Dr Theodora-Ismene Gizelis

BA (La Verne), PhD (Claremont Graduate University)

Lecturer in International Conflict Studies

Profile

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Room: Rutherford W4.E1
Tel: 01227 (82)4910
Office Hours: Thursday 8:45 9:45 and 3-4
I.Gizelis@kent.ac.uk

Dr Theodora-Ismene Gizelis joined the School in 2006. She previously taught at the University of Essex, Chapman University, the University of California, Riverside, and the University of La Verne. She held the Theodore Lentz Fellowship in Peace Studies at the University of Missouri St-Louis and is a member of a transatlantic working group on Peacekeeping and Governance, funded by the Folke Bernadotte Academy, which brings together scholars from NYU, Columbia, Yale, Emory, Uppsala, Essex and Kent. She is responsible for the MA in International Conflict Analysis.

Languages: French [fluent], Greek [native]

Research Interests

  • International conflict and co-operation
  • Peacekeeping and post conflict reconstruction
  • Conflict management instiuttions
  • Political and economic development
  • Welfare and social policy
  • Gender and development
Current Projects
  • ‘Local Governance and Peacekeeping’, funded by a £27,000 grant from the Folke Bernadotte Academy (with Han Dorussen, University of Essex).
Selected Publications
  ND, Globalization, Integration, and the European Welfare States. Manchester: University of Manchester Press
2009 Female Status and Postconflict Reconstruction in War Torn Societies, Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 46 (4): 505-523.
2009 Wealth Alone Does Not Buy Health: State Capacity, Democracy, and the Spread of AIDS, Political Geography, , Vol. 28(2): 121-131.
2008 China's New Social Security System in Making: Problems and Prospects. International Journal of Public Administration Vol. 31/1: 5-23 [co-authored with Jieli Li and Yi Feng]
2007 Enforcing Alone. In Magnus Öberg and Kaare Strøm (eds), Resources, Governance and Civil Conflict. London: Routledge.
2005 Why Humanitarian Interventions Succeed or Fail: the Role of Local Participation. Cooperation and Conflict 40/4: 363-83 [co-authored with Kristin Kosek]
2002 Building Political Consensus and Distributing Resources: a Trade-off or a Compatible Choice. Economic Development and Cultural Change 51/1: 217-36 [co-authored with Yi Feng]
2001 Managing Economic Development with Ethnic Diversity: the Malaysian Experience. In Kuotsai Tom Liou (ed.), Managing Economic Development in Asia: From Economic Miracle to Economic Crisis. Westport Ct, USA: Greenwood [co-authored with Yi Feng and Jae Hon Lee]

Teaching

Undergraduate
Postgraduate
Research Supervision

Mr Govinda Clayton
PhD in International Conflict Analysis - expected completion 2011

Mr George Triantafyllou
PhD in International Conflict Analysis - expected completion 2010

Ms Dana Chelu
MPhil in International Conflict Analysis - expected completion tbc