Dr. Corinne Bara

Dr. Corinne Bara is a Senior Researcher in conflict studies at the Center for Security Studies (CSS). She uses computational methods to study various aspects of armed conflict and political violence. One focus is on conflict management strategies, such as peace operations or ceasefire agreements, and how they impact armed actors’ violent behaviour. She also studies the use of siege warfare in contemporary armed conflicts. In addition, she is developing a new project at the intersection of data science, humanitarian assistance, and conflict research. The project aims to leverage satellite imagery and machine learning for the early detection of humanitarian crises.

Corinne is also affiliated with the Department of Peace and Conflict Research (DPCR) at Uppsala University, where she served as an Assistant Professor prior to joining the CSS in 2023. During her tenure there, she led a project funded by the Swedish Research Council, evaluating the effects of ceasefire agreements on violence dynamics in civil wars. She is also co-investigator in a project at Uppsala University that examines why certain civil wars are exponentially more destructive than others.

Corinne received her PhD from ETH Zürich in 2016, and holds an MA in Political Science and Humanitarian Law from the University of Zürich. Prior to pursuing her PhD, she worked in the Human Security division of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. She has also been a researcher in the CSS’ Risk and Resilience Team, where she contributed research and policy advice on disaster risk analysis with a focus on social vulnerability to disasters.

external page Bara, Corinne and Maurice P. Schumann (2023) 'Partnership Peacekeeping Works: What Does this Mean in a Divided World?' IPI Global Observatory.

external page Duursma, Allard; Bara, Corinne; Wilén, Nina; Hellmüller, Sara; Karlsrud, John; Oksamytna, Kseniya; Bruker, Janek; Campbell, Susanna; Cusimano, Salvator; Donati, Marco; Dorussen, Han; Druet, Dirk; Geier, Valentin; Epiney, Marine; Gelot, Linnéa; Gyllensporre, Dennis; Hiensch, Annick; Hultman, Lisa; Hunt, Charles T.; Krishnan, Rajkumar Cheney; Labuda, Patryk I.; Langenbach, Sascha; Norberg, Annika Hilding; Novosseloff, Alexandra; Oriesek, Daniel; Rhoads, Emily Paddon; Re, Francesco; Russo, Jenna; Sauter, Melanie; Smidt, Hannah; Staeger, Ueli; Wenger, Andreas (2023) 'UN Peacekeeping at 75: Achievements, Challenges, and Prospects', International Peacekeeping.

Bara, Corinne (2023) 'No. 330: UN Peacekeeping', CSS Analyses in Security Policy.

external page Maurice P. Schumann and Bara, Corinne (2023) A New Era: Power in Partnership Peacekeeping. International Studies Quarterly 67(3): 1-14.

external page Hellmüller, Sara; Tan, Xiang-Yun Rosalind and Corinne Bara (2023) What is in a Mandate? Introducing the UN Peace Mission Mandates (UNPMM) Dataset. Journal of Conflict Resolution.

external page Bara, Corinne and Govinda Clayton (2022) Your Reputation Precedes You: Ceasefires and Cooperative Credibility During Civil Conflict. Journal of Conflict Resolution.

external page Clayton, G., Nygård, H. M., Strand, H., Rustad, S. A., Wiehler, C., Sagård, T., Landsverk, P., Ryland, R., Sticher, V., Wink, E., Bara, Corinne (2022) Introducing the ETH/PRIO Civil Conflict Ceasefire Dataset. Journal of Conflict Resolution.

external page Bara, Corinne and Joakim Kreutz (2022) To Buy a War but Sell the Peace? Mercenaries and Post-Civil War Stability. Security Studies 31(3): 417-445.

external page Bara, Corinne; Annekatrin Deglow and Sebastian van Baalen (2021) Civil War Recurrence and Postwar Violence: Towards an Integrated Research Agenda. European Journal of International Relations 27(3): 913-935.

external page Bara, Corinne, Govinda Clayton and Siri Aas Rustad (2021) Understanding Ceasefires. International Peacekeeping 28(3): 329-340.

external page Bara, Corinne (2020) Shifting Targets: The Effect of Peacekeeping on Postwar Violence. European Journal of International Relations 26(4): 979-1003.

external page Bara, Corinne and Lisa Hultman (2020) Just Different Hats? Comparing UN and Non-UN Peacekeeping. International Peacekeeping 27(3): 341-368.

external page Bara, Corinne (2018) Legacies of Violence: Conflict-specific Capital and the Postconflict Diffusion of Civil War. Journal of Conflict Resolution 62(9): 1991-2016.

external page Bara, Corinne (2014) Incentives and Opportunities: A Complexity-Oriented Explanation of Violent Ethnic Conflict. Journal of Peace Research 51(6): 696-710.