Anina Schwarzenbach

Anina is a sociologist and postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Bern. Her work combines tools from computational social science with standard statistical analysis to study social norms, inequalities, and resilience. Her current projects examine the topics and sentiments associated with the digital media discourse on contentious social issues and its impact on public opinion, the social networks and dynamics that have led to the emergence and evolution of extremist movements in contemporary societies, and the impact of generative AI on the resilience of democracies. Anina was a fellow with the Harvard Kennedy School’s Cyber Project and a Harvard Belfer Center International Security Program postdoctoral researcher. She also held positions at the University of Maryland, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security, and Law.