Staff profile
Professor Roger Mac Ginty
Professor in Defence, Development and Diplomacy
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Professor in Defence, Development and Diplomacy in the School of Government and International Affairs | +44 (0) 191 33 45687 |
Biography
Research Interests
Roger Mac Ginty works on peace and conflict, particularly on the intersection between top-down and bottom-up approaches to peacemaking. He is interested in everyday peace and the different ways in which this might be captured. He co-directs the Everyday Peace Indicators project (with Pamina Firchow) and edits the Taylor and Francis journal Peacebuilding (with Oliver Richmond). He also edits the "Rethinking Political Violence" book series. His articles have been published in Cooperation and Conflict, Security Dialogue, and Review of International Studies. Please email roger.macginty@durham.ac.uk. if you would like a pdf copy of any of Mac Ginty's journal articles.
Mac Ginty has conducted extensive fieldwork and his research has been funded by the EU, ESRC and Carnegie Corporation of New York among others. He welcomes enquiries from prospective PhD students with an interest in peacebuilding, international intervention, stabilisation, and the methodologies of capturing peace and conflict.
Research interests
- International intervention
- Measuring peace and conflict
- Peace processes
- Peacebuilding
- Political violence
- Top-down/bottom-up interactions
Publications
Authored book
- Everyday Peace: How so-called ordinary people can disrupt violent conflict
Ginty, R. M. (2021). Everyday Peace: How so-called ordinary people can disrupt violent conflict. Oxford University Press - International Peacebuilding and Local Resistance: Hybrid forms of peace
Mac Ginty, R. (2011). International Peacebuilding and Local Resistance: Hybrid forms of peace. (1). Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230307032 - No War, No Peace: The rejuvenation of stalled peace processes and peace accords
Mac Ginty, R. (2006). No War, No Peace: The rejuvenation of stalled peace processes and peace accords. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230625686 - Guns and government: The management of the Northern Ireland peace process
Ginty, R. M., & Darby, J. (2002). Guns and government: The management of the Northern Ireland peace process. Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230502000
Chapter in book
- The temporal dimension in the study of interventions
Read, R., & Mac Ginty, R. (2019). The temporal dimension in the study of interventions. In N. Lemay-Hebert (Ed.), Handbook on Intervention and Statebuilding (220-230). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788116237 - What do we mean when we use the term "local"? Imagining and framing th elocal and the international in relation to peace and order
Mac Ginty, R. (2016). What do we mean when we use the term "local"? Imagining and framing th elocal and the international in relation to peace and order. In T. Debiel, T. Held, & U. Schneckener (Eds.), Peacebuilding in cricis: Rethinking paradigms and practicies of transnational cooperation (193-2109781138858596). Routledge - Transitions and hybrid political orders
Mac Ginty, R. (2015). Transitions and hybrid political orders. In R. johnson, & T. Clack (Eds.), At the End of Military Intervention: Historical, theoretical, and applied approaches to transition, handover and withdrawal (253-270). Oxford University Press
Edited book
- The Companion to Peace and Conflict Fieldwork
Mac Ginty, R., Brett, R., & Vogel, B. (Eds.). (2020). The Companion to Peace and Conflict Fieldwork. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46433-2 - Local Legitimacy and International Peacebuilding
Richmond, O. P., & Mac Ginty, R. (Eds.). (2020). Local Legitimacy and International Peacebuilding. Edinburgh University Press - Comparing Peace Processes
Ozerdem, A., & Mac Ginty, R. (Eds.). (2019). Comparing Peace Processes. Routledge - The elgar Companion to Post-Conflict Transition
Giessmann, H.-J., & Ginty, R. M. (Eds.). (2018). The elgar Companion to Post-Conflict Transition. Edward Elgar Publishing - Conflict and Development
Mac Ginty, R., & Williams, A. (Eds.). (2016). Conflict and Development. Routledge - The Routledge Companion to Humanitarian Action
