I'm Rob (I use he/him pronouns). More than anything I try to live a feminist and anti-racist life. This lies at the heart of my approach to research and teaching. I'm a research fellow at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. My research at GIWPS spans the gendered impacts on operational effectiveness in UN peacekeeping operations , the intersection of the Women, Peace and Security agenda and International Humanitarian Law , masculinities in peacebuilding, and addressing conflict-related s
My research places gendered violence at the center of studying conflict. My research is published in International Studies Quarterly , Journal of Conflict Resolution , Journal of Peace Research , Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding , Electoral Studies , and Security Studies . With my friend and co-author Austin C. Doctor , I have won the International Studies Association 2020 Dina Zinnes Award. This paper is published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution and available here . I also won the Conflict R
I am the journal manager of International Peacekeeping and the strategic director for the Conflict Research Society , a research affiliate for the WomanStats Project , and a member of the Consultative Group of the Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict (SVAC) project.