Previous Speaker series

Previous Speaker Series held at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research are listed below, sorted by year and semester.

Speaker Series Spring 2024

8 Feb: Carlo Koos, University of Bergen, Conflicts, Sexual Violence and Women Empowerment? Insights from DR Congo, Liberia and Sri Lanka
22 Feb: Dipali Mukhopadhyay – University of Minnesota, Good Rebel Governance: Revolutionary Politics & Western Intervention in Syria
18 April: Nick Barnes, University of St. Andrews, Resident Resistance: Denouncing Organized Criminal Groups in Rio de Janeiro
2 May: Meredith Loken, University of Amsterdam, Gendering Rebel Governance During Civil Wars
30 May: Kimuli Kasara, Columbia University, Intersectional Discrimination and Candidate Selection: Evidence from a Lab Experiment in Kenya

Speaker Series Autumn 2023

2 November - Carsten K.W. De Dreu, University of Leiden Carrying-capacity stress, parochialism, and intergroup conflict 12:15-13:45, Gamla Torget 6, Room 4219B
19 October - Marianne Dahl, PRIO [Talk: TBA] 12:15-13:45, Trädgårdsgatan 7E, Room 214
5 October - Sarah Zukerman Daly, Columbia University [Talk: TBA] 15:15-16:30, Ostromsalen, Room 4573 (note: talk via Zoom)
21 September – Ana Arjona, Northwestern University The Violent Bias in the Study of Civil War 12:15-13:45, Gamla Torget 6, Room 6577
7 September - Yuichi Kubota, University of Niigata Internal Displacement and Post-conflict Gender Attitudes: Evidence from Northwestern Pakistan
12:15-13:45, Gamla Torget, Room 4219B

Speaker Series Spring 2023

9 March Ursula Daxecker, University of Amsterdam
20 April, Niloufer Siddiqui, University at Albany-State University of New York (SUNY)
4 May, Elton Skendaj, Georgetown University

Speaker Series Autumn 2022

25 August, Asaf Siniver, University of Birmingham
20 October, Hernan Flom, Trinity College
17 November, Corinna Jentzsch, Leiden University
1 December, Mark Berlin, Marquette University

Speaker Series Spring 2020

All the planned talks for spring 2020 were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

16 April: Cyanne Loyle, Penn State
11 May: Roger MacGinty, Durham University
14 May: Emil Soulemainov, Charles University

Speaker Series Autumn 2019

5 September: Oliver Kaplan, University of Denver
17 October: Helga Malmin Binningsbø, PRIO
13 November: Christine Cheng, King's College London
28 November: Staffan Lindberg, V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
12 December: Michael Weintraub, Universidad de los Andes
12 December: Sebastian Schutte, PRIO

Speaker Series Spring 2019

24 January: Hannah Smidt, Research Fellow, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
7 February: Costantin Ruhe, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Goethe University Frankfurt
4 April: Peter Krause, Associate Professor of Political Science, Boston College
2 May: Belén González, Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Mannheim
16 May: Courtenay Conrad, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California-Merced
5 June: Atsushi Tago, Profesor of Political Science, Waseda University

Speaker Series Autumn 2018

6 September: Mai Hassan, University of Michigan
4 Oktober: Govinda Clayton, ETH Zurich

Speaker Series Spring 2018

22 March: Enzo Nussio, ETH Zurich
19 April: Alexandra Hartman, UCL (rescheduled from HT17)
3 May: Megan Stewart, American University
14 June: Reed Wood, Arizona State University

Speaker Series Autumn 2017

1 September: Alexandra Hartman, Assistant Professor in Political Science and Public Policy, University College of London
30 November: Dr. Omar Garcia-Ponce, Assistant Professor, UC-Davis

Speaker Series Spring 2017

9 February: Henry Thomson, Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
23 March: Anita Gohdes, Asst. Professor of International Relations, University of Zurich
20 April: Evgeny Finkel, Asst. Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University
4 May: Zoe Marks, Chancellor’s Fellow and Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
18 May: Susanna Campbell, Asst. Professor at the School of International Service, American University

