Jenniina Kotajoki

PhD student at Department of Peace and Conflict Research

Telephone:: +46 18 471 56 94
E-mail:: jenniina.Kotajoki@pcr.uu.se
Visiting address:: Gamla Torget 3, 1tr
753 20 Uppsala
Postal address:: Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA

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Short presentation

Jenniina Kotajoki is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. Her current research concerns international interventions and civil war dynamics, focusing especially on rebel governance. Her dissertation project investigates interactions between non-state armed groups and the United Nations. She has previously conducted research on violent extremism, electoral violence and security sector reform with a special focus on prisons.

Publications

Selection of publications

[Review of:] Peacekeeping, Policing, and the Rule of Law after Civil War: written by Robert A. Blair [...]

Kotajoki, Jenniina

Part of Nationalism & Ethnic Politics, p. 254-256, 2021
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Deradicalisation, disengagement, rehabilitation and reintegration of violent extremists in conflict-affected contexts: a systematic literature review

Grip, Lina; Kotajoki, Jenniina

Part of Conflict, Security and Development, p. 371-402, 2019
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Recent publications

All publications

Articles in journal

United Nations Peacekeepers' Perceptions of the 'Local': Evidence from Military Personnel in Mali

Kotajoki, Jenniina

Part of International Peacekeeping, p. 1-31, 2025
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Prison reform in conflict-affected contexts: evidence from Somaliland and Puntland

Grip, Lina; Kotajoki, Jenniina

Part of Third World Quarterly, p. 1256-1272, 2024
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Articles, review/survey

From Confrontation to Cooperation: Describing Non-State Armed Group-UN Interactions in Peace Operations

Kotajoki, Jenniina

Part of International Studies Review, 2024
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Deradicalisation, disengagement, rehabilitation and reintegration of violent extremists in conflict-affected contexts: a systematic literature review

Grip, Lina; Kotajoki, Jenniina

Part of Conflict, Security and Development, p. 371-402, 2019
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Comprehensive doctoral thesis

Global Pariahs or Local Partners?: The United Nations’ Engagement with Non-State Armed Groups

Kotajoki, Jenniina

2025
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Manuscripts (preprints)

Naming and Shaming Non-State Armed Groups at the United Nations Security Council

Kotajoki, Jenniina; Brandt, Caroline M.
Winning Hearts and Minds Through Armed Groups? Explaining the UN's Non-Coercive Engagement with Non-State Armed Groups

Kotajoki, Jenniina

Other

When Peace Kills Politics: International Intervention and Unending Wars in the Sudans, by Sharath Srinivasan, London, Hurst, 2021

Kotajoki, Jenniina

Part of International Peacekeeping, p. 638-640, 2024
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[Review of:] Peacekeeping, Policing, and the Rule of Law after Civil War: written by Robert A. Blair [...]

Kotajoki, Jenniina

Part of Nationalism & Ethnic Politics, p. 254-256, 2021
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