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Haley J.

Swedlund
Associate Professor, Radboud University

Contact Academic Positions


Telephone: 2021— Associate Professor, Radboud University
+ 31 (0)6 3113 2874 Department of Political Science
Centre for International Conflict Analysis and Management
E-mail:
haley.swedlund@ru.nl 2011—21 Assistant Professor, Radboud University
Department of Political Science
Website: Centre for International Conflict Analysis and Management
www.haleyswedlund.com

Twitter: Academic Affiliations


@hjswedlund
2021— Research Collaborator, Research on International Policy Implementation Lab (RIPIL)
Bridging the Gap, American University (USA)

2017-19 Research Associate, Institute for African Affairs


GIGA: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (Germany)

2015-17 Visiting Fellow, MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies
Yale University (USA)

2013 Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research


Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (Ghana)

2012-14 Affiliated Researcher, Institute for African Development


Cornell University (USA)

Education
2011 Ph.D., Political Science | The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs,
Syracuse University
Subfields: International Relations and Comparative Politics

2007 M.A., Political Science | The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs,
Syracuse University

2005 B.S., Political Science | Texas Christian University


University and Department Honors

Publications
Books
HJ Swedlund. 2017. The Development Dance: How Donors and Recipients Negotiate
the Delivery of Foreign Aid. Cornell University Press.
• Roundtable at the 2018 International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Meeting
• OpenCanada’s “Twelve Recommended Reads for The 2018 Holiday”
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• Reviewed in Perspectives on Politics; Journal of Modern African Studies; Le Point
Phébé; International Studies; Revue canadienne d’études du développement
S Campbell, M Findley, H Swedlund. Aid in Conflict. In Progress (Full Draft).

Peer-Reviewed Articles
B Reisberg and HJ Swedlund. 2023. “How transparent are aid agencies to their citizens?
Introducing the citizen aid transparency dataset.” Journal of International Develop-
ment. OnlineFirst. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3762
M Turolla, HJ Swedlund, M. Schut and P. Muchunguzi. 2022. “‘Stop calling me a youth!’:
Understanding and analysing heterogeneity among Ugandan youth agripreneurs.” Africa
Spectrum, 57(2), 178–203: DOI: 10.1177/00020397221105292
S Dierich, H. Hardt, and HJ Swedlund. 2021. ”How to do elite experiments in IR.” Euro-
pean Journal of International Relations, 27(2):596-621. DOI: 10.1177/1354066120987891
L Alcorta, HJ Swedlund, and J Smits. 2020. “Discrimination and ethnic conflict: A dyadic
analysis of politically-excluded groups in sub-Saharan Africa.” International Interac-
tions, 46(2), 251-273. DOI: 10.1080/03050629.2020.1716748
L Alcorta, J Smits, HJ Swedlund, and E de Jong. 2020. “The ‘dark side’ of social capital:
A cross-national examination of the relationship between social capital and violence
in Africa.” Social Indicators Research, 149, 445–465. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-019-
02264-z
HJ Swedlund and M Lierl. 2020. “The rise and fall of budget support: Ownership, bar-
gaining and donor commitment problems in foreign aid.” Development Policy Review,
38(S1), O50-O69. DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12463
ME Desrosiers and HJ Swedlund. 2019. “Rwanda’s post-genocide foreign aid relations:
Revisiting notions of exceptionalism.” African Affairs, 118 (472), 435-462.
DOI: 10.1093/afraf/ady032
L Alcorta, J Smits and HJ Swedlund. 2018. “Inequality and ethnic conflict in sub-Saharan
Africa.” Social Forces, 97(2): 769-792. DOI: 10.1093/sf/soy049
HJ Swedlund. 2017. “Can foreign aid donors credibly threaten to suspend aid? Evi-
dence from a cross-national survey of donor officials.” Review of International Political
Economy, 24(3): 454- 496. DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2017.1302490
HJ Swedlund. 2017. “Is China eroding the bargaining power of traditional donors in
Africa?” International Affairs. 93(2): 389-408. DOI: 10.1093/ia/iiw059
**Nominated for Early Career Award (2017), International Affairs & Chatham House**
HJ Swedlund. 2013. “From donorship to ownership? Budget support and donor influence
in Rwanda and Tanzania.” Public Administration & Development. 33(5): 357-370.
DOI: 10.1002/pad.1665
HJ Swedlund. 2013. “The domestication of governance assessments: Evidence from the
Rwandan ‘joint’ governance assessment.” Conflict, Security & Development. 13(4):
449-470. DOI: 10.1080/14678802.2013.834117
J Lecy, HP Schmitz, and HJ Swedlund. “Non-governmental and not-for-profit organiza-
tional effectiveness: A modern synthesis.” 2012. Voluntas: International Journal of
Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 23(2): 434-457. DOI: 10.1007/s11266-011-
9204-6
**Best article in journal (2012), International Society for Third-Sector Research**

