KRISTIN MARIE BAKKE Curriculum Vitae October 2016

University College London Department of Political Science 29/30 Tavistock Square Phone: +44 (0)207 679 4983 The Rubin Building E-mail: [email protected] London WC1H 9QU, UK Twitter: @KristinMBakke

Employment

Professor, Department of Political Science and the Program on European Social and Political Studies, University College London, Oct. 2016-present.  Senior Lecturer, Oct. 2013-Sept. 2016.  Lecturer, Sept. 2009-Sept. 2013.

Associate Research Professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Sept. 2016-present.  Associate Senior Researcher, Jan. 2009-Dec. 2009, March 2015-Aug. 2016.  Associate Researcher, Jan. 2008-Dec. 2008.

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Leiden University, Aug. 2008-Sept. 2009.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, Sept. 2007-July 2008.

Education

PhD in Political Science, University of Washington, Seattle, 2007. Fields: Comparative Politics, International Relations, Post-Communist Studies.

MA in Political Science, University of Washington, Seattle, 2003.

BA in Journalism and Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2000.

Semester Units in Philosophy and Theater Theory, University of Oslo (Norway), 1998.

One-Year Course in Political Science, Østfold College, Halden (Norway), 1997.

Book

Bakke, Kristin M. 2015. Decentralization and Intrastate Struggles: Chechnya, Punjab, and Québec. New York: Cambridge University Press.  Recipient of the Conflict Research Society’s Book of the Year Award, 2016.

Journal Articles

Seymour, Lee J.M., Kristin M. Bakke, and Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham. 2016. “E Pluribus Unum, Ex Uno Plures: Competition, Violence, and Fragmentation in Ethnopolitical Movements.” Journal of Peace Research 53 (1): 3-18.

Bakke, Kristin M., John O’Loughlin, Gerard Toal, and Michael D. Ward. 2014. “Convincing State- Builders? Disaggregating Internal Legitimacy in Abkhazia.” International Studies Quarterly 58 (3): 591-607.

Bakke, Kristin M. 2014. “Help Wanted? The Mixed Record of Foreign Fighters in Domestic Insurgencies.” International Security 38 (4): 150-187.

Bakke, Kristin M., Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, and Lee J.M. Seymour. 2012. “A Plague of Initials: Fragmentation, Cohesion, and Infighting in Civil Wars.” Perspectives on Politics 10 (2): 265- 284.

Cunningham, Kathleen Gallagher, Kristin M. Bakke, and Lee J.M. Seymour. 2012. “Shirts Today, Skins Tomorrow: Dual Contests and the Effects of Fragmentation in Self-Determination Disputes.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 56 (1): 57-93.

Ward, Michael D., Brian Greenhill, and Kristin M. Bakke. 2010. “The Perils of Policy by P-Value: Predicting Civil Conflicts.” Journal of Peace Research 47 (4): 1-13.  Selected as the 2010 JPR Article of the Year.

Bakke, Kristin M., John O’Loughlin, and Michael D. Ward. 2009. “Reconciliation in Conflict- Affected Societies: Multilevel Modeling of Individual and Contextual Factors in the North Caucasus of Russia.” Annals of American Association of Geographers 99 (1): 1012-1021.

Bakke, Kristin M. 2009. “State, Society, and Separatism in Punjab.” Regional and Federal Studies 19 (2): 291-308.

Bakke, Kristin M., Xun Cao, John O’Loughlin, and Michael D. Ward. 2009. “Social Distance in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the North Caucasus Region of Russia: Inter and Intra-Ethnic Attitudes and Identities.” Nations and Nationalism 15 (2): 229-255.

Bakke, Kristin M., and Erik Wibbels. 2006. “Diversity, Disparity, and Civil Conflict in Federal States.” World Politics 59 (1): 1-50.

Book Chapters

Bakke, Kristin M. 2013. “Copying and Learning from Outsiders? Assessing Diffusion from Transnational Insurgents in the Chechen Wars.” In Transnational Dynamics of Civil War, ed. Jeffrey Checkel. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Bakke, Kristin M. 2010. “The Turn to Violence in Chechnya and Punjab: Self-Determination Struggles in Decentralized States.” In Rethinking Violence, ed. Adria Lawrence and Erica Chenoweth. Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press.

