Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Firestone, Berenike, Ruth Ditlmann, and Oguzhan Turkoglu. 2025. "Confronting the past in a polarized present: holocaust representations motivate people for symbolic justice and against antisemitism." Social Forces. Online First.
Ditlmann, Ruth, Berenike Firestone, and Oguzhan Turkoglu. 2025. “Participating in a digital history project mobilizes people for symbolic justice and better intergroup relations.” Psychological Science 36(4): 249-264.
Interview in Deutschlandfunk about the study
Presentation at ASA PWSC section's virtual coffee hour
Turkoglu, Oguzhan, Ruth Ditlmann, and Berenike Firestone. 2023. “Commemorating Local Victims of Past Atrocities and Far-Right Support over Time”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120(28).
Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) Policy Brief about the article
Dembinski, Matthias, and Berenike Schott. 2014. “Regional security arrangements as a filter for norm diffusion: the African Union, the European Union and the responsibility to protect”, Cambridge Review of International Affairs 27(2): 362-380.
Dembinski, Matthias, and Berenike Schott. 2013. “Converging around global norms? Protection of civilians in African Union and European Union peacekeeping in Africa”, African Security 6(3-4): 276-296.
Working Papers
Turkoglu, Oguzhan, Berenike Firestone, Sabina Čehajić-Clancy, and Ruth Ditlmann. 2025. "Information alone might not be enough: The limited impact of exposure to factual information about historical atrocities." WZB Discussion Paper, SP V 2025-503, August 2025.
Book Reviews
Firestone, Berenike. 2025. Review of Distancing the Past: Racism as History in South African Schools, by Chana Teeger, British Journal of Sociology.
Firestone, Berenike. 2020. Review of Between Heimat and Hatred: Jews and the Right in Germany, 1871–1935, by Philipp Nielsen, Nationalities Papers 1-2.
Research Reports and Notes
Ditlmann, Ruth, and Berenike Firestone. 2024. "Werte in der Friedenspsychologie: Am Beispiel empirischer Forschung zu Holocaust-Erinnerung." Wissenschaft & Frieden, Issue 4/2024.
Jespersen, Ann-Sophie, Marco Larizza, M. and Berenike Schott. 2019. “Fostering Impactful Citizen Engagement”, Governance Note, No 17, June 2019, Washington, DC: World Bank Group.
Beyerle, Shaaska, Daniel Bulman, Marco Larizza, and Berenike Schott. 2017. “Citizens as Drivers of Change: How citizens practice human rights to engage with the state and promote transparency and accountability”, Working Paper, Washington, DC: World Bank Group.
Dembinski, Matthias, Jörg Krempel, and Berenike Schott. 2012. “Towards effective security governance in Africa – African and European actors in peacekeeping and peace-building: Partners or competitors?” PRIF Report No. 115. Peace Research Institute Frankfurt.