Emily Paddon Rhoads
Biographic Data
| ID | 4049986 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emily Paddon Rhoads |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emily Paddon |
| FAMILY NAME | Rhoads |
| SIGNATURE | RHOADS E P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swarthmore College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7117-6001 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Participation as Legitimation
International organizations ( IO s) have increasingly deepened local public engagement, reflecting a broader shift toward inclusion and responsiveness in global governance. While scholars have examined this trend, its emergence as a distinct normative development warrants further investigation. This article analyzes two cases of this phenomenon—the International Criminal Court’s outreach and community engagement in UN peacekeeping—conceptualizing…
Risky Business
Over the last decade, a range of international actors has moved away from direct forms of intervention to protect civilian populations in favor of “bottom-up” approaches that emphasize external support for civilian self-protection (CSP). While this indirect action is often perceived to be less costly, more legitimate, and potentially more effective, we argue that external support for CSP is a “risky business” that presents a significant dilemma f…
The Scope for Agency and the Role of Individuals in UN Peace Operations
Peacekeeping, often portrayed as a collective endeavor governed by the United Nations Security Council, is, in practice, deeply contingent on the agency of individuals, who must interpret and implement complex mandates. Academic recognition of the role played by individuals has grown recently, and existing research has gone some way to showing how the effects of individuals can be assessed empirically. Yet work in this area is relatively nascent.…
Technology for civilian self-protection
From alerting communities at risk to connecting local responders to those in need, information and communication technologies (ICTs) are transforming local protective responses in contexts of armed conflict. While scholars have analysed how state and non-state armed groups' use of social media and ICTs shapes conflict dynamics, the protective application of technology by communities themselves to avoid harm remains underexplored and undertheorize…
Response to Ashley Jackson’s Review of Civilian Protective Agency in Violent Settings
The Future of Protection in UN Peace Operations
United Nations peacekeeping is experiencing a generational shift as several large missions downsize and close. Amid this change, this essay considers the future of the Protection of Civilians (PoC) mandate, which has been a priority of UN peacekeeping since it was first authorized twenty-five years ago. It argues that PoC has evolved significantly, expanding from a narrow focus on physical protection from immediate threats to a holistic approach …
How Insider-Led Processes Lead to Localization
The humanitarian sector has been increasingly concerned with localizing its activities—devolving capacity, power, and decision-making authority to the local communities and organizations that are the frequent recipients of its assistance. However, the mere “outsider-led” provision of assistance to local actors is not itself sufficient to empower them. Instead, we argue that “insider-led,” locally initiated processes can be an effective approach t…
UN Peacekeeping at 75
This year marks the 75th anniversary of what the UN itself understands to be its first peacekeeping operation. It is therefore an appropriate time to reflect on the track record of UN peacekeeping in its efforts to try to maintain and realize peace and security. Moreover, this milestone invites us to ponder what lies ahead in the realm of peacekeeping. For this reason, this forum article brings together both academics and UN officials to assess t…
Empathy in frontline humanitarian negotiations
Humanitarian access—people’s ability to reach aid and aid's ability to reach people—is widely understood to be a central challenge in humanitarian action. One of the most important ways in which humanitarian access is practically secured in conflict settings is through frontline humanitarian negotiations. In this type of negotiation, humanitarians engage in face-to-face interactions with conflict parties to secure safe access to, and protection o…
The (self) protection of civilians in South Sudan
Over the past decade, a body of scholarship on civilian self-protection (CSP) has emerged, advancing understandings of civilian agency in war. In this article, we argue that CSP has been conceptualized in a narrow manner, reflecting the nascent status of the field. Scholars have focused on responses to threats directly related to the dynamics of conflict, physical in nature, and caused by the presence of armed groups. Using the case study of the …
Putting Human Rights up Front
First published online: 08 Jan 2019
Close cousins in protection
