Room: H.204b
Phone: +49 89/ 907793 - 183
Email: nadine.oshea@tum.de
Twitter: @Nadine_OShea
Bluesky: @nadine.oshea.bsky.social
Resumé
Research Areas
Nadine O’Shea is a postdoctoral researcher in the DFG project “Security threats and fragile commitments: Stress-testing German support for human rights at home and abroad” at the Professorship for Global Security & Technology since November 2023. Nadine specializes in conducting empirical research within the field of peace and conflict studies, specifically focusing on human rights, civil wars, and foreign policy. She also has a keen interest in research methods.
Academic Career
While pursuing her bachelor’s degree in ‘International Relations (B.A.)’ at the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences in Kleve, Nadine completed an internship at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations in New York and spent a semester at San Diego State University. For her master’s degree in ‘Political Science with a focus on conflict, power, and politics (MSc.)’ at Radboud University in the Netherlands, Nadine concentrated on the research topics democratization, populism, and peace and conflict studies. While attending the Radboud Honors Academy and completing a research internship, her interest in conducting research within the field of political science grew. From 2018 to 2023, she worked as a research assistant at Greifswald University, where she held seminars in International Relations. As part of the Erasmus program, Nadine also taught quantitative methods at University West in Sweden. In November 2023, she submitted her dissertation titled “External Interference and Violence Against Civilians During Civil Wars” to Greifswald University.