Dr. Anne-Kathrin Kreft

Political Scientist, M.A.

Expertise and highlights

  • Research interests: political violence, sexual and gender-based violence, socio-political engagement, armed conflicts, opinion research
  • Mixed methods profile (qualitative, quantitative, experimental)
  • 14 years of work and research experience abroad (Sweden, Norway, USA, Colombia, Zambia)
  • Christiane Rajewsky Prize (dissertation prize) from the Working Group for Peace and Conflict Research (2020)
  • James Caporaso Best Paper Award from the journal Comparative Political Studies (2019)
  • Personal website: https://anne-kathrinkreft.com

Current projects

Projekte

Contact

Anne-Kathrin Kreft

Political Scientist, M.A.

+49 511/34836-27

Research unit:

Victimology

Publications
  • Kreft, A.-K. (2025). Women’s Agentive Responses to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence. In C. Goetze, K. S. Rathore Contemporary Reader of Feminism and International Relations (pp. 291-303). London and New York: Routledge.
  • Kreft, A.-K. & Agerberg, M. (2024). Imperfect Victims? Civilian Men, Vulnerability and Policy Preferences. American Political Science Review, 118(1), 274-290. Download
Selected lectures
  • Rühs, F., & Kreft, A.-K. (2025, 06. März). Aggressionen und Gewalt gegen Politiker*innen Aggressionen und Gewalt gegen Politiker*innen in Deutschland: Umgang und Bewältigung unter Berücksichtigung der Geschlechterperspektive [Konferenzbeitrag]. MOTRA-K #25 Jahreskonferenz des Verbundprojekts MOTRA, Wiesbaden.
  • Kreft, Anne-Kathrin. “Violence against local-level women politicians.” – Panel discussant. Conference on local-level politics. Social Democratic Party of Germany, Berlin. June 2024.
  • Kreft, Anne-Kathrin. „Aber ihr seid doch privilegiert!“ Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze im Umgang mit belastender Forschung („But you are privileged!“ Challenges in and possible solutions to dealing with difficult research) – Workshop: Research || Trauma. Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, June 2024
  • Kreft, Anne-Kathrin. Ethical Considerations in Researching Conflict-Related Sexual Violence – Workshop: Gender-Based Violence on October 7, 2023, Queens University Belfast, May 2024
  • Kreft, Anne-Kathrin. Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: War Strategy and Patriarchal Structures – Gender and Crime Convention, Göttingen, April 2024
  • Kreft, Anne-Kathrin. Is Sexual Violence Different? Perceptions of Exceptionalism (with I. V. Bakken, Ragnhild Nordås) – Öffentliche Vorlesung, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, September 2023
  • Kreft, Anne-Kathrin & Mattias Agerberg. Imperfect Victims? Civilian Men, Vulnerability and Policy Preferences
    • Workshop: Experimental Research in Post-Conflict Contexts, London (virtuell), Juli 2023
    • Human Security Lab, UMass Amherst (virtuell), Mai 2023
    • Center for Security Studies-Kolloquium, ETH Zürich, August 2022
    • Kolloquium der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Konstanz, März 2022
    • Violence, Instability and Peace Research Group, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, März 2022
  • Bakken, Ingrid Vik, Anne-Kathrin Kreft & Ragnhild Nordås. The Consequences of Sexualized Repression. Jahreskongress der Schweizerischen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft, Basel, Februar 2023
  • Schulz, Philipp, Anne-Kathrin Kreft, Heleen Touquet & Sara Martin. Self-Care for Gender-Based Violence Researchers
    • Conflict Research Society-Konferenz (virtuell), September 2022
    • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (virtuell), Mai 2022
  • Kreft, Anne-Kathrin. Gendered Violence against Civil Society Actors in Conflict-Affected Settings. Swisspeace, Basel, März 2022
  • Kreft, Anne-Kathrin. “This patriarchal, machista and unequal culture of ours”: Obstacles to confronting conflict-related sexual violence. Interdisciplinary Peace and Conflict Research Network (virtuell), November 2021
  • Kreft, Anne-Kathrin. Women’s Activism Under Attack: Backlash Against Civil Society in Post-Conflict Settings. Workshop “Gendered Nature of Conflict Violence: Causes and Consequences of Violence Targeting Women,” University of Essex (virtuell), Mai 2020