The Protection of Civilians (PoC) in peacekeeping and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) populations from atrocity crimes are two norms that emerged at the turn of the new millennium with the aim of protecting vulnerable peoples from mass violence and/or systematic and widespread violations of human rights. To date, most scholars have analysed the discourses over the status, strength and robustness of both norms separately. And yet, the distinct…
Taking Sides in Peacekeeping
United Nations peacekeeping has undergone radical transformation in the new millennium. Where it once was limited in scope and based firmly on consent of all parties, contemporary operations are now charged with penalizing spoilers of peace and protecting civilians from peril. Despite its more aggressive posture, practitioners and academics continue to affirm the vital importance of impartiality whilst stating that it no longer means what it once…
UN Peacekeeping at 75
This year marks the 75th anniversary of what the UN itself understands to be its first peacekeeping operation. It is therefore an appropriate time to reflect on the track record of UN peacekeeping in its efforts to try to maintain and realize peace and security. Moreover, this milestone invites us to ponder what lies ahead in the realm of peacekeeping. For this reason, this forum article brings together both academics and UN officials to assess t…
Putting Human Rights up Front
First published online: 08 Jan 2019
Close cousins in protection
The Protection of Civilians (PoC) in peacekeeping and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) populations from atrocity crimes are two norms that emerged at the turn of the new millennium with the aim of protecting vulnerable peoples from mass violence and/or systematic and widespread violations of human rights. To date, most scholars have analysed the discourses over the status, strength and robustness of both norms separately. And yet, the distinct…
The (self) protection of civilians in South Sudan
Over the past decade, a body of scholarship on civilian self-protection (CSP) has emerged, advancing understandings of civilian agency in war. In this article, we argue that CSP has been conceptualized in a narrow manner, reflecting the nascent status of the field. Scholars have focused on responses to threats directly related to the dynamics of conflict, physical in nature, and caused by the presence of armed groups. Using the case study of the …
The Scope for Agency and the Role of Individuals in UN Peace Operations
Peacekeeping, often portrayed as a collective endeavor governed by the United Nations Security Council, is, in practice, deeply contingent on the agency of individuals, who must interpret and implement complex mandates. Academic recognition of the role played by individuals has grown recently, and existing research has gone some way to showing how the effects of individuals can be assessed empirically. Yet work in this area is relatively nascent.…
Technology for civilian self-protection
From alerting communities at risk to connecting local responders to those in need, information and communication technologies (ICTs) are transforming local protective responses in contexts of armed conflict. While scholars have analysed how state and non-state armed groups' use of social media and ICTs shapes conflict dynamics, the protective application of technology by communities themselves to avoid harm remains underexplored and undertheorize…
The Future of Protection in UN Peace Operations
United Nations peacekeeping is experiencing a generational shift as several large missions downsize and close. Amid this change, this essay considers the future of the Protection of Civilians (PoC) mandate, which has been a priority of UN peacekeeping since it was first authorized twenty-five years ago. It argues that PoC has evolved significantly, expanding from a narrow focus on physical protection from immediate threats to a holistic approach …
How Insider-Led Processes Lead to Localization
The humanitarian sector has been increasingly concerned with localizing its activities—devolving capacity, power, and decision-making authority to the local communities and organizations that are the frequent recipients of its assistance. However, the mere “outsider-led” provision of assistance to local actors is not itself sufficient to empower them. Instead, we argue that “insider-led,” locally initiated processes can be an effective approach t…
Taking Sides in Peacekeeping
United Nations peacekeeping has undergone radical transformation in the new millennium. Where it once was limited in scope and based firmly on consent of all parties, contemporary operations are now charged with penalizing spoilers of peace and protecting civilians from peril. Despite its more aggressive posture, practitioners and academics continue to affirm the vital importance of impartiality whilst stating that it no longer means what it once…
Putting Human Rights up Front
First published online: 08 Jan 2019
Close cousins in protection
