
Karin Aggestam
CMES Director

Karin Aggestam is Professor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies and Scientific Coordinator of the Strategic Research Area (SRA) Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). She is also Honorary Professor at University of Queensland, Adjunct Professor at Monash University, Australia and Excellent Teaching Practitioner (ETP) at the Teaching Academy at Lund University. She previously held the Samuel Pufendorf Endowed Chair (2016-2020) and was the former Director of Peace & Conflict Studies (2005-2014).
Karin's current interdisciplinary research interest is focused on peace diplomacy, gender, foreign policy, hydroplitics, conflict analysis, and the Middle East politics. She has published nine books, numerous international journal articles and book chapters as well as contributions to Handbooks on Conflict Resolution, Diplomacy, Environmental Peacebuilding, Women, Peace, Security, Political Psychology and MIddle East Security. She is Regional Editor of European Journal of International Security and Co-Editor of Routledge book series Law, Conflict and International Relations.
Publications
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The gender-resilience nexus in peace building : the quest for sustainable peace
Karin Aggestam, Linda Eitrem Holmgren
(2022) Journal of International Relations and Development
Journal articleThird-party Intervention and International Monitoring in the City of Hebron
Karin Aggestam
(2021) The Impact of Third-Party Mechanisms in Conflict Resolution : Lessons from the Temporary International Presence in Hebron
Report chapterPeace and Feminist Foreign Policy
Karin Aggestam, Annika Bergman Rosamond
(2021) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies
Book chapterFeminist digital diplomacy and foreign policy change in Sweden
Karin Aggestam, Annika Bergman Rosamond, Elsa Hedling
(2021) Place Branding and Public Diplomacy
Journal articleLösningen på Israel-Palestina-konflikten står att finna i regionen
Karin Aggestam, Isabell Schierenbeck
(2021) Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Debatt
Newspaper articlePolitical leadership and gendered multilevel games in foreign policy
Karin Aggestam, Jacqui True
(2021) International Affairs, 97 p.385-404
Journal articleGender and Peaceful Change
Karin Aggestam, Annika Bergman Rosamond
(2021) The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Change in International Relations
Book chapterGendering foreign policy : A comparative framework for analysis
Karin Aggestam, Jacqui True
(2020) Foreign Policy Analysis, 16 p.143-162
Journal articleEditorial
Edward Newman, Jason Ralph, Jacqui True, Karin Aggestam, Navnita Chadha Behera, et al.
(2020) European Journal of International Security, 5 p.1-4
Journal article (comment)Leadership and Normative Entrepreneurship in the UN Security Council: : Sweden’s quest for peace in the Middle East
Karin Aggestam, Lisa Strömbom
(2020) Sweden in the UN Security Council
Report chapterPeacebuilding in the Middle East
Karin Aggestam, Lisa Strömbom
(2019) Routledge Handbook on Middle East Security
Book chapterTheorising feminist foreign policy
Karin Aggestam, Annika Bergman Rosamond, Annica Kronsell
(2019) International Relations, 33 p.23-39
Journal articleThe gender turn in diplomacy : a new research agenda
Karin Aggestam, Ann Towns
(2019) International Feminist Journal of Politics, 21 p.9-28
Journal articleRe-politicising the Gender-Security Nexus. Sweden's Feminist Foreign Policy.
Annika Bergman Rosamond, Karin Aggestam
(2019) European Review of International Studies, 5 p.30-48
Journal articleFeminist Foreign Policy 3.0. Advancing Ethics and Gender Equality in Global Politics
Annika Bergman Rosamond, Karin Aggestam
(2019) SAIS Review of International Affairs, 39
Journal articleDepoliticisation, water, and environmental peacebuilding
Karin Aggestam
(2018) Routledge Handbook of Environmental Conflict and Peacebuilding , p.97-107
Book chapterWPS, peace negotiations, and peace agreements
Karin Aggestam
(2018) The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security , p.815-828
Book chapterWhere are the women in peace mediation?