  • Agerberg, Mattias & Anne-Kathrin Kreft. Sexual Violence, Gender and Public Support for Intervention in Armed Conflict
    • Jahreskongress der Schweizerischen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft, Luzern, Februar 2020
    • Michelsen Institute, Bergen, November 2019
    • Konferenz “Peace Research in Sweden”, Göteborg, September 2019
  • Kreft, Anne-Kathrin. Challenges in Confronting Sexual Violence in Colombia. Conflict Research Society conference, Brighton, September 2019
  • Kreft, Anne-Kathrin. The Fetishization of Sexual Violence in Conflict? Tackling Victimization and Agency. Öffentliche Veranstaltung „Gender, Diplomacy and Peace“, Göteborg, Februar 2019
  • Kreft, Anne-Kathrin. Understanding Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: Bringing Patriarchy Back In
    • NORA conference, Reykjavík, Mai 2019
    • Jahreskongress der International Studies Association, Toronto, März 2019
    • Workshop “Complexifying Gendered Victimhood During War and Transition: Gender, Vulnerabilities and Agency”, Bremen, Februar 2019
    • Konferenz der Conflict Research Society Conference, Birmingham, September 2018
    • Konferenz des European Consortium for Political Research, Hamburg, August 2018
  • Kreft, Anne-Kathrin. Domestic and International Responses to Wartime Sexual Violence: Cross-National Statistical Analyses and Case Study Evidence from Colombia. Meeting des Research Network on Gender, Peace and Security, Oslo, September 2017
  • Agerberg, Mattias & Anne-Kathrin Kreft. Wartime Sexual Violence and Gender Quota Adoption
    • Konferenz des European Consortium for Political Research, Oslo, September 2017
    • Konferenz der Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2017
  • Kreft, Anne-Kathrin. Beyond Victimization: Women’s Political Mobilization in Response to Wartime Sexual Violence
    • GLD Annual Conference, Hindås, April 2017
    • Conflict Research Society annual conference, Dublin, September 2016
Academic career
since 02/2024 Visiting researcher at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University
since 01/2024 Research associate and head of the research unit “Victimology” at KFN
10/2020 – 12/2023 Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway
03/2020 – 09/2020 Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
08/2015 – 06/2019 PhD in Political Science at the University of Gothenburg
01-04/2008; 03/2017 Field research in Colombia
08/2013 – 05/2015 PhD student in Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh, USA
09/2007 – 03/2010 Study of Political Science at Western Washington University, Bellingham, USA (Master of Arts)
10/2003 – 07/2007 Study of British and American Studies (KF), Text Technology (NF), University of Bielefeld (Bachelor of Arts)
09/2005 – 06/2006 International student exchange at Western Washington University
Teaching, training and further education
  • Winter semester 2020-Winter semester 2023: Supervision and assessment of Master’s theses in the fields of political science, peace and conflict research and gender research at the University of Oslo
  • Summer semester 2020-Winter semester 2023: Various courses in the subject areas of political violence, gender-based violence, armed conflict, field research and qualitative methods, at B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. level at the University of Oslo
  • Guest lectures on sexual conflict violence, war and gender, and field research at B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. level
    • University of Iceland (Sept 2023)
    • Karolinska Institute, Sweden (Jan 2023; virtual)
    • Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway (May 2022, May 2019)
    • University of Basel, Switzerland (March 2022)
    • Norwegian University of Life Sciences (March 2022; virtual)
    • Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz (June 2021; virtual)
    • Technical University of Dresden (April 2021; virtual)
    • University of Bremen (May 2020; virtual)
    • Tulane University, USA (May 2020, April 2022; virtual)
Completed projects