Dominik Zaum

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Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic Planning and Resource)
- Research Dean for Prosperity and Resilience
- Professor of Governance, Conflict and Security
Areas of interest
I have three broad research interests. The first is the political economy of state- and peacebuilding in conflict-affected countries, in particular the impact of such efforts on local political and economic settlements and dynamics.
My second, related, research interest is in corruption, and in particular in the impact of corruption on political stability and risks of violent conflict, and in the spread of anti-corruption institutions. One of my current projects examines the diffusion and efficacy of Anti-Corruption Commissions across the world.
My third interest is in international organisations, especially the UN Security Council.
I have written and edited six books, most recently Legitimating International Organizations (OUP 2013), Political Economy of Statebuilding: Power after Peace (Routledge 2012, paperback edition 2013), and Selling the Peace: Corruption and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding (Routledge 2011, paperback edition 2013).
From September 2011 to August 2015, I was seconded as a Senior Research Fellow in Conflict and Fragility at the UK's Department for International Development (DFID). I have in the past worked with the UK Stabilisation Unit (2011–12), the UN in Kosovo (2003), and the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2000). I am a Board Member of the Kosovar Stability Initiative (IKS), and am a member of the Steering Committee for the NOW/DFID supported Conflict and Cooperation in the Management of Climate Change programme.
Research projects
Centre for the study of Developing Economies and Emerging Markets (DEEM)Academic qualifications
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BA(Hons), Oxford
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MPhil, Oxford
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DPhil, Oxford
Publications
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Heaven, C.
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Rocha Menocal, A.
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von Billerbeck, S.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0154-1944 , Zaum, D.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3148-555X (2022) From Elite Bargains to (More) Open and (More) Inclusive Politics. University of Reading , Reading. pp 78.
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Khan, M.
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Zaum, D.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3148-555X (2020) A structural explanation of state fragility: theorizing the causal pathways. Journal of Governance, Security, and Development , 1 (1). pp. 19-71. ISSN: 2708-2490 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.52823/EWNM1242
- Oliver, T. , Boyd, E. , Balcombe, K. , Benton, T. , Bullock, J. , Donovan, D. , Feola, G. , Heard, M. , Mace, G. , Mortimer, S. , Nunes, R. , Pywell, R. , Zaum, D. (2018) Overcoming undesirable resilience in the global food system. Global Sustainability , 1 ISSN: 2059-4798 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/sus.2018.9
- Zaum, D. (2017) International transitional administrations and the politics of authority building. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding , 11 (4). pp. 409-428. ISSN: 1750-2985 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2017.1385237
- Zaum, D. (2016) Legitimacy. In: Katz Cogan, J. , Hurd, I. , Johnstone, I. , (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations. Oxford Handbooks in Law Oxford University Press , Oxford. ISBN: 9780199672202
- Zaum, D. , Heaven, C. , Gippert, B. (2015) Building peaceful states and societies: a critical assessment of the evidence. Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Reading , Reading.
- Zaum, D. and Thardy, T. (2015) France and the United Kingdom in the Security Council. In: Malone, D. , von Einsiedel, S. , Ugarte, B. , (eds.) The UN Security Council in the 21st Century. Lynne Rienner , Boulder: Co.. pp. 121-138. ISBN: 9781626372597
- Zaum, D. , eds. (2013) Legitimating international organisations. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp 248. ISBN: 9780199672097
- Zaum, D. (2013) Corruption and state-building. In: Chandler, D. and Sisk, T. , (eds.) Routledge Handbook of International Statebuilding. Routledge , Abingdon. pp. 15-28. ISBN: 9780415677028
- Zaum, D. (2013) International relations theory and peacebuilding. In: MacGinty, R. , (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding. Routledge , Abingdon. pp. 105-116. ISBN: 9780415690195
- Zaum, D. (2012) Statebuilding and governance: the conundrums of legitimacy and local ownership. In: Curtis, D. and Dzinesa, G. , (eds.) Peacebuilding, Power and Politics in Africa. Ohio University Press , Athens, OH, USA. pp. 47-62. ISBN: 780821420133
- Zaum, D. and Knaus, V. (2012) The political economy of state-building in Kosovo. In: Berdal, M. and Zaum, D. , (eds.) Political economy of statebuilding: power after peace. Routledge , Abingdon. pp. 230-245. ISBN: 9780415604789
- Berdal, M. and Zaum, D. (2012) Introduction: power after peace. In: Berdal, M. and Zaum, D. , (eds.) Political economy of statebuilding: power after peace. Routledge , Abingdon. pp. 1-14. ISBN: 9780415604789
- Zaum, D. , Taxell, N. , Johnson, J. (2012) Mapping evidence gaps in anti-corruption: assessing the state of the operationally relevant evidence on donors' actions and approaches to reducing corruption. Christian Michelsen Institute (7/2012). , Bergen. pp 78.
