Traditional Peace and Security
Type of engagement This reflection is relevant to people engaging with government officials, policymakers, practitioners, educators, and those who experienced atrocities. The Challenge Background Dr. Nyseth Nzitatira (aka Hollie Nyseth Brehm) obtained her Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Minnesota in 2014. She is an Associate Professor of Sociology at The Ohio State University. […]
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Introductory Note: Jesse Driscoll is an associate professor of political science at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). He is an area specialist in Central Asia, the Causcasus, and the Russian-speaking world. In 2022, he took a year’s leave from UCSD to serve in the Plans division of the Joint Staff (J5, Europe/NATO/Russia Division). […]
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The challenges: The background and policy setting: Dipali Mukhopadhyay has been a policy-oriented scholar since early in the Afghan war and has worked on the war throughout its duration and her entire career. Her work has centered in peace and security issues, while being embedded in policy engagement, working directly on policy issues, writing for […]
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The challenges: Balancing the desire to collaborate with / provide analytical support to a government agency on a matter of crucial national and human security importance, with the need to maintain institutional and analytical autonomy in our own academic-practitioner interactions. – Managing expectations by practitioners / policymakers about what type of analysis could be reasonably and ethically produced under time and resource constraints …
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The challenges: The background and policy setting: Brunstetter started his Ph.D. in 2000 in the context of “just war” debates, which were shaped by 9/11 shortly thereafter. He was not trained as a Just War scholar. He was interested in the parallels between the 16th century debates about just war and “barbarians” and the Bush […]
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The challenges: The background and policy setting: Parkinson earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 2013. She researches organizational behavior and social change during and after war, with a regional focus on the Middle East and North Africa. Of note for this reflection is her research on humanitarian organizations and […]
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The challenges: The background and policy setting: John R. Emery is a scholar who works on the intersection of technology, international security, and the ethics of war. His recent work focuses on issues of how emotion, abstraction, and human-machine interaction effect ethical decision-making in war. His work in Critical Military Studies analyzed the utilization of […]
Read MoreIs it really my place as an academic researcher to pass judgement on organizations that offer me research consultancies in areas that align with my expertise? After all, my research is unbiased and well executed. Isn’t it better that I provide clients with sound academic research rather than turn down their work, which increases the […]
Read MoreAt the moment, universities and colleges in the United States are looking for ways to increase pressure on the Russian regime to reverse their invasion of Ukraine. Gov Polis has advised CO higher ed institutions to not only divest, but to terminate contracts and grants that were in collaboration with Russian institutions. Is this the […]
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The Challenge: Responding to requests for substantive revisions to consultancy work that go against one’s findings, analysis, or professional opinion The Background and Policy Setting: King is a political scientist committed to conducting policy-relevant research related to war, peace, development, and education. Over the past 15 years, alongside her university-based work, she has partnered with […]
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