Agnieszka Paczynska
Director of the Master's Program
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Arlington: Vernon Smith Hall, 5104B
3351 North Fairfax Drive, MS 4D3
Arlington, VA 22201
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Biography
Agnieszka Paczynska’s research focuses on the relationship between economic and political change and conflict, development and conflict, security-development nexus, post-conflict reconstruction policies, the relationship between globalization processes and local conflicts, and conflict resolution pedagogy. In addition to a book, State, Labor and the Transition to a Market Economy: Egypt, Poland, Mexico and the Czech Republic, her work has been published in such journals as Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution Quarterly, Review of International Political Economy, and PS Political Science. Her most resent scholarship investigates policies of emerging donors in conflict-affected states and the role of foreign direct investment in post-conflict reconstruction processes. In 2014 she received a grant from the United Sates Institute of Peace to support her research on emerging donors and together with Susan Hirsch began co-editing a book series, Studies in Conflict, Justice, and Social Change, with the Ohio University Press.
Paczynska engages in policy relevant research and discussions. She has consulted for the Department of State, United States Agency for International Development, and the Marine Corps Combat Development Command. She is a Nonresident Fellow at the Stimson Center and serves on the Board of Trustees of Saferworld USA. She has also observed elections in Afghanistan, Egypt and Liberia.
Most recently Paczynska has been teaching classes such as the Introduction to Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Foundations of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Structural Theories, and Conflict in Development. She currently serves as the Director of the Master’s Program.
Degrees
PhD, Political Science, University of Virginia (2002)
MA, Political Science , New York University (1991)
BA, Political science, New York University (1989)
More Information
Faculty Rank: Associate Professor
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Classes
Fall 2018
Fall 2017
Selected Publications
Journal Article

Published on June 21, 2016

Liberia rising? Foreign direct investment, persistent inequalities and political tensions
Published on June 5, 2016
Confronting Change: Labor, State, and Privatization
Published on May 2, 2008
Book Chapter

Teaching Conflict and Conflict Resolution
Published on May 27, 2015
Book
Honors & Awards
FIPSE-Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Dept. of Education
January 1, 2013
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New concentrations will keep S-CAR master’s students on the cutting edge
September 21, 2018
In the News
Published on February 21, 2014
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Not Your Father’s Peacebuilding: The Center for Global Studies Features Cutting-edge Research in Conflict Studies
Mar 28 2013 - Mar 29 2013 | George Mason University
Dialogue and Difference - Transnational Economics: Are Corporations the New Governments?
Sep 25 2012 | Fairfax Research Hall
Dissertation Defense -- Afghanistan: Between State-building and the Global War on Terrorism (2001-2006)
Apr 25 2012 | Arlington Truland Building