Birke Pfeifle

Birke Pfeifle is a doctoral researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich. Her work focuses on armed conflict analysis and humanitarian aid, utilizing spatial data and remote sensing through quantitative methods.

• Education: MSc in Social and Economic Data Science, BA in Politics and Public Administration (University of Konstanz)

Her research bridges data science and peace studies, particularly investigating collective violence and terrorism. Recent publications examine methodological improvements for measuring violence-related deaths by merging databases like the Georeferenced Events Dataset (GED) and Global Terrorism Database (GTD), revealing overlaps and enhancing accuracy in SDG 16.1.2 estimates.

• Key Contributions: Development of frameworks for non-double-counting violence data, analysis of conflict-terrorist event correlations