Special Issue, Editor


N Cheeseman, C O’Brien-Udry and HJ Swedlund, editors.“Aid withdrawals and suspen-
sions: Why, when and are they effective?” World Development. Forthcoming.

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E Balogun and HJ Swedlund, editors. “Forum: Bridging the Gap between academics and
policymakers in Africa.” International Studies Review. In Progress.
HJ Swedlund, editor. “The political economy of receiving foreign aid.” Journal of Interna-
tional Development. In Progress.

Book Chapters & Roundtable Contributions


HJ Swedlund. 2023. ”Why didn’t they see it coming?’ Ground-level diplomats, foreign
policy, and unconstitutional regime change.” Uncertainty in Global Politics, edited by
Miriam Matejova and Anastasia Shesterinina. Routledge.
M Ferry and HJ Swedlund. 2022. “Emerging powers, governance and development.” El-
gar Handbook on Governance and Development, edited by Wil Hout and Jane Hutchi-
son. Edward Elgar Publishing, pg. 356-374.
HJ Swedlund. 2022. “Narratives and negotiations in foreign aid: How post-genocide
Rwanda uses narratives to influence perceptions of power.” Narratives & International
Negotiation, edited by Fen Osler Hampson and Amrita Narlikar. Routledge.
HJ Swedlund. 2021. H-Diplo Roundtable XXIII-13 on Benabdallah. Shaping the Future of
Power: Knowledge Production and Network-Building in China-Africa Relations.
C Loyle, A Smith and HJ Swedlund. 2019. “Fieldwork in ‘restrictive’ states: Contrasting
methodologies.” SAGE Research Methods Cases. DOI: 10.4135/9781526466631
HJ Swedlund. 2014. “Assessing the promises of budget support: Case study evidence
from Rwanda.” In Problems, Promises, and Paradoxes of Aid: Africa’s Experience,
edited by Muna Ndulo and Nicolas van de Walle. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pg.
238-264.

Popular Press & Policy Reports


S Campbell, D Oyewole and HJ Swedlund. 2023. “Bridging the Gap between Research
and Policy: Lessons from Co-Creation in the Aid Sector.” Duck of Minerva, Bridging
the Gap.
S Campbell, D Oyewole and HJ Swedlund. 2023. “Who is in Charge? Power Dynamics
and Aid in Africa.” Africa Up Close: A Blog of the Africa Program at the Wilson Center.
3 May.
B Reisberg and HJ Swedlund. 2023. “Opinion: Aid agencies should be more transparent
to taxpayers.” DEVEX. 31 March.
M Turolla and HJ Swedlund (2022). “Understanding youth in Africa beyond age. Africa at
LSE.” September 16.
HJ Swedlund, R Malejacq and M. Lierl. 2021. “Foreign aid won’t moderate the Taliban,”
Foreign Policy. October 27.
S Dietrich, H Hardt, and HJ Swedlund. 2021. “Elite experiments: Strengthening scholar-
ship while bridging the gap,” Duck of Minerva, Bridging the Gap.
M Lierl and HJ Swedlund. 2021. “To understand the implications of different aid modalities,
we need to analyse the bargaining logic between donors and recipient governments”,
Development Policy Review (commentary).
ME Desrosiers and HJ Swedlund. 2020. “Aid giving to post-genocide Rwanda reflects
larger patterns with authoritarian states,” Africa at LSE. March 2.
M Ferry and HJ Swedlund. 2019. “Overview of the global presence and impact of emerg-
ing donors,” Analysis and Policy Brief: European Expert Network on International Co-
operation and Development.
HJ Swedlund. 2017. “There’s another big reason U.S. foreign aid is important: It helps
the U.S. get what it wants.” The Washington Post. 19 July.