Bakke, Kristin M. 2010. “After the War Ends: Violence and Viability of Unrecognized States.” In Unrecognized States in the International System, ed. Nina Caspersen and Gareth Stansfield. London: Routledge.

Work in Progress

“Trust the Distant Patron, Trust the Local Leader? Exploring External-Internal Relations of Post-War State-Building in de facto States” (with John O’Loughlin, Andrew Linke, and Gerard Toal), article manuscript.

Bakke/CV 2

“When States Crack Down on Human Rights Defenders” (with Neil J. Mitchell and Hannah Smidt), article manuscript.

“Peace Agreements and State Authority: A Comparative Study of Guatemala, Nepal, and Northern Ireland” (with Karin Dyrstad and Helga Malmin Binningsbø), article manuscript.

Shorter Works and Book Reviews

Bakke, Kristin M. 2012. Review of Rebel Rulers: Insurgent Governance and Civilian Life during War by Zachariah Cherian Mampilly. Perspectives on Politics 10 (4): 1129-1130.

Bakke, Kristin M. 2011. “Chechnya: A Military Suppression of a Secession at a Cost.” In The Ashgate Research Companion to Secession, ed. Aleksander Pavković and Peter Radan. Farnham, UK: Ashgate.

Bakke, Kristin M. 2011. Review of Asymmetric Autonomy and the Settlement of Ethnic Conflicts by Marc Weller and Katherine Nobbs, eds. Journal of Peace Research 48 (2): 269.

Bakke, Kristin M. 2010. Review of The Robust Federation: Principles of Design by Jenna Bednar. The Journal of Politics 72 (2): 599-600.

Bakke, Kristin M., 2010. Review of State Collapse and Reconstruction in the Periphery: Political Economy, Ethnicity and Development in Yugoslavia, Serbia and Kosovo by Jens Stilhoff Sörensen. Nordisk Østforum 24 (2): 224-227.

Bakke, Kristin M. 2009. “Beslan and the Study of Violence.” Political Geography 28 (1): 16-18.

Bakke, Kristin M., 2005. Review of Religion, Civilization and Civil War by Jonathan Fox. International Studies Review 7 (1): 87-89.

Media and Public Dissemination

“What Happens after Civil Wars End?” Talk at the Pint of Science Festival, London, May 24, 2016.

“What the People of Nagorno-Karabakh Think about the Future of their Homeland” (with Lee J.M. Seymour), The Conversation, April 20, 2016.

“How ISIS Rule and Mobilisation Matters for the Military Response to the Paris Attack,” UCL European Institute blog, December 16, 2015.

“War and Peace... and Institutions: When Do Political Institutions Prevent, Rather than Promote, Civil Wars?” (with Nils Metternich and Julian Wucherpfennig). Talk at Policy & Practice Series, University College London, Nov. 19, 2015.

“The Problem with Fragmented Insurgencies” (with Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham and Lee J.M. Seymour), The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage, May 13, 2015.

“Islamic State: No-one Wants to Talk to Terrorists, but We Always Do—and Sometimes it Works” (with Govinda Clayton), The Conversation, October 14, 2014.

“Foreign Fighters Don’t Always Help,” The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage, May 28, 2014.

Bakke/CV 3  Follow-up interview in “Frivillige krigere forlenger krigen” by Per Anders Johansen, Aftenposten, May 30, 2014 (in Norwegian).

“Splittet opposisjon,” Aftenposten, Nov. 19, 2012 (in Norwegian).

“When the Enemy of My Enemy Is Not My Friend: Why Rebels Sometimes Target Their Own.” Talk at TEDxUCL, June 3, 2012.

“Folkets makt: Hva kan revolusjonene i Øst-Europa i 1989 fortelle oss om dagens demonstrasjoner i Egypt?” Verdens Gang, Feb. 3, 2011 (in Norwegian).

Conference and Workshop Papers

“When States Crack Down on Human Rights Defenders” (with Neil J. Mitchell and Hannah Smidt). Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Sept. 2016.

“Building One State, Jeopardizing Another? De facto Statehood and Prospects for a Settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh.” The European Peace Science Conference, Milan, June 2016.

