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Dr. Anne-Kathrin Kreft

Politikwissenschaftlerin, M.A.

Expertise und Highlights

  • Forschungsschwerpunkte: politische Gewalt, sexuelle und geschlechtsbasierte Gewalt, sozio-politisches Engagement, bewaffnete Konflikte, Meinungsforschung
  • Mixed Methods-Profil (qualitativ, quantitative, experimentell)
  • 14 Jahre Arbeits- und Forschungserfahrung im Ausland (Schweden, Norwegen, USA, Kolumbien, Sambia)
  • Christiane-Rajewsky-Preis (Dissertationspreis) der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (2020)
  • James Caporaso Best Paper Award der Fachzeitschrift Comparative Political Studies (2019)
  • Persönliche Website: https://anne-kathrinkreft.com/

Aktuelle Projekte

Kontakt

Dr.

Anne-Kathrin Kreft

Politikwissenschaftlerin, M.A.

0511/34836-27

Forschungseinheit:

Viktimologie
  • Kreft, A.-K., Johansson, K., & Schaftenaar, S. (in Druck). Forthcoming. SDG 5: Empower All Women and Girls. In H. Hegre, K. Petrova, & S. Döring (eds.) The Elgar Companion to Peace and the Sustainable Development Goals. Elgar Publishing.
  • Wilsdorf, P., Müller, P., Dreißigacker, A., Goede, L.-R., Hahnemann, A., Hirschmann, J., Kreft, A.-K. & Rühs, F. (2026). Aggressionen und Gewalt gegen Politiker:innen in Deutschland – Erste Befunde und Perspektiven eines laufenden Forschungsprojekts. In U. Kemmesies, P. Wetzels, B. Austin, C. Büscher, F. Grube, S. Hutter, T. Richter, D. Rieger & S. Sobotta (Hrsg.), MOTRA-Monitor 2024/25. https://doi.org/10.57671/isbn.978-3-911329-02-6_2026_motra
  • Kreft, A.-K., Nordås, R., & Bakken, I. V. (2026). And still she rises? Perceptions of the demobilizing effects of repression. Journal of Peace Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopres/xjaf005
  • Kreft, A.-K. (2025). Women’s Agentive Responses to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence. In C. Goetze, & K. S. Rathore (Eds.), 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. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055423000345
  • Nagel, R., & Kreft, A.-K. (2023). Responses and Reactions to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence. In E. Bjarnegård, & P. Zetterberg (Eds.), Gender and Violence against Political Actors (p. 213-222). Temple University Press.
  • Kreft, A.-K., & Nagel, R. (2023). Sexual Violence. In E. Bjarnegård, P. Zetterberg (eds.) Gender and Violence against Political Actors. Temple University Press, p. 82-92.
  • Bastiaens, I., Postnikov, E., & Kreft, A.-K. (2023). How Social Provisions in Trade Agreement Affect Women’s Rights. Global Policy 14(5), p. 702-715. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758 5899.13267
  • Johansson, K., & Kreft, A.-K. (2023). Peacekeeping and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence. Special Issue on the 75th Anniversary of UN Peacekeeping in Global Governance 29(2), p. 185-199. https://doi.org/10.1163/19426720-02902005
  • Kreft, A.-K. (2023). “This patriarchal, machista and unequal culture of ours”: Obstacles to confronting conflict-related sexual violence. Social Politics 30(2), p. 654-677. https://doi.org/10.1093/ sp/jxac018
  • Agerberg, M., & Kreft, A.-K. (2023). Sexual violence, gendered protection and support for intervention. Journal of Peace Research, 60(5), 853–867. https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433221092960
  • Zvobgo, K., Willis, C., Lee, M., Kreft, A.-K., & Irgil, E. (2022). Fieldwork. In K. G. Lorentz II, D. J. Mallinson, J. M. Hellwege, D. Phoenix, & J. C. Strachan (Eds.), Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond, (p. 129-134). American Political Science Association.
  • Kreft, A.-K. (2022). “High-risk feminism in Colombia: women’s mobilization in violent contexts. By Julia Margaret Zulver”. International Affairs 98 (5), p. 1844-1845.
  • Schulz, P., & Kreft, A.-K. (2022). Accountability for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies (Online). https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.702
  • Kreft, A.-K., Niklasson, B., & Towns, A. (2022). Do gender patterns in diplomacy disappear over time? European Journal of Politics and Gender 5(3), p. 279-302. Editor’s Pick for the 2023 Student Reading List. https://doi.org/10.1332/251510821X16473315423448
  • Schulz, P., Kreft, A.-K., Touquet, H., & Martin, S. (2022). Self-Care for Gender Based Violence Researchers – Beyond Bubble-Baths and Chocolate Pralines. Qualitative Research 23(5), p. 1461- 1480. https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941221087868
  • Kreft, A.-K., & Schulz, P. (2022). Political Agency, Victimhood and Gender in Contexts of Armed Conflict: Moving beyond Dichotomies. International Studies Quarterly 66(2), p. 1-11. https:// doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqac022
  • Schulz, P., & Kreft, A.-K. (2021). Researching Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: A Conversation between Early Career Researchers. International Feminist Journal of Politics 23(3), p. 496-504. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2021.1899840
  • Irgil, E., Kreft, A.-K., Lee, M., Willis, C. N., & Zvobgo, K. (2021). Field Research: A Graduate Student’s Guide. International Studies Review 23(4), p. 1495-1517. https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viab023
  • Kreft, A.-K. (2020). Civil Society Perspectives on Sexual Violence in Conflict: Patriarchy and War Strategy in Colombia. International Affairs 96(2), p. 457-478. https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiz257
  • Towns, A., Kreft, A.-K., Jezierska, K., & Niklasson, B. (2020). Covid-19 and Gender: A Necessary Connection in Diplomatic Studies. The Hague Journal of Diplomacy 15(4), p. 636-647. https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-BJA10037
  • Kreft, Anne-Kathrin. (2019). How Does Civil Society Understand Conflict-Related Sexual Violence? Perspectives from women activists in Colombia, GPS Policy Brief, 3. Oslo: PRIO. Download
  • Donno, D., & Kreft, A.-K. (2019). Authoritarian Institutions and Women’s Rights. Comparative Political Studies 52(5), p. 720-753. Winner of James Caporaso Best Paper Award (CPS) 2019. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414018797954
  • Kreft, A.-K. (2019). Responding to Sexual Violence: Women’s Mobilization in War. Journal of 26(2), p. 220-233. Editors’ Pick November 2019. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343318800361
  • Agerberg, M., & Kreft, A.-K. (2019). Gendered Conflict, Gendered Outcomes: The Politicization of Sexual Violence and Quota Adoption. Journal of Conflict Resolution 64(2-3), p. 290 317. https://doi.org/10.1177/002200271985
  • Towns, A., Kreft, A.-K., & Niklasson, B. (2018). The Empowerment of Women in Diplomacy. In A. Alexander, C. Bolzendahl, & F. Jalalzai (Eds.), Measuring Women’s Political Empowerment across the Globe (p. 187–205). Gender and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64006-8_9
  • Kreft, A.-K., Vik Bakken, I., & Nordås, R. Especially heinous? Political violence and public perceptions of exceptionalism.
  • Kreft, A.-K. (2017). The Gender Mainstreaming Gap: Security Council Resolution 1325 and UN Peacekeeping Mandates. International Peacekeeping 24(1), p.132-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/13533312. 2016.1195267
  • Finkel, S., Rojo-Mendoza, R., Schwartz, C., Chris, B., & Kreft, A.-K. (2015). Impact Evaluation of Peace through Development II (P-DEV II) Radio Programming in Chad and Niger.
  • Verzeichnis der Publikationen PDF-Datei

