Curriculum vitae
Hannah Smidt studierte Politikwissenschaft an der Universität Mannheim, dem Institut für politische Studien (Science Po) Lille und der Johns Hopkins University. Im Jahr 2017 promovierte sie am University College London. Sie war Leiter des Forschungsbereichs "International Security, Peace & Conflict" an der Universität Zürich und wechselte dann als Assistenzprofessor an die Universität St. Gallen.
Forschungsschwerpunkte
Internationale Organisationen und Governance, Friedens- und Konfliktforschung mit besonderem Fokus auf Peacekeeping Interventionen der Vereinten Nationen, Demokratisierung in Konfliktländern, Menschenrechte, zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen sowie Mixed-Methods-Forschungsdesigns und quantitative Methoden (insbesondere Analyse von geolokalisierten Daten).
Publikationen (ZORA)
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Publications
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2022
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When do UN Peacekeeping operations implement their mandates?. American Journal of Political Science, 66(3):664-680.
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Protecting the Vote? Peacekeeping presence and the risk of electoral violence. British Journal of Political Science, 52(3):1113-1132.
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2021
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Keeping electoral peace? Activities of United Nations peacekeeping operations and their effects on election-related violence. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 38(5):580-604.
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Silencing their critics: how government restrictions against civil society affect international ‘naming and shaming’. British Journal of Political Science, 51(3):1270-1291.
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2020
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Governments around the world are restricting rights, using the pandemic as cover. In: The Washington Post’s, 6 Mai 2020, p.online.
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When states crack down on human rights defenders. International Studies Quarterly, 64(1):85-96.
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United Nations peacekeeping locally: enabling conflict resolution, reducing communal violence. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 64(2-3):344-372.
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Mitigating election violence locally: UN peacekeepers’ election-education campaigns in Côte d’Ivoire. Journal of Peace Research, 57(1):199-216.
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2016
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From a perpetrator’s perspective: international election observers and post-electoral violence. Journal of Peace Research, 53(2):226-241.
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