Karin Aggestam

Karin Aggestam is Professor of Political Science. She is the Director of the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and the Scientific Coordinator of the strategic research area on the Middle East (MECW). She is also Adjunct Professor at Monash University, Australia, Honorary Professor at University of Queensland and Excellent Teaching Practitioner (ETP) at the Teaching Academy at Lund University. Karin was previously the Samuel Pufendorf Professor and Director of Peace&Conflict Studies at Lund University.  

Research interests
Karin's current interdisciplinary research interests include digital diplomacy, foreign policy, peace and conflict, gender, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Middle East politics. She has published 9 books and numerous articles in international journals, such as International Affairs, Foreign Policy Analysis, Ethics and International Affairs, Hague Journal of Diplomacy, International Studies Perspective, and others. She has also contributed to leading international Handbooks on Conflict Resolution (Sage), Diplomacy (Sage), Peaceful Change in International Relations (Oxford University Press), Middle East Security (Routledge), Women, Peace and Security (Oxford University Press), Environmental Peacebuilding (Routledge),  and Political Psychology (Palgrave),