My research interests are in civil-military relations and ethnic conflict (as a constructivist this includes religious conflict), environmental politics, religious politics, and gender politics. My research interests include post-conflict state building, civil-war resolution, and the role of ethnicity in both state making and conflict; gender politics; and environmental politics. Other projects include an analysis of austerity measures and the support for extremist parties (see Grittersova et al), and a study of Pope Francis's use of soft power with Rick Crespo..
My book project based off my dissertation addresses the question of why some states succeed in rebuilding their militaries after an ethnic conflict and others fail. I am interested in questions of what a professional military looks like in ethnically divided societies, and how the military can best be used to ameliorate ethnic tensions after an ethnic conflict.
A current project looks at how women in Africa, the group to be most impacted by the effects of climate change, understand climate change, how it is already impacting traditional gender roles, and how they are working to adapt to these changes. Focus groups were conducted in the Amolatar district of Uganda in January 2019. Future work will continue this and look at the role of gender in post-conflict security.
Publications
Crespo, Ricardo A. and Christina C. Gregory. “The Doctrine of Mercy, Moral Authority, and the Foreign Policy of Pope Francis” International Politics. Published Online September 10,2019. DOI 10.1057/s41311-019-00187-7
Grittersova, Jana, Indridi H. Indridason, Christina C. Gregory, and Ricardo Crespo. “Austerity and Niche Parties: The electoral Consequences of Fiscal Reforms.” Electoral Studies, 42(2016) 276-289.
Papers Under Review at Journals
"The Sudanese Experiment: Military Reconstruction in Sudan 1972-1983"
Presented at the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa November 2018.
Papers in Progress
"All Things That Grow: Impacts Of Military Service For Female Veterans" with Christian Lindke
“Women Matter in Wartime and AfterWARd: Gender Integration's Post-Civil War Role.”
Co-authored with Lewis Luartz. Presented at the Annual Meeting for the International Studies Association April 2018.
"Fields of Rice: Climate Change and Women's Adaptive Capacity in Uganda"
Co-authored with Kendralyn Webber.
Photos from research trip to Khartoum, Sudan 2017
My book project based off my dissertation addresses the question of why some states succeed in rebuilding their militaries after an ethnic conflict and others fail. I am interested in questions of what a professional military looks like in ethnically divided societies, and how the military can best be used to ameliorate ethnic tensions after an ethnic conflict.
A current project looks at how women in Africa, the group to be most impacted by the effects of climate change, understand climate change, how it is already impacting traditional gender roles, and how they are working to adapt to these changes. Focus groups were conducted in the Amolatar district of Uganda in January 2019. Future work will continue this and look at the role of gender in post-conflict security.
Publications
Crespo, Ricardo A. and Christina C. Gregory. “The Doctrine of Mercy, Moral Authority, and the Foreign Policy of Pope Francis” International Politics. Published Online September 10,2019. DOI 10.1057/s41311-019-00187-7
Grittersova, Jana, Indridi H. Indridason, Christina C. Gregory, and Ricardo Crespo. “Austerity and Niche Parties: The electoral Consequences of Fiscal Reforms.” Electoral Studies, 42(2016) 276-289.
Papers Under Review at Journals
"The Sudanese Experiment: Military Reconstruction in Sudan 1972-1983"
Presented at the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa November 2018.
Papers in Progress
"All Things That Grow: Impacts Of Military Service For Female Veterans" with Christian Lindke
“Women Matter in Wartime and AfterWARd: Gender Integration's Post-Civil War Role.”
Co-authored with Lewis Luartz. Presented at the Annual Meeting for the International Studies Association April 2018.
"Fields of Rice: Climate Change and Women's Adaptive Capacity in Uganda"
Co-authored with Kendralyn Webber.
Photos from research trip to Khartoum, Sudan 2017