Speaker Series Autumn 2016

8 September: Cassy Dorff, Asst. Professor of Political Science, University of New Mexico
22 September: Jack Goldstone, Hazel Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University
6 October: Geoff Dancy, Asst. Professor of Political Science, Tulane University
3 November: Nils Weidmann, Professor of Political Science, University of Konstanz
17 November: Regina Bateson, Asst. Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
1 December: Yuri Zhukov, Asst. Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan

Speaker Series Spring 2016

11 February: Michaela Mattes, Asst. Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
7 April: Jesse Driscoll, Asst. Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego
21 April: Sarah Parkinson, Asst. Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of
Minnesota
19 May: Katherine Barbieri, Assoc. Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina

Speaker Series Autumn 2015

17 September: Evan Perkoski, Ph.D. Candidate in International Relations, University of Pennsylvania
15 October: Kanisha De Ann Bond, Asst. Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland
12 November: Abbey Steele, Asst. Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, Syracuse University
26 November: Burcu Savun, Assoc. Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh

Speaker Series Spring 2015

16 January: Chandra Lekha Sriram, Professor of International Law and International Relations, University of East London
5 March: Lise Morjé Howard, Assoc. Professor of Government, Georgetown University
19 March: Amanda Robinson, Asst. Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University
16 April: Benjamin Valentino, Assoc. Professor of Government, Dartmouth University
28 May: Chris Fariss, Asst. Professor of Political Science, Penn State University

Speaker Series Spring 2014

18 September: Kyle Beardsley, Associate Professor of Political Science, Duke University
2 October: Rose McDermott, Professor of Political Science and President of the International Society of Political Psychology, Brown University
16 October: Hein Goemans, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Rochester
13 November: Adria Lawrence Assistant Professor of Political Science and Research Fellow at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, Yale University
27 November: Aila Matanock, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

Speaker Series Autumn 2013

5 September: David Laitin, James T. Watkins IV and Elise V. Watkins Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
19 September: David A. Lake, Jerri-Ann and Gary E. Jacobs Professor of Social Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of California-San Diego
3 October: Jessica Weeks, Assistant Professor of Government, University of Wisconsin
17 October: Livia Isabella Schubiger PhD Candidate, University of Zurich
14 November: William Reno, Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University
28 November: Jean-Paul Azam, Professor of Economics, University Toulouse

Speaker Series Spring 2013

7 February: Nikolay Marinov, Assistant Professor, Yale University
7 March: Luis de la Calle Robles, Junior Researcher, Juan March Institute
21 March: Jacob N. Shapiro, Assistant Professor, Princeton University
2 May: Jacqueline DeMeritt, Assistant Professor, University of North Texas
16 May: Paul Staniland, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago

Speaker Series Autumn 2012

20 September: Catherine Boone, Professor, University of Texas
4 October: Anthony Wanis-St. John, Assistant Professor, American University
18 October: Paul Huth, Professor, University of Maryland
1 November: Sabine Carey, Professor, University of Mannheim
15 November: Jason Lyall, Assistant Professor, Yale University
29 November: Janet Lewis, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University

Speaker Series Spring 2012

26 January: Will H. Moore, Professor, Florida State University
9 February: Richard Ned Lebow, James O. Freedman Presidential Professor of Government, Dartmouth University
23 February: Steven I. Wilkinson, Nilekani Professor of India and South Asian Studies and Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Yale University
22 March: Christopher Sullivan, PhD candidate, University of Notre Dame
3 May: Fotini Christia, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
24 May: Barbara Walter, Professor of Political Science, University of California-San Diego
31 May: Leonardo Arriola, Assistant Professor, University of California-Berkeley

Speaker Series Autumn 2011

8 September: Branislav Slantchev, Assoc. Professor, University of California, San Diego
6 October: Ragnhild Nordås, Senior Researcher, Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO)
20 October: Christian Davenport, Professor, University of Notre Dame
3 November: Laia Balcells, Researcher, Institute for Economic Analysis, CSIC (Spain)
14 December: Séverine Autesserre, Assistant Professor, Barnard College, Columbia University