
Karin Aggestam
Professor | Director of CMES | Scientific coordinator of MECW | Excellent Teaching Practitioner

Karin Aggestam is Professor of Political Science. She is the Director of the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and the Scientific coordinator of the strategic research area on the Middle East (MECW). She is also Adjunct Professor at Monash University, Australia, Honorary Professor at University of Queensland and Excellent Teaching Practitioner (ETP) at the Teaching Academy at Lund University. Karin was previously the Samuel Pufendorf Professor and Director of Peace&Conflict Studies at Lund University.
Research interests
Karin's current interdisciplinary research interests include digital diplomacy, foreign policy, peace and conflict, gender, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Middle East politics. She has published 9 books and numerous articles in international journals, such as International Affairs, Foreign Policy Analysis, Ethics and International Affairs, Hague Journal of Diplomacy, International Studies Perspective, and others. She has also contributed to leading international Handbooks on Conflict Resolution (Sage), Diplomacy (Sage), Peaceful Change in International Relations (Oxford University Press), Middle East Security (Routledge), Women, Peace and Security (Oxford University Press), Environmental Peacebuilding (Routledge), and Political Psychology (Palgrave),
Publications
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Israel, Palestina och den rättvisa freden
Karin Aggestam
(2025) Rättvisa : Riksbankens Jubileumsfonds årsbok 2025, 1-6
Book chapterDonald Trump’s suggestion of ‘clearing out’ Gaza adds another risk to an already fragile ceasefire
Karin Aggestam
(2025) The Conversation
Journal articleThe Failure of Diplomacy and Protection in Syria
Karin Aggestam, Tim Dunne
(2024) Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases
Book chapterThe Politics of Feminist Foreign Policy and Digital Diplomacy
Karin Aggestam, Annika Bergman Rosamond, Elsa Hedling
(2024)
BookCMES Policy-Research Dialogue: Exploring Europe’s Changing Perceptions and Policies Toward Iran
Karin Aggestam, Dalia Dassa Kaye
(2024)
ReportForeign Policy Analysis and Feminism
Karin Aggestam, Jacqui True
(2024) Oxford Handbooks
Book chapterSpecial Issue: Advancing a New Research Agenda on Digital Disruption in Diplomacy
(2024) The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 19
Editor for a journalIntroduction: Advancing a New Research Agenda on Digital Disruption in Diplomacy
Karin Aggestam, Constance Duncombe
(2024) The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 19 p.1-16
Journal articleDigital Norm Contestation and Feminist Foreign Policy
Karin Aggestam, Annika Bergman Rosamond, Elsa Hedling
(2024) International Studies Perspectives, 25 p.226-245
Journal articleNågon militär lösning på den israelisk-palestinska konflikten finns inte
Karin Aggestam, Dalia Dassa Kaye
(2023) Sydsvenskan
Newspaper articleKvinnor, fred och säkerhet i Mellanöstern och Nordafrika
Karin Aggestam, Linda Eitrem Holmgren
(2023) Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, 125 p.401-422
Journal articleDigital Disruption and Rethinking the ‘Script’ of Peace Mediation
Karin Aggestam, Elsa Hedling
(2023) The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 19 p.84-114
Journal articleFeminist digital diplomacy and foreign policy change in Sweden
Karin Aggestam, Annika Bergman Rosamond, Elsa Hedling
(2022) Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, 18 p.314-324
Journal articleThird-party Intervention and International Monitoring in the City of Hebron
Karin Aggestam
(2021) The Impact of Third-Party Mechanisms in Conflict Resolution : Lessons from the Temporary International Presence in Hebron
Report chapterPeace and Feminist Foreign Policy
Karin Aggestam, Annika Bergman Rosamond
(2021) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies
Book chapterLösningen på Israel-Palestina-konflikten står att finna i regionen
Karin Aggestam, Isabell Schierenbeck
(2021) Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Debatt
Newspaper articlePolitical leadership and gendered multilevel games in foreign policy
Karin Aggestam, Jacqui True
(2021) International Affairs, 97 p.385-404
Journal articleGender and Peaceful Change
Karin Aggestam, Annika Bergman Rosamond
(2021) The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Change in International Relations
Book chapterGendering foreign policy : A comparative framework for analysis
Karin Aggestam, Jacqui True
(2020) Foreign Policy Analysis, 16 p.143-162
Journal articleEditorial
Edward Newman, Jason Ralph, Jacqui True, Karin Aggestam, Navnita Chadha Behera, et al.
