Dana M Landau
Biographic Data
| ID | 4096790 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dana M Landau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dana M |
| FAMILY NAME | Landau |
| SIGNATURE | LANDAU D M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swisspeace |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2900-4163 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Civil Wars ISA Roundtable 2025 Civil War and Intrastate Conflict
Rethinking Peace and Victory in Light of Russian Aggression in Ukraine
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 led to a crisis in the field of peacebuilding, and among scholars of peace and conflict. As an interstate war of aggression, Russia’s war in Ukraine is highly atypical for our times, which raises questions about whether the standard tools of peacebuilding, and established approaches to the study of peace, are applicable. This special issue aims to grapple with these questions from within th…
Ukrainian Visions of Peace
How can peace be achieved in Ukraine following Russia’s full-scale invasion of February 2022? In contrast to the impulse of many in the field of peacebuilding to call for concessions through a negotiated settlement, Ukrainian voices have consistently called for support of its military self-defense to achieve peace through victory . Heeding the peacebuilding field’s stated commitment to the principle of local ownership, by which those affected by …
In Search of the Golden Formula
This paper examines how the research on, and the practice of, peace mediation has evolved in the past 25 years, with a particular focus on the hypothesised factors that explain mediation 'success' and argues for an explicit re-centring of the political in peacemaking. The analysis highlights how research on peacemaking has seen a growth of quantitative studies, while at the same time the practice field of peace mediation has been characterised by…
Populist peacemaking
With the rise of populist leaders around the world, populism's impact on foreign policy and international affairs has come into focus. Adding to this literature, we propose the concept of 'populist peacemaking', in which key tenets of populism, in style and substance, are projected onto the sphere of international mediation. We offer an analytical framework for understanding populist peacemaking consisting of three features. Firstly, populist pea…
Daring to differ? Strategies of inclusion in peacemaking
‘Inclusion’ has emerged as a prominent theme in peacemaking. However, its exact meaning remains vague, as do assumptions about the relationship between inclusion and peace. This article seeks to problematize the research, policy and practice of inclusion. Focusing on United Nations (UN) peacemaking, we ask how the object of inclusion has been framed, and based on what strategies and underlying rationales. We do so against the backdrop of emerging…
Governing Conflict
The dynamics of peace and conflict are fundamentally shaped by a politics of scaling difference. Based on the insight that difference is widely associated with both the causes of and cures for violent conflict, this article explores how practices of scaling mediate this duality. Drawing on South Sudan and Kosovo, it is argued that the governance of conflict is characterized by efforts to skilfully accommodate diversity, straddling the line betwee…
The quest for legitimacy in independent Kosovo
When Kosovo declared its independence in 2008, it did so not as a nation-state, but as a “state of communities,” self-defining as multiethnic, diverse, and committed to extensive rights for minorities. In this paper, this choice is understood as a response to a dual legitimation problem. Kosovo experienced both an external legitimation challenge, regarding its contested statehood internationally, and an internal one, vis-à-vis its Serb minority. …
Multiple legitimacy narratives and planned organizational change
This article explores the cultural narratives through which members of organizations define legitimacy during prolonged periods of change. We view legitimacy work as a cultural practice and interpretive process that takes the form of organizational narratives. We show how the shifting configurations of internal power relations shape both the choice and the meaning attached to the varied legitimacy narratives. We investigate the construction of le…
Daring to differ? Strategies of inclusion in peacemaking
‘Inclusion’ has emerged as a prominent theme in peacemaking. However, its exact meaning remains vague, as do assumptions about the relationship between inclusion and peace. This article seeks to problematize the research, policy and practice of inclusion. Focusing on United Nations (UN) peacemaking, we ask how the object of inclusion has been framed, and based on what strategies and underlying rationales. We do so against the backdrop of emerging…
Multiple legitimacy narratives and planned organizational change
This article explores the cultural narratives through which members of organizations define legitimacy during prolonged periods of change. We view legitimacy work as a cultural practice and interpretive process that takes the form of organizational narratives. We show how the shifting configurations of internal power relations shape both the choice and the meaning attached to the varied legitimacy narratives. We investigate the construction of le…
Ukrainian Visions of Peace
How can peace be achieved in Ukraine following Russia’s full-scale invasion of February 2022? In contrast to the impulse of many in the field of peacebuilding to call for concessions through a negotiated settlement, Ukrainian voices have consistently called for support of its military self-defense to achieve peace through victory . Heeding the peacebuilding field’s stated commitment to the principle of local ownership, by which those affected by …
Governing Conflict
