Séverine Autesserre

Séverine Autesserre
Born (1976-12-06) 6 December 1976
Paris, France
Occupation Researcher and professor
Known for Research on peacebuilding, peacekeeping, and humanitarian aid
Title Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University
Academic background
Education Yale University (post-doctorate), New York University (Ph.D), Columbia University (master's degree), Sciences Po (master's degree), Sorbonne University (B.A)
Academic work
Notable works Peaceland (2014)[1] and The Trouble with the Congo (2010)[2]
Website www.severineautesserre.com

Séverine Autesserre (born 6 December 1976) is a French author and researcher.[3] She writes about war and peace, peacebuilding, peacekeeping, humanitarian aid, and the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her research has influenced policy interventions as well as scholarly debates on peacebuilding and on Congo. She is a Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University (New York, USA), where she specializes in international relations and African studies.

Education

Autessere holds a post-doctorate from Yale University (2007), a Ph.D. in political science from New York University (2006), master's degrees in international relations and political science from Columbia University (2000) and Sciences Po (France, 1999),[4] respectively, and a B.A in political science from Sorbonne University (France, 1997).

Books and scholarly publications

Dr. Autesserre's most well-known research focuses on local violence and international intervention in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It culminated in her book, The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding, released by Cambridge University Press in 2010.[2] This book explains why international efforts to end civil wars so often fail.[5] Drawing from over 330 interviews and a year and a half of field research, it presents a case study of the international intervention during the Democratic Republic of Congo’s unsuccessful transition from war to peace and democracy (2003–06).[6] It argues that local rivalries over land, resources, and political power motivated widespread violence. However, an international peacebuilding culture shaped the intervention strategy in a way that precluded action on local conflicts, ultimately dooming the international effort.[7]

Book cover - The Trouble with the Congo

Research for this project also appeared in Foreign Affairs, International Organization, the Review of African Political Economy, the African Studies Review, the African Security Review, International Peacekeeping, the Revista de Relaciones Internationales, and the Journal of Humanitarian Assistance.

Autessere's second book, Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention, was released by Cambridge University Press in 2014[1] and focuses on the everyday elements that influence peacebuilding interventions on the ground.[8] It included extensive fieldwork in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and briefer comparative research in Burundi, Cyprus, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, South Sudan, and Timor-Leste.[9] The book suggests a new explanation for why international peace interventions so often fail to reach their full potential.[10] It demonstrates that everyday elements – such as the expatriates’ social habits and common approaches to understanding their areas of operation – strongly influence peacebuilding effectiveness.[11] Through this analysis of the interveners’ everyday life and work, Peaceland proposes innovative ways to better help host populations build a sustainable peace.[12]

Book cover - Peaceland

Findings from this project have also appeared in Critique Internationale and African Affairs.

Media

Autesserre has published columns, essays, and op-eds in many media outlets, including The New York Times,[13] The Washington Post,[14] Foreign Affairs,[15] Foreign Policy,[16] African Arguments,[17] The International Herald Tribune,[18] among others. She has also been a frequent guest on various other broadcast media, include television and radio, and in 2014 she gave a TED talk that has since been translated into 19 languages.[19]

Teaching

Professor Autesserre has taught at New York University, Yale University and currently teaches at Columbia University's Barnard College,[20] School of International and Public Affairs,[21] and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. She teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in Political Science, Human Rights, and African Studies, and she advises doctoral students.

Influence and awards

According to Google Scholar, Dr. Autesserre's work has been cited in more than 1,900 scholarly texts, including more than 650 works citing The Trouble With the Congo and more than 350 works citing Peaceland.

Her research and publications have also influenced public debates and policies on international peacebuilding and on the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her two books positioned Autesserre as "an authoritative voice" on international humanitarian interventions.[22] Her publications on peacebuilding have helped shape intervention strategies for several United Nations departments,[23][24] foreign affairs ministries, philanthropists,[25] activists,[26] and non-governmental organizations. She has testified before the U.S. Congress[27], and her research was quoted in debates at the U.S. House of Representatives[28] and the Canadian Congress.[29] Her publications have helped put local conflict resolution on the agenda of policy-makers and practitioners working in Congo.[30][31]

She is regularly invited to present her research in the United States, but also internationally, including in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Switzerland, to name a few countries.

