.Prof. dr. Siniša Vuković

Prof. dr. Siniša Vuković is a senior lecturer at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, where he has been teaching courses on Conflict Management and Global Policy since 2018. He earned his PhD in 2013 from Leiden University (Netherlands), and completed postdoctoral studies in the field of International Relations and Conflict Management at Johns Hopkins University. As a visiting professor, he also teaches at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University and at the University of Amsterdam.

His research focuses on various forms of international conflict resolution, negotiation, and mediation. He has published in numerous highly regarded international journals, including the Journal of Peace Research, International Journal of Conflict Management, Cooperation and Conflict, Global Policy, The Washington Quarterly, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, and the Swiss Political Science Review. He is also the author and editor of several monographs published by renowned academic publishers, including International Multiparty Mediation and Conflict Management (Routledge, 2017), Rethinking Conflict Management and Resolution (with I. William Zartman; Edward Elgar, 2023), co-editor of Revisiting the Ripeness Debate (with Tetsuro Iji; Routledge, 2022)

Email: svukovi1@jhu.edu

Selected publications:

  • Zartman, I. William, and Siniša Vuković (2023). “Rethinking mediation.” Rethinking Conflict Resolution and Management. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. 83-98.
  • Druckman, Daniel, Siniša Vuković, and Nicolas Verbeek (2023). “Rebel group legitimacy, ideology and durable peace.” International Journal of Conflict Management1: 215-241.
  • Sticher, Valerie, and Siniša Vuković (2021). “Bargaining in intrastate conflicts: The shifting role of ceasefires.” Journal of Peace Research6: 1284-1299.
  • Vuković, Siniša (2020). “Peace mediators as norm entrepreneurs: The EU’s norm diffusion strategy in Montenegro’s referendum on independence.” Swiss Political Science Review4 (2020): 449-467.
  • Vuković, S. (2015), International Multiparty Mediation and Conflict Management: Challenges of Cooperation and Coordination. Oxford: Routledge.