Birte Julia Gippert
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Birte Julia Gippert
@birtegippert.bsky.social
Reader in IR at the University of Liverpool. Specialises in peacekeeping, legitimacy, (de)legitimation of international organizations, democratization, Western Balkans.
⚡️Delighted to see my new article out in International Affairs! doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
October 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Still @ISA2025? Join us at 1.45pm for a Roundtable on Coercion in Peacebuilding. PDR 3, Hilton 3rd floor.
March 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Not sure what #ISA2023 panel to attend this afternoon? Join us for Reflections on Peacebuilding at 13.45 in the Chicago Hilton room 4K!
March 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Join us at #ISA2025 for two exciting Roundtables:
- Reflections on Peacekeeping (SC43)
- Use of Force in Peacekeeping (MB18)
February 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🎉🎉🎉 Our new book 'United Nations Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism' with @oisintansey.bsky.social, @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social, and Sarah von Billerbeck is now available for pre-order and will be open access with Oxford University Press from February 2025 🎉🎉🎉 (1/5)
November 22, 2024 at 10:03 AM
At #BISA2024? Come to our panel on The Politics of International Criminal Law, at 16.45pm today! I'll present a co-authored paper on the Kosovo Specialist Chambers.
June 5, 2024 at 6:58 AM
If you're up early, come to our amazing ISA panel on IO Legitimation and Delegitimation!
April 5, 2024 at 12:46 PM

We also develop a framework for understanding how UN peacekeeping operations decide where to locate their response on the conciliation-confrontation spectrum.

We theorize:

- individual
- departmental
- positional factors

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December 4, 2023 at 7:12 AM
Why do peacekeeping operations – or different units and individuals in one operation – react differently when host country partners deviate from democratic norms?

Based on over 200 interviews, we develop a conciliation-confrontation spectrum of UN officials’ responses.
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December 4, 2023 at 7:12 AM
Day 2 of workshop on Coercion in Peacebuilding in Accra. Discussing regional actors and rising powers. All grist to the mills in my attempt to theorize coercion! Thanks to Kaiptc, IPSS and PRIF!
November 16, 2023 at 11:56 AM