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Ipek Şener

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Assistant Professor

Contact Information
Office: SSC 7217
Tel: 519 661-2111 X 85000
E-mail: isener@uwo.ca 
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Education

PhD, Washington University, St. Louis, College Fellow, Harvard University

Research Interests

Professor Şener studies international relations with a focus on political violence, international conflict and security, and quantitative research methodology. Research interests include militant propaganda, public support for militancy, state repression and violence, and international influences on civil conflict.

Selected Publications

  • 2026. The Peacekeeping Dilemma: Understanding the Challenges of UN Peacekeeping in Modern Conflicts. Forthcoming in World Politics (with William G. Nomikos and Rob Williams).
  • 2026. Strike When They Aren't Looking: Great Power Crises and Threats to Rule. Forthcoming in the Journal of Peace Research (with David Carter).
  • 2025. Peace Negotiations and Civilian Targeting. Journal of Conflict Resolution.
  • 2025. Displacement, not Obstruction: How States Manage a Complex Media Landscape. Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy (with Afiq bin Oslan).
  • 2025. Trust, Trust Repair, and Public Health: A Scoping Review. Frontiers in Public Health (with David Carter, Jimin Ding, Michelle Doering, Michael Esposito, Aubrey Fisher, Matthew Gabel, Mark Huffman, Peter Kalulu, Caitlin McMurtry, Pradeep Sopory, Grace Whitter).

Working Papers

  • Peacetime Ideology, Wartime Agitation: How Militants Tailor Propaganda to Conflict Intensity.
  • 2022. How Foreign Policy Crisis Shapes Public Opinion on Social Media (with Amaan Charaniya, Rex Deng, Jin Kim, Gechun Lin, William G. Nomikos) APSA Foreign Policy Section 2022 Best Paper Award.