Autesserre's research on Congo has won multiple prizes and awards. Her first paper won the 2006 Best Graduate Student Paper award from the African Studies Association,[32] and her article "Dangerous Tales" won the 2012 Best Article award from the African Politics Conference Group.[33] The same year, her book The Trouble with the Congo won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order[34] (at the time, she was the youngest recipient of the Grawemeyer Award). The book also won the 2011 Chadwick Alger Prize presented by the International Studies Association to the best book on international organizations and multilateralism.[35]

Autesserre's work on the everyday dimensions of peacebuilding also won several book prizes. Peaceland won the 2016 Best Book of the Year Award[36] and the 2015 Yale H. Ferguson Award[37] from the International Studies Association, as well as honorable mentions for three other book prizes: the 2014 African Argument Book of the Year,[38] the 2015 Chadwick Alger Prize from the International Studies Association,[39] and the 2015 Conflict Research Society Book of the Year.[40]

Her research has won her numerous other prizes and fellowships, including a Special Prize of the Jury from the French Red Cross Fund (2017), an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship (2016),[41][42] a 2016 Foreign Policy Interrupted fellowship, two research awards from the United States Institute of Peace (2004–05 and 2010–12),[43] two Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation research grants (2010 and 2011), a Presidential Research Award from Barnard College (2010), several grants from Columbia University (2010–13), two Mellon Fellowships in Security and Humanitarian Action (2004–06), and a Fulbright Fellowship (1999–2000).[44]

She is one of the seven main characters in Timothy Pachirat´s book Among Wolves.[45]

Major book reviews

Major reviews of Peaceland: - African Affairs[46] - African Arguments[47] - Anarchapistemology[48] - Anthropoliteia[49] - Cambridge Review of International Affairs[50] - Choice[51] - Desafíos[52] - Etudes Internationales (in French)[53] - European Review of International Studies[54] - Global Governance[55] - H-Diplo Roundtable[56] - International Affairs[57] - International Rescue Committee[58] - International Peacekeeping[10] - J-Stage (in Japanese)[59] - Journal of Development Studies[60]- Peace and Change[61] - Peace Review[62] - Perspectives on Politics[63] - Politique Etrangère[64] - Political Science Quarterly[65] - Political Studies Review[66] - Revista de Antropología Iberoamericana (in Spanish)[67] - Revue Française de Science Politique (in French)[68] - Times Higher Education[69]

Major reviews of The Trouble with the Congo: - African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review[70] - African Security Review's book symposium[71] - Canadian Journal of Political Science[72] - Choice[51] - Comparative Politics[73] - European Review of International Studies[54] - Foreign Affairs[74] - Forum for Development Studies[75] - Human Rights Quarterly[76] - Internasjonal politikk (in Swedish)[77] - International Affairs - International Studies Review[78] - Internationale Spectator (in Dutch)[79] - Journal of Peace Research[80] - Journal of Politics[81] - Perspectives on Politics[82] - Political Science Quarterly[83] - Review of African Political Economy[84] - Revue Française de Science Politique (in French)[85] - Potentia[86] - Survival[23]

Additional reviews of the two books are linked from the author's page for Peaceland and The Trouble with the Congo.

References

  1. 1 2 Autesserre, Severine (2014). Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  2. 1 2 Autesserre, Severine (2010). The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  3. ↑ "Analysis of what went wrong in Congo wins Grawemeyer Award". Grawemeyer Award. Nov 8, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Severine Autesserre - Barnard Faculty Profile". Barnard College - Columbia University. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Clark, John F. (2011). "Book review: The Trouble with the Congo". Perspectives on Politics. 9 (4): 202–203. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  6. ↑ Popiden, Sandra (2013). "Local dimensions of war and peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo". International Studies Review. 15: 302–306.
  7. ↑ Nordås, Ragnhild (November 2012). "Book Notes: The Trouble With the Congo". Journal of Peace Research. 49 (6): 873–881.
  8. ↑ Demarest, Leila (Nov 25, 2014). "Peaceland: Conflict resolution and the everyday politics of international intervention". African Affairs. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  9. ↑ Mobydeen, Lana. "Book Reviews Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention". Peace Review. 28 (3): 380–382. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  10. 1 2 Peake, Gordon (2016). "If This Is the Way the World Works ..." International Peacekeeping. 23 (1): 196–210.
  11. ↑ H-Diplo (2016). "Roundtable 9-5 on Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention". H-Diplo ISSF Roundtable. XI (5). Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  12. ↑ Tétreault, M. (2015). "Peaceland: Conflict resolution and the everyday politics of international intervention". Choice. 52 (5): 887–888.
  13. ↑ "Start Building Peace in Congo at the Grass-Roots Level". New York Times. 29 November 2012.
  14. ↑ "Here's what Congo can teach the world about peace". Monkey Cage – The Washington Post. 19 October 2016.
  15. ↑ "The Trouble With Congo". Foreign Affairs. 2008.
  16. ↑ "Trouble in Peaceland". Foreign Policy. 6 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "The Continuing Trouble with the Congo". African Arguments. 1 August 2012.
  18. ↑ Autesserre, Severine (June 22, 2012). "The Only Way to Help Congo - The Opinion Pages - Global New York Times". Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Séverine Autesserre, TED talk". TED website. Retrieved Jan 9, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Severine Autesserre - Barnard Faculty Profile". Barnard College - Columbia University. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  21. ↑ "Séverine Autesserre, SIPA faculty profile". SIPA website.
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  23. 1 2 Benner, Thorsten (2011-11-01). "Heart of Darkness". Survival. 53 (5): 169–178. doi:10.1080/00396338.2011.621642. ISSN 0039-6338.
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