Karin Aggestam, Isak Svensson
(2018) Gendering Diplomacy and International Negotiation
Book chapterDiplomacy - a gendered institution
Karin Aggestam, Ann Towns
(2018) Diplomacy in a Globalizing World
Book chapterThe Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam - conflict and water diplomacy in the Nile Basin
Ronny Berndtsson, Kaveh Madani, Karin Aggestam, Dan-Erik Andersson
(2017) Water diplomacy in action. : Contingent approaches to managing complex water problems
Book chapterPreface—Hydrology and Peace in the Middle East
Karin Aggestam, Ronny Berndtsson
(2016) Hydrological Sciences Journal, 61 p.1301-1301
Journal articleDepoliticising water conflict. The quest for functional peacebuilding in the Red Sea-Dead-Sea-Water-Conveyance project.
Karin Aggestam, Anna Sundell
(2016) Hydrological Sciences Journal, 61 p.1302-1312
Journal articleSwedish Feminist Foreign Policy in the Making : Ethics, Politics, and Gender
Karin Aggestam, Annika Bergman-Rosamond
(2016) Ethics and International Affairs, 30 p.323-334
Journal articleThe failure of diplomacy and protection in Syria
Karin Aggestam, Tim Dunne
(2016) Foreign Policy : Theories, Actors, Cases
Book chapterThe Nile Basin and Hydrosolidarity
Karin Aggestam, Dan-Erik Andersson, Ronny Berndtsson, Kaveh Madani
(2015) The Middle East in London, 11
Journal articleThe Nile and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Is There a Meeting Point between Nationalism and Hydrosolidarity?
Dalia Abdelhady, Karin Aggestam, Dan-Erik Andersson, Olof Beckman, Ronny Berndtsson, et al.
(2015) Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education, 155 p.73-82
Journal articleTowards agonistic peacebuilding? : Exploring the antagonism–agonism nexus in the Middle East Peace process
Karin Aggestam, Fabio Cristiano, Lisa Strömbom
(2015) Third World Quarterly, 36 p.1736-1753
Journal articleDesecuritisation of water and the technocratic turn in peacebuilding
Karin Aggestam
(2015) International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 15 p.327-340
Journal articlePeace mediation and the minefield of international recognition games
Karin Aggestam
(2015) International Negotiation, 20 p.494-514
Journal articleSituating water in peacebuilding
Karin Aggestam, Anna Sundell
(2014) Water International, 39 p.10-22
Journal articleGender, Nationalism, and War: Conflict on the Movie Screen
Karin Aggestam
(2014) Political Psychology, 35 p.593-594
ReviewConflict Analysis and International Relations
Karin Aggestam
(2014) Handbook of Global Political Psychology
Book chapterDisempowerment and marginalisation of peace NGOs: Exposing peace gaps in Israel and Palestine
Karin Aggestam, Lisa Strömbom
(2013) Peacebuilding, 1 p.109-124
Journal articleRecognitional just peace
Karin Aggestam
(2013) Rethinking Peacebuildning: The Quest for Just Peace in the Middle East and the Western Balkans
Book chapterBridging the just peace gaps
Karin Aggestam, Annika Björkdahl
(2013) Rethinking Peacebuildning: The Quest for Just Peace in the Middle East and the Western Balkans
Book chapterCan Integrated Water Resources Management contribute to sustainable peace in the Middle East?