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. “Gewalt gegen Kommunalpolitikerinnen.”– Podiumsteilnehmerin. Kommunalkonferenz der SPD-Bundestagsfraktion Berlin. Juni 2024.

Kreft, Anne-Kathrin. „Aber ihr seid doch privilegiert!“ Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze im Umgang mit belastender Forschung – Workshop: Research || Trauma. Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Juni 2024

Kreft, Anne-Kathrin. Ethical Considerations in Researching Conflict-Related Sexual Violence – Workshop: Gender-Based Violence on October 7, 2023, Queens University Belfast, Mai 2024

Kreft, Anne-Kathrin. Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: War Strategy and Patriarchal Structures – Gender and Crime-Tagung, 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
seit 02/2024Gastwissenschaftlerin am Department of Peace and Conflict Research an der Universität Uppsala
seit 01/2024Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin und Leiterin der Forschungseinheit „Viktimologie“ am KFN
10/2020 – 12/2023Postdoktorandin am Politikwissenschaftlichen Institut der Universität Oslo, Norwegen
03/2020 – 09/2020Postdoktorandin am Politikwissenschaftlichen Institut der Universität Göteborg, Schweden
08/2015 – 06/2019Promotion zur PhD in Politikwissenschaften an der Universität Göteborg
01-04/2008; 03/2017Feldforschung in Kolumbien
08/2013 – 05/2015Doktorandin der Politikwissenschaften an der University of Pittsburgh, USA
09/2007 – 03/2010Studium der Politikwissenschaft an der Western Washington University, Bellingham, USA (Master of Arts)
10/2003 – 07/2007Studium der British and American Studies (KF), Texttechnologie (NF), Universität Bielefeld (Bachelor of Arts)
09/2005 – 06/2006Internationaler Studierendenaustausch an der Western Washington University
  • Wintersemester 2020-Wintersemester 2023: Betreuung und Beurteilung von Masterarbeiten in den Fachbereichen Politikwissenschaft, Friedens- und Konfliktforschung und Gender-Forschung an der Universität Oslo
  • Sommersemester 2020-Wintersemester 2023: Diverse Lehrveranstaltungen in den Themengebieten politische Gewalt, geschlechtsbasierte Gewalt, bewaffnete Konflikte, Feldforschung und qualitative Methoden, auf B.A., M.A. und Ph.D.-Niveau an der Universität Oslo
  • Gastvorlesungen über sexuelle Konfliktgewalt, Krieg und Gender, und Feldforschung auf B.A., M.A. und Ph.D.-Niveau
    • University of Iceland (Sept 2023)
    • Karolinska Institut, Schweden (Jan 2023; virtuell)
    • Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norwegen (Mai 2022, Mai 2019)
    • Universität Basel, Schweiz (März 2022)
    • Norwegian University of Life Sciences (März 2022; virtuell)
    • Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz (Juni 2021; virtuell)
    • Technische Universität Dresden (April 2021; virtuell)
    • Universität Bremen (Mai 2020; virtuell)
    • Tulane University, USA (Mai 2020, April 2022; virtuell)

Kontakt

Dr.

Anne-Kathrin Kreft

Politikwissenschaftlerin, M.A.

0511/34836-27

Forschungseinheit:

Viktimologie