By Dr Susanne Schmeidl

Book Chapters

Schmeidl S, 2023, 'Whose stories, whose voices, whose narratives?: Challenging the western gaze on Afghanistan-exploring ethical knowledge co-production in Afghanistan', in Thinking with the South: Reframing Research Collaboration amid Decolonial Imperatives and Challenges, pp. 177 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110780567-009

Schmeidl S, 2020, 'Enter the Dragon Coming of Age as Blond, White, Female Researcher in Fragile Contexts', in Wadds P; Apoifis N; Schmeidl S; Spurway K (ed.), Navigating Fieldwork in the Social Sciences Stories of Danger, Risk and Reward, Palgrave Macmillan

Apoifis N; Wadds P; Schmeidl S; Spurway K, 2020, 'Collecting Stories', in Wadds P; Apoifis N; Schmeidl S; Spurway K (ed.), Navigating Fieldwork in the Social Sciences: Stories of Danger, Risk and Reward, Palgrave Macmillan, London

Wadds P; Apoifis N; Schmeidl S; Spurway K, 2020, 'Sharing Stories', in Wadds P; Apoifis N; Schmeidl S; Spurway K (ed.), Navigating Fieldwork in the Social Sciences:Stories of Danger, Risk and Reward, Palgrave Macmillan, London

Schmeidl S; Miszak N, 2018, 'The Afghan Local Police: unpacking a hybrid security arrangement', in Kent L; Forsyth M; Dinnen S; Wallis J; Bose S (ed.), Hybridity in Peacebuilding and Development A Critical and Reflexive Approach, Routledge, London, https://www.crcpress.com/Hybridity-in-Peacebuilding-and-Development-A-critical-and-reflexive-approach/Kent-Forsyth-Dinnen-Wallis-Bose/p/book/9780367086480

Schmeidl S; Hedditch K, 2018, 'Changing Patterns of Internal Displacement: The Art of Figure Skating', in Hugo G; Abbasi-Shavazi MJ; Kraly EP (ed.), Demography of Refugee and Forced Migration, Springer, New York, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67147-5

Schmeidl S; Hedditch K, 2018, 'Changing Patterns of Internal Displacement: The Art of Figure Skating', in Demography of Refugee and Forced Migration, Springer International Publishing, pp. 177 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67147-5_9

Schmeidl S, 2017, 'Internal displacement in Afghanistan: the tip of the iceberg', in Maley W; Bose S; Motwani N (ed.), Afghanistan Challenges and Prospects, Routledge, Oxon OX / New York, pp. 169 - 187, https://login.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1564825&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_169

Schmeidl S, 2016, 'Going, Going … Once again Gone? The Human Capital Outflow from Afghanistan Post 2014 Election', in Hopper E (ed.), TELLING THE STORY”. Sources of Tension in Afghanistan & Pakistan: A Regional Perspective (2011-2016), CIDOB: Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, Barcelona, pp. 105 - 152, http://www.cidob.org/en/publications/publication_series/monographs/monographs/telling_the_story_sources_of_tension_in_afghanistan_pakistan_a_regional_perspective_2011_2016

Maley W; Schmeidl S, 2015, 'Introduction [Reconstructing Afghanistan]', in Maley W; Schmeidl S (ed.), Reconstructing Afghanistan: Civil-Military Experiences in Comparative Perspective, Routledge, Oxon, New York, pp. 1 - 10

Schmeidl S; Bubalo A, 2013, 'One Reason you shouldn't go to Afghanistan with a beard', in Bubalo A; Fullilove M (ed.), Reports from a Turbulent Decade ePub, edn. 10th Anniversary Collection, The Lowy Institute, Viking, Penguin Group Australia, Melbourne, Australian, pp. 281 - 283

Schmeidl S, 2011, 'Engaging traditional justice mechanisms in Afghanistan: State-building opportunity or dangerous liaison?', in Mason W (ed.), The Rule of Law in Afghanistan: Missing in Inaction, Cambridge University Press, pp. 149 - 171, http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/public-international-law/rule-law-afghanistan-missing-inaction

Schmeidl S; Miszak N, 2011, 'For a Fistful of Dollars: The Selling out of Reconciliation and Reintegration', in Danspeckgruber W (ed.), Working Toward Peace and Prosperity in Afghanistan, Lynne Rienner Publishers/Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University, New York, https://www.rienner.com/title/Working_Toward_Peace_and_Prosperity_in_Afghanistan

Schmeidl S, 2010, 'Civil Society and State-building in Afghanistan', in Danspeckgruber WF; Finn RP (ed.), Building State and Security in Afghanistan, Lynne Rienner Pub, https://www.rienner.com/title/Building_State_and_Security_in_Afghanistan

Schmeidl S, 2010, 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - The Privatized Security Sector in Afghanistan', in Afghanistan's Security Sector Governance Challenges, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forced (DCAF), Geneva, pp. 45 - 77