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HJ Swedlund. 2017. “Foreign aid’s commitment problem.” The First Tranche, AidData’s
Blog. 15 September.
HJ Swedlund. 2017. “Is China displacing traditional aid donors in Africa? The evidence
suggests not.” The Conversation. 27 February.
***Republished in: MSN Money, Quartz-Africa, AllAfrica.com, The Star (Kenya), China
File, Asia Times, The New Age (South Africa)
HJ Swedlund. 2015. “Why donors demand elections after unrest in developing countries.”
The Washington Post. 11 December.

Grants
2022 Knowledge Management Fund Principal Investigator
Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law
€20.000

2022 Targeting Engagement Grant Co-Principal Investigator


Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security Program, Government of Canada
$49.000

2021 Faculty Excellence Scheme Principal Investigator


Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University
€150.000

2020 ANGIN: Anticipation Grant Co-Investigator


Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
€44.000

2019 Radboud-Glasgow Collaboration Fund Co-Principal Investigator


University of Glasgow & Radboud University
£18.250

2019 Faculty Excellence Scheme Principal Investigator


Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University
€15.000

2012-15 Marie Curie Career Integration Grant Principal Investigator


CIG# 322228
Research Executive Agency, European Commission (FP7)
€75.000

2012 Institute of Management Faculty Fieldwork Fund Award Principal Investigator


Radboud University Nijmegen

2011 Dissertation Completion Fellowship (declined)


Syracuse University
$18.000

2009 Roscoe-Martin Research Grant


Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs

Media Appearances
Podcast, Fragile Truths | Season 3, Episode 6 | Unintended Effects: Backlash to aid and
undermining social contracts

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”Should the World Bank fund schools that expel pregnant girls?” 14 March 2020 | The
Economist
”As Cambodian repression worsens, donors fret over their responses” by Abigail Seiff, 12
December 2017 | DEVEX

Teaching Experience
Graduate Supervision
• PhD Co-Supervisor, Nada Afa, International responses to unconstitutional regime
change. (Radboud University); PhD in progress.
• PhD Co-Supervisor, Zhenyuan Shi, China’s international development cooperation
and the new foreign aid agency. (Radboud University); PhD in progress.
• PhD Co-Supervisor, Sarah Abdelatif. Can we stop reinventing the wheel? The role
of organisational learning in international development cooperation. (Radboud Uni-
versity); PhD in progress.
• PhD Co-Supervisor, Liza Steultjens. Synergizing sustainability – policy coherence,
the SDGS, and agricultural development and trade policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Radboud University); PhD in progress.
• PhD Co-Supervisor, Maya Turolla, Youth in agribusiness in Uganda: An ethnography
of a development trend (Radboud University and University of Bologna); PhD granted
September 2019.
• PhD Co-Supervisor, Ludovico Alcorta, Exploring the ‘dark matter’ of conflict: The
role of inequalities, perceptions, identity and social capital’ (Radboud University); PhD
granted December 2019.
• Master’s Theses Supervisor, 70+ master’s students in Political Science and Human
Geography since 2011

Courses Taught at Radboud


• Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding (MA)
• Conflict, Aid and Development (MA)
• Preparing Your Master’s Thesis (MA)
• Conflicting Theories: Applying Theoretical Approaches of Conflicts (MA)
• Conflict and Governance in Africa (BA)
• Qualitative Methods (BA)
• Approaches to Peacebuilding (BA)