Khaldoon A. Mourad, Ronny Berndtsson, Karin Aggestam
(2013) Journal of Geosciences and Environment Protection, 1 p.1-8
Journal articleUnilateralism, multilateralism and the quest for hydrosolidarity
Karin Aggestam
(2013)
Conference paperThe quest for recognitional peace. Reconciliation and the politics of (non)recognition
Karin Aggestam
(2013)
Conference paperIntroduction: The Study of Just and Durable Peace
Karin Aggestam, Annika Björkdahl
(2013) Rethinking Peacebuildning: The Quest for Just Peace in the Middle East and the Western Balkans
Book chapterPower in peacebuilding. Desecuritization, technocracy and water management
Karin Aggestam
(2013)
Conference paperOm studiet av krig och fred
Karin Aggestam, Kristine Höglund
(2012) Om krig och fred: Introduktion till freds- och konfliktstudier
Book chapterProlonged Peace Negotiations: Spoilers' Game
Karin Aggestam
(2012) Unfinished Business: Why International Negotiations Fail
Book chapterThe Psychology of Peacemaking
Karin Aggestam
(2012) Ways out of War. Peacemakers in the Middle East and Balkans
Book chapterKrig och fred i förändring
Karin Aggestam
(2012) Om krig och fred: Introduktion till freds- och konfliktstudier
Book chapterWhere are the women in international mediation?
Karin Aggestam, Isak Svensson
(2012)
Conference paperLocal peacebuilding between fear and fatigue in Israel and Palestine
Karin Aggestam, Lisa Strömbom
(2012)
Conference paperSecuritization of water and liberal peacebuilding: Contradictions in terms and practices
Karin Aggestam
(2012)
Conference paperMind the just peace gaps: Unending conflicts and peace processes in the Middle East and Western Balkans
Karin Aggestam, Annika Björkdahl
(2011)
Conference paperPeace and hydro-politics: Revisiting water negotiations in the Middle East peace process
Karin Aggestam, Anna Sundell
(2011)
Conference paperJust peace postponed. Unending peace processes and frozen conflicts
Karin Aggestam, Annika Björkdahl
(2011) Building Peace, Creating Conflict? Conflictual Dimensions of Local and International Peacebuilding
Book chapterHydro-politics and liberal peacebuilding in the Jordan River Basin
Karin Aggestam, Anna Sundell
(2011)
Conference paperFredsforskning och internationella relationer
Karin Aggestam
(2010) Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, 112
Journal articleIntroduction: War and Peace in Transition
Karin Aggestam, Annika Björkdahl
(2009) War and Peace in Transition
Book chapterDiplomacy and Peacemaking in Transition
Karin Aggestam
(2009) Diplomacy in Theory and Practice
Book chapterThe Arab State and Neo-Liberal Globalization
Karin Aggestam, Laura Guazzone, Helen Lindholm Schulz, Kristina Paciello, Daniela Pioppi
(2009) The Arab State and Neo-Liberal Globalization. The Restructuring of State Power in the Middle East
Book chapterDiplomacy in Theory and Practice
(2009)
BookConclusion: Changing Roles and Practices
Karin Aggestam, Annika Björkdahl
(2009) War and Peace in Transition
Book chapterSecurity, Globalisation and State Transformation in the Middle East
Karin Aggestam, Helena Lindholm Schulz
(2007)
Conference paperInternal and External Dynamics of Spoiling: A Negotiation Approach
Karin Aggestam
(2006) Spoilers and Peace Processes: Conflict Settlement and Devious Objectives
Book chapterEnhancing Ripeness: Transition from Conflict to Negotiation
Karin Aggestam
(2005) Escalation and negotiation in international conflicts
Book chapterTIPH: Preventing Conflict Escalation in Hebron?
Karin Aggestam
(2005) The Al-Aqsa Intifada Between Terrorism and Civil War
Book chapterTwo-Track Diplomacy: Negotiations between Israel and the PLO through Open and Secret Channels
Karin Aggestam
(2004) Diplomacy
Book chapter(O)Rättfärdiga Krig
(2004)
BookIsrael och al-Aqsa intifadan: Självförsvar och ockupationspolitik
Karin Aggestam
(2004) (O)Rättfärdiga Krig
Book chapterIsraelisk identitetspolitik och postsionismens utmaningar
Karin Aggestam
(2004) Med gudomlig auktoritet : om religionens kraft i politiken
Book chapterInternal and External Impact of Spoiling in Peace Negotiations
Karin Aggestam
(2004)
Conference paperTIPH: Preventing Conflict Escalation in Hebron?
