Dr Robert Nagel

About

Dr. Robert Ulrich Nagel is a post-doctoral fellow at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS). His research at GIWPS focuses on women’s impact on United Nations peacekeeping missions’ effectiveness. Prior to joining GIWPS, Robert earned his PhD in International Conflict Analysis at the University of Kent. His dissertation research explored the conflict dynamics that contribute and result from sexual violence, their consequences for international security, conflict resolution, and post-conflict stability. Robert’s research is published or forthcoming in the Journal of Conflict Resolution and the Journal of Peace Research. He won the Conflict Research Society’s 2019 Cedric Smith Prize for the best peace and conflict studies paper by a UK or ROI-based PhD student and the International Studies Association’s 2020 Dina Zinnes Award. He is also a member of the editorial team for International Peacekeeping, an affiliate of the WomanStats Project, and a member of the Consultative Group for the Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict dataset.