Sara Lindberg Bromley
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Peace and Conflict Research
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 23 21
- E-mail:
- sara.lindberg_bromley@pcr.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Gamla Torget 3, 1tr
753 20 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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- ORCID:
- 0000-0001-9164-0641
Short presentation
Sara Lindberg Bromley is Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor (acting) at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research and Research Fellow with the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. Between 2023 and 2024, Sara was a Visiting Academic at the University of Queensland in Australia, as part of an SRC International Postdoc. Sara’s principal areas of research relate to international peace operations, military organisations, political violence, and civil war dynamics.
Biography
Research
Dr. Sara Lindberg Bromley is acting Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor (PhD 2017) at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research and Research Fellow with the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and School of Political Science & International Studies, University of Queensland. Between 2023 and 2024, Sara was a Visiting Academic at the University of Queensland in Australia, as part of an SRC International Postdoc. Sara’s principal areas of research relate to international peace operations, military organisations, political violence, and civil war dynamics, including civilian protection and peacekeeping personnel’s safety and security, with a regional focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Sara recently concluded a research project focused on understanding the intentional targeting of peacekeeping personnel funded by the Swedish Research Council (VR International Postdoc).
Teaching
Pedagogical assignments
Programme Coordinator, Bachelor Programme in Peace and Development Studies, Uppsala University
Ongoing teaching (2024-2025)
- Peace from Below (Mssc, 7,5 ECTS): Course co-convener
- Reviewing a Research Field (Mssc, 7,5 ECTS): Course co-convener
- International Conflict Resolution (Mssc, 15 ECTS): Lecturer
- International Interventions and Protection of Civilians (Mssc, 7,5 ECTS): Course co-convener
- Master's Thesis in Peace and Conflict Studies (Mssc, 30 ECTS): Examiner
Media
Recent media appearances include:
-Guest at Swedish Television news morning show Morgonstudion, to comment on developments in southern Lebanon and attacks on peacekeeping personnel and bases. 15 October 2024.
- Interviewed for Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) for news article regarding developments including attacks near UN mission (UNIFIL) bases in southern Lebanon. 12 October 2024.

Publications
Selection of publications
The Impact of Host-State Consent on the Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping
Part of Civil Wars, p. 16-40, 2024
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Hazards of peacekeeping: peacekeepers as targets of violence
Part of Handbook on Peacekeeping and International Relations, p. 300-313, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022
UN peacekeepers' safety and security: Patterns of attacks and pathways to peacekeeping performance
2022
Urban peacekeeping under siege: attacks on African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, 2007–2009
Part of Third World Thematics, p. 158-178, 2019
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Urban peacekeeping: What we’ve learnt from AU’s mission in Somalia
2019
Introducing the UCDP Peacemakers at Risk dataset, sub-Saharan Africa 1989-2009
Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 122-131, 2018
Offsetting Losses: Bargaining Power and Rebel Attacks on Peacekeepers
Part of International Studies Quarterly, p. 611-623, 2016
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Recent publications
UN peacekeeping presence and local food security outcomes
Part of Conflict Management and Peace Science, p. 168-189, 2025
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The Impact of Host-State Consent on the Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping
Part of Civil Wars, p. 16-40, 2024
- DOI for The Impact of Host-State Consent on the Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping
- Download full text (pdf) of The Impact of Host-State Consent on the Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping
Hazards of peacekeeping: peacekeepers as targets of violence
Part of Handbook on Peacekeeping and International Relations, p. 300-313, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022
UN peacekeepers' safety and security: Patterns of attacks and pathways to peacekeeping performance
2022
Urban peacekeeping under siege: attacks on African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, 2007–2009
Part of Third World Thematics, p. 158-178, 2019
- DOI for Urban peacekeeping under siege: attacks on African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, 2007–2009
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All publications
Articles in journal
UN peacekeeping presence and local food security outcomes
Part of Conflict Management and Peace Science, p. 168-189, 2025
- DOI for UN peacekeeping presence and local food security outcomes
- Download full text (pdf) of UN peacekeeping presence and local food security outcomes
The Impact of Host-State Consent on the Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping
Part of Civil Wars, p. 16-40, 2024
- DOI for The Impact of Host-State Consent on the Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping
- Download full text (pdf) of The Impact of Host-State Consent on the Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping
Urban peacekeeping under siege: attacks on African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, 2007–2009
Part of Third World Thematics, p. 158-178, 2019
- DOI for Urban peacekeeping under siege: attacks on African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, 2007–2009
- Download full text (pdf) of Urban peacekeeping under siege: attacks on African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, 2007–2009
Introducing the UCDP Peacemakers at Risk dataset, sub-Saharan Africa 1989-2009
Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 122-131, 2018
Offsetting Losses: Bargaining Power and Rebel Attacks on Peacekeepers
Part of International Studies Quarterly, p. 611-623, 2016
- DOI for Offsetting Losses: Bargaining Power and Rebel Attacks on Peacekeepers
- Download full text (pdf) of Offsetting Losses: Bargaining Power and Rebel Attacks on Peacekeepers
Chapters in book
Hazards of peacekeeping: peacekeepers as targets of violence
Part of Handbook on Peacekeeping and International Relations, p. 300-313, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022