(2020) European Journal of International Security, 5 p.1-4
Journal article (comment)Leadership and Normative Entrepreneurship in the UN Security Council: : Sweden’s quest for peace in the Middle East
Karin Aggestam, Lisa Strömbom
(2020) Sweden in the UN Security Council
Report chapterPeacebuilding in the Middle East
Karin Aggestam, Lisa Strömbom
(2019) Routledge Handbook on Middle East Security , p.141-153
Book chapterTheorising feminist foreign policy
Karin Aggestam, Annika Bergman Rosamond, Annica Kronsell
(2019) International Relations, 33 p.23-39
Journal articleThe gender turn in diplomacy : a new research agenda
Karin Aggestam, Ann Towns
(2019) International Feminist Journal of Politics, 21 p.9-28
Journal articleRe-politicising the Gender-Security Nexus. Sweden's Feminist Foreign Policy.
Karin Aggestam, Annika Bergman Rosamond
(2019) European Review of International Studies, 5 p.30-48
Journal articleFeminist Foreign Policy 3.0. Advancing Ethics and Gender Equality in Global Politics
Karin Aggestam, Annika Bergman Rosamond
(2019) SAIS Review of International Affairs, 39
Journal articleWPS, peace negotiations, and peace agreements
Karin Aggestam
(2018) The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security , p.815-828
Book chapterWhere are the women in peace mediation?
Karin Aggestam, Isak Svensson
(2018) Gendering Diplomacy and International Negotiation , p.149-168
Book chapterDiplomacy - a gendered institution
Karin Aggestam, Ann Towns
(2018) Diplomacy in a Globalizing World
Book chapterThe failure of diplomacy and protection in Syria
Karin Aggestam, Tim Dunne
(2016) Foreign Policy : Theories, Actors, Cases
Book chapterDepoliticising water conflict. The quest for functional peacebuilding in the Red Sea-Dead-Sea-Water-Conveyance project.
Karin Aggestam, Anna Sundell
(2016) Hydrological Sciences Journal, 61 p.1302-1312
Journal articleTowards agonistic peacebuilding? : Exploring the antagonism–agonism nexus in the Middle East Peace process
Karin Aggestam, Fabio Cristiano, Lisa Strömbom
(2015) Third World Quarterly, 36 p.1736-1753
Journal articlePeace mediation and the minefield of international recognition games
Karin Aggestam
(2015) International Negotiation, 20 p.494-514
Journal articleDesecuritisation of water and the technocratic turn in peacebuilding
Karin Aggestam
(2015) International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 15 p.327-340
Journal articleThe Nile Basin and Hydrosolidarity
Karin Aggestam, Dan-Erik Andersson, Ronny Berndtsson, Kaveh Madani
(2015) The Middle East in London, 11
Journal articleSituating water in peacebuilding
Karin Aggestam, Anna Sundell
(2014) Water International, 39 p.10-22
Journal articleGender, Nationalism, and War: Conflict on the Movie Screen
Karin Aggestam
(2014) Political Psychology, 35 p.593-594
ReviewConflict Analysis and International Relations
Karin Aggestam
(2014) Handbook of Global Political Psychology
Book chapterRecognitional just peace
Karin Aggestam
(2013) Rethinking Peacebuildning: The Quest for Just Peace in the Middle East and the Western Balkans
Book chapterBridging the just peace gaps
Karin Aggestam, Annika Björkdahl
(2013) Rethinking Peacebuildning: The Quest for Just Peace in the Middle East and the Western Balkans
Book chapterThe quest for recognitional peace. Reconciliation and the politics of (non)recognition
Karin Aggestam
(2013)
Conference paperUnilateralism, multilateralism and the quest for hydrosolidarity
Karin Aggestam
(2013)
Conference paperIntroduction: The Study of Just and Durable Peace
Karin Aggestam, Annika Björkdahl
(2013) Rethinking Peacebuildning: The Quest for Just Peace in the Middle East and the Western Balkans
Book chapterPower in peacebuilding. Desecuritization, technocracy and water management
Karin Aggestam
(2013)
Conference paperDisempowerment and marginalisation of peace NGOs: Exposing peace gaps in Israel and Palestine
Karin Aggestam, Lisa Strömbom
(2013) Peacebuilding, 1 p.109-124
Journal articleThe Psychology of Peacemaking
Karin Aggestam
(2012) Ways out of War. Peacemakers in the Middle East and Balkans
Book chapterSecuritization of water and liberal peacebuilding: Contradictions in terms and practices
Karin Aggestam
(2012)
Conference paperProlonged Peace Negotiations: Spoilers' Game
Karin Aggestam
(2012) Unfinished Business: Why International Negotiations Fail
Book chapterLocal peacebuilding between fear and fatigue in Israel and Palestine
Karin Aggestam, Lisa Strömbom
(2012)
Conference paperWhere are the women in international mediation?
