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Dr Helena Hinkkainen is an Associate Professor in Security, Conflict Studies, and Governance at the University of Leeds, within the School of Politics and International Studies (Faculty of Social Sciences). Her career includes roles as Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Lincoln (2013–2017), University Academic Fellow at the University of Leeds (2017–2019), and Lecturer in Politics at the University of York (2019–2021). She has also been a visiting researcher at Uppsala University and the University of Venice (2019).
Education:
- PhD in International Relations, University of Essex (2013)
- MA in International Conflict Analysis, University of Kent (2008)
Research Interests:
Her work focuses on terrorism, civil wars, and conflict dynamics. Key areas include micro-dynamics of violence, diffusion of conflict, economic sanctions and terrorism, child soldiers, peacekeeping, and state use of militias. Current projects include an ESRC grant on mass atrocity crimes by non-state armed groups and a Swedish Research Council project on secondary mobilization of political violence.
Grants & Collaborations:
- Principal Investigator (PI): ESRC Standard Grant "Explaining non-state armed groups’ perpetration of mass atrocity crimes"
- Co-Investigator (Co-I): Swedish Research Council project "Secondary mobilization: The spread of political violence within and across borders"
Labs/Teams: No specific labs or teams explicitly mentioned in the profile.
