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Lisa Hultman

Lisa Hultman

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

D-Index
23
Citations
4060
World Ranking
1744
National Ranking
31

Lisa Hultman publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lisa Hultman sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 69 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Lisa Hultman D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lisa Hultman sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 72 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 23 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Overview

Lisa Hultman is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and specializes in research within the social sciences. Their work spans various subfields including sociology and political science, political science and international relations, development, soil science, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics. The principal focus areas of their research include peacebuilding and international security, global peace and security dynamics, political conflict and governance, as well as international development and aid. Additional topics addressed include agricultural risk and resilience, climate change impacts on agriculture, and hydrology and drought analysis.

The scientist has contributed to multiple publications in well-regarded academic journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Just Different Hats? Comparing UN and Non-UN Peacekeeping (2020) published in International Peacekeeping
  • UN Peacekeeping at 75: Achievements, Challenges, and Prospects (2023) published in International Peacekeeping
  • Employing local peacekeeping data to forecast changes in violence (2022) published in International Interactions
  • The United Nations After 75: Assessing Current Understandings, Charting Fruitful Research Agendas (2022) published in International Peacekeeping
  • Do the Lights Stay on? Deployment and Withdrawal of Peacekeepers and Their Effect on Local Economic Development (2025) published in British Journal of Political Science

The list of frequent co-authors includes Jacob D. Kathman, Corinne Bara, Megan Shannon, Desirée Nilsson, and Allard Duursma, reflecting a collaborative research network across multiple topics in peacekeeping and political science.

Lisa Hultman's work is frequently published in venues such as International Peacekeeping, British Journal of Political Science, International Interactions, Foreign Policy Analysis, and European Journal of International Relations. These journals are central outlets for research that connects international relations theory with practical aspects of conflict resolution and peacekeeping operations.

Their research contributes to understanding how peacekeeping influences political and economic outcomes, with a strong empirical focus on measuring and forecasting the effects of peacekeepers' deployments on local violence and development trajectories. This approach aligns with broader themes in political conflict and governance studies, emphasizing data-driven analysis within international peace and security frameworks.

Best Publications

  • One-Sided Violence Against Civilians in War Insights from New Fatality Data

    Kristine Eck;Lisa Hultman

  • United Nations Peacekeeping and Civilian Protection in Civil War

    Lisa Hultman;Jacob Kathman;Megan Shannon

  • Battle Losses and Rebel Violence: Raising the Costs for Fighting

    Lisa Hultman

  • Weakening the Enemy A Disaggregated Study of Violence against Civilians in Africa

    Hanne Fjelde;Lisa Hultman

  • Protection Through Presence: UN Peacekeeping and the Costs of Targeting Civilians

    Hanne Fjelde;Lisa Hultman;Desirée Nilsson

  • Evaluating the Conflict-Reducing Effect of UN Peacekeeping Operations

    Håvard Hegre;Lisa Hultman;Håvard Mokleiv Nygård

  • ViEWS: A political violence early-warning system:

    Håvard Hegre;Håvard Hegre;Marie Allansson;Matthias Basedau;Matthias Basedau;Michael Colaresi;Michael Colaresi

  • Keeping Peace or Spurring Violence? Unintended Effects of Peace Operations on Violence against Civilians

    Lisa Hultman

  • UN peace operations and protection of civilians: Cheap talk or norm implementation?

    Lisa Hultman

  • United Nations peacekeeping dynamics and the duration of post- civil conflict peace

    Lisa Hultman;Jacob D. Kathman;Megan Shannon

  • The Power to Hurt in Civil War: The Strategic Aim of RENAMO Violence**

    Lisa Hultman

  • Successful or Counterproductive Coercion? The Effect of International Sanctions on Conflict Intensity

    Lisa Hultman;Dursun Peksen

  • Attacks on Civilians in Civil War: Targeting the Achilles Heel of Democratic Governments

    Lisa Hultman

  • Peacekeeping in the Midst of War

    Lisa Hultman;Jacob D. Kathman;Megan Shannon

  • Intraethnic dominance and control: violence against co-ethnics in the early Sri Lankan civil war

    Jannie Lilja;Lisa Hultman

  • Mapping blue helmets: Introducing the Geocoded Peacekeeping Operations (Geo-PKO) dataset:

    Deniz Cil;Hanne Fjelde;Lisa Hultman;Desirée Nilsson

  • The known knowns and known unknowns of peacekeeping data

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

  • Offsetting Losses: Bargaining Power and Rebel Attacks on Peacekeepers

    Hanne Fjelde;Lisa Hultman;Sara Lindberg Bromley

  • Just Different Hats? Comparing UN and Non-UN Peacekeeping

    Corinne Bara;Lisa Hultman

  • UN Peacekeeping and Protection from Sexual Violence

    Karin Johansson;Lisa Hultman

  • Responding to Wartime Sexual Violence : UN Peacekeeping and the Protection Agenda

    Lisa Hultman;Karin Johansson

  • Beyond Keeping Peace: United Nations Effectiveness in the Midst of Fighting

    Lisa Hultman;Jacob D. Kathman;Megan Shannon

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacob D. Kathman
Jacob D. Kathman University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Håvard Hegre
Håvard Hegre Uppsala University
Håvard Mokleiv Nygård
Håvard Mokleiv Nygård Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
Michael P. Colaresi
Michael P. Colaresi University of Pittsburgh
Gerald Schneider
Gerald Schneider University of Konstanz
Han Dorussen
Han Dorussen University of Essex
Kyle Beardsley
Kyle Beardsley Duke University
Simon Hug
Simon Hug University of Geneva
Peter Wallensteen
Peter Wallensteen Uppsala University

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