“Attitudes to Peace: Public Opinion in Three Post-Conflict Countries” (with Karin Dyrstad, Helga Malmin Binningsbø, and Arne Henning Eide). Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Philadelphia, March 2016.

“Bringing the State Back in, Again: How State Organization Shapes Paths of Resistance” (with Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham and Lee J.M. Seymour). Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Philadelphia, March 2016.

“International Commitments, Accountability, and the Political Control of Civil Society” (with Neil J. Mitchell and Hannah Smidt). Conference of the British Conflict Research Society, Canterbury, Sept. 2015.

“Legacies of Violence: Security Sector Trust and Authority in Nagorno-Karabakh.” The Pan- European Conference on International Relations, Giardini Naxos, Italy, Sept. 2015.

“The Internal Dynamics of Armed Groups and Opposition Movements: Implications for Policy” (with Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham and Lee J.M. Seymour), Conference of the European Network for Conflict Research, German Development Institute, Bonn, March 2015.

“External Patrons, Violence, and Internal Legitimacy in de facto States: Abkhazia, Nagorno- Karabakh, South Ossetia, and Transdniestria Compared” (with John O’Loughlin, Andrew Linke, and Gerard Toal). General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Edinburgh, June 2014; FLASCO-ISA Joint International Conference, Buenos Aires, July 2014; Conference of the British Conflict Research Society, University of Leeds, Sept. 2014; OxPeace Conference, Oxford University, May 2016.

“E Pluribus Unum, Ex Uno Plures? Correlates and Causes of Fragmentation in Ethnopolitical Movements” (with Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham and Lee J.M. Seymour). Conference of the European Network for Conflict Research, Koç University, Istanbul, April 2014.

“From War-Making to State-Making in de facto States: The Effects of War-Time Fragmentation on Post-War Violence.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Aug. 2013; Conference of the British Conflict Research Society/European Network for Conflict Research, University of Essex, Sept. 2013; Workshop, University of Mannheim, Sept. 2014; Annual Convention

Bakke/CV 4 of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, Feb. 2015; Workshop on “Sovereignty under Threat,” University of Michigan, May 2015.

“From War-Making to State-Making in de facto States: The Case of Transdniestria.” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, April 2013.

“The Viability of de facto States: Post-War Developments and Internal Legitimacy in Abkhazia (with John O’Loughlin and Michael D. Ward). Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, Sept. 2011; World Convention of the Association for the Study for Nationalities, New York, April 2012.

“A Typology of Fragmentation” (with Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham and Lee J.M. Seymour). Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Montréal, March 2011; Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, Sept. 2011.

“Copying and Learning from Outsiders? Diffusion from Transnational Insurgents in the Chechen Wars.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C., Sept. 2010.

“After the War Ends: Violence and Viability of Unrecognized States.” Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, Feb. 2010.

“Shirts Today, Skins Tomorrow: The Effects of Fragmentation on Civil War Processes and Outcomes” (with Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham and Lee J.M. Seymour). Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, New York, Feb. 2009; Annual Convention of International Studies Association, New Orleans, Feb. 2010.

“The Turn to Violence in Chechnya and Punjab: Separatist Struggles in Decentralized States.” World Convention of the Association for the Study for Nationalities, New York, April 2008; Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Aug. 2008.

“Transnational Insurgents and Domestic Rebel Movement’s Goals and Strategies.” Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, March 2008; Workshop on Transnationalism, Mechanisms, and Civil War, Washington D.C., Oct. 2008.

“Separatism and Center-Region Relations in Chechnya, Punjab, and Québec.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Aug. 2007.

“Social Distance in Bosnia and the North Caucasus Region of Russia” (with Michael D. Ward, John O’Loughlin, and Xun Cao). World Convention of the Association for the Study for Nationalities, New York, April 2007.

“Cooperation without Trust in Conflict-Ridden Societies: Survey Results from Bosnia and the North Caucasus” (with Michael D. Ward, John O’Loughlin, and Xun Cao). Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Sept. 2006.

“Power-Sharing and Peace: The Effects of Decentralization, Diversity, and Disparity in the Russian Regions.” Workshop on Power-Sharing and Democratic Governance in Divided Societies, Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), Aug. 2006.

“Democratic Competition, Decentralization, and Divided States.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C., Sept. 2005.

