Susanna Campbell

Susanna Campbell has been investigating the capacity of international intervention to prevent violent conflict and build peace for the past fourteen years, including as a staff person with: the Center for Preventive Action of the Council on Foreign Relations (New York, 1996-1999); the Forum on Early Warning and Early Response (FEWER) (London/Kenya, 1999-2000); UNICEF Burundi (2000-2002); and, since 2003, as an independent consultant for the International Crisis Group, International Alert, The World Bank Post-Conflict Fund, the National Defense University, Catholic Relief Services, UK Department for International Development (DfID), the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the World Bank Fragile and Conflict-Affected States Group, and the Integrated UN Office in Burundi/UN Peacebuilding Support Office.

She has written numerous reports and articles on peacebuilding and statebuilding effectiveness, including those published by the Council on Foreign Relations, International Alert, International Crisis Group, International Peacekeeping, and the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, and has contributed to several United Nations publications. She was a United States Institute of Peace Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellow (2008-2009). She is currently completing her dissertation with The Fletcher School, Tufts University, on organizational factors that influence peace- and statebuilding effectiveness.

For access to publications, please visit her page at The Fletcher School.

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• Africa
• Peacebuilding
• Statebuilding
• Conflict Prevention
• International Organizations
• Organizational and Institutional Theory
• International Relations

• Uvin, Peter and Susanna P. Campbell (2009), “The Burundi Leadership Training Program,” in Michael S. Lund and Howard Wolpe eds., Preventing and Rebuilding Failed States, Washington, DC: The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, forthcoming .
• Campbell, Susanna P. (2008), “When Process Matters: The Potential Implications of Organizational Learning for Peacebuilding Success,” Journal of Peacebuilding and Development 4, no. 2:20-32.
• Campbell, Susanna P. (2008), “(Dis)integration, Incoherence and Complexity in UN Post-conflict Interventions,” International Peacekeeping 15, no. 4:556-569.
• Campbell, Susanna P. and Anja Kaspersen (2008), “Confronting Integration Barriers,” International Peacekeeping 15, no. 4:470-485.
• Campbell, Susanna P., Anja Kaspersen, and Erin Weir (2007), Integrated Missions Revisited: Synthesis of Findings (Oslo: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
• “Institutional Capacity Building for Conflict Sensitivity” (2004), in the Conflict Sensitive Approaches to Development, Humanitarian Assistance and Peacebuilding: A Resource Pack (London: International Alert, Saferworld and FEWER).
• A Framework for Responsible Aid to Burundi (2003), International Crisis Group Africa Report No. 57.
• Rubin, Barnett with Susanna P. Campbell (1998), “Introduction: Experiences in Prevention,” in Cases and Strategies for Preventive Action (New York: Twentieth Century Fund/ Council on Foreign Relations) p. 1-21.