Research
Peace and Conflict Studies
Main research areas:
- Civil wars
- International criminal justice
- Violence against civilians, political violence
- Natural resources
- Spatial-temporal analysis and conflict mapping
Current research:
My research interest focuses on understanding patterns of violence against civilians during conflicts. I am particularly interested in the spatial-temporal dynamics of violence.
My PhD project at Lund University aims to understand how international criminal justice for atrocity crimes impacts the behaviour of state actors during conflicts. I investigate how states respond to fact-finding missions and international trials during ongoing conflicts, particularly focusing on potential changes in strategies from direct to more indirect forms of violence. I am also looking at how corporate actors involved in the extraction of natural resources in conflict zones respond to international criminal justice and how it shapes their interplay with state actors.
The project combines a large-N analysis based on newly collected data on international criminal justice processes globally between 1989 and 2024 with case study research on the Myanmar conflicts. The case study is based on interviews with civil society actors involved in the documentation of international crimes for prosecution.
Teaching:
I teach at the Bachelor level on the causes and dynamics of civil wars.
Introduction
I am a doctoral student with a Bachelor in European Studies and a Master in International Security.