Rachel Kerr

Professor Rachel Kerr is a leading scholar in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, specializing in transitional justice, international criminal law, and the role of art in post-conflict reconciliation. She co-convenes the War Crimes Research Group and leads the Visual and Embodied Methodologies Network, focusing on intersectional gendered violence.

• Education: PhD and MA in War Studies from King’s College London; BA in International History and Politics from University of Leeds
• Research: Explores judicial intervention in the ICTY, Sierra Leone Court, and UK war crime allegations in Iraq; current work bridges art with peacebuilding in Bosnia, Canada, and South Africa
• Teaching: Courses on Conflict, Rights, and Justice; International Law and the Use of Force; War and Genocide

Her AHRC-funded research project Art and Reconciliation: Conflict, Culture and Community (2016-2021) produced interdisciplinary insights into creative peacebuilding. She also leads ESRC research on visual methodologies for gendered violence studies.

Awards:

• Elected to International Institute for Strategic Studies (2001)
• Elected to Royal Institute for International Affairs (2001)

Recent publications analyze art’s role in Bosnian reconciliation, digital data in transitional justice, and Canada’s reconciliation processes. She supervises PhD research on topics spanning UK war crimes, post-conflict education, and atrocity prevention.