This page contains a selection of recently published articles from members of the Centre for the Study of Violence. They focus explicitly on the problem of violence.

Members' publications

Professor Brad Evans

Professor in Political Violence

• B Evans (2022) "How Should We Educate Children About Violence?" (Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies Vol. 19 No. 3) 354-385
• B Evans & C. Meza (2021) “Violence & Abstraction” (Symploke, Vol. 29 No. 1) 333-361
• B Evans (2021) "Portraits of Violence: Critical Reflections on the Graphic Novel" (Sociologica: International Journal for Sociological Debate Vol. 15 No. 1) 241-263
• B Evans (2020) "The Myths of Violence" (The Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, Vol. 2 No. 1) 62-68
• B Evans & H. A. Giroux (2015) "Intolerable Violence" (Symploke Vol. 23 (1 & 2) ISSN 1069-0697) 197-219

Dr Stephen Hall

Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in International Relations, Politics and Russia

• S Hall (2017a) “Learning from pasty experience: Yanukovych’s implementation of authoritarianism after 2004.” (Journal of Eurasian Studies Vol. 8 No. 2) 161-171
• S Hall (2017b) “Preventing a Colour Revolution: the Belarusian example as an illustration for the Kremlin.” (East European Politics Vol. 33 No. 2) 162-183
• S Hall, and T Ambrosio (2017) “Authoritarian Learning: A Conceptual Overview.” (East European Politics Vol. 33 No. 2) 143-161
• S (2019) “Improving the Kremlin’s Preventive Counter-Revolution Practices after the 2011-2012 Winter of Discontent and the Euromaidan.” (Russian Politics Vol. 4 No. 4) 466-491

Professor Jason Hart

Senior Lecturer in International Development

• J Hart (2008) “Displaced Children’s Participation in Political Violence” (Conflict, Security and Development Vol. 8 No.3: 277-293)
• J Hart (2011) ‘Young People and Conflict: The Implications for Education’ in Paulson, J. (ed) Education and reconciliation in conflict and post-conflict situations London: Continuum Books
• J Hart (2012) ‘The Spatialisation of Child Protection: notes and questions from the occupied Palestinian territory’ (Development in Practice Vol. 22 No.3: 473-485
• J Hart (2014) ‘Children and Forced Migration’ in Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, E., Loescher, G., Sigona, N. (eds) Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies Oxford University Press
• J Hart (2022) ‘Child Protection in Palestine and Jordan: From rights to principles?’ in Howard, N. and Okyere, S. (eds) International Child Protection: Towards Politics and Participation Palgrave MacMillan

Dr Jennifer Thomson

Dr/Senior Lecturer

• J Thomson (Forthcoming 2022), “Women, peace and security NAPs in anti-gender governments: The cases of Brazil and Poland” with Sophie - Whiting, European Journal of International Studies
• J Thomson (2022), “Gender Norms, Global Hierarchies and the Evolution of Feminist Foreign Policy”, European Journal of Politics and Gender, Online First
• J Thomson (2020), “What’s so feminist about feminist foreign policy?” International Studies Perspectives, 21 (4), 424-437
• J Thomson (2019), “Gender and Nationalism”, Nationalities Papers, 48: 1, 3-11
• J Thomson (2018), “The Women, Peace and Security Agenda and Feminist Institutionalism: A Research Agenda”, International Studies Review, 29: 4, 598-613

Dr Doreen Pastor

Lecturer in German

• D Pastor, and A Kent (2020) "Transformative landscapes: liminality and visitors' emotional experiences at German memorial sites". (Tourism Geographies Vol. 22 No. 2) 250-272.
• D Pastor (2018) "Are Mandatory Visits to Concentration Camp Memorials the Answer?"

Professor Paul Higate

Professor of Conflict and Security

• P Higate (2012) "‘Cowboys and professionals’: The politics of identity work in the private and military security company." Millennium 40, no. 2: 321-341.
• P Higate (2012) "Drinking Vodka from the ‘Butt-Crack’ Men, masculinities and fratriarchy in the private militarized security company" International Feminist Journal of Politics 14, no. 4 (2012): 450-469.
• P Higate (2012) "The private militarized and security contractor as geocorporeal actor." International Political Sociology 6, no. 4: 355-372.
• P Higate (2007) "Peacekeepers, masculinities, and sexual exploitation." Men and Masculinities 10, no. 1: 99-119.

Professor Timo Kivimäki

Professor of International Relations

• T Kivimäki (2022) (edited with Rana Jawad) "The Fragility Grievances-Conflict Triangle in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)". Basel: MDPI
• T Kivimäki (2021) "Protecting the Global Civilian from Violence: UN discourses and practices in fragile states". London: Routledge
• T Kivimäki (2019) "The Failure to Protect. The Path to and Consequences of Humanitarian Interventionism". Cheltenham. Edward Elgar Publishing
• T Kivimäki (2016) "Paradigms of Peace". London: Imperial College Press
• T Kivimäki (2014/2016) "The Long Peace of East Asia". London: Routledge
• T Kivimäki (2012/2017) "Can Peace Research Make Peace". London: Routledge
• T Kivimäki (2003/2018) "US-Indonesian Hegemonic Bargaining. Strength of Weakness". London: Routledge.

