German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

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Dr. Hannah Smidt

Associate

Dr. Hannah Smidt

  • Short CV

    • Since 2020: Associate with the GIGA Institute for African Affairs

    • Since 2019: Head of Research Area “International Security, Peace and Conflict” at the University of Zurich

    • 2018 - 2019: Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute for African Affairs

    Current Research

    • Activities of UN peace operations

    • UN peacebuilding at the local level

    • Restrictions against civil society organizations, shrinking civic space

    • Quantitative methods and quantitative text analysis

    Countries and Regions

    • Cote d'Ivoire

    Research Programmes

    Dr. Hannah Smidt

    Associate

    hannah.smidt@giga-hamburg.deHannah.Smidt@uzh.ch

    Publications

    Studies In Comparative International Development | 02/2024

    Civil Society Under Attack: The Consequences for Horizontal Accountability Institutions

    This manuscript investigates how restrictions on CSOs affect the quality of horizontal accountability institutions like parliaments and courts. Our results imply that a crackdown on CSOs serves as a warning sign of deteriorating horizontal oversight.

    Dr. Hannah Smidt

    Jessica Johansson

    Dr. Thomas Richter

    Conflict Management and Peace Science | 09/2021

    Keeping Electoral Peace? Activities of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and Their Effects on Election-Related Violence

    Dr. Hannah Smidt

    Associate

    British Journal of Political Science | 07/2021

    Silencing Their Critics: How Government Restrictions Against Civil Society Affect International ‘Naming and Shaming'

    Dr. Hannah Smidt

    Dominic Perera

    Neil J Mitchell

    Kristin M Bakke

    International Studies Quarterly | 03/2020

    When States Crack Down on Human Rights Defenders

    Kristin M Bakke

    Neil J Mitchell

    Dr. Hannah Smidt

    Journal of Conflict Resolution | 02/2020

    United Nations Peacekeeping Locally: Enabling Conflict Resolution, Reducing Communal Violence

    Dr. Hannah Smidt

    Associate

    Lectures

    Cooperation Event | 26/02/2020

    Restrictions on Civil Society: A Warning Signal for the Decline of Democracy?

    The Political Dynamics and Challenges of Mass Protesting: A Global Perspective, GIGA Hamburg, Hamburg Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Carnegie Europe Dr. Hannah Smidt (Speaker), Jessica Johansson (Speaker), Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker)

    Dr. Hannah Smidt

    Jessica Johansson

    Dr. Thomas Richter

    Teaching

    Teaching | University College London | 2016

    Einführung in die Internationalen Beziehungen und Konfliktforschung

    University College London London United Kingdom

    Teaching | University College London | 2016

    Terrorismusforschung

    University College London London United Kingdom

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