Karin Aggestam, Isak Svensson
(2012)
Conference paperKrig och fred i förändring
Karin Aggestam
(2012) Om krig och fred: Introduktion till freds- och konfliktstudier
Book chapterOm studiet av krig och fred
Karin Aggestam, Kristine Höglund
(2012) Om krig och fred: Introduktion till freds- och konfliktstudier
Book chapterMind the just peace gaps: Unending conflicts and peace processes in the Middle East and Western Balkans
Karin Aggestam, Annika Björkdahl
(2011)
Conference paperHydro-politics and liberal peacebuilding in the Jordan River Basin
Karin Aggestam, Anna Sundell
(2011)
Conference paperJust peace postponed. Unending peace processes and frozen conflicts
Karin Aggestam, Annika Björkdahl
(2011) Building Peace, Creating Conflict? Conflictual Dimensions of Local and International Peacebuilding
Book chapterPeace and hydro-politics: Revisiting water negotiations in the Middle East peace process
Karin Aggestam, Anna Sundell
(2011)
Conference paperFredsforskning och internationella relationer
Karin Aggestam
(2010) Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, 112
Journal articleDiplomacy and Peacemaking in Transition
Karin Aggestam
(2009) Diplomacy in Theory and Practice
Book chapterThe Arab State and Neo-Liberal Globalization
Karin Aggestam, Laura Guazzone, Helen Lindholm Schulz, Kristina Paciello, Daniela Pioppi
(2009) The Arab State and Neo-Liberal Globalization. The Restructuring of State Power in the Middle East
Book chapterDiplomacy in Theory and Practice
(2009)
BookConclusion: Changing Roles and Practices
Karin Aggestam, Annika Björkdahl
(2009) War and Peace in Transition
Book chapterIntroduction: War and Peace in Transition
Karin Aggestam, Annika Björkdahl
(2009) War and Peace in Transition
Book chapterSecurity, Globalisation and State Transformation in the Middle East
Karin Aggestam, Helena Lindholm Schulz
(2007)
Conference paperInternal and External Dynamics of Spoiling: A Negotiation Approach
Karin Aggestam
(2006) Spoilers and Peace Processes: Conflict Settlement and Devious Objectives
Book chapterTIPH: Preventing Conflict Escalation in Hebron?
Karin Aggestam
(2005) The Al-Aqsa Intifada Between Terrorism and Civil War
Book chapterEnhancing Ripeness: Transition from Conflict to Negotiation
Karin Aggestam
(2005) Escalation and negotiation in international conflicts
Book chapterIsraelisk identitetspolitik och postsionismens utmaningar
Karin Aggestam
(2004) Med gudomlig auktoritet : om religionens kraft i politiken
Book chapterInternal and External Impact of Spoiling in Peace Negotiations
Karin Aggestam
(2004)
Conference paperIsrael och al-Aqsa intifadan: Självförsvar och ockupationspolitik
Karin Aggestam
(2004) (O)Rättfärdiga Krig
Book chapterTwo-Track Diplomacy: Negotiations between Israel and the PLO through Open and Secret Channels
Karin Aggestam
(2004) Diplomacy
Book chapter(O)Rättfärdiga Krig
(2004)
BookTIPH: Preventing Conflict Escalation in Hebron?
Karin Aggestam
(2003) Civil Wars, 6 p.51-69
Journal articleConflict Prevention: Old Wine in New Bottles?
