Welcome!
I am a research fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center in the Global Governance research unit. In the academic year 2019/20, I am also a postdoctoral fellow in the Weatherhead Scholars Program at Harvard University. Previously, I have been a postdoc at the University of Konstanz, where I received my PhD from the Graduate School of Decision Sciences.

I am interested in subnational demands for autonomy and independence. My ongoing work assesses the effect of economic crises on sovereignty referendums in Europe.  In my dissertation and book project, I offer the first unifying theory of how symbolic territorial attachments affect the incidence, strategy choice and success of demands for self-determination on a global scale. I am excited to be part of the bridging  project the bridging project "Experimenting with Causality" at WZB. My work has been published in Comparative Political Studies and Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft.

You can reach me via email at friederike.kelle[at]wzb.eu.

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