Teaching Certifications
2019 Advanced Teaching Qualification
Radboud University Nijmegen

2012 University Teaching Qualification


Radboud University Nijmegen

2011 Certificate in University Teaching


Syracuse University

Invited Talks & Roundtables (Selected)


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University College Dublin
1st Annual Political Economy of Aid Workshop
Roundtable Participant: Aid Effectiveness & the Micro-Macro Paradox
Dublin, Ireland | October 2023
United National Development Programme
Triple Nexus Academy
New York, New York | March 2023
University of Ottawa
Center for International Policy Studies (CIPS)
Ottawa, Canada | March 2023
University of Birmingham
International Development Department (IDD)
Birmingham, UK | February 2023
European Commission and UN-WIDER
International Research Conference on the Effectiveness of Development Cooperation
Brussels, Belgium | November 2022
Erasmus University College
Six years after the Agenda for Humanity: Humanitarianism Challenged
Rotterdam, The Netherlands | November 2022
Radboud Reflects
Famine in the Horn of Africa | Current Affairs Lecture
Virtual & Nijmegen, The Netherlands | July 2022
United States Institute of Peace
International Aid Partnerships in Fragile States
Bridging the Gap: New Voices in International Security
Washington DC, USA | May 2022
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Directorate for European Integration, International Cooperation Cluster
Virtual Strategic Session | December 2021
Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)
New Delhi, India | Virtual Panel Discussion | October 2021
Departamento de Geografía, Universidad de Chile
Virtual Recorded Lecture | April 2021
Advanced Masters In International Development; Development Studies, Radboud University
Nijmegen, The Netherlands | March 2021; 2020; 2019
Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, European Commission
Brussels, Belgium | October 2019
PIN Processes of International Negotiation, ``Narratives and Negotiations''
Hamburg, Germany | August 2019
Study Group on Strategic Issues, German Federal Foreign Office
Berlin, Germany | November 2018
United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), Navy FAO Skills Sustainment Program
Stuttgart, Germany | September 2018
SAIS Center for China-Africa Research, John Hopkins School of Advance International Study
Washington, DC | April 2018
Roundtable on The Development Dance, International Studies Association Annual Conference
San Francisco, California | April 2018
The German Development Institute (DIE/GDI)
Bonn, Germany | February 2018

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINBUZA), Kingdom of the Netherlands
The Hague, The Netherlands | December 2017
Beijing Forum, Sub-forum on Emerging Trends in Sino-African Development Cooperation
Beijing, China | November 2017
Yale Center Beijing
Beijing, China | November 2017

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINBUZA), Kingdom of the Netherlands


The Hague, The Netherlands | January 2016
Department of Political Science, Marquette University
Milwaukee, Wisconsin | November 2016
College of International Studies, Oklahoma University
Norman, Oklahoma | November 2016
Department of Political Science, University of California at Irvine
Irvine, California | November 2016
The German Development Institute (DIE)
Bonn, German | October 2016
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
Agenda-Setting Workshop - ‘Timing of Elections’ Project
Accra, Ghana | October 2016
National Development Planning Commission, Republic of Ghana
Accra, Ghana | October 2015
Yale University, Yale Council on African Studies
New Haven, Connecticut | September 2015
Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, United Republic of Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | March 2015
School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. | January 2015
Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University of Albany
Albany, New York | December 2014
Clingendael Academy, Netherlands Institute for International Relations
Invited panel member, Development Aid in Afghanistan (for Junior Afghan Diplomats)
The Hague, The Netherlands | September 2014
Clingendael Academy, Netherlands Institute for International Relations
Invited lecturer, State-Building and International Engagement in Transitional Countries (for
members of the Nigerian National Assembly Service Commission)
The Hague, The Netherlands | August 2014
Department of Political Science, Marist College
Poughkeepsie, New York | April 2014
Department of Political Science and Transnational NGO Initiative, Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York | April 2014
University of Groningen, Clio Conference 2012: Changing Borders: Shifting Responsibilities?
Workshop facilitator, Instability in the Great Lakes
Groningen, The Netherlands | April 2012
University of Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands | September 2011
University of Connecticut, Annual Conference on Democracy and Governance
Hartford, Connecticut | March 2011

