Agnieszka Paczyńska

Overview

Agnieszka Paczyńska is Professor at the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University. Her research focuses on the relationship between economic and political change and conflict, globalization and local conflicts, post-war reconstruction and peace and conflict pedagogy. Among her publications are State, Labor, and the Transition to a Market Economy: Egypt, Poland, Mexico and the Czech Republic (Penn State University Press, 2009/2013), Changing Landscape of Assistance to Conflict-Affected States: Emerging and Traditional Donors and Opportunities for Collaboration (Stimson Center, 2016), Conflict Zone, Comfort Zone: Pedagogy, Methodology and Best Practices in Field-Based Courses (Ohio University Press, 2019), The New Politics of Aid: Emerging Donors and Conflict-Affected States (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2020) and Teaching Peace and Conflict Studies (Edward Elgar Publishers 2024). She has previously worked at the US State Department, the Brookings Institution and Search for Common Ground, and has been affiliated with the Stimson Center, Warsaw School of Economics, the Marie Curie-Skłodowska University, American University in Cairo and the German Institute for Sustainable Development. She chairs the Board of Directors of Saferworld USA. She holds a PhD in Political Science from University of Virginia.