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Overview

Han Dorussen is affiliated with the University of Essex in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily lies within the field of Social Sciences, with a particular focus on subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Development, Political Science and International Relations, General Health Professions, and Management Science and Operations Research.

The scientist's work addresses topics at the intersection of global security and development. Main topics covered in their publications include:

  • Peacebuilding and International Security
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • International Development and Aid
  • Global Peace and Security Dynamics
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

Some of the frequent venues where Dorussen's research has appeared are:

  • Conflict Management and Peace Science
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Journal of Peace Research
  • International Interactions
  • International Peacekeeping

Among their recent papers are:

  • The effectiveness of mediation and peacekeeping for ending conflict (2021, Journal of Peace Research)
  • The reintegration of ex-combatants and post-conflict violence. An analysis of municipal crime levels in Colombia (2020, Conflict Management and Peace Science)
  • United Nations peace initiatives 1946-2015: introducing a new dataset (2020, International Interactions)
  • UN Peacekeeping at 75: Achievements, Challenges, and Prospects (2023, International Peacekeeping)
  • New horizons in EU-Japan security cooperation (2020, Asia Europe Journal)

Frequent collaborators in Dorussen's research include:

  • Steve Pickering
  • Jason Reifler
  • Dorothy Yen
  • Govinda Clayton
  • Martin Ejnar Hansen

The scientist has contributed extensively to the analysis of conflict resolution, peacekeeping efforts, and the socio-political dynamics in post-conflict settings. Their work integrates interdisciplinary approaches combining political science, development studies, and peace and conflict research.

Best Publications

  • Assessing the Reliability and Validity of Expert Interviews

    Han Dorussen;Hartmut Lenz;Spyros Blavoukos

  • Intergovernmental Organizations and the Kantian Peace: A Network Perspective

    Han Dorussen;Hugh Ward

  • Equilibrium in multicandidate probabilistic spatial voting

    Tse-min Lin;James M. Enelow;Han Dorussen

  • Trade networks and the Kantian peace

    Han Dorussen;Hugh Ward

  • Winning the Peace Locally: UN Peacekeeping and Local Conflict

    Andrea Ruggeri;Han Dorussen;Theodora Ismene Gizelis

  • Heterogeneous Trade Interests and Conflict What You Trade Matters

    Han Dorussen

  • Managing Mistrust: An Analysis of Cooperation with UN Peacekeeping in Africa

    Andrea Ruggeri;Theodora-Ismene Gizelis;Han Dorussen

  • Ending Economic Sanctions Audience Costs and Rent-Seeking as Commitment Strategies

    Han Dorussen;Jongryn Mo

  • On the Frontline Every Day? Subnational Deployment of United Nations Peacekeepers

    Andrea Ruggeri;Han Dorussen;Theodora Ismene Gizelis

  • Globalization, Party Positions, and the Median Voter

    Hugh Ward;Lawrence Ezrow;Han Dorussen

  • Mixing Carrots with Sticks: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Positive Incentives*

    Han Dorussen

  • Balance of Power Revisited: A Multi-Country Model of Trade and Conflict

    Han Dorussen

  • Colonial War and the Democratic Peace

    Hilde Ravlo;Nils Petter Gleditsch;Han Dorussen

  • Sharing the Burden of Collective Security in the European Union

    Han Dorussen;Emil J. Kirchner;James Sperling

  • European Integration, Intergovernmental Bargaining, and Convergence of Party Programmes

    Han Dorussen;Kyriaki Nanou

  • Into the lion's den: Local responses to UN peacekeeping

    Han Dorussen;Theodora-Ismene Gizelis

  • The context of economic voting: an introduction

    Han Dorussen;Harvey D. Palmer

  • Standing alongside your friends: Network centrality and providing troops to UN peacekeeping operations

    Hugh Ward;Han Dorussen

  • European integration and electoral democracy: How the European Union constrains party competition in the Member States

    Kyriaki Nanou;Han Dorussen

  • The known knowns and known unknowns of peacekeeping data

    G. Clayton;J. Kathman;K. Beardsley;T. I Gizelis

  • Networked international politics Complex interdependence and the diffusion of conflict and peace

    Han Dorussen;Erik A Gartzke;Oliver Westerwinter

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugh Ward
Hugh Ward University of Essex
Thomas Christiansen
Thomas Christiansen Guido Carli Free International University for Social Studies
Nils Petter Gleditsch
Nils Petter Gleditsch Peace Research Institute
Lawrence Ezrow
Lawrence Ezrow University of Essex
Mark Rhinard
Mark Rhinard Stockholm University
Kyle Beardsley
Kyle Beardsley Duke University
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch University of Essex
Erik Gartzke
Erik Gartzke University of California, San Diego
Arjen Boin
Arjen Boin Leiden University
Lisa Hultman
Lisa Hultman Uppsala University

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