Jóhanna Birnir
Affiliate Faculty, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center
Government and Politics
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Research Expertise
The Politics of Identity
Jóhanna Birnir is associate professor in the Department of Government and Politics and the research director of the Center for International Development and Conflict Management. Her research is in the field of comparative politics and focuses on political developments in new democracies in Latin America and Eastern Europe. More specifically, she studies the effects of institutions on party system development and ethnic politics with a special emphasis on conflict.