Mahtab Shafiei

Political Science & International Relations

Mahtab Shafiei

Visiting Assistant Professor

mahtash@udel.edu

Office: 459 Smith Hall

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Biography

Mahtab Shafiei (PhD, University of New Mexico, 2024) joined the department in 2024. Her research focuses on the intersection of peace and conflict with human rights and international law. Dr. Shafiei also has research and teaching expertise in in International Relations, Peacekeeping, and Conflict Resolution, International Law, Terrorism, Politics of the Environment, International Business and Human Rights.

Recent Publications

Overton, Kathryn, and Mahtab Shafiei “Violence after Victory? Civil Wars, One-Sided Wins, and Terrorism in the Post-Conflict Period”. Perspectives on Terrorism. March 2024. Volume XVIII, Issue 1.

Shulika, Lukong Stella, and Mahtab Shafiei “Assessing the Role of the United Nations in Countering Terrorism in Africa: A Case Study of the Lake Chad Basin”. African Security Review. Feb 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2024.2307422.

Shafiei, Mahtab, and Kathryn Overton “Peace is in the Air: Reducing Conflict Intensity with United Nations Peacekeeping Radio Broadcasts”. Conflict Management and Peace Science, December 2023. https://doi.org/10.1177/07388942231216730.

Shafiei, Mahtab, and Kathryn Overton “Mirage or Oasis? Assessing the Role of UNAMA in Afghanistan”. Asian Journal of Peacebuilding Vol. 11 No. 2 (2023): 1-20. https://ipus.snu.ac.kr/eng/ajp.

Shafiei, Mahtab “UN Peacekeeping Missions vs UN Special Political Mission” South Asia Journal. December 4, 2022