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Dr. Gyda Maras Sindre is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of York, where she also serves as the Director of the School of Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE). She joined the department in 2019 after previously holding positions as a Marie Curie fellow and affiliated lecturer at the University of Cambridge and Assistant Professor at the University of Bergen and the Centre for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo, Norway.
Dr. Sindre's research expertise spans Politics, Development Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies, with particular focus on political transitions, post-war development and governance, insurgent/liberation movements, political parties, civic activism, and the legacies and politics of mass atrocities. Her geographical expertise centers on South and Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and East Timor) with comparative analysis of political transitions in the Balkans.
Her current research focuses on three major projects: 1) Former armed groups in politics examining governance, democracy and state-building; 2) The mass atrocities resistance project exploring how threatened groups protect themselves against violence; and 3) Comparative perspectives on governance, democracy and development in Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Her work bridges comparative politics, development studies and peace and conflict studies with emphasis on domestic agency during and after armed conflict.
Dr. Sindre is the founder and convener of the Politics After War Network (PAW-Network), which serves as a hub for research and policy on the political transformation of armed groups, DDR politics, and post-conflict governance. She works closely with international organizations including the UN Department of Peace Operations, the Folke Bernadotte Academy, and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.
Her scholarly contributions include publications in Political Geography, Government and Opposition, Party Politics, and Civil Wars, as well as co-editing the Routledge Handbook of Political Parties and authoring books on rebel party governance. Her research has been funded by the European Commission, the Norwegian Research Council, and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Dr. Sindre supervises PhD students including Maryam Al-Mahmoud and teaches undergraduate courses such as 'Democracy, Autocracy and the State' and 'The Politics of Peace after Civil War,' as well as postgraduate courses including 'The Politics of Peacebuilding.' She is currently leading a project on negotiating armed groups' political transitions funded by the Folke Bernadotte Academy.
