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Elizabeth Good

Program Area(s):  Comparative Politics; International Relations; Methods

Dissertation Title:

Willing and Able: Gender Power Dynamics and Women’s Representation in Peace Processes

Dissertation Committee:  Hannah Riley Bowles, Daniel Krcmaric, James Mahoney (co-chair), J Seawright (co-chair)

Research Interest(s): Conflict; Gender and Politics; Multi-Method Research; Negotiation; Post-Conflict Development; Representation; Women, Peace and Security

Conference Presentations:

  • “The Power of Representation: Women in Comprehensive Peace Negotiations.” Civil War Paths Conference, University of York, Jul. 2024
  • “Conflict and Feminist Mobilization: Windows of Opportunity or Barriers to Change.” European Consortium for Political Research. Ghent, Belgium, Jul. 2024 (With Summer Forester)
  • “Power of the Pen: Women’s Substantive Representation in Comprehensive Peace Negotiations.” International Security Program, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, May 2024
  • “Women Representing Women? The Influence of Gender Experts in Peace Negotiations.” International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, Apr. 2024.
  • "Advocacy Gaps and Anticipating Backlash: Group Gender Dynamics and Women’s Unwillingness to Advocate for Women." Western Political Science Association, Vancouver, BC, Mar. 2024.
  • “Women Advocating for Women: Power and Patriarchy”. Harvard Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School, Oct. 2023.
  • “It’s a Numbers Game: An Experimental Approach Linking Women’s Descriptive and Substantive Representation.” American Political Science Association Conference. Los Angeles, CA. Sept. 2023.
  • “Women’s Representation in Comprehensive Peace Negotiations: New Findings in the Field of Negotiation." Harvard Law School, May 2023.
  • “The Room Where It Happens: Women’s Representation in Comprehensive Peace Negotiations.” Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, Apr. 2023.
  • “The Room Where It Happens: Women’s Representation in Comprehensive Peace Negotiations.” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, Apr. 2023.
  • International Relations Research Workshop, Harvard University, Feb. 2023.

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Honors & Awards:

  • U. S. Institute of Peace and the Minerva Research Initiative, Peace Scholar Fellowship (2024-Present)
  • Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2024-Present)
  • Harvard Kennedy School, Women and Public Policy Program, Research Fellowship (2024-Present)
  • Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Centre, International Security Program Fellowship (2023-2024)
  • University of York, The Centre for the Comparative Study of Civil War, Civil War Paths Fellow (2023-2024)
  • Travel Grant, International Studies Association (2024)
  • Minar Memorial Summer Award, Northwestern University (2023)
  • Harvard Law School, Program on Negotiation, Graduate Research Grant (2023)
  • Travel Grant, American Political Science Association (2023)
  • Harvard Law School, Program on Negotiation, Graduate Research Fellowship (2022-2023)
  • The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship (2020-2024)
  • Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Dispute Resolution Research Centre Grant (2020) 
  • Program of African Studies, Northwestern University, Hans E. Panofsky Research Award (2020)