Dr Micha Germann

Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics

• M Germann (2022) “Pax Populi? An Analysis of the Conflict Resolution Potential of Referendums on Self-Determination” (European Political Science Review, First View) 1-21
• M Germann and N Sambanis (2021) “Political Exclusion, Lost Autonomy, and Escalating Conflict over Self-Determination” (International Organization Vol. 75 No. 1) 178-203
• F Mendez and M Germann (2018) “Contested Sovereignty: Mapping Referendums on Sovereignty over Time and Space” (British Journal of Political Science Vol. 48 No. 1) 141-165.
• N Sambanis, M Germann, and A Schädel (2018) “SDM: A New Data Set on Self-determination Movements with an Application to the Reputational Theory of Conflict” (Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol. 62 No. 3) 656-686

Dr Oliver Walton

Senior Lecturer

• Goodhand, J. & Walton, O (2023), "(Re)making the margins: frontier assemblages and brokerage in Hambantota, Sri Lanka", Journal of International Development. 35, 3, p. 459-477
• Walton, O. & Goodhand, J (2022), "Fixes and Flux: Frontier Brokers, Political Settlements and Post-War Politics in Nepal and Sri Lanka", The Journal of Development Studies. 58, 11, p. 2331-2348
• Walton, O. & Johnstone, A (2021), "Implementing conflict prevention: explaining the failure of UK government’s structural conflict prevention policy 2010-15", Conflict, Security & Development. 21, 5, p. 541-564
• O Walton, S Karn, and G Lokuge (2021) "Rethinking Alcohol and Conflict: The Politics of Alcohol in Post-war Sri Lanka and Nepal". Civil Wars, 23(3), pp.461-487.
• O Walton (2018) "Beyond disaster framing: exploring multi-mandate INGOs’ representations of conflict. Third World Quarterly", 39(4), pp.642-660.
• J Goodhand, B Klem, and O Walton, O (2016) "Mediating the margins: the role of brokers and the Eastern Provincial Council in Sri Lanka’s post-war transition". Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal, 1(6), pp.817-836.
• O Walton (2015) "Framing disputes and organizational legitimation: UK-based Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora groups' use of the ‘genocide’ frame since 2009". Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(6), pp.959-975.
• O Walton (2012) "Between war and the liberal peace: the politics of NGO peacebuilding in Sri Lanka. International Peacekeeping", 19(1), pp.19-34.

Dr Juan Pablo Ferrero

Senior Lecturer

• Ferrero, J., Centeno, R. & Roumpakis, A (2022), "Transitions and non-transitions from neoliberalism in Latin America and Southern Europe", Politics. 42, 4, p. 524-539
• A Natalucci, and J Ferrero (2021) "Social mobilization and political change in countries governed by the left: The cases of Argentina and Brazil". British Journal of Sociology, 72(5), 1479-1496.
• J Ferrero, R Centeno, and A Roumpakis (2021) "Transitions and non-transitions from neoliberalism in Latin America and Southern Europe". Politics.
• A Natalucci, and J Ferrero (2021) "Repensando la nueva dinámica sociopolítica en Argentina y Brasil, 2011–2016". Estudios Politicos (Universidad de Antioquia), 60 (Enero-Abril).
• Ferrero, J. & Natalucci, A (2020), "COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest: the social protest by other means. Reflections on the Argentinian case", Bulletin of Latin American Research, 39, s1, p. 69-72
• J Ferrero, and A Natalucci (2020) "COVID-19 Pandemic and Social Unrest: The Social Protest by Other Means. Reflections on the Argentinian Case". Bulletin of Latin American Research, 39(s1), 69-72.
• Ferrero, J., Natalucci, A. & Tatagiba, L (2019), "The socio-political dynamics within the crisis of the Left turn: Argentina and Brazil", London: Rowman & Littlefield International Ltd.
• J Ferrero (2016) "Post-neoliberal protest in Latin America as a struggle over the name of 'the people'". Journal of Political Ideologies, 22(1), 52-73.
• Leyer, R. V. & Ferrero, J. P (2016), "Social policy expansion, democracy and social mobilization in Latin America: Healthcare reform in Brazil and Mexico", Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research. 22, 2, p. 117-134
• Ferrero, J. P (2014), "Democracy against Neoliberalism in Argentina and Brazil: A move to the Left", Basingstoke, U. K.: Palgrave Macmillan. 280 p.

Dr Jorge Marco

• J Marco (2020) "Rethinking the Post-War Period in Spain: Violence and Irregular Civil War, 1939-1952" (Journal of Contemporary History Vol. 55 No. 3), 492-513
• J Marco & M. Yusta (2019) "Irregular War, Local Community and Intimate Violence in Spain, 1939-1952" (European History Quarterly Vol. 49 No. 2), 231-249
• J Marco (2017) "Francoist Crimes: Denial and Invisibility" (Journal of Contemporary History Vol. 52 No. 1), 157-163
• J Marco (2015) "El eclipse de los conceptos: sobre el debate de la violencia rebelde/franquista" (Historia Online No. 38), 163-176
• J Marco (2012) "Genocidio y ꞌGenocide Studiesꞌ: debates y definiciones" (Hispania Nova: Revista de Historia Contemporánea No 10), 1-42

Dr Pedro Pineda Rodriguez

Senior Lecturer

• Pineda, P. & Celis, J. E (2021), "Rejection and mutation of discourses in curriculum reforms: Peace education(s) in Colombia and Germany", Journal of Curriculum Studies. 54, 2, p. 259-281.
• Pineda, P. & Steinhardt, I. (2020), "The Debate on student evaluations of teaching: global convergence confronts higher education traditions", Teaching in Higher Education. 28, 4, p. 859-879.x
• Pineda, P., & Celis, J. E (2019), "On Interculturality and decoloniality: Sabedores and government protection of indigenous knowledge in Bacatá Schools". Compare (49).
• Pineda, P., Celis, J. E. & Rangel, L. (2019), "The worldwide spread of peace education: discursive patterns in academic publications", Globalisation, Societies and Education. 17, 5, p. 638-657.
• Pineda, P. & Meier, M (2019), "Loose coupling in curriculum reforms: Rural teachers´ perceptions of peace education in post-conflict Colombia", Peace and Conflict Studies. 27, 1.