“Chechnya: Revolution or Separatist Conflict?” Presented at the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Honolulu, March 2005.

Bakke/CV 5 “Inequality, Ethnic Diversity, and Conflict in Federal States” (with Erik Wibbels). Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Sept. 2004; the Norwegian Annual Political Science Conference, Hurdalsjøen, Jan. 2005; Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Diego, March 2006; Workshop on Decentralization, Federalism and Conflict, Oxford University, Oct. 2006.

“Federalism in Russia and India: A Means for Managing Conflict in Multiethnic States?” Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Montréal, March 2004.

“State Framing and Social Movement Impact: The Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers from Gorbachev to Putin.” Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Portland, Feb. 2003.

Invited Academic Presentations

Workshop at the University of Genoa, Italy (June 2016); workshop at the Department of Politics, York University (March 2016); talk at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry (Oct. 2015); workshop at the University of Essex, Colchester (June 2015); talk at the Department of Government, University of Essex, Colchester (June 2015); workshop at the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (May 2015); talk at the Department of Political Science, University of Washington, Seattle (Feb. 2015); talk at the Department of Political Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago (Aug. 2014); workshop at the Lehrstuhl Politische Wissenschaft IV, University of Mannheim (Sept. 2014): workshop at the International Relations and European Studies Department, the Central European University, Budapest (June 2013); workshop at ETH Zurich (May 2013); talk at the Department of Government, University of Essex, Colchester (Nov. 2012); talk at the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, Canterbury (Feb. 2011); talk at the Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, London (Jan. 2011); talk at Nuffield College, Oxford University (Nov. 2010); talk at the Department of International Relations, University of Sussex, Brighton (Oct. 2010); talk at the Mellon Sawyer seminar series, University of London (May 2010); response to the plenary lecture of the Political Geography Specialty Group at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston (April 2008); talk at the Program on Order, Conflict and Violence, Yale University, New Haven (March 2008); talk at the Belfer Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (Feb. 2008); talk to the Identity Politics Working Group, MIT, Cambridge, MA (Nov. 2007); workshop at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (Aug. 2006); workshop at the Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, Oxford University (Oct. 2006); talk to the Montréal Research Group on Ethnic Conflict, McGill University, Montréal (Nov. 2005); talk at the Institut Québécois des Hautes Études Internationales, Laval University, Québec (Oct. 2005).

Conference and Workshop Organization

Organizer: Stakeholder conference on “Perceptions of Security and Governance in de facto and Partially Recognized States,” University College London, Sept. 2014.

Co-organizer: Workshop on “Shaping the Territory in Scotland, Catalonia, and Flanders” (with Claire Colomb and John Tomaney), European Institute, University College London, Nov. 2013.

Policy Outreach

Invited presentation on “Public Attitudes and Prospects for a Peace Settlement in Nagorno- Karabakh,” Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK), June 2016, and the British Academy, June 2016.

Bakke/CV 6 Invited presentation on “Decentralization as ‘Peace Preserving’?” Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK), May 2016, and academic/practitioner workshop at the University of Birmingham, Feb. 2016.

Invited presentation/report on “Foreign Fighters: Assessing Their Influence at Home and Abroad.” Workshop on “Future Trends,” organized by the National Intelligence Council (US), Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre, Ministry of Defense (UK), and Oxford University, June 2015.

Invited presentation on “Foreign Fighters: The Possible Perils of Helping Hands,” Strategic Early Warning, Cabinet Office (UK), July 2014.

Invited participation at conference on “Countries at Risk,” Strategic Early Warning Unit, Cabinet Office (UK), June 2014.

Invited presentation on “Preserving Peace? Decentralization and Intrastate Struggles” at the Conference on Human Rights and the Question of Democratization and Federalism in Iran, the European Parliament, Brussels, April 2009.

