Visiting research fellows are scholars who join the Kroc Institute for up to a year to conduct peace research and collaborate with faculty. In addition to research and writing, visiting fellows collaborate with other researchers working in their area; interact with Kroc faculty and faculty fellows in the broader Notre Dame community; and present public lectures about their research.
Meet the Kroc Institute's 2011-2012 visiting fellows:
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Aysegul Aydin (Fall 2011) is an assistant professor in the department of political science at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Aydin's research focuses on conflict resolution in international conflicts and civil wars. Her book, Foreign Powers and Intervention in Armed Conflict, is forthcoming from Stanford University Press. Her research has appeared in academic journals including the Journal of Politics, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the European Journal of International Relations, Conflict Management and Peace Science, and the Journal of Peace Research. At the Kroc Institute, Aydin will work on a book manuscript focused on Kurdish insurgency in Turkey. aydin.1@nd.edu |
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Zana Çitak (Fall 2011) holds a Ph.D. in political science from Boston University and a M.Sc. degree in European studies from the London School of Economics. She is assistant professor of international relations at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Her Kroc fellowship research project focuses on Turkish Islam in Europe. zana.citakayturk.1@nd.edu |
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Emmanuel Katongole (2011-12) is associate professor of theology and world Christianity at Duke University and the founding co-director of the Duke Divinity School’s Center for Reconciliation. Katongole, a Catholic priest, earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from the Catholic University of Louvain and a diploma in theology and religious Studies from Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. He has written books on the Christian social imagination, the crisis of faith following the genocide in Rwanda, and Christian approaches to justice, peace, and reconciliation. His most recent book is The Sacrifice of Africa: A Political Theology for Africa. As a Contending Modernities fellow, Katongole will conduct research on reconciliation in Africa. katongole.1@nd.edu |
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Roger Mac Ginty (Fall 2011) holds a faculty position in the School of International Studies at St. Andrews University in Scotland. He earned a Ph.D. in international relations from the Queen’s University of Belfast. Mac Ginty has collaborated with Kroc professor John Darby and other Kroc faculty on the study of ethnic conflict, political violence, post-war reconstruction, conflict management, and comparative peace processes. He has conducted field research in Bosnia, Croatia, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Northern Ireland, and Sri Lanka. His most recent book is International Peacebuilding and Local Resistance: Hybrid Forms of Peace. While at the Kroc Institute, Mac Ginty will study peacebuilding indicators. roger.h.macginty.1@nd.edu |
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Will Moore (2011-12) is professor of political science at Florida State University. He holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Moore conducts research on the causes of war, including political violence and the repression of dissent, the environmental and political crises precipitating displacement and refugee flows, and ethno-political rebellion. At the Kroc Institute, Moore will research the impact of institutions on state torture practices. will.moore.229@nd.edu |
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Elton Skendaj (Spring 2012) is a 2001 graduate of the Kroc Institute’s master’s program and holds a Ph.D. in comparative politics and international relations from Cornell University. He has previously worked as the National Coordinator for the joint project between the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs and the Hague Appeal for Peace. This two-year international pilot project on “Peace and Disarmament Education Initiatives to Disarm Children and Youth” identified and created venues for peace and disarmament education in Albania. Its best practices were replicated nationally and internationally. While at Kroc, Skendaj will examine the role of international actors in building effective state bureaucracies and democratic institutions in post-war societies. skendaj.2@nd.edu |
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Fanie DuToit (Spring 2012) is the executive director of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town, South Africa. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Oxford University. DuToit’s research, practice and writing has centered on post-conflict reconstruction on the African continent. He recently published an edited volume analyzing South Africa’s reconciliation process, and has written on Rwanda’s transitional justice process. DuToit developed post-apartheid school texts and resources which received UNESCO’s 2008 Prize for Peace Education and are now distributed internationally. At the Kroc Institute, DuToit’s research will focus on political transition in Africa. dutoit.1@nd.edu |
