About me

I am a Post-doctoral fellow at the University of Mannheim. I am working for the ERC funded Project Repression and the Escalation of Political Violence (RATE) together with Professor Sabine Carey.

My research interests are civil wars dynamics, violent and nonviolent strategies and tactics, and the escalation of political violence. I am currently studying how the behaviour of state and non-state actors escalates violence in conflict and post-conflict settings.

Find out more about the RATE project here and follow the activities of our research group at Mannheim here.  

Contact:

belen.gonzalez[at]uni-mannheim[dot]de
University of Mannheim
Political Science IV
Parkring 47, Zi. 109
D-68159 Mannheim
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)621 – 181 2870

News

Aug. 2018 -  Paper presentation at the APSA Annual Meeting in Boston. Panels "Leaders and Civil Wars", "Race, Ethnic Politics, and War", and "Understanding Violent Nonstate Group Composition and Behaviour Using New Data".

Aug. 2018 - Presentation at the ECPR General Conference in Hamburg. Panel P198 "How Political is Sexual Violence? Consequences and Responses."

Jun. 2018 - Field work in Sri Lanka to assess the Quality of Peace in post-conflict societies.

Apr. 2018 - Presentation at the ISA Annual Convention in San Francisco. Panels WA69 "Civilians in armed conflict" and WB48 "Protecting Human Rights During War or in Post-Conflict Societies."