Dynamics
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- Political Psychology
- Computational Social Science
- Self-Determination Conflicts
Recent Publications
(2024).
Eskalationsentscheidungen von Staatsführern in zwischenstaatlichen Konflikten. Ein Beitrag zur Erklärung konfrontativer Deutungsroutinen.
Springer VS Wiesbaden.
(2023).
Identifying Salient Issues in Interstate Conflicts Using Topic Modeling.
In: sebastiancujai.com. Available at: https://ogy.de/dgb1.
(2022).
Big Data Analysis.
In: Mello PA & Ostermann F (eds) Routledge Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis Methods. New York: Routledge, 485–501.
(2022).
Determination of Interstate Conflict Trends with ICEWS.
In: sebastiancujai.com. Available at: https://ogy.de/y7uu.
(2015).
Die Schattenseiten der Globalisierung – Transnationale Organisierte Kriminalität und die Grenzen der traditionellen Staatlichkeit. Ein Bericht über den Heidelberger Dialog zur internationalen Sicherheit 2014.
Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, 8(1), 127-132.
Projects
Big Data in FPA
This project addresses the exploitation of large data collections for foreign policy analysis.
