Our Post-Docs
With Sié Center faculty and policy community mentors, post-doctoral fellows conduct their own research and contribute to collaborative research efforts designed to inform (and be informed by) contemporary policy concerns and strategies.
Sié Center - Oxfam America Post-Doc Fellow 2021-2022
Dr. Elizabeth Brannon received her Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University in 2021. From 2020-2021, she was a Peace and Security Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace and Minerva Institute. Lizzie Brannon’s fields of study are International Relations and Quantitative Research Methodology. Her primary research interests include gender, conflict, peacebuilding, and post-war politics. A significant portion of her research is devoted to understanding how women’s political representation increases after war and its implications for foreign policy. Beyond this, her research also considers women’s inclusion in conflict and post-conflict processes, including rebel groups, peace processes, and women’s organizations. Lizzie graduated with honors from James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Virginia) in 2017 with a B.A. in International Relations and minors in Humanitarian Affairs and Honors Interdisciplinary Studies.
Marie Curie Fellow 2022 - 2024
Matteo C. M. Casiraghi is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow at University of Warwick, Department of Politics and International Studies, and University of Denver, Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy. His research interests focus on international norms, military operations, parliamentary debates, rhetorical political analysis, visual politics, and populism. His most recent articles appeared in West European Politics, the British Journal of Politics and IR, Small Wars & Insurgencies, and the Journal of Global Security Studies.
Visiting Research Scholar
Tiina Hyyppä, MA, is doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki. Her research focuses on civil governance during the Syrian uprising and war. She combines area studies and political science in researching local councils as civil actors. She is interested in local councils’ ability to reduce violence and their relations to rebel governance. Her policy-relevant research provides more information on civil action during a protracted conflict. Tiina is a fellow at the Civil War Paths project at the University of Sheffield and a member of the editorial team of Babylon, a Nordic journal on Middle Eastern studies. She writes blog posts about current Syria issues and gives expert comments in the media. Tiina has lived and traveled in the Middle East, and Middle Eastern food was critical in drawing her into this field.
