Bio

Dr Gyda M. Sindre is a Professor in Politics and International Relations at the University of York. Her main research projects and publications focus on the politics of armed groups, in particular their political transformation and inclusion as part of peace processes, peacebuilding more generally, political parties, protest movements and resistance to mass atrocities. She is the founder of the Politics After War Network (www.politicsafterwar.com) and her work on post-conflict politics, particularly on the political inclusion of armed groups and their transition into political parties has helped shaped that field of study. Her research has appeared in leading journals such as Political Geography, Government and Opposition, Party Politics and Civil Wars. She is the co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Political Parties (2023) and How former rebel parties shape peace, democracy and stability: From guns to governing (2023). She works closely with policy makers in the field of democracy support, political party development, peacebuilding and DDR. Professor Sindre joint the University of York first in 2019, previously a Marie Sklodowska Curie fellow and affiliated lecturer at the University of Cambridge.