Mac Ginty, R., & Peterson, J. H. (Eds.). (2015). The Routledge Companion to Humanitarian Action. Routledge - The Liberal Peace and Post-War Reconstruction
Ginty, R. M., & Richmond, O. (Eds.). (2009). The Liberal Peace and Post-War Reconstruction. Routledge
Journal Article
- Simultaneously inhabited lifeworlds: A phenomenological approach to understanding peace and conflict
Mac Ginty, R. (online). Simultaneously inhabited lifeworlds: A phenomenological approach to understanding peace and conflict. Cooperation and Conflict, https://doi.org/10.1177/00108367241293639 - Peacemaking as Statebuilding: Colombia’s 2016 Agreement in a Comparative Perspective
Joshi, M., & Mac Ginty, R. (online). Peacemaking as Statebuilding: Colombia’s 2016 Agreement in a Comparative Perspective. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2025.2458917 - Anticipatory violence: The subtle violence in peace processes
Mac Ginty, R. (in press). Anticipatory violence: The subtle violence in peace processes. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, - After war ends: Aid paradigms and post-conflict preferences
Firchow, P., Funk, J., & Mac Ginty, R. (2025). After war ends: Aid paradigms and post-conflict preferences. World Development, 189, Article 106916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106916 - The micro-dynamics of peace and conflict
Brett, R., Ginty, R. M., Sagherian-Dickey, T., & Voyvodic, C. (2024). The micro-dynamics of peace and conflict. Security Dialogue, 55(5), 443-461. https://doi.org/10.1177/09670106241269753 - Pluck, luck and peacemaking
Mac Ginty, R. (2024). Pluck, luck and peacemaking. Peacebuilding, 12(3), 445-448. https://doi.org/10.1080/21647259.2023.2247721 - The data myth: interrogating the evidence base for evidence-based peacebuilding
Mac Ginty, R., & Firchow, P. (2024). The data myth: interrogating the evidence base for evidence-based peacebuilding. Data & Policy, 6, Article e80. https://doi.org/10.1017/dap.2024.80 - Temporality and contextualisation in Peace and Conflict Studies: The forgotten value of war memoirs and personal diaries
Mac Ginty, R. (2022). Temporality and contextualisation in Peace and Conflict Studies: The forgotten value of war memoirs and personal diaries. Cooperation and Conflict, 57(2), 191-209. https://doi.org/10.1177/00108367211027605 - Power or peace? Restoration or emancipation through peace processes
Richmond, O. P., Mac Ginty, R., Pogodda, S., & Visoka, G. (2021). Power or peace? Restoration or emancipation through peace processes. Peacebuilding, 9(3), 243-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/21647259.2021.1911916 - The EU and Critical Crisis Transformation: The Evolution of a Policy Concept
Pogodda, S., Mac Ginty, R., & Richmond, O. (2021). The EU and Critical Crisis Transformation: The Evolution of a Policy Concept. Conflict, Security and Development, 21(1), 85-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2020.1854442 - Including Hard-to-Access Populations Using Mobile Phone Surveys and Participatory Indicators
Firchow, P., & Mac Ginty, R. (2020). Including Hard-to-Access Populations Using Mobile Phone Surveys and Participatory Indicators. Sociological Methods and Research, 49(1), 133-160. https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124117729702 - Post-legitimacy and post-legitimisation: a convergence of Western and non-Western intervention
Mac Ginty, R. (2019). Post-legitimacy and post-legitimisation: a convergence of Western and non-Western intervention. Conflict, Security and Development, 19(3), 251-255. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2019.1608019 - Circuits, the everyday and international relations: Connecting the home to the international and transnational
Mac Ginty, R. (2019). Circuits, the everyday and international relations: Connecting the home to the international and transnational. Cooperation and Conflict, 54(2), 234-253. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010836719832343 - Complementarity and Interdisciplinarity in Peace and Conflict Studies
Mac Ginty, R. (2019). Complementarity and Interdisciplinarity in Peace and Conflict Studies. Journal of Global Security Studies, 4(2), 267-272. https://doi.org/10.1093/jogss/ogz002 - Liberal Peace Implementation and the Durability of Post-war Peace
