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Theses/dissertations from 2022 2022.

The Rise of Neo-Fascist Populism and Islamophobia in the West , Mohamed Tawfiq Said Tabib

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Competing Narratives: the Struggle for the Soul of Egypt , Ahmed El Mansouri

Trailblazing Transformation: Pioneering Transformative Peacebuilding in Academic Labor Conflicts , Sam Frazier Hediger

The Rise of Mono-Ethnic Religious Nationalism in Myanmar and Its Impacts on the Security Situation of the South Asian Region , S M Anisuz Zaman

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Explaining the Sectarian Violence in the Middle East: a Conflict Analysis of the Case Study of Saudi Arabia and Iran , Ahmed Elsayed Eltally

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

The Impact of the Refugee Crisis on the European Union , Andreea Elena Galan

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

What is the Nature of the Conflict Experienced by Japanese Workers in International Companies Based in Japan and What Type of Conflict Management Do They Access? , Tomoko Shinohara Le

The Function of Religion in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict , Stephanie Claire Mitchell

Holocaust, Memory, Second-Generation, and Conflict Resolution , Leslie O'Donoghue

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

National Security, Mass Surveillance, and Citizen Rights under Conditions of Protracted Warfare , Krystal Lynn Conniry

Intrastate Armed Conflict and Peacebuilding in Nepal: An Assessment of the Political and Economic Agency of Women , Gyanu Gautam Luintel

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Nationalism in United States Foreign Policy in the Post 9/11 Era , Chris W. Baum

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

The Impact of Economic Integration within the European Union as a Factor in Conflict Transformation and Peace-Building , John Umo Ette

Dialogue in Identity-Based Conflict (Study of Intergroup-Dialogue with University Students) , Lisha Shrestha

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Music and Conflict Resolution: Can a Music and Story Centered Workshop Enhance Empathy? , Parfait Adegboyé Bassalé

Postwar Reconstruction in Liberia: The Participation and Recognition of Women in Politics in Liberia , Roland Tuwea Clarke

Why Occupy?: Principal Reasons for Participant Involvement in Occupy Portland , Danielle Filecia

Here, We Are Walking on a Clothesline: Statelessness and Human (In)Security Among Burmese Women Political Exiles Living in Thailand , Elizabeth Hooker

Cultural Behavior in Post-Urbanized Brazil: The Cordial Man and Intrafamilial Conflict , Thais La Rosa

Track I Diplomacy and Civil Society in Cyprus: Reconciliation and Peacebuilding During Negotiations , Elicia Keren Reed

Conflict Resolution in Islam: Document Review of the Early Sources , Flamur Vehapi

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

Perceptions and Voices of South Sudanese About the North-South Sudan Conflict , Machar Wek Aleu-Baak

The Challenges and Opportunities of Immigrant Integration: A Study of Turkish Immigrants in Germany , Matthew Franklin Clark

Perceptions of Peacebuilding and Multi-Track Collaboration in Divided Societies for a Sustainable Peace Agreement at the Political Level: A Case Study of Cyprus , Brooke Patricia Galloway

Conflict-Conditioned Communication: A Case Study of Communicative Relations between the United States and Iran from 2005-2008 , Erin Leigh McKee

The Cultural Barriers to Integration of Second Generation Muslims in Northern Italy , Joseph Anthony Migliore

Through the Eyes of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots: The Perception of Cyprus , Mary N. Olin

Countering Structural Violence: Cultivating an Experience of Positive Peace , Carrie E. Stiles

Poverty and Conflict: A Self-Perpetuating Cycle in the Somali Regional State (Region 5), Ethiopia: 1960-2010 , Bisrat Teshome

Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010

The Creative Use of Dance/Movement Therapy Processes to Transform Intrapersonal Conflicts Associated with Sexual Trauma in Women , Emily Fern Dayton

Music and Conflict Resolution: Exploring the Utilization of Music in Community Engagement , Mindy Kay Johnston

Between Non-intervention and Protection: A study on the case of Darfur and the Responsibility to Protect , David Ryan Lucas

Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009

'Conflict Analysis:' Exploring the Role of Kuwait in Mediation in the Middle East , Abdullah R. Al Saleh

Red de Salud -- Network of health : structural violence, exclusion and inclusion in Venezuela , Steven John Bates

Sex Work and Moral Conflict: Enhancing the Quality of Public Discourse Using Photovoice Method , Crystal Renee Tenty

Theses/Dissertations from 2007 2007

Islamophobia and the U.S. Media , Michelle Maria Nichole Diamond

Theses/Dissertations from 2006 2006

An Examination of Conflict Conversation in an Online Community: the Pie Fight at DailyKos.com , Samantha Isabella Soma

Theses/Dissertations from 2000 2000

Mediator Personality Type and Perceived Conflict Goals in Workplace Mediation: A Study of Shared Neutrals , Karin Alayne Waller

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Dissertations by researchers at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research are listed below. For a list of all publications, please use the advanced search option in the  online catalogue DiVA  and add the Department's name in the "Organisation" search field.

