Maike Messerschmidt is a research associate at the Chair of Comparative Studies of Political Culture. Prior to joining the Institute of Cultural Studies, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, she was a research assistant in the Department of International Relations/Peace and Conflict Studies at the Institute of Political Science, University of Tübingen (2016-2023) and in the DFG-funded research project "The Transformation of Violence-Centered Masculinities after Armed Conflict" (2019-2023). She holds a B.A. in Political Science and German Language and Literature, an M.A. in Peace Research and International Relations (University of Tübingen), and defended her PhD thesis in Political Science in 2022 (summa cum laude), likewise at the University of Tübingen.