Sky Kunkel- Doctor of Philosophy
- Postdoctoral Research Associate at Cornell University
Sky Kunkel
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Postdoctoral Research Associate at Cornell University
Political Scientist studying non-state actors and conflict
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Introduction
Hello! I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Gender and Security Sector Lab at Cornell University and a former USIP Peace Scholar. I earned my Ph.D. from Purdue University in international relations with a minor in political methodology. My research focuses on security and nonstate actors, using advanced causal inference methods. I study UN peacekeeping, analyzing how peacekeepers, especially women, impact civilian protection. I also research Private Military and Security Contractors.
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October 2022 - present
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Publications (7)
Since its inception in 2014, the Russian Federation's Wagner Group has both expanded Russia’s foreign policy reach and become a significant contributor to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Yet, the relationship between the Private Military Contractor (PMC) and the Russian state was not always so strong. While Russia’s reliance on PMCs for foreign...
Why are some peacekeepers more effective than others? Since the end of the Cold War, UN Peacekeeping Operations (PKOs) have increased dramatically in size and scope. However, most analyses of peacekeeper effectiveness fail to account for the gendered effects of peacekeepers. Conversely, work exploring the role of gender in peacekeeping has not take...
Delegation and authority scholars in the principal-agent literature repeatedly identify the delegation of authority from principal to agent as resulting in greater agency slack. However, scholars of the principal-agent literature rarely go past the second level on the delegation chain, especially when examining the delegation of authority from inte...
Generalizing any single research paper to an entire continent leads to ostracization and incorrect conclusions. How can political scientists do better? We examine the top five journals across political science, including the top journals on international relations and comparative politics. We find that many of the publications in top journals use "...
Previous research has shown that peacekeeping operations (PKOs) reduce the intensity of conflict. However, scholars have yet to examine whether this effect persists long-term. Do PKOs durably reduce violence even after they are withdrawn, or do they merely pause violent conflict? This paper uses fine-grained geolocated data on both PKO deployment a...
This is a poster version of our paper, presented at the Peace Science Society International 2022 Conference.
This is a poster version of our paper, presented in the Summer of 2022 at Washington University in St. Louis, MI, for PolMeth 2022.
