Staff profile

Research Interests

Roger Mac Ginty works on peace and conflict, particularly on the intersection between top-down and bottom-up approaches to peacemaking. He is interested in everyday peace and the different ways in which this might be captured. He co-directs the Everyday Peace Indicators project (with Pamina Firchow) and edits the Taylor and Francis journal Peacebuilding (with Oliver Richmond). He also edits the "Rethinking Political Violence" book series. His articles have been published in Cooperation and Conflict, Security Dialogue, and Review of International Studies. Please email roger.macginty@durham.ac.uk. if you would like a pdf copy of any of Mac Ginty's journal articles.

Mac Ginty has conducted extensive fieldwork and his research has been funded by the EU, ESRC and Carnegie Corporation of New York among others. He welcomes enquiries from prospective PhD students with an interest in peacebuilding, international intervention, stabilisation, and the methodologies of capturing peace and conflict.

• International intervention
• Measuring peace and conflict
• Peace processes
• Peacebuilding
• Political violence
• Top-down/bottom-up interactions

Authored book

• Everyday Peace: How so-called ordinary people can disrupt violent conflict
  
  Ginty, R. M. (2021). Everyday Peace: How so-called ordinary people can disrupt violent conflict. Oxford University Press.
• International Peacebuilding and Local Resistance: Hybrid forms of peace
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2011). International Peacebuilding and Local Resistance: Hybrid forms of peace (1st ed.). Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230307032
• No War, No Peace: The rejuvenation of stalled peace processes and peace accords
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2006). No War, No Peace: The rejuvenation of stalled peace processes and peace accords. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230625686
• Guns and government: The management of the Northern Ireland peace process
  
  Ginty, R. M., & Darby, J. (2002). Guns and government: The management of the Northern Ireland peace process. Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230502000

Chapter in book

• The temporal dimension in the study of interventions
  
  Read, R., & Mac Ginty, R. (2019). The temporal dimension in the study of interventions. In N. Lemay-Hebert (Ed.), Handbook on Intervention and Statebuilding (pp. 220-230). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788116237
• What do we mean when we use the term "local"? Imagining and framing th elocal and the international in relation to peace and order
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2016). What do we mean when we use the term "local"? Imagining and framing th elocal and the international in relation to peace and order. In T. Debiel, T. Held, & U. Schneckener (Eds.), Peacebuilding in cricis: Rethinking paradigms and practicies of transnational cooperation (pp. 193-2109781138858596). Routledge.
• Transitions and hybrid political orders
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2015). Transitions and hybrid political orders. In R. johnson & T. Clack (Eds.), At the End of Military Intervention: Historical, theoretical, and applied approaches to transition, handover and withdrawal (pp. 253-270). Oxford University Press.

Edited book

• The Companion to Peace and Conflict Fieldwork
  
  Mac Ginty, R., Brett, R., & Vogel, B. (Eds.). (2020). The Companion to Peace and Conflict Fieldwork. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46433-2
• Local Legitimacy and International Peacebuilding
  
  Richmond, O. P., & Mac Ginty, R. (Eds.). (2020). Local Legitimacy and International Peacebuilding. Edinburgh University Press.
• Comparing Peace Processes
  
  Ozerdem, A., & Mac Ginty, R. (Eds.). (2019). Comparing Peace Processes. Routledge.
• The elgar Companion to Post-Conflict Transition
  
  Giessmann, H.-J., & Ginty, R. M. (Eds.). (2018). The elgar Companion to Post-Conflict Transition. Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Conflict and Development
  
  Mac Ginty, R., & Williams, A. (Eds.). (2016). Conflict and Development. Routledge.
• The Routledge Companion to Humanitarian Action
  
  Mac Ginty, R., & Peterson, J. H. (Eds.). (2015). The Routledge Companion to Humanitarian Action. Routledge.
• The Liberal Peace and Post-War Reconstruction
  
  Ginty, R. M., & Richmond, O. (Eds.). (2009). The Liberal Peace and Post-War Reconstruction. Routledge.

Journal Article

• After war ends: Aid paradigms and post-conflict preferences
  
  Firchow, P., Funk, J., & Mac Ginty, R. (2025). After war ends: Aid paradigms and post-conflict preferences. World Development, 189, Article 106916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106916
• Peacemaking as Statebuilding: Colombia’s 2016 Agreement in a Comparative Perspective
  
  Joshi, M., & Mac Ginty, R. (2025). Peacemaking as Statebuilding: Colombia’s 2016 Agreement in a Comparative Perspective. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2025.2458917
• Simultaneously inhabited lifeworlds: A phenomenological approach to understanding peace and conflict
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2024). Simultaneously inhabited lifeworlds: A phenomenological approach to understanding peace and conflict. Cooperation and Conflict. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00108367241293639
• The micro-dynamics of peace and conflict
  
  Brett, R., Ginty, R. M., Sagherian-Dickey, T., & Voyvodic, C. (2024). The micro-dynamics of peace and conflict. Security Dialogue, 55(5), 443-461. https://doi.org/10.1177/09670106241269753
• Pluck, luck and peacemaking
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2024). Pluck, luck and peacemaking. Peacebuilding, 12(3), 445-448. https://doi.org/10.1080/21647259.2023.2247721
• The data myth: interrogating the evidence base for evidence-based peacebuilding
  