The dynamics of peace and conflict are fundamentally shaped by a politics of scaling difference. Based on the insight that difference is widely associated with both the causes of and cures for violent conflict, this article explores how practices of scaling mediate this duality. Drawing on South Sudan and Kosovo, it is argued that the governance of conflict is characterized by efforts to skilfully accommodate diversity, straddling the line betwee…
In Search of the Golden Formula
This paper examines how the research on, and the practice of, peace mediation has evolved in the past 25 years, with a particular focus on the hypothesised factors that explain mediation 'success' and argues for an explicit re-centring of the political in peacemaking. The analysis highlights how research on peacemaking has seen a growth of quantitative studies, while at the same time the practice field of peace mediation has been characterised by…
The quest for legitimacy in independent Kosovo
When Kosovo declared its independence in 2008, it did so not as a nation-state, but as a “state of communities,” self-defining as multiethnic, diverse, and committed to extensive rights for minorities. In this paper, this choice is understood as a response to a dual legitimation problem. Kosovo experienced both an external legitimation challenge, regarding its contested statehood internationally, and an internal one, vis-à-vis its Serb minority. …
Rethinking Peace and Victory in Light of Russian Aggression in Ukraine
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 led to a crisis in the field of peacebuilding, and among scholars of peace and conflict. As an interstate war of aggression, Russia’s war in Ukraine is highly atypical for our times, which raises questions about whether the standard tools of peacebuilding, and established approaches to the study of peace, are applicable. This special issue aims to grapple with these questions from within th…
Multiple legitimacy narratives and planned organizational change
This article explores the cultural narratives through which members of organizations define legitimacy during prolonged periods of change. We view legitimacy work as a cultural practice and interpretive process that takes the form of organizational narratives. We show how the shifting configurations of internal power relations shape both the choice and the meaning attached to the varied legitimacy narratives. We investigate the construction of le…
The quest for legitimacy in independent Kosovo
When Kosovo declared its independence in 2008, it did so not as a nation-state, but as a “state of communities,” self-defining as multiethnic, diverse, and committed to extensive rights for minorities. In this paper, this choice is understood as a response to a dual legitimation problem. Kosovo experienced both an external legitimation challenge, regarding its contested statehood internationally, and an internal one, vis-à-vis its Serb minority. …
Governing Conflict
The dynamics of peace and conflict are fundamentally shaped by a politics of scaling difference. Based on the insight that difference is widely associated with both the causes of and cures for violent conflict, this article explores how practices of scaling mediate this duality. Drawing on South Sudan and Kosovo, it is argued that the governance of conflict is characterized by efforts to skilfully accommodate diversity, straddling the line betwee…
Daring to differ? Strategies of inclusion in peacemaking
‘Inclusion’ has emerged as a prominent theme in peacemaking. However, its exact meaning remains vague, as do assumptions about the relationship between inclusion and peace. This article seeks to problematize the research, policy and practice of inclusion. Focusing on United Nations (UN) peacemaking, we ask how the object of inclusion has been framed, and based on what strategies and underlying rationales. We do so against the backdrop of emerging…
Populist peacemaking
With the rise of populist leaders around the world, populism's impact on foreign policy and international affairs has come into focus. Adding to this literature, we propose the concept of 'populist peacemaking', in which key tenets of populism, in style and substance, are projected onto the sphere of international mediation. We offer an analytical framework for understanding populist peacemaking consisting of three features. Firstly, populist pea…
In Search of the Golden Formula
This paper examines how the research on, and the practice of, peace mediation has evolved in the past 25 years, with a particular focus on the hypothesised factors that explain mediation 'success' and argues for an explicit re-centring of the political in peacemaking. The analysis highlights how research on peacemaking has seen a growth of quantitative studies, while at the same time the practice field of peace mediation has been characterised by…
Civil Wars ISA Roundtable 2025 Civil War and Intrastate Conflict
Rethinking Peace and Victory in Light of Russian Aggression in Ukraine
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 led to a crisis in the field of peacebuilding, and among scholars of peace and conflict. As an interstate war of aggression, Russia’s war in Ukraine is highly atypical for our times, which raises questions about whether the standard tools of peacebuilding, and established approaches to the study of peace, are applicable. This special issue aims to grapple with these questions from within th…
Ukrainian Visions of Peace
How can peace be achieved in Ukraine following Russia’s full-scale invasion of February 2022? In contrast to the impulse of many in the field of peacebuilding to call for concessions through a negotiated settlement, Ukrainian voices have consistently called for support of its military self-defense to achieve peace through victory . Heeding the peacebuilding field’s stated commitment to the principle of local ownership, by which those affected by …
Law (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (5 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (5 works) · Diversity (politics (2 works) · Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones (2 works)