Schmeidl S; Karokhail M, 2009, 'Pret-a-Proter States: How the McDonalidization of State-Building misses the Mark in Afghanistan', in Fischer M; Schmelzle B (ed.), Building Peace in the Absence of States: Challenging the Discourse on State Failure, edn. Berghof Handbook Dialouge Series, Berghof Research Centrefor Construtive Conflict Management, Berlin, pp. 67 - 78, http://www.berghof-foundation.org/fileadmin/redaktion/Publications/Handbook/Dialogue_Chapters/dialogue8_schmeidl_karokhail_comm.pdf

Schmeidl S, 2009, 'Promoting Civil Society in Afghanistan: Deconstructing Some Myths', in Danspeckgruber WF (ed.), Petersberg Papers on Afghanistan and the Region, edn. 4, Princeton University, Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, Princeton, NJ, pp. 68 - 75, http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/bitstream/88435/dsp01xd07gs71q/1/afgh2009_lcm4.pdf

Schmeidl S, 2009, 'The ‘Undoing of Gender Inequalities’ in Traditional Societies – The Example of Post-Conflict Afghanistan', in Eifler C; Seifert R (ed.), Gender Dynamics and Post-conflict Reconstruction, Peter Lang, pp. 71 - 93, http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=51178

Schmeidl S, 2009, 'The Undoing of Gender Inequalities in Traditional Societies - The Example of Post-Conflict Afghanistan', in Eifler C; Seifert R (ed.), Gender Dynamics and Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Peter Lang Verlag, Vienna, pp. 71 - 93

Rusu S; Schmeidl S, 2008, 'Early Warning and Early Action in the UN System', in Minority Issues Handbook: Institutions for the Management of Ethnopolitical Conflict in Central and Eastern Europe, Council of Europe Publishing, France, pp. 149 - 185

Schmeidl S; Maley W, 2008, 'The Case of the Afghan Refugee Population: Finding Durable Solutions in Contested Transitions', in Adelman H (ed.), Protracted Displacement in Asia: No Place to Call Home, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., pp. 131 - 179, http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754672388

Karokhail M; Schmeidl S, 2006, 'Integration of Traditional Structures into the State-building Process: Lessons from the Tribal Liason Office in Loya Patkia', in Publication Series on Promoting Democracy Under Conditions of State Fragility. Issue 1: Afghanistan, Heinrich Boll Foundation, Berlin, pp. 59 - 79, http://boell.de/downloads/asien/afghanistan_en.pdf

Schetter C; Schmeidl S, 2004, 'Afghanistan: Aktuelle Situation und Möglichkeiten der Befriedung', in Reiter E (ed.), Jahrbuch fur Internationale Sicherheispolitik, Mitller & Sohn, Hamburg, pp. 503 - 522, http://www.swisspeace.org/uploads/ACSF/Publications/04_Klar_Schetter-Schmeidl_0710%20Jahrbuchbeitrag.pdf

Burnley IH; Murphy PA, 2004, 'Introduction', in Burnley I; Murphy P (ed.), Sea Change: Movement from Metropolitan to Arcadian Australia, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1 - 19

Schmeidl S, 2003, 'The Early Warning of Forced Migration: State or Human Security?', in Newman E; Selm JV (ed.), Refugees and Forced Displacement: International Security, Human Vulnerability, and the State, United Nations University Press, Tokyo, pp. 130 - 155, http://unu.edu/publications/books/refugees-and-forced-displacement-international-security-human-vulnerability-and-the-state.html#overview

Schmeidl S; Mwaûra C; Adelman H, 2002, 'Conclusion', in Mwaûra C; Schmeidl S (ed.), Early warning and conflict management in the Horn of Africa, Red Sea Press, pp. 214 - 224

Schmeidl S, 2002, 'Conflict Early Warning and Prevention: Toward a Coherent Terminology', in Mwaûra C; Schmeidl S (ed.), Early warning and conflict management in the Horn of Africa, Red Sea Press, pp. 69 - 99

Schmeidl S; Mwaûra C, 2002, 'Introduction', in Mwaûra C; Schmeidl S (ed.), Early warning and conflict management in the Horn of Africa, Red Sea Press, pp. 17 - 31

Goetschel L; Schmeidl S, 2002, 'Practical Capacity-Building as Tool for Mainstreaming Conflict Prevention: Awareness Raising, Training and Analytical Capacities', in Goor LVD; Huber M (ed.), Mainstreaming Conflict Prevention, edn. CPN Yearbook 2000/2001, Nomos Publisher

Schmeidl S; Mwaûra C; Adelman H, 2002, 'Principles of the CEWARN Model', in Schmeidl S; Mwaûra C; Adelman H (ed.), Early warning and conflict management in the Horn of Africa, Red Sea Press, pp. 169 - 199

Maley WL, 2002, 'The Reconstruction of Afghanistan', in The Reconstruction of Afghanistan, Palgrave Macmillan, London, U.K., pp. 184 - 193

