Sophie Harper

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Title
M.A.
Last Name
Harper
First name
Sophie
Email
sophie.harper@unisg.ch
Main focuses
Artificial Intelligence
East European Studies
Political Science
History
Education(s)

2020-2022: Elite Graduate Program for East European Studies (Master of Arts)


Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

2018 - 2019: ERASMUS Exchange | International Relations and History

Durham University, UK

2016 - 2020: Political Science and History (Bachelor of Arts)

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

 

Professional Career

Doctoral Candidate, University of St. Gallen (HSG) since February 2025


  • funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) since October 2025.

Aug. 2022 - Oct. 2025: Egon Zehnder (Germany & Switzerland)

  • Senior Business Analyst (Dec. 2024 - Oct. 2025)
  • Data Privacy Correspondent Switzerland (Jun. 2024 - Apr. 2025)
  • Business Analyst (Aug. 2022 - Dec. 2024)

Feb. 2020 - Jun. 2022: Personal Assistant, Bavarian State Parliament

  • Working Student (May 2020 - Jun. 2022)
  • Intern (Feb. 2020 - Apr. 2020)

Dec. 2017 - Nov. 2018: Working Student, constituency office, German Bundestag

Apr. 2017 - Sep. 2017: Working Student, Project Management, Interone AG

Aug. 2016 - Sep. 2016: Intern, Refugee aid, Diakonie Munich

Apr. 2016 - Jun. 2016: Working Student, German Bundestag

Affiliation(s)

Nov. 2018 - Oct. 2023: District of Upper Bavaria and Bavarian District Council


  • Elected District Councillor (Nov. 2018 - Oct. 2023)
  • Member of the Bavarian District Council (July 2020 – July 2023)
Award

  • Certificate for outstanding commitment to cultural education (City of Munich), Young Women in Public Affairs (Zonta Munich II).
  • Scholarship from the Max Weber Program: Talent promotion program of the Free State of Bavaria, administered by the German National Academic Foundation (master's degree program).
    Scholarship from the Max Weber Foundation: Talent promotion program of the Free State of Bavaria, administered by the German National Academic Foundation (master's degree program).
Projects(s)

Member of the Swiss National Science Foundation Project (since Oct. 2025): 


Russian Society under the Conditions of an Undeclared War: Accepting Violence, Shifting Solidarity,

Constructing Truth. Focus on the notion of Truth in contemporary Russian Society.

Artificial intelligence in the service of disinformation: Russia's propaganda strategies in the context of the war in Ukraine (since February 2025):

This ongoing research project examines how artificial intelligence is changing Russia's strategy regarding disinformation and propaganda. The project focuses on disinformation and manipulation of Large Language ;odels (LLMs) in the context of the war in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion in 2022. Using a mixed methods approach, language models from democratic and authoritarian states are examined qualitatively and quantitatively.