Professor Owsiak studies three broad themes in his research: why countries fight one another, the bilateral processes or characteristics that promote peaceful relations between disputing countries, and the role of third-parties in peacefully (or diplomatically) ending conflicts and/or building more peaceful relations between countries. He is an expert on the dispute and management of international border territory (as well as the effects of these processes on democratization and interstate conflict), international rivalries, and international conflict management (including diplomacy, negotiation, mediation, and peacekeeping). His work appears in the Journal of Politics, the British Journal of Political Science, Political Science Research and Methods, International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the Journal of Peace Research, Conflict Management and Peace Science, and Foreign Policy Analysis, in addition to other outlets. The Department of Defense’s Minerva Project and the United States Institute of Peace support some of his ongoing projects. As a result of his strong research record, he won the School of Public and International Affairs’ Excellence in Research Award in 2017.
Professor Owsiak teaches courses in international relations (including theory), international conflict, crisis diplomacy, and international conflict management (i.e., peace studies) — including within the First-Year Odyssey program. He also mentors a number of undergraduate students through the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO). For these efforts, he was inducted into the University of Georgia Teaching Academy (2017) and received the University of Georgia’s CURO Mentoring Award (2014), the Richard B. Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2015), the First-Year Odyssey Seminar Program Teaching Award (2017), and the School of Public and International Affairs’ Excellence in Teaching Award in 2018 (among others).
Professor Owsiak studies three broad themes in his research: why countries fight one another, the bilateral processes or characteristics that promote peaceful relations between disputing countries, and the role of third-parties in peacefully (or diplomatically) ending conflicts and/or building more peaceful relations between countries.
For a full list of publications, working papers, and conference participation, as well as a curriculum vitae, see www.andrewowsiak.org.
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Book Chapters:
- “Mediation and Its Compatibility with Other Conflict Management Approaches” (with J. Michael Greig and Paul F. Diehl). 2019. In Research Handbook on Mediating International Crises, edited by Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Kyle Beardsley, and David Quinn. Northampton, MA: EE Elgar, pp. 63-78.
- “The International Court of Justice” (with Sara McLaughlin Mitchell). 2017. In Handbook of Judicial Behavior, edited by Robert M. Howard and Kirk A. Randazzo. New York: Routledge, pp. 445-466.
- “The Steps to War: Theory and Evidence.” 2017. In Encyclopedia of Empirical International Relations Theory, edited by William R. Thompson. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- “Issues, Leaders, and Regimes: Reaching Settlement in Northern Ireland.” 2017. In Theories of International Relations and Northern Ireland, edited by Timothy J. White. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 36-54.
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