About

This profile was current as of 2023, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community.

Kimberly Peh is a PhD candidate in the Political Science Department at the University of Notre Dame and a graduate student affiliate at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the Notre Dame International Security Center (NDISC). She joined the Department after receiving her BA (with honors) in political science, which is jointly endorsed by both the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and the National University of Singapore.

Her dissertation focuses on violence and democracy. Specifically, she studies the relationships between constitution-writing, political parties, and election violence, and the ways to account for the level of (non)violence in democracy measures. Outside of her dissertation, she writes on topics related to nuclear politics; international crises and negotiations; and non-great power foreign policies. She has published in the European Journal of International Security, International Studies Perspectives, and North Korean Review.

PhD Year
2023
Thematic Interests

My research interests broadly include conflict prevention and resolution; more specifically, crisis de-escalation, and post-conflict reconstruction. Put another way, I am passionate about understanding how to prevent wars from happening. Where wars have taken place, I seek then to find out how lives can be improved so that those living in warring or post-war countries can move on from the memory and experience of violence.

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