Karin Aggestam
(2003) Civil Wars, 6 p.51-69
Journal articleConflict Prevention: Old Wine in New Bottles?
Karin Aggestam
(2003) International Peacekeeping, 10 p.12-23
Journal articleConflict Prevention. Old Wine in New Bottles?
Karin Aggestam
(2003) Mitigating conflict : the role of NGOs
Book chapterEine Analyse der Israelisch-Palästinensischen Verhandlungen: Motivation, Legitimät und Timing
Karin Aggestam
(2002) Gewaltspirale ohne Ende? Konfliktstrukturen und Friedenschancen im Nahen Osten
Book chapterMediating Asymmetrical Conflict
Karin Aggestam
(2002) Mediterranean Politics, 7 p.69-91
Journal articleQuasi-Informal Mediation in the Oslo Channel : Larsen and Holst as Individual Mediators
Karin Aggestam
(2002) Studies in international mediation : essays in honor of Jeffrey Z. Rubin
Book chapterNegotiating Identity-Based Conflict in a Globalised Era: The Need of a Normative Framework
Karin Aggestam
(2002)
Conference paperConstructing Facts on the Ground: Positivism and the Verification of Myths in Israel and India
Karin Aggestam, Catarina Kinnvall
(2002)
Conference paperNy amerikansk Mellanösternpolitik?
Karin Aggestam
(2001) Internationella Studier , p.44-53
Journal articleThe Challenge of Third-Party Intervention in Asymmetric Conflict
Karin Aggestam
(2001)
Conference paperMediating Asymmetric Conflict: The Case of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
Karin Aggestam
(2001)
Conference paperIdentity and Conflict Resolution: The Construction of a Third Culture of Negotiation
Karin Aggestam
(2001)
Conference paperReconciliation and Reinterpretation of the Past: The "New" Israeli Historians and their Critics
Karin Aggestam
(2001)
Conference paperFrom Theory to Practice. Temporary International Presence in Hebron
Karin Aggestam
(2001) Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 14 p.53-69
Journal articleFrom Theory to Practice: Peacekeeping in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Karin Aggestam
(2000)
Conference paperTrends in diplomatic signalling
Christer Jönsson, Karin Aggestam
(1999) Innovation in diplomatic practice
Book chapterReframing and Resolving Conflict : Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations 1988-1998
Karin Aggestam
(1999) Lund Political Studies
DissertationBook review: Coping with International Conflict
Karin Aggestam
(1999) Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 7
ReviewPolitiska vägval för staten Israel vid Milleniumskiftet
Karin Aggestam
(1998) Utrikesperspektiv
Journal articleDet israeliska arbetarpartiet: Från dominans till anpassning
Karin Aggestam
(1998) Tidskrift för Mellanösterstudier
ReviewA World in Transition: Feminist Perspectives on International Relations
(1997) Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift
BookDiplomatic Signalling
Christer Jönsson, Karin Aggestam
(1997) Discussion papers in diplomacy
Working paper(Un)ending conflict : challenges in post-war bargaining
Karin Aggestam, Christer Jönsson
(1997) Millennium, 26 p.771-793
Journal articleEtt besök vid "Jerusalem Link: A Women's Joint Venture for Peace"
Karin Aggestam
(1997) Aktuellt om kvinnoforskning
Journal articleBook review: Media and Political Conflict
Karin Aggestam
(1997) International Journal of Conflict Managment, 8
ReviewTwo-Track Diplomacy: Negotiations Between Israel and the PLO Through Open and Secret Channels
Karin Aggestam
(1996) Davis Papers on Israel's Foreign Policy
Journal articleReframing International Conflicts: "Ripeness" in International Mediation
Karin Aggestam
(1995) Paradigms: Kent Journal of International Relations, 9 p.86-106
Journal articleReframing International Conflict
Karin Aggestam
(1995) Paradigms: Kent Journal of International Relations, 9
Journal article