The Protection of Civilians (PoC) in peacekeeping and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) populations from atrocity crimes are two norms that emerged at the turn of the new millennium with the aim of protecting vulnerable peoples from mass violence and/or systematic and widespread violations of human rights. To date, most scholars have analysed the discourses over the status, strength and robustness of both norms separately. And yet, the distinct…
The (self) protection of civilians in South Sudan
Over the past decade, a body of scholarship on civilian self-protection (CSP) has emerged, advancing understandings of civilian agency in war. In this article, we argue that CSP has been conceptualized in a narrow manner, reflecting the nascent status of the field. Scholars have focused on responses to threats directly related to the dynamics of conflict, physical in nature, and caused by the presence of armed groups. Using the case study of the …
Empathy in frontline humanitarian negotiations
Humanitarian access—people’s ability to reach aid and aid's ability to reach people—is widely understood to be a central challenge in humanitarian action. One of the most important ways in which humanitarian access is practically secured in conflict settings is through frontline humanitarian negotiations. In this type of negotiation, humanitarians engage in face-to-face interactions with conflict parties to secure safe access to, and protection o…
UN Peacekeeping at 75
This year marks the 75th anniversary of what the UN itself understands to be its first peacekeeping operation. It is therefore an appropriate time to reflect on the track record of UN peacekeeping in its efforts to try to maintain and realize peace and security. Moreover, this milestone invites us to ponder what lies ahead in the realm of peacekeeping. For this reason, this forum article brings together both academics and UN officials to assess t…
Response to Ashley Jackson’s Review of Civilian Protective Agency in Violent Settings
The Future of Protection in UN Peace Operations
United Nations peacekeeping is experiencing a generational shift as several large missions downsize and close. Amid this change, this essay considers the future of the Protection of Civilians (PoC) mandate, which has been a priority of UN peacekeeping since it was first authorized twenty-five years ago. It argues that PoC has evolved significantly, expanding from a narrow focus on physical protection from immediate threats to a holistic approach …
How Insider-Led Processes Lead to Localization
The humanitarian sector has been increasingly concerned with localizing its activities—devolving capacity, power, and decision-making authority to the local communities and organizations that are the frequent recipients of its assistance. However, the mere “outsider-led” provision of assistance to local actors is not itself sufficient to empower them. Instead, we argue that “insider-led,” locally initiated processes can be an effective approach t…
Risky Business
Over the last decade, a range of international actors has moved away from direct forms of intervention to protect civilian populations in favor of “bottom-up” approaches that emphasize external support for civilian self-protection (CSP). While this indirect action is often perceived to be less costly, more legitimate, and potentially more effective, we argue that external support for CSP is a “risky business” that presents a significant dilemma f…
The Scope for Agency and the Role of Individuals in UN Peace Operations
Peacekeeping, often portrayed as a collective endeavor governed by the United Nations Security Council, is, in practice, deeply contingent on the agency of individuals, who must interpret and implement complex mandates. Academic recognition of the role played by individuals has grown recently, and existing research has gone some way to showing how the effects of individuals can be assessed empirically. Yet work in this area is relatively nascent.…
Technology for civilian self-protection
From alerting communities at risk to connecting local responders to those in need, information and communication technologies (ICTs) are transforming local protective responses in contexts of armed conflict. While scholars have analysed how state and non-state armed groups' use of social media and ICTs shapes conflict dynamics, the protective application of technology by communities themselves to avoid harm remains underexplored and undertheorize…
Participation as Legitimation
International organizations ( IO s) have increasingly deepened local public engagement, reflecting a broader shift toward inclusion and responsiveness in global governance. While scholars have examined this trend, its emergence as a distinct normative development warrants further investigation. This article analyzes two cases of this phenomenon—the International Criminal Court’s outreach and community engagement in UN peacekeeping—conceptualizing…
Political science (10 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (9 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Business (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law and economics (4 works) · Peacekeeping (4 works)