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Yale University, Yale Council on African Studies, Africa Brown Bag Series
New Haven, Connecticut | February 2011
SIT Study Abroad, Uganda/Rwanda: Peace and Conflict Studies in the Lake Victoria Basin
Kigali, Rwanda | July 2010
Cornell University, Institute for African Development
Ithaca, New York | April 2010
Syracuse University, Political Science Research Workshop
Syracuse, New York | September 2010
Rwandan Association of University Women
Kigali, Rwanda | October 2009

Presentations at International Conferences


• African Studies Association (ASA) Annual Conference: 2012
• American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Conference: 2012, 2014,
2016
• European Association of Development Institutes (EADI): 2014
• European Conference on African Studies (ECAS): 2013
• European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR): 2018
• Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID): 2019
• International Political Economy Society (IPES) Virtual Session: Fall 2016
• International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference: 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017,
2018, 2021, 2022, 2032
• Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference: 2010, 2014

Service & Professional Development


fall 2023– Research Director
Department of Political Science, Radboud University

2023 Program Committee Member


Conference on the Political Economy of Aid; University College Dublin, Ireland

2023– Advisory Board Member


Advanced Master in International Development
Radboud Centre for Social Sciences

2019-23 Co-Coordinator, Global-Local Divides and Connections; Interdisciplinary Research


Hotspot
Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University Nijmegen
Responsible for facilitating interdisciplinary research on topics related to peace,
conflict & development through the organization of events, distribution of seed
money, and development & supervision of interdisciplinary PhD projects.

2021– Editorial Board Member


International Studies Perspectives, Journal of International Development

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2021– Board Member
De Nederlandse Kring voor de Wetenschap der Politiek (Dutch Political Science
Association)

2022 Workshop Convener, High-Level Roundtable on Power Dynamics in Foreign Aid


organized with the University of Geneva, Dignity Collective & the Research on
International Policy Implementation Lab (RIPIL)
Geneva, Switzerland

2022 Independent Reviewer, Publish What You Fund


Invited Independent Expert for Review of the 2021 Aid Transparency Index

2021 Workshop Convener, The Changing Nature of Aid


organized with the Dignity Collective & the Research on International Policy Im-
plementation Lab (RIPIL)
Virtual Focus Group

2021 Workshop Convener, Foreign Aid Withdrawals & Suspensions: When, Why & and are
they Effective?
co-organized with Nic Cheeseman and Cleo O’Brien-Udry
Virtual Workshop

2018 Invited External Reviewer, 'Development Cooperation from a Partner Perspective'


DEval: Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Bonn, Germany

2017 Workshop Convener, Fieldwork in (Post-)Conflict Settings


co-organized with Romain Malejacq
Radboud University Nijmegen

2016 Workshop Convener, Rwanda: Development State and/or Donor Darling?


co-organized with Stephan Klingebiel and Marie-Eve Desrosiers
German Development Institute

2015-17 Co-Coordinator, Global-Local Divides and Connections; Research Hotspot


Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University Nijmegen

2015-17 Research Coordinator, Centre for Conflict Analysis & Management


Radboud University Nijmegen

2014-16 Educational Committee, Department of Political Science


Radboud University Nijmegen

Ongoing Peer-Reviewer: Journal Articles


African Affairs, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Sci-
ence Review, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Comparative Political
Studies, European Journal of Development Studies, European Journal of Inter-
national Relations, International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Review,
Journal of Politics, Journal of International Business Policy, Journal of Interna-
tional Developmet, Journal of Institutional Economics, Review of International
Organizations, Review of Institutional Economics, World Development

Ongoing Peer-Reviewer: Other


Michigan University Press, Routledge, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sci-
ences, Connect with Wallonia – Come 2 Wallonia” (C2W) Programme; Marie
Skłodowska Curie COFUND action.

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