Research

I currently have two peer-reviewed publications and multiple works under review and in progress.

In addition, for several research and data collection projects I have led or participated in there is information below. Some of them are linked to GitHub repositories with tutorials and code.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. Czymara, Christian S., and Leo Bauer. “Discursive Shifts in the German Right-Wing Newspaper Junge Freiheit 1997-2019: A Computational Approach.” 2025. German Politics, 34(1): 128–155. doi:10.1080/09644008.2023.2231353.

  2. McWeeney, Margaret, Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, and Leo Bauer. “Rebel Actors and Legitimacy Building.” 2023. International Politics, online first: 1–22. doi:10.1057/s41311-023-00493-1.

Manuscripts under Review

  1. “The Spatial Interplay of Climate Disasters, Armed Conflict, and Forced Displacement: Evidence from Colombia.” With Juan David Gelvez. 2025.

  2. “Where Do Mediators Try to Prevent Civil War?” With David Cunningham, Megan Lloyd and Sloan Lansdale. 2025.

  3. “The Nonviolent Legacies of Rebel Group Origins.” With Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham. 2024.

Works in Progress

  1. “Explaining Informant Recruitment Tactics by Coercive Institutions in Autocracies.” 2025. Early draft.

  2. “Media Manipulation Strategies During Protest in Autocracies: Evidence from the German Democratic Republic.” 2025. Working paper.

  3. “Rebel Organizational Legacies and Civilian Victimization.” With Jessica Maves Braithwaite, Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, Margaret McWeeney and Sean Rao. 2024. Working paper.

Recent Projects


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