Academic Staff

Miss Kaisa Helena Hinkkainen (part-time)



Position in department:PhD Candidate
Staff position:Part-time Lecturer and Graduate Teaching Assistant
E-mail:khhink
Telephone number:3233
Room:5.405
Office hours:HU 200: Wednesday 10.30-12.30 GV103: Wednesday 14.00-15.00
Qualifications:BA Politics and International Relations (Kent)

MA International Conflict Analysis (Kent) with distinction

Research interests:Terrorism, Counterterrorism, Conflict resolution, Rebel groups, Natural resources, Human rights, Interviewing techniques, Quantitative and Comparative methods
Teaching responsibilities:GV103 Introduction to International Relations

GV313-SP Corruption

HU200 Issues and Methods in Human Rights

HU300 Honours Human Rights Colloquium

Supervisor:Prof. Kristian Skrede Gleditsch
Thesis title:Determinants of terrorism
Conferences/presentations:"Terrorism in Afghanistan: Who is targeted where when and how?" to be presented at International Studies Association, San Francisco (April 2013)
"Civil War Termination and the Location of Resource Wealth", with Jessica Maves to be presented at International Studies Association, San Francisco (April 2013)
"Diamonds are a rebel's best friend? Determinants of Terrorist Attacks in Civil Wars" 12th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, Berlin (June 2012)
"Choosing to terrorize: Determinants of terrorist attacks in civil wars" International Studies Association, San Diego (April 2012)
"Economics of terrorism: Trade off between criminal and terrorist tactics" Advancing the Scientific Study of Conflict and Cooperation: Alternative Perspectives from the UK and Japan (March 2012)
"Homegrown terrorism: The known unknown" 11th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, Amsterdam (June 2011)

Additional information:Other teaching:

Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis

Teaching assistant

2011:

Introduction to Regression

Introduction to Social Network Analysis

Other training:

Joining the Practitioner Network at Essex Conference, 2011
Duration Models, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, 2011
Maximum Likelihood and Limited Dependent Variable Models, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, 2011
Semi-Structured Interviewing, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, 2010
Applied Research Methods with Hidden and Marginal Populations, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, 2010
Advanced Research Methods, University of Essex, 2009-2010
Professional Development Course, University of Essex, 2009-2010
R Spatial Workshop, University of Essex, 2009

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