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Leonie Fleischmann

Senior Lecturer in International Politics, City, University of London

Leonie Fleischmann is a Senior Lecturer in International Politics and Human Rights at City, University of London. She is the author of The Israeli Peace Movement: Anti-Occupation Activism and Human Rights since the Al Aqsa Intifada (I.B. Tauris, 2019).

Her research interests involve civil resistance, social movements and human rights. Her current research interrogates the role of internal allies in resistance campaigns. She has published on the case of Israel and Palestine, with the support of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict. She is currently researching the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa and the Indigenous Movements in North America.

Experience

  • 2016–present
    Lecturer in International Politics, City, University of London
  • 2017–2018
    Research fellow, International Center for Nonviolent Resistance
  • 2015–2016
    Teaching Fellow, University of London

Education

  • 2015 
    City, University of London, PhD International Politics

Publications

  • 2019
    The Israeli Peace Movement: Anti-Occupation Activism and Human Rights since the Al Aqsa Intifada, I.B. Tauris
  • 2019
    The Role of Internal Third-Party Interveners in Civil Resistance Campaigns: The Case of Israeli-Jewish Anti-Occupation Activists, Government and Opposition
  • 2018
    Framing and Foreign Policy: Israel’s Response to the Arab Uprisings, International Studies Review
  • 2016
    Beyond Paralysis: A New Framing for Israeli Peace Activism, Peace and Change

Grants and Contracts

  • 2017
    Research Fellowship
    Role:
    Principle Investigator
    Funding Source:
    International Center on Nonviolent Conflict