Séverine Autesserre
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Dr. Séverine Autesserre |
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| Occupation | Researcher and professor |
| Known for | Research on peacebuilding, peacekeeping, and humanitarian aid |
| Title | Associate Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University |
| Website | www |
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| Education | Yale University (post-doctorate), New York University (Ph.D), Columbia University (master's degree), Sciences Po (master's degree) |
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| Notable works | Peaceland (2014) and The Trouble with the Congo (2010) |
Séverine Autesserre is an award-winning author and researcher. She writes about war and peace, peacebuilding, peacekeeping, humanitarian aid, and the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her research has influenced policy interventions as well as scholarly debates on peacebuilding and on Congo. She is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University (USA), where she specializes in international relations and African studies.
Autessere holds a post-doctorate from Yale University (2007), a Ph.D. in political science from New York University (2006), and master's degrees in international relations and political science from Columbia University (2000) and Sciences Po (France, 1999), respectively.
Dr. Autesserre's most well-known research focuses on local violence and international intervention in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It culminated in her book, The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding, released by Cambridge University Press in 2010. This book explains why international efforts to end civil wars so often fail. Drawing from over 330 interviews and a year and a half of field research, it presents a case study of the international intervention during the Democratic Republic of Congo’s unsuccessful transition from war to peace and democracy (2003-2006). It argues that local rivalries over land, resources, and political power motivated widespread violence. However, an international peacebuilding culture shaped the intervention strategy in a way that precluded action on local conflicts, ultimately dooming the international effort.
Research for this project also appeared in Foreign Affairs, International Organization, the Review of African Political Economy, the African Studies Review, the , International Peacekeeping, the Revista de Relaciones Internationales, and the Journal of Humanitarian Assistance.
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