Grants and Fellowships

 British Academy: PI for project on “International Commitments, Accountability, and the Political Control of Civil Society” (~ £9,900), with Neil J. Mitchell (Co-PI), 2016-2017.  Norwegian Research Council: Co-I for project on “Attitudes for Peace: Post-Conflict Public Opinion” (~ NOK 7,000,000), with Karin Dyrstad (PI), Helga Malmim Binningsbø (Co-PI), and Arne Eide (Co-I), 2015-2017.  Economic and Social Research Council, UK: PI for project on “After the War Ends: Violence in Unrecognized States” (~ £99,000), 2012-2014.  International Studies Association: Catalytic Research Grant for workshop on “Exploring Actors in Ethnic Conflict,” with Kathleen G. Cunningham and Lee J.M. Seymour, 2009.  Harvard University, Belfer Center: Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2007-2008.  University of Washington: Dissertation Writing Fellowship, 2007.  National Science Foundation (US): Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant, 2005-2006.  Chr. Michelsen Institute (Norway): “Nationalgaven” Scholarship, 2005-2006.  University of Washington: Chester Fritz Grant for International Exchanges, 2005.  Norwegian Research Council: International Stipend for Studies at the Pushkin Institute of Russian Language in Moscow, summers 2002 and 2004 (declined 2004).

Research Skills

 Languages: Norwegian (native), English (fluent), Russian (intermediate), German (intermediate), Dutch (basic), French (basic).  Field research and/or surveys: Russia, spring 2005; Canada, fall 2005; India, winter 2006; Transdniestria, fall 2012; Nagorno-Karabakh, spring 2013; Abkhazia, fall 2013; Guatemala, spring 2016; Northern Ireland, spring 2016.  Statistical programs: Stata and affiliated programs.

Courses Designed and Taught

 Conflict Resolution and Post-War Development (MSc), UCL.  Political Violence and Intrastate Conflicts (BA), UCL.  International Relations Theories (BA), UCL.  Introduction to Research Design (MA), Leiden University.

Bakke/CV 7  Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction (MA), Leiden University.  Qualitative Research Methods (MA), Leiden University.  Collective Violence and the State (BA), University of Washington, Seattle.

PhD Students

 Melanie Garson, “The Third Pillar: Supporting Settlements to End Protracted Conflicts,” PhD project in the Department of Political Science, UCL (primary supervisor), 2009-present.  Hannah Smidt, “The Impact of International Peacekeeping on Election-Related Violence in Post- Civil War Countries,” PhD project in the Department of Political Science, UCL (primary supervisor, co-supervision), 2013-present.  Beth Souris, “Transnational Ethnic Groups and Civil Conflict: The Impact of the Karen’s Transnational Ethnic Kin Groups on the KNU Insurgency in Myanmar,” PhD project in the Department of Political Science, UCL (secondary supervisor), 2012-present.  Elizabeth Stones, “Predicting and Preventing Instability,” PhD project at the Institute of Crime Science, UCL (secondary supervisor), 2011-present.

Academic Service

 Chair of Exam Board, European Social and Political Studies, UCL, 2010-2013, 2016-present.  Departmental Tutor, European Social and Political Studies, UCL, 2013-2016.  Member of the PhD upgrade committee, Department of Political Science, UCL, 2010-2011.  Member of the European Social and Political Studies’ steering committee, UCL, 2009-present.  Member of the MA Admissions Committee, Leiden University, 2008-2009.  Member of the MA in IR and Diplomacy Education Committee, Leiden University, 2008-2009.

Service to the Discipline

 Associate Editor, Journal of Peace Research, 2012-present.  Member of Editorial Committee, Journal of Peace Research, 2010-present.  Member of Advisory Board, Nations and Nationalism, 2012-present.  Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Global Security Studies, 2014-present.  Member of Council, Conflict Research Society, UK, 2014-present.  Member of Management Committee, European Network for Conflict Research, 2013-2016.  External Examiner at PhD defense: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (2011); University of Oslo (2012; 2014); School of African and Oriental Studies, London (2013); London School of Economics (2016).  Reviewer, American Political Science Review; British Journal of Political Science; Comparative Political Studies; Conflict, Security and Development; International Area Studies Review; International Security; International Studies Quarterly; Journal of Conflict Resolution; Journal of Global Security Studies; Journal of Peace Research; Nationalism and Ethnic Politics; Nations and Nationalism; Perspectives on Politics; Political Geography; Research & Politics; Security Studies; World Politics; Palgrave; Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC); National Science Foundation (US); Swedish Research Council.

Professional Associations

American Political Science Association (APSA), British Conflict Research Society (CRS), European Political Science Association (EPSA), International Studies Association (ISA).

Bakke/CV 8