Research Group: United Nations Studies in Peace and Justice Summary of Activities Annual Report 2019 Prof. Alanna O’Malley June 2020 ABOUT THE RESEARCH GROUP UNITED NATIONS STUDIES IN PEACE AND JUSTICE Background and Mission The aim of the United Nations (UN) Studies Chair is to ultimately change perceptions of the UN. The Chair is designed to connect the academic study of the UN system with the strong civil society in The Hague, especially the existing UN agencies and the wider public. It will act as an umbrella to connect these different dimensions and acts as a focal point for activities relating to the UN and associated ideas of global governance in the area of peace and justice. The Chair provides a unique opportunity to bring together a diverse set of actors relating to the UN and its activities in order to improve public visibility of and engagement with the organization. It is doing so through the execution of the research projects below and the creation of a UN Studies Research Group which has connected expertise at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS) with Leiden University. 2 Research Themes Global Governance There are three priority research areas for the Chair: In 2019, the first steps were taken for the integration of our research group into the Centre of Expertise on Global Governance. Together with the research groups Multilevel Regulation (Barbara Warwas) and Changing Role of Europe (Mendeltje van Keulen) we drafted a first 1. ‘Challenging the Liberal World Order from joint annual plan centered around the theme of ‘New Within, The Invisible History of the United Actors, New Solutions’. Nations and the Global South, 1945-1981.’ (INVISIHIST) ERC Starting Grant, January 2020-September 2025. 2. Women and Peacebuilding, A Multilevel Perspective. 3. What Does the UN Mean to the Youth? A project in association with the Van Aartsen Honours Program and the PRE-programme of Leiden University. 2 3 ABOUT THE LECTOR Over de lector Prof. Alanna O’Malley Alanna O’Malley is professor of United Nations Studies in Peace and Justice at The Hague University of Applied Sciences and Leiden University. She completed a PhD at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence from 2007-2012. In 2009, she was a Visiting Scholar at New York University, in Spring 2017 a Kathleen Fitzpatrick Visiting Fellow at the Laureate Research Program in International History at the University of Sydney and from August 2017-February 2018 she was a Fulbright Research Scholar at the History Department of George Washington University in Washington D.C. In 2019 she was awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for her new research project ‘Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within, The Invisible History of the UN and the Global South’. Members of the Research Group Menandro S. Abanes PhD David den Dunnen Educating for Peace Small states on the UN Security Council Menandro S. Abanes is a researcher and development worker Leider van de onderzoeksgroep, Smart David den Dunnen has who has more than 16 years of experience in the field. He been a lecturer in International Law and Legal Skills at The earned a fellowship from the Ford-Foundation Graduate Hague University of Applied Sciences since 2010. He currently Degree for Southeast Asian Development Practitioners for teaches courses on the law of international organizations, his MA in Anthropology with special focus on development international security, and legal analysis and decision-making studies at the Institute of Philippine Culture (IPC) – Ateneo skills. David serves as a study coach and coordinates Y1 de Manila University. Then, he was awarded a scholarship Tutoring. He is secretary of the Programme Committee for by Nippon Foundation to specialize in International Peace HBO-Rechten/Law. In September 2019 David will also join the Studies at the United Nations-mandated University for Faculty’s research group of UN Studies in Peace and Justice. Peace in Costa Rica. In 2010, he joined a research project Previously, David served as the editor of Atlantisch Perspectief financed by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific (2003-2010), a Dutch journal on international security, and Research (NWO), Ethno-religious conflicts in Indonesia and published various articles. In 2001 he conducted an internship the Philippines (ERCIP) as a doctoral researcher at Radboud at the European Parliament. David holds an LL.M. in European, University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. In 2014, he earned international and comparative law from Maastricht University his PhD in Social Science. He is currently a lecturer at Safety (2002) and did his exchange at the Université d’Aix-Marseille III, and Security Management Studies (SSMS) at The Hague France. He took the course International Security Issues at the University of Applied Sciences. Clingendael Institute in 2002 and participated in The Hague The Hague University of Applied Sciences Academy’s Public International Law summer course (2016). The Hague University of Applied Sciences 4 ABOUT THE LECTOR Christine Tremblay Reitse