Thiem, Alrik

ETH Zürich Alrik Thiem Forschungsstelle f. Sicherheitspolitik IFW C 29.2 Haldeneggsteig 4 8092 Zürich Phone: +41 44 632 09 37 E-Mail:

Alrik Thiem is a PhD candidate at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) and an assistant at the Chair for Political Methodology at the University of Zurich. In his dissertation, he analyzes the question of why international collaboration on armaments development and production in Western Europe has succeeded or failed.

He has studied Political Science, Economics and Business Administration in Goettingen, Bath, and Zurich. Various internships in the private sector (renewable energies), politics (German Parliament, Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt Foundation) and research (Center for European Economic Research) have complemented his studies. Alrik Thiem earned his Bachelor's degree with a thesis on the influence of the European Union in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and a Master's degree with a thesis on economic cooperation between EU member states in the field of defense. He also holds a scholarship of the Swiss Study Foundation. His research interests include foreign, security and defense policy, and political methodology.

Selected Publications

Monographs

• Thiem, Alrik; Duşa, Adrian (2012 (forthcoming)) Qualitative Comparative Analysis with R: A User's Guide, New York: Springer.

Journal Articles

• Thiem, Alrik (2011) 'Conditions of Intergovernmental Armaments Cooperation in Western Europe, 1996–2006', European Political Science Review 3, 1: 1–33.

Other Publications

• Thiem, Alrik (2011) 'Multiplicative Interactions', Wolfram Demonstrations Project.
• Thiem, Alrik (2010) 'Set-Relational Fit and the Formulation of Transformational Rules in fsQCA', COMPASSS Working Papers, 61.
• Thiem, Alrik (2010) 'Coverage in Fuzzy Subset Relations', Wolfram Demonstrations Project.
• Thiem, Alrik (2010) 'Omitted Variable Bias', Wolfram Demonstrations Project.