Kerstin Fisk
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations Loyola Marymount University
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Biography
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
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Courses
Political Violence and Terrorism
Political Violence and Terrorism
International Security
International Security
Humanitarian Intervention
Humanitarian Intervention
Politics of Africa
Politics of Africa
Introduction to International Relations
Introduction to International Relations
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Articles
Plausible deniability? An investigation of government and government-outsourced violence in refugee hosting areas
International InteractionsKerstin Fisk
2020-12-23
Kerstin Fisk (2021) Plausible deniability? An investigation of government and government-outsourced violence in refugee hosting areas, International Interactions, 47:2, 191-220.
Chapter - The Preventive Force Continuum
Preventive Force: Drones, Targeted Killing and the Transformation of Contemporary WarfareKerstin Fisk and Jennifer M. Ramos
2016-07-01
Fisk, Kerstin and Jennifer M. Ramos. 2016. “The Preventive Force Continuum.” In Fisk, Kerstin and Jennifer M. Ramos (eds). 2016. Preventive Force: Drones, Targeted Killing and the Transformation of Contemporary Warfare. NYU Press
Chapter - Making the World Safe for Preventive Force
The Ethics of War and Peace in an Era of Contested and Fragmented SovereigntyKerstin Fisk and Jennifer M Ramos
2017-11-01
Fisk, Kerstin and Jennifer M Ramos. 2018. “Making the World Safe for Preventive Force.” In Brunsetter, Daniel R and Jean Vincent-Holeindre (eds). The Ethics of War and Peace in an Era of Contested and Fragmented Sovereignty. Georgetown University Press.
Chapter - Out of the Fire, into the Frying Pan? Examining Violence against Forced Migrants in Africa
Emerging Threats to Human Rights: Resources, Violence, and Deprivation of CitizenshipKerstin Fisk
2019-07-01
Fisk, Kerstin. 2019. “Out of the Fire, into the Frying Pan? Examining Violence against Forced Migrants in Africa.” In Smith-Cannoy, Heather (ed), Emerging Threats to Human Rights: Resources, Violence, and Deprivation of Citizenship. Temple University Press.
Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Preventive Self- Defense as a Cascading Norm
International Studies PerspectivesKerstin Fisk and Jennifer M. Ramos
2014-05-01
Fisk, Kerstin and Jennifer M. Ramos. 2014. “Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Preventive Self- Defense as a Cascading Norm.” International Studies Perspectives 15(2): 163-185.
Refugee Geography and the Diffusion of Armed Conflict in Africa
Civil WarsKerstin Fisk
2014-10-01
Fisk, Kerstin. 2014. “Refugee Geography and the Diffusion of Armed Conflict in Africa.” Civil Wars 16(3): 255-75.
One-Sided Violence in Refugee-Hosting Areas
Journal of Conflict ResolutionKerstin Fisk
2018-03-01
Fisk, Kerstin. 2018. “One-Sided Violence in Refugee-Hosting Areas.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 62(3): 529-556.
Emotions, Terrorist Threat, and Drones: Anger Drives Support for Drone Strikes
Journal of Conflict ResolutionKerstin 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.
Refugee Encampment and Communal Conflict in sub-Saharan Africa
Journal of Peace ResearchKerstin Fisk
2019-01-01
Fisk, Kerstin. 2019. “Refugee Encampment and Communal Conflict in sub-Saharan Africa.” Journal of Peace Research 56(1): 58-72.