Keizer Szilvia Csevár Women and Peacebuilding, Focuses on UN’s role in international Women and Peacebuilding, A Multilevel Perspective financial-economic relations and the A Multilevel Perspective development of economic thinking Christine M. G. Tremblay is Lecturer Szilvia Csevár is a lecturer in Public of International Law at The Hague Reitse Keizer (MA Political Economics, International Law at The Hague University University of Applied Sciences and Rotterdam) is researcher at the UN of Applied Sciences (THUAS). She also an external PhD candidate at Leiden Studies research group of THUAS. With holds a researcher position at the Chair/ University. Her PhD research focuses on specialisations in history of economic Lectorate of UN Studies in Peace and feminist scholarship and its impact on thinking and monetary economics he Justice, shared between Leiden Univer- International Criminal Law since 1991. focuses on UN’s role in international sity and THUAS, her research focusing on She obtained her law degree from McGill financial-economic relations and the indigenous rights in the context of envi- University in 1999 and is a member of development of economic thinking. He ronmental justice and conflict prevention. the Quebec Bar. She obtained her LLM contributes to the minor Peacebuilding She worked with the UN-backed Special (adv.) from Leiden University in 2002. She and is co-author/editor of the study Court for Sierra Leone for several years has previously occupied the positions book Wereld in Beweging (Dutch). He as a Legal Researcher. Other professional of General Coordinator of the Grotius also works as researcher at the “New activities included serving as Registrar Centre for International Legal Studies, and Finance Lectoraat” of THUAS. with the International Peoples Tribunal Managing Editor of the Leiden Journal of The Hague University of Applied on Crimes against Humanity in Indone- International Law. Sciences sia 1965, as well as chairing the working The Hague University of Applied Sciences group International Protection of Human Rights of the Dutch section of the Inter- national Commission of Jurists. The Hague University of Applied Sciences Saskia Rademaker Women and Peacebuilding, A Multilevel Perspective Saskia Rademaker is researcher at the UN Studies Lectorate at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. She is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs at Leiden University, focusing on female peacekeepers. She is coordinator of the minor Making Peace not War, and co-author/editor of the textbook Wereld in Beweging (Dutch). Besides her research activities Saskia works as a policy advisor at the department of Education, Knowledge and Communication at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. The Hague University of Applied Sciences 4 5 ABOUT THE LECTOR Benita Hickson Ford Brodeur Vanessa Newby (Student Assistant) Benita Hickson was in 2019 a Research Vanessa Newby is an Assistant Professor and Education Assistant for the Chair/ Within the fields of International at Leiden University and author of Lectorate of UN Studies in Peace and Relations and Diplomacy, he is Peacekeeping in South Lebanon: Justice, between The Hague University greatly interested in Peace-Building Credibility and Local Cooperation with of Applied Sciences and Leiden Operations, Conflict and Environmental Syracuse University Press (2018). She University. She has a BA in History and Sustainability. Ford was an International has a PhD in International Relations Politics from Trinity College, Dublin and Relations master student at Leiden and her research interests include an MA in International Relations from University and intern of the research peacekeeping, peacebuilding, gender Leiden University. She runs the youth group in 2019. As social media expert and security, informal institutions, and leg of the Chair/Lectorate, UN Youth he contributed to our communication the international relations of the Middle Impact, which aims to engage students activities. East. Vanessa has conducted research in the UN, focusing on helping young Leiden University on the Middle East for over twelve people to contribute to the Sustainable years and is an Arabic speaker. She has Development Goals on a local level. published in several international peer- reviewed journals such as International Peacekeeping, Contemporary Politics, the Australian Journal of International Affairs, and Third World Quarterly. Leiden University Diego Salama Tom Buitelaar Diego Salama is a PhD Candidate in Tom Buitelaar is PhD student in Political History of International Relations at Science at the European University Leiden University. His research will focus Institute, where he’s working under the on the history of the United Nations and supervision of Professor Jennifer Welsh. Peace Operations in the Middle East In his dissertation, he investigates the between 1973 and 1982. In addition, how the UN balances peace and justice in Diego currently works for the United its peace operations. For the UN Studies Nations University as a public information Chair/Lectorate, he is organizing an event officer.