Burak Giray

Postdoctoral Researcher

Hertie School

About me

I am a postdoctoral researcher at Hertie School’s Centre for International Security and a visiting researcher at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University. My postdoctoral project ‘‘Peacekeeping Dynamics and Local Support Mining and Analyzing Tweets from Conflict Countries’' and my research stay in Sweden are funded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

I hold a Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Houston. My main research areas include UN interventions in conflicts, the supply-side, effectiveness and legitimacy of UN peacekeeping operations, and the durability of peace settlements.

In my dissertation, UN Peacekeeping Operations: Conflicting Interests and Effectiveness, I study how divergent interests of troop-providers affect the overall success of UN peacekeeping missions.

Interests

Peacekeeping Effectiveness
Supply-side of Peacekeeping
Legitimacy of UN Missions

Education

PhD in Political Science and Government, 2022

University of Houston, Texas/USA
BSc in Political Science and International Relations, 2014

Cankaya University, Ankara/Turkey
BA in Translation and Interpreting Studies, 2014

Cankaya University, Ankara/Turkey

Publications

Burak Giray (2022). Public Support for the UN Missions and Attacks on Peacekeepers: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy.

DOI

Burak Giray (2022). Ideational Commitment to the UN and Peacekeeping Effectiveness in Reducing Civilian Victimization . International Interactions (invited to Revise & Resubmit).

Burak Giray (2022). Do UN Missions have an Expiration Date?: Ideational Commitment to the UN and the Length of Missions . International Peacekeeping (Under review).

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