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Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Room:Ìý2.08, 29/30 Tavistock Square
Tel: 0203 108 9295
Email:Ìýkmbakke@ucl.ac.uk

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Biography

I amÌýProfessor of Political Science and International Relations at UCL. IÌýcame to the Department of Political Science in 2009, where IÌýamÌýpart of the Conflict & Change research cluster. I am a core faculty member in the European and International Social and Political Studies (EISPS) programme. I amÌýalso Associate Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in Norway, and Associate Editor at the Journal of Peace Research.

Prior to joining UCL, I was Assistant Professor at Leiden University and a postdoctoral fellow at the Belfer Center at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Originally from Norway, I studied political science at Østfold College, in myÌýhometown Halden, and theatre theory at the University of Oslo before moving abroad. IÌýholdÌýa BA (2000) in Journalism and Political Science from Indiana University, Bloomington, and a PhD (2007) in Political Science from the University of Washington, Seattle.

Research

Focusing on political violence, my research explores how states respond to opposition within their borders, the dynamics of violence in self-determination struggles, post-war state-building and wartime legacies, and geopolitical orientations. I draw on multiple methods—large-n cross-case analyses, surveys, and fieldwork-based case studies—and collaborate with colleagues from different disciplines.Ìý

At present, I am a principal investigator on two large collaborative research projects, exploring geopolitical orientations in Russia’s near abroad (jointly funded by the National Science Foundation and Research Councils UK) and the interactions between states, citizens, and informal authorities during and after revolutions and armed conflict, with a focus on Armenia, Ukraine, and Northern Ireland (funded by theÌýNorwegian Research Council).

My book Decentralization and Intrastate Struggles: Chechnya, Punjab, and Québec received the Conflict Research Society’s Book of the Year Award in 2016. My work has been published in journals such as the British Journal of Political Science, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, Perspectives on Politics, Political Geography, and World Politics.

Publications

Books

• Bakke, K.ÌýM. (2015)Ìý. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Journal articles

2023

• Bakke, K.ÌýM., Rickard, K. and O’Loughlin, J.Ìý(forthcoming 2023)Ìý‘Perceptions of the Past in the Post-Soviet Space’,ÌýPost-Soviet Affairs.

2022

• Godefroidt, A., Dyrstad, K. and Bakke, K. M.Ìý(2022)Ìý‘’,ÌýJournal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties,Ìý33(1), pp.Ìý149–161.
• Dyrstad, K., Binningsbø, H. M.Ìýand Bakke, K. M. (2022)Ìý‘’,ÌýJournal of Conflict Resolution, 66(9), pp.Ìý1562–1588.

2021

• Rickard, K., and Bakke, K. M. (2021)Ìý‘’,ÌýSecurity Studies,Ìý30(4), pp.Ìý603–636.
• Dyrstad, K., Bakke, K. M. and Binningsbø, H. M.Ìý(2021)Ìý‘’,ÌýInternational Peacekeeping, 28(4), pp.Ìý606–631
• Smidt, H.ÌýM., Perera, D.,ÌýMitchell, N. J. and Bakke, K. M.Ìý(2021)Ìý‘’,ÌýÌýBritish Journal of Political Science,Ìý51(3), pp.Ìý1270–1291.

2020

• Bakke, K. M., Mitchell, N. J. andÌýSmidt, H. M. (2020)Ìý‘’,ÌýInternational Studies Quarterly,Ìý64(1), pp.Ìý85–96.

2018

• Bakke, K.ÌýM., Linke, A.,ÌýO’Loughlin, J.Ìýand Toal, G.Ìý(2018)Ìý‘’,ÌýÌýPolitical Geography,Ìý63(March), pp.Ìý159–173.

2016

• Seymour, L.ÌýJ. M., Bakke, K. M.Ìýand Cunningham, K. G.Ìý(2016)Ìý‘’,ÌýJournal of Peace Research, 53(1), pp.Ìý3–18.

2014

• Bakke, K.ÌýM., O’Loughlin, J., Toal, G. and Ward, M. D.Ìý(2014)Ìý‘’,ÌýInternational Studies Quarterly, 58(3),Ìýpp. 591–607.
• Bakke, K.ÌýM. (2014)Ìý‘’,ÌýInternational Security, 38(4),Ìýpp. 150–187.

2012

• Bakke, K. M., Cunningham, K. G. and Seymour, L. J. M.Ìý(2012)Ìý‘’,ÌýPerspectives on Politics, 10(2),Ìýpp. 265–284.
• Cunningham, K. G.,ÌýÌýBakke, K. M.Ìýand Seymour, L. J. M.Ìý(2012)Ìý‘’,ÌýJournal of Conflict Resolution, 56(1), pp.Ìý57–93.

2010

• Ward, M. D., Greenhill, B.Ìýand Bakke, K. M.Ìý(2010)Ìý‘’,ÌýJournal of Peace Research,Ìý47(4), pp.Ìý1–13.

2009

• Bakke, K.ÌýM., O’Loughlin, J. and Ward, M. D.Ìý(2009) ‘’,ÌýAnnals of American Association of Geographers, 99(1),Ìýpp. 1012–1021.
• Bakke, K.ÌýM. (2009)Ìý‘’,ÌýRegional and Federal Studies, 19(2),Ìýpp. 291–308.
• Bakke, K. M., Cao, X.,ÌýO’Loughlin, J.Ìýand Ward, M. D.Ìý(2009)Ìý‘’,ÌýNations and Nationalism,Ìý15(2),Ìýpp. 229–255.

2006

• Bakke, K.ÌýM.Ìýand Wibbels, E.Ìý(2006)Ìý‘’,ÌýWorld Politics, 59(1), pp.Ìý1–50.

Book chapters

• Juon, A.Ìýand Bakke, K. M.Ìý(2023)Ìý‘’,Ìýin R. D. Griffiths, A. Pavković and P. Radan (eds.)ÌýThe Routledge Handbook of Self-Determination and Secession. London: Routledge.
• Bakke, K. M. (2013)Ìý‘’, in J. Checkel (ed.)ÌýTransnational Dynamics of Civil War.ÌýCambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 31–62.
• Bakke, K. M. (2010)Ìý‘’, in A. Lawrence and E. Chenoweth (eds.)ÌýRethinking Violence. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 221–248.
• Bakke, K.ÌýM. (2010)Ìý‘After the War Ends: Violence and Viability of Unrecognized States’,Ìýin N. Capersen and G. Stansfield (eds.)Ìý. London: Routledge.

Teaching

I teach courses on ‘International Conflict and Cooperation’ (undergraduate), ‘Political Violence and Intrastate Conflict’ (undergraduate), and ‘Conflict Resolution and Post-War Development’ (postgraduate).

I welcomeÌýPhD applicants with an interest in political violence, the dynamics of civil wars and revolutionary movements, rebel governance and informal institutions, post-war state-building, and wartime legacies. For an overview of past and current PhD students, please .