Karin Aggestam
(2003) International Peacekeeping, 10 p.12-23
Journal articleConflict Prevention. Old Wine in New Bottles?
Karin Aggestam
(2003) Mitigating conflict : the role of NGOs
Book chapterConstructing Facts on the Ground: Positivism and the Verification of Myths in Israel and India
Karin Aggestam, Catarina Kinnvall
(2002)
Conference paperEine Analyse der Israelisch-Palästinensischen Verhandlungen: Motivation, Legitimät und Timing
Karin Aggestam
(2002) Gewaltspirale ohne Ende? Konfliktstrukturen und Friedenschancen im Nahen Osten
Book chapterNegotiating Identity-Based Conflict in a Globalised Era: The Need of a Normative Framework
Karin Aggestam
(2002)
Conference paperQuasi-Informal Mediation in the Oslo Channel : Larsen and Holst as Individual Mediators
Karin Aggestam
(2002) Studies in international mediation : essays in honor of Jeffrey Z. Rubin
Book chapterMediating Asymmetrical Conflict
Karin Aggestam
(2002) Mediterranean Politics, 7 p.69-91
Journal articleNy amerikansk Mellanösternpolitik?
Karin Aggestam
(2001) Internationella Studier , p.44-53
Journal articleFrom Theory to Practice. Temporary International Presence in Hebron
Karin Aggestam
(2001) Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 14 p.53-69
Journal articleIdentity and Conflict Resolution: The Construction of a Third Culture of Negotiation
Karin Aggestam
(2001)
Conference paperMediating Asymmetric Conflict: The Case of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
Karin Aggestam
(2001)
Conference paperReconciliation and Reinterpretation of the Past: The "New" Israeli Historians and their Critics
Karin Aggestam
(2001)
Conference paperThe Challenge of Third-Party Intervention in Asymmetric Conflict
Karin Aggestam
(2001)
Conference paperFrom Theory to Practice: Peacekeeping in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Karin Aggestam
(2000)
Conference paperReframing and Resolving Conflict : Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations 1988-1998
Karin Aggestam
(1999) Lund Political Studies
DissertationTrends in diplomatic signalling
Christer Jönsson, Karin Aggestam
(1999) Innovation in diplomatic practice
Book chapterBook review: Coping with International Conflict
Karin Aggestam
(1999) Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 7
ReviewDet israeliska arbetarpartiet: Från dominans till anpassning
Karin Aggestam
(1998) Tidskrift för Mellanösterstudier
ReviewPolitiska vägval för staten Israel vid Milleniumskiftet
Karin Aggestam
(1998) Utrikesperspektiv
Journal articleBook review: Media and Political Conflict
Karin Aggestam
(1997) International Journal of Conflict Managment, 8
ReviewEtt besök vid "Jerusalem Link: A Women's Joint Venture for Peace"
Karin Aggestam
(1997) Aktuellt om kvinnoforskning
Journal articleA World in Transition: Feminist Perspectives on International Relations
(1997) Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift
BookDiplomatic Signalling
Christer Jönsson, Karin Aggestam
(1997) Discussion papers in diplomacy
Working paper(Un)ending conflict : challenges in post-war bargaining
Karin Aggestam, Christer Jönsson
(1997) Millennium, 26 p.771-793
Journal articleTwo-Track Diplomacy: Negotiations Between Israel and the PLO Through Open and Secret Channels
Karin Aggestam
(1996) Davis Papers on Israel's Foreign Policy
Journal articleReframing International Conflicts: "Ripeness" in International Mediation
Karin Aggestam
(1995) Paradigms: Kent Journal of International Relations, 9 p.86-106
Journal articleReframing International Conflict
Karin Aggestam
(1995) Paradigms: Kent Journal of International Relations, 9
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Research projects and programs
- Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW), Strategic Research Area, Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University
- Gender, Peace and Security, Research program, Monash University, Australia
- Gendering Peace Mediation, project (with Monash University and University of London)
- Digital Diplomacy in a Turbulent World (collaboration with Monash University)
- Gender and Foreign Policy Analysis (collaboration with Monash University)
- Rethinking Peace Diplomacy
- Gender, Diplomacy and International Negotiation (with Gothenburg University)
- Peacebuilding and Conflict Analysis, Research program at Folke Bernadotte Academy, Stockholm, Sweden
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