Kerstin Fisk

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations | Loyola Marymount University

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 (8)

Conflict Processes

Refugees

Civil Conflict and Violence

Preventive Force and Drones

International Relations

Comparative Politics

Forced Migration

Political Violence

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NYU Press

Courses (6)

Introduction to Comparative Politics

Introduction to International Relations

Politics of Africa

Humanitarian Intervention

International Security

Political Violence and Terrorism

Articles (9)

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.

Refugee Geography and the Diffusion of Armed Conflict in Africa

Civil Wars

Kerstin Fisk

2014-10-01

Fisk, Kerstin. 2014. “Refugee Geography and the Diffusion of Armed Conflict in Africa.” Civil Wars 16(3): 255-75.

Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Preventive Self- Defense as a Cascading Norm

International Studies Perspectives

Kerstin 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.

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 Citizenship

Kerstin 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.

Chapter - Making the World Safe for Preventive Force

The Ethics of War and Peace in an Era of Contested and Fragmented Sovereignty

Kerstin 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 - The Preventive Force Continuum

Preventive Force: Drones, Targeted Killing and the Transformation of Contemporary Warfare

Kerstin 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

Plausible deniability? An investigation of government and government-outsourced violence in refugee hosting areas

International Interactions

Kerstin 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.