My academic research informs my policy engagement. I have consulted for various NGOs, governments and international organizations, and am regularly invited to give presentations and guest lectures to non-academic audiences. 

Selected policy reports and presentations

“Civilian Self-Protection in Armed Conflicts,” virtual webinar, Human Security Lab, University of Massachusetts Amherst, October 2023.

“Discussing Key Takeaways with Experts,” The Challenges Annual Forum 2022, New Delhi, India, October 2022.

“A Return to Principled UN Peace Operations,” closed virtual roundtable presentation at Challenges Forum hosted by the Folke Bernadotte Academy (Swedish Agency for Peace, Security and Development), October 2021.

“Peacekeeping and Civilian Self-Protection,” with Oliver Kaplan, policy brief prepared as member of academic advisory group for The UN Review of Peacekeeping Responses (internal review requested by the UN Secretary-General’s Executive Committee), 2020.

“Virtue and Character in Peacekeeping,” policy brief prepared as member of academic advisory group for The UN Review of Peacekeeping Responses (internal review requested by the UN Secretary-General’s Executive Committee), 2020.

“Between Peacekeeping, Prevention, Human Rights and Development,” presentation at The Future of the United Nations in Peace and Security conference, Danish Parliament, Copenhagen, January 2019.

“Taking Sides: The Challenges of Impartiality in UN Peacekeeping Operations,” author interview and presentation, Center on International Cooperation, New York University, August 2016.

“The Future of Peace Operations,” policy brief prepared for Individualisation of War project, 2015.

“The Perils of Peacekeeping without Politics,” Usalama Project on Armed Groups, Rift Valley Institute, 2013.

“Stabilizing the Congo,” with Guillaume Lacaille, Refugee Studies Centre Policy Brief, No. 8. Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, 2012.

“Military Enforcement” in Jennifer Welsh (ed.), The Prevention Toolbox: Systematizing Policy Tools for Prevention of Mass Atrocities, University of Oxford: Ethics, Law & Armed Conflict Institute, 2013.

“Emergency Preparedness and Response in South Central Somalia,” report commissioned by Swedish Development International Coordination Agency, 2012.

“Civil-Military Cooperation and Contestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” report for the Australian Government’s Civil-Military Centre. Findings published in Country CIV-MIL Guidelines REFOCUS, REHASH, or SHRED, 2012.

“Protecting Civilians in Libya and Ivory Coast: Progress?” policy brief for Oxford Analytica, 2011.

“The New Humanitarianism: Aid in Crisis,” policy brief for Oxford Analytica, 2010.

“Peacekeeping and Civilian Protection,” report on Wilton Park Conference SO9/9, 2009.

“Rattle and Hum. Hello Baghdad! A Kurdish Singer Rocks Iraq,” with Taylor Owen, The Walrus 21, 2009.

“Coordination and Collaboration in Peace Operations: Assessing Canada’s Integrated Approach in Afghanistan,” with Taylor Owen, workshop report for Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 2008.

Photo: Challenges Forum, Delhi, India