The VIEWS team warmly congratulates Maxine Leis on the successful defence of her PhD dissertation, Signals of Violence, Patterns of Flight: Predicting and Explaining Conflict-Related Mobility earlier this month. Her research explores how various forms of violence and natural hazards drive population movement, with a strong emphasis on improving forecasts of conflict-induced displacement.
The dissertation, defended at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research (DPCR), is part of the Mistra Geopolitics Research School and closely connected to VIEWS’ mission to anticipate violence and its impacts.
We thank Professor Julian Wucherpfennig (Hertie School) for serving as opponent, and Professors Håvard Hegre and Nina von Uexkull for their supervision. Appreciation also goes to the grading committee: Professor Joakim Palme, Associate Professor Sophia Hatz, and Associate Professor Steven Miller.