Schmeidl S, 2001, 'Conflict and Forced Migration: A Quantitative Review', in Zolberg AR; Benda PM (ed.), Global Migrants, Global Refugees: Problems and Solutions, Berghahn Books, New York, Oxford, pp. 62 - 94, http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=ZolbergGlobal

Schmeidl S, 2001, 'Die Kapazität internationaler Organisationen zur Frühwarnung und Prävention von schweren Menschenrechtsverletzungen und bewaffneten Konlikten', in Hartwig H (ed.), Völkermord: Friedens-wissenschaftliche Annäherung an Unbegreifliches, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, pp. 127 - 159

Schmeidl S, 2001, 'Gender and Early Warning', in Reysoo F (ed.), Hommes armés, femmes aguerries: Rappport de genre en situations de conflit armé, IUED: Collection Yvonne Preiswerk, pp. 51 - 63

Schmeidl S, 2000, 'The Quest for Accuracy in the Estimation of Forced Migration', in Lubkemann SC; Minear L; Weiss TG (ed.), Humanitarian Action: Social Science Connections, Watson Institute, Providence, pp. 164 - 182

Schmeidl S, 2000, 'Forced Migration and Conflict Mediation in Africa', in Ragaini R (ed.), International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies, 24th Session, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., Erice, Italy, pp. 200 - 229

Baechler G; Krummenacher H; Schmeidl S, 1999, 'Beitrag der Frühwarnung zur Krisenprävention - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen in Theorie und Praxis', in Oestrerreichisches Studenzentrum für Frieden und Konflictlösung, Rüegger, Zürich, pp. 77 - 99

Schmeidl S, 1998, 'Comparative Trends in Forced Displacement: IDPs and Refugees, 1964-1996', in Hampton J (ed.), Internally Displaced People: A Global Survey, Earthscan, London, pp. 24 - 33, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=emMw68wErC8C&pg=PA202&lpg=PA202&dq=Internally+Displaced+People+earthscan&source=bl&ots=S6BpIjzSW_&sig=vjO9PNgR_YzVtWDRS6C1NpRjt6I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=P2XUVK-tFM-wogSotoL

Schmeidl S, 1998, 'Early Warning of Forced Migration', in Davies J; Gurr T (ed.), Preventive Measures: Building Risk Assessment and Crisis Early Warning Systems, Rowan & Littlefield, New York, pp. 56 - 69

Schmeidl S, 1996, 'Hard Times in Countries of Origin', in Migration and Crime. Proceedings of an Ancillary Meeting (May 3, 1995 in Cairo, Egypt) on the Occasion of the United Nations' 9th World Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offende, ISPAC, Milan, Italy

Schmeidl S, 1996, 'Causes of Forced Exodus: Five Principal Explanations in the Scholarly Literature and Six Findings from Empirical Research', in Whither Refugee? The Refugee Crisis: Problems and Solutions, PIOOM, Leiden, pp. 15 - 43

Edited Books

Wadds P; Apoifis N; Schmeidl S; Spurway K, (eds.), 2020, Navigating Fieldwork in the Social Sciences: Stories of Danger, Risk and Reward, Palgrave Macmillan, London

Maley W; Schmeidl S, (ed.), 2015, Reconstructing Afghanistan: Civil-Military Experiences in Comparative Perspective, Routledge, Oxon, New York

Schmeidl S; Mwaura C, (ed.), 2002, Early Warning and Conflict Management in the Horn of Africa, Red Sea Press, Lawrenceville, NJ / Asmara, Eritrea

Journal articles

Dufhues T; Buchenrieder G; Runschke D; Schmeidl S; Herzfeld T; Sagyndykova G, 2024, 'Migrant Agency in an Institutional Context: The Akmola–Astana Migration System', Europe - Asia Studies, 76, pp. 433 - 460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2022.2134305

Schmeidl S; Ware A; Alberti C, 2023, 'Conflict sensitivity/Do No Harm (DNH) in development, humanitarian, and peacebuilding practice–reflections and emerging trends [special issue editorial]', Development in Practice, 33, pp. 517 - 527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2023.2215970

Stephens CM; Ho M; Schmeidl S; Pham HT; Dansie AP; Leslie GL; Marshall LA, 2023, 'International capacity building to achieve SDG6: insights from longitudinal analysis of five water operator partnerships', International Journal of Water Resources Development, 39, pp. 557 - 575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2022.2109604

Suhrke A; Schmeidl S, 2023, 'Working with the Taliban: from the first to the second Emirate', Central Asian Survey, 42, pp. 518 - 536, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02634937.2023.2228346

Isacowitz JJ; Schmeidl S; Tabelin C, 2022, 'The operationalisation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in a mining context', Resources Policy, 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.103012

Schmeidl S; Blomfield I, 2018, 'Editorial - Refugee Voices: The Power of Storytelling', Human Rights Defender, 27, pp. 4 - 7

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