Mac Ginty, R., Joshi, M., & Lee, S. (2019). Liberal Peace Implementation and the Durability of Post-war Peace. International Peacekeeping, 26(4), 457-486. https://doi.org/10.1080/13533312.2019.1618189 - Mobilities and peace
Richmond, O. P., & Mac Ginty, R. (2019). Mobilities and peace. Globalizations, 16(5), 606-624. https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2018.1557586 - A material turn in International Relations: the 4x4, intervention and resistance
Mac Ginty, R. (2017). A material turn in International Relations: the 4x4, intervention and resistance. Review of International Studies, 43(05), 855-874. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0260210517000146 - Peacekeeping and Data
Mac Ginty, R. (2017). Peacekeeping and Data. International Peacekeeping, 24(5), https://doi.org/10.1080/13533312.2017.1383561 - Everyday Social Practices and Boundary-Making in Deeply Divided Societies
Mac Ginty, R. (2017). Everyday Social Practices and Boundary-Making in Deeply Divided Societies. Civil Wars, 19(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2017.1343410 - The Temporal Dimension in Accounts of Violent Conflict: A Case Study from Darfur
Read, R., & Mac Ginty, R. (2017). The Temporal Dimension in Accounts of Violent Conflict: A Case Study from Darfur. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 11(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2017.1314405 - Top-down and bottom-up narratives of peace and conflict
Mac Ginty, R., & Firchow, P. (2016). Top-down and bottom-up narratives of peace and conflict. Politics, 36(3), 308-323. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263395715622967 - Where is the local? Critical localism and peacebuilding
Mac Ginty, R. (2015). Where is the local? Critical localism and peacebuilding. Third World Quarterly, 36(5), 840-856. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2015.1045482 - Everyday Peace: Bottom-up and local agency in conflict-affected societies
Mac Ginty, R. (2014). Everyday Peace: Bottom-up and local agency in conflict-affected societies. Security Dialogue, 45(6), 548-564. https://doi.org/10.1177/0967010614550899 - Indicators+: A proposal for everyday peace indicators
Mac Ginty, R. (2013). Indicators+: A proposal for everyday peace indicators. Evaluation and Program Planning, 36(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2012.07.001 - Routine peace: Technocracy and peacebuilding
Ginty, R. M. (2012). Routine peace: Technocracy and peacebuilding. Cooperation and Conflict, 47(3), 287-308. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010836712444825 - Against Stabilization
Mac Ginty, R. (2012). Against Stabilization. Stability: International Journal of Security and Development, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.5334/sta.ab - Social network analysis and counterinsurgency: a counterproductive strategy?
Mac Ginty, R. (2010). Social network analysis and counterinsurgency: a counterproductive strategy?. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2010.491319 - Warlords and the liberal peace: state-building in Afghanistan
Mac Ginty, R. (2010). Warlords and the liberal peace: state-building in Afghanistan. Conflict, Security and Development, 10(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2010.500548 - A very political reconstruction: governance and reconstruction in Lebanon after the 2006 war
Hamieh, C. S., & Mac Ginty, R. (2009). A very political reconstruction: governance and reconstruction in Lebanon after the 2006 war. Disasters, 34, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7717.2009.01101.x - The Liberal Peace at Home and Abroad: Northern Ireland and Liberal Internationalism
Mac Ginty, R. (2009). The Liberal Peace at Home and Abroad: Northern Ireland and Liberal Internationalism. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 11(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-856x.2009.00385.x - Indigenous Peace-Making Versus the Liberal Peace
Mac Ginty, R. (2008). Indigenous Peace-Making Versus the Liberal Peace. Cooperation and Conflict, 43(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0010836708089080