Kerstin Fisk

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations

  • Los Angeles CA UNITED STATES

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

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Biography

Kerstin Fisk is an associate professor of political science at Loyola Marymount University and a senior researcher at the Peace Research Institute of Oslo. Her research focuses on issues of conflict and security, emphasizing civil war dynamics, violence against civilians, and communal conflict. She has published work in Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Civil Wars, and International Studies Perspectives.

Fisk’s most recent projects investigate subnational-level patterns of communal violence related to refugee encampment and government-sponsored militia attacks on refugee hosting locations in Africa. She is also working on two multi-year research projects funded by the Research Council of Norway: TRUST: Refugee Impacts on Host Sociopolitical Attitudes and CONMIG:Geographies of Conflict-Induced Migration.

Areas of Expertise

Conflict Processes
Refugees
Civil Conflict and Violence
Preventive Force and Drones
International Relations
Comparative Politics
Forced Migration
Political Violence

Courses

Introduction to Comparative Politics

Introduction to Comparative Politics

Introduction to International Relations

Introduction to International Relations

Politics of Africa

Politics of Africa

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Articles

Refugee Encampment and Communal Conflict in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Peace Research

Kerstin Fisk

2019-01-01

Fisk, Kerstin. 2019. “Refugee Encampment and Communal Conflict in sub-Saharan Africa.” Journal of Peace Research 56(1): 58-72.

Emotions, Terrorist Threat, and Drones: Anger Drives Support for Drone Strikes

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Kerstin Fisk, Jennifer L Merolla, and Jennifer M Ramos

2019-04-01

Fisk, Kerstin, Jennifer L Merolla, and Jennifer M Ramos. 2019. “Emotions, Terrorist Threat, and Drones: Anger Drives Support for Drone Strikes.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 63(4): 976-1000.

One-Sided Violence in Refugee-Hosting Areas

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Kerstin Fisk

2018-03-01

Fisk, Kerstin. 2018. “One-Sided Violence in Refugee-Hosting Areas.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 62(3): 529-556.

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