  Mac Ginty, R., & Firchow, P. (2024). The data myth: interrogating the evidence base for evidence-based peacebuilding. Data & Policy, 6, Article e80. https://doi.org/10.1017/dap.2024.80
• Temporality and contextualisation in Peace and Conflict Studies: The forgotten value of war memoirs and personal diaries
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2022). Temporality and contextualisation in Peace and Conflict Studies: The forgotten value of war memoirs and personal diaries. Cooperation and Conflict, 57(2), 191-209. https://doi.org/10.1177/00108367211027605
• The EU and Critical Crisis Transformation: The Evolution of a Policy Concept
  
  Pogodda, S., Mac Ginty, R., & Richmond, O. (2021). The EU and Critical Crisis Transformation: The Evolution of a Policy Concept. Conflict, Security and Development, 21(1), 85-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2020.1854442
• Power or peace? Restoration or emancipation through peace processes
  
  Richmond, O. P., Mac Ginty, R., Pogodda, S., & Visoka, G. (2021). Power or peace? Restoration or emancipation through peace processes. Peacebuilding, 9(3), 243-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/21647259.2021.1911916
• Including Hard-to-Access Populations Using Mobile Phone Surveys and Participatory Indicators
  
  Firchow, P., & Mac Ginty, R. (2020). Including Hard-to-Access Populations Using Mobile Phone Surveys and Participatory Indicators. Sociological Methods and Research, 49(1), 133-160. https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124117729702
• Post-legitimacy and post-legitimisation: a convergence of Western and non-Western intervention
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2019). Post-legitimacy and post-legitimisation: a convergence of Western and non-Western intervention. Conflict, Security and Development, 19(3), 251-255. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2019.1608019
• Circuits, the everyday and international relations: Connecting the home to the international and transnational
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2019). Circuits, the everyday and international relations: Connecting the home to the international and transnational. Cooperation and Conflict, 54(2), 234-253. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010836719832343
• Complementarity and Interdisciplinarity in Peace and Conflict Studies
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2019). Complementarity and Interdisciplinarity in Peace and Conflict Studies. Journal of Global Security Studies, 4(2), 267-272. https://doi.org/10.1093/jogss/ogz002
• Liberal Peace Implementation and the Durability of Post-war Peace
  
  Mac Ginty, R., Joshi, M., & Lee, S. (2019). Liberal Peace Implementation and the Durability of Post-war Peace. International Peacekeeping, 26(4), 457-486. https://doi.org/10.1080/13533312.2019.1618189
• Mobilities and peace
  
  Richmond, O. P., & Mac Ginty, R. (2019). Mobilities and peace. Globalizations, 16(5), 606-624. https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2018.1557586
• A material turn in International Relations: the 4x4, intervention and resistance
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2017). A material turn in International Relations: the 4x4, intervention and resistance. Review of International Studies, 43(05), 855-874. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0260210517000146
• Peacekeeping and Data
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2017). Peacekeeping and Data. International Peacekeeping, 24(5). https://doi.org/10.1080/13533312.2017.1383561
• Everyday Social Practices and Boundary-Making in Deeply Divided Societies
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2017). Everyday Social Practices and Boundary-Making in Deeply Divided Societies. Civil Wars, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2017.1343410
• The Temporal Dimension in Accounts of Violent Conflict: A Case Study from Darfur
  
  Read, R., & Mac Ginty, R. (2017). The Temporal Dimension in Accounts of Violent Conflict: A Case Study from Darfur. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2017.1314405
• Top-down and bottom-up narratives of peace and conflict
  
  Mac Ginty, R., & Firchow, P. (2016). Top-down and bottom-up narratives of peace and conflict. Politics, 36(3), 308-323. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263395715622967
• Where is the local? Critical localism and peacebuilding
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2015). Where is the local? Critical localism and peacebuilding. Third World Quarterly, 36(5), 840-856. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2015.1045482
• Everyday Peace: Bottom-up and local agency in conflict-affected societies
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2014). Everyday Peace: Bottom-up and local agency in conflict-affected societies. Security Dialogue, 45(6), 548-564. https://doi.org/10.1177/0967010614550899
• Indicators+: A proposal for everyday peace indicators
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2013). Indicators+: A proposal for everyday peace indicators. Evaluation and Program Planning, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2012.07.001
• Routine peace: Technocracy and peacebuilding
  
  Ginty, R. M. (2012). Routine peace: Technocracy and peacebuilding. Cooperation and Conflict, 47(3), 287-308. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010836712444825
• Against Stabilization
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2012). Against Stabilization. Stability: International Journal of Security and Development, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.5334/sta.ab
• Social network analysis and counterinsurgency: a counterproductive strategy?
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2010). Social network analysis and counterinsurgency: a counterproductive strategy?. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2010.491319
• Warlords and the liberal peace: state-building in Afghanistan
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2010). Warlords and the liberal peace: state-building in Afghanistan. Conflict, Security and Development, 10(4). https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2010.500548
• A very political reconstruction: governance and reconstruction in Lebanon after the 2006 war
  
  Hamieh, C. S., & Mac Ginty, R. (2009). A very political reconstruction: governance and reconstruction in Lebanon after the 2006 war. Disasters, 34. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7717.2009.01101.x
• The Liberal Peace at Home and Abroad: Northern Ireland and Liberal Internationalism
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2009). The Liberal Peace at Home and Abroad: Northern Ireland and Liberal Internationalism. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 11(4). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-856x.2009.00385.x
• Indigenous Peace-Making Versus the Liberal Peace
  
  Mac Ginty, R. (2008). Indigenous Peace-Making Versus the Liberal Peace. Cooperation and Conflict, 43(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/0010836708089080