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Dr Kate Cronin-Furman

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Associate Professor in Human Rights
Room: 3.02, 36-38 Gordon Square
Email: k.cronin-furman@ucl.ac.uk

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Biography

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of theÌýHuman Rights MA. Prior to joining UCL, IÌýwas a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. I received myÌýPhDÌýin Political Science from Columbia in October 2015. IÌýalso haveÌýa Juris Doctor and haveÌýpracticed law in New York, Cambodia, and The Hague.

Research

My research focuses on human rights and on the prevention and punishment of mass atrocities. I am one of the conveners of the , which provides methodological and ethics training and support to researchers working in violence-affected contexts.

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Hear Dr Cronin-FurmanÌýspeak about herÌýresearch on the following podcast episodes:
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Selected publications

Books
  • Cronin-Furman, K. (2022)Ìý.ÌýCornell University Press.
Journal articles
  • Cronin-Furman, K. andÌýArulthas, M. (2021) ,ÌýStudies in Conflict & Terrorism.
  • Cronin-Furman, K.Ìýand Krystalli, R. (2020)Ìý,ÌýEuropean Journal of International Relations, 27(1).
  • Cronin-Furman, K.Ìý(2020)Ìý’, World Politics,Ìý72(1),Ìýpp. 121–163.
  • Cronin-Furman, K.ÌýandÌýLake, M. (2018)Ìý’,ÌýPolitical Science & Politics, 51(3), pp.Ìý607–614.
Other
  • Cronin-Furman, K. (2018)Ìý,ÌýLos Angeles Review of Books.
  • Cronin-Furman, K., Gowrinathan, N. and Zakaria, R. (2017)Ìý, Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership (The City College of New York).

Teaching

I teachÌýthe ‘International Law & Human Rights’ and ‘Human Rights: Politics & Practice’ modules onÌýthe MA Human Rights, and the ‘Refugees’ seminar on the BScÌýPolitics & International Relations.