Petrova, Kristina

Caught in the Maelstrom, Catching the Tide: Micro-level Responses to Climate-Related Hazards and Conflict

Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary

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Lonergan, Kate

Roads to Repair: Extraordinary and Everyday Pathways to Reconciliation after Civil War

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Döring, Stefan

Cooperation and Conflict amid Water Scarcity

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Schaftenaar, Susanne

Gender Equality and Conflict: Gendered Determinants of Armed Conflict, Violent Political Protest, and Nonviolent Campaigns

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Johansson, Karin

Raising the Costs or Lowering the Bar: International influences on conflict-related sexual violence

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Randahl, David

Who knows what tomorrow will bring?: Four papers on the prediction of contentious politics

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Kim, Kyungmee

Civil Resistance in the Shadow of War: Explaining popular mobilization against dams in Myanmar

Doctoral thesis, monograph

Rudolfsen, Ida

Fighting For Food?: Investigating Food Insecurity as a Source of Urban Unrest

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Larsson Gebre-Medhin, David

Compliance with Territorial Awards: Territorial Concessions, Domestic Constraints, and International Legal Rulings

van Baalen, Sebastian

Guns and Governance: Local Elites and Rebel Governance in Côte d'Ivoire

Skoog, Eric

Preferences Under Pressure: Conflict, Threat Cues and Willingness to Compromise

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Tritschoks, Annkatrin

Settling the Scales: Justice in International Environmental Negotiations and Beyond

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Grech-Madin, Charlotte

The Water Taboo: Restraining the Weaponisation of Water in International Conflict

Hatz, Sophia

Coercion and its Effects: Evidence from the Israel-Palestine Conflict

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Deglow, Annekatrin

Forces of Destruction and Construction: Local Conflict Dynamics, Institutional Trust and Postwar Crime

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Elfversson, Emma

Central Politics and Local Peacemaking: The Conditions for Peace after Communal Conflict

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Salverda, Nynke

Complex Conflicts: Causes and Consequences of Multiparty Civil Wars

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Lindberg Bromley, Sara

Keeping Peace while Under Fire: The Causes, Characteristics and Consequences of Violence against Peacekeepers

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Karlén, Niklas

Sponsors of War: State Support for Rebel Groups in Civil Conflicts

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Krampe, Florian

Building Sustainable Peace: Understanding the Linkages between Social, Political, and Ecological Processes in Post-War Countries

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Käihkö, Ilmari

Bush Generals and Small Boy Battalions: Military Cohesion in Liberia and Beyond

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von Uexkull, Nina

Climate, Conflict and Coping Capacity: The Impact of Climate Variability on Organized Violence

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Walch, Colin

Conflict in the Eye of the Storm: Micro-dynamics of Natural Disasters, Cooperation and Armed Conflict

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Lindgren, Mathilda

Peacemaking Up Close: Explaining Mediator Styles of International Mediators

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Karlborg, Lisa

Enforcing Legitimacy: Perspectives on the Relationship between Intervening Armed Forces and the Local Population in Afghanistan

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Muvumba Sellström, Angela

Stronger than Justice: Armed Group Impunity for Sexual Violence

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Sundberg, Ralph

Values and Attitudes across Peace Operations: Change and Stability in the Political Psychology of Swedish ISAF Soldiers

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Strandow, Daniel

Fighting for Aid: Foreign Funding and Civil Conflict Intensity

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Brosché, Johan

Masters of War: The Role of Elites in Sudan’s Communal Conflicts

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Hall, Jonathan

Migration and Perceptions of War: Simultaneous Surveys in Countries of Origin and Settlement

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Sollenberg, Margareta

A Scramble for Rents: Foreign Aid and Armed Conflict

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Kreutz, Joakim

Dismantling the Conflict Trap: Essays on Civil War Resolution and Relapse

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Engberg, Katarina

The EU´s Collective Use of Force: Exploring the Factors behind its First Military Operations

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Lilja, Jannie

Disaggregating Dissent: The Challenges of Intra-Party Consolidation in Civil War and Peace Negotiations

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Eck, Kristine

Raising Rebels: Participation and Recruitment in Civil War

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Sjöstedt, Roxanna

Talking Threats: The Social Construction of National Security in Russia and the United States

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Forsberg, Erika

Neighbors at Risk: A Quantitative Study of Civil War Contagion

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Valenzuela Grueso, Pedro Enrique

Neutrality in Internal Armed Conflicts: Experiences at the Grassroots Level in Colombia

Fjelde, Hanne

Sins of Omission and Commission: The Quality of Government and Civil Conflict

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Nilsson, R. Anders

Dangerous Liaisons: Why Ex-Combatants Return to Violence. Cases from the Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone

Brounéus, Karen

Rethinking Reconciliation: Concepts, Methods, and an Empirical Study of Truth Telling and Psychological Health in Rwanda

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Hultman, Lisa

Targeting the Unarmed: Strategic Rebel Violence in Civil War

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Kostic, Roland

Ambivalent Peace: External Peacebuilding, Threatened Identity and Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Olsson, Louise

Equal Peace: United Nations Peace Operations and the Power-Relations between men and women in Timor-Leste

Söderberg Kovacs, Mimmi

From Rebellion to Politics: The Transformation of Rebel Groups to Political Parties in Civil War Peace Processes

Svensson, Isak

Elusive Peacemakers: A Bargaining Perspective on Mediation in Internal Armed Conflicts

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Nilsson, Desirée

In the Shadow of Settlement: Multiple Rebel Groups and Precarious Peace

International Relations Theory and the Problem of Internal Order after the Cold War

Angstrom, Jan

Lindgren, Göran

Studies in conflict economics and economic growth

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Blondel, Ylva Isabelle

The Power of Symbolic Power: An Application of O'Neill's Game of Honour to Asymmetric Internal Conflict

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Introduction to International Peace & Conflict Resolution (IPCR): Sources of Conflict, Resources for Peace

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