Genevieve Bates

Genevieve Bates is the Mary Herman Rubinstein Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on political violence, post-conflict politics, transitional justice, and human rights, integrating formal theory with qualitative and quantitative empirical methods. She previously held an assistant professorship at the University of British Columbia and was a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.

• PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago (2021)

Her research explores how international institutions like criminal courts influence accountability for human rights abuses during conflict negotiations and examines the impact of transitional justice mechanisms on democratization processes. She also investigates parallels between transitional justice in post-dictatorship contexts and racial justice efforts in established democracies.

Scientific Awards:

• Mary Herman Rubinstein Assistant Professorship