Christoph Steinert

Christoph Steinert is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zurich, leading the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)-funded project An Empirical Study of the United Nations Human Rights Complaint Mechanisms. He also holds postdoctoral positions at the University of Geneva and the University of St. Gallen, and serves as a Policy Fellow for "Diplomacy and International Actors" at the Swiss think tank Foraus.

• PhD in Political Science, University of Mannheim (2022)
• MPhil in International Relations, University of Oxford (2018)
• BA in Political Science & Public Law, University of Mannheim (2016)

His research focuses on political imprisonment, human rights mechanisms, and conflict recurrence. He has analyzed UN Special Procedures' complaint systems, the duration of political imprisonment in China, and pro-government militias' role in conflict relapse. His work bridges empirical political science with human rights law and authoritarian regime studies.

Recent publications explore topics like the Belt and Road Initiative's influence on UN voting patterns, environmental pollution's impact on authoritarian politics, and the socioeconomic biases in international human rights remedies. These studies span methodologies from survival analysis to comparative case studies.

• Glenn Palmer Prize (Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2023)
• Will H. Moore Prize (Peace Science Society International)
• NEPS Medal (Network of European Peace Scientists)
• Palmer Prize (Peace Science Society International)

Steinert's work has received funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation and the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval). He contributes policy analyses to platforms such as the Washington Post Monkey Cage and the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich.

He is affiliated with research projects at the University of Geneva ("Debating Human Rights") and has evaluated human rights programs at DEval. His expertise spans international organizations, political imprisonment, and empirical conflict research.