- Zaum, D. and Berdal, M. , eds. (2012) Political economy of state-building: power after peace. Routledge studies in intervention and statebuilding Routledge , Abingdon. pp 416. ISBN: 9780415604789
- Zaum, D. (2011) Beyond the "liberal peace". Global Governance , 18 (1). pp. 121-132. ISSN: 1075-2846
- Cheng, C. and Zaum, D. (2011) Selling the peace? Corruption and post-conflict peacebuilding. In: Cheng, C. and Zaum, D. , (eds.) Corruption and Post-conflict Peacebuilding: Selling the peace?. Cass Series on Peacekeeping Routledge , Abingdon. pp. 1-25. ISBN: 9780415620482
- Zaum, D. and Cheng, C. , eds. (2011) Corruption and post-conflict peacebuilding: selling the peace?. Cass Series on Peacekeeping Routledge , Abingdon. pp 297. ISBN: 9780415620482
- Zaum, D. (2010) Post-conflict statebuilding and forced migration. In: Betts, A. and Loescher, G. , (eds.) Refugees in international relations. Oxford University Press , Oxford, UK. pp. 285-304. ISBN: 9780199580743
- Zaum, D. and Tansey, O. (2009) Muddling through in Kosovo. Survival , 51 (1). pp. 13-20. ISSN: 0039-6338 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00396330902749632
- Zaum, D. (2009) International non-governmental organisations and civil wars. Civil Wars , 11 (1). pp. 23-29. ISSN: 1369-8249 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13698240802407025
- Zaum, D. (2009) States of conflict: A case study on statebuilding in Kosovo. Institute for Public Policy Research , London.
- Zaum, D. (2009) The norms and politics of exit: Ending post-conflict transitional administrations. Ethics and International Affairs , 23 (2). pp. 189-208. ISSN: 0892-6794 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7093.2009.00206.x
- Zaum, D. and Roberts, . , eds. (2008) Selective security: War and The United Nations Security Council since 1945. Routledge for the International Institute for Strategic Studies , Abingdon. pp 94. ISBN: 9780415474726
- Zaum, D. , Lowe, . , Roberts, . , Welsh, . (2008) Introduction. In: Zaum, . , Lowe, . , Roberts, . , Welsh, . , (eds.) The United Nations Security Council and War. Oxford University , Oxford. pp. 1-58. ISBN: 9780199533435
- Zaum, D. , Lowe, . , Roberts, . , Welsh, . , eds. (2008) The United Nations Security Council and war: The evolution of thought and practice since 1945. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp 814. ISBN: 9780199533435
- Zaum, D. and Cheng, . (2008) Key themes in peacebuilding and corruption. International Peacekeeping , 15 (3). pp. 301-309. ISSN: 1353-3312 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13533310802058752
- Zaum, D. and Cheng, . (2008) Post-conflict peacebuilding and corruption . International Peacekeeping , 15 (Special is). pp. 125. ISSN: 1353-3312
- Zaum, D. (2008) Peace operations and exit. RUSI Journal , 153 (2). pp. 36-40. ISSN: 0307-1847 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03071840802103223
- Zaum, D. (2008) The Security Council, the General Assembly, and war: The uniting for peace resolution. In: Lowe, . , Roberts, . , Welsh, . , Zaum, . , (eds.) The United Nations Security Council and War. , 154-174. Oxford University Press , Oxford. ISBN: 9780199533435
- Zaum, D. (2008) Balancing justice and order: Statebuilding and the prosecution of war crimes in Kosovo and Rwanda.. In: Clark, . and Kauffman, . , (eds.) After Genocide: Transitional Justice, Post-Conflict Reconstrution and Reconciliation in Rwanda and Beyond. Hurst pp. 391-407. ISBN: 978185065918
- Zaum, D. (2007) The sovereignty paradox: the norms and politics of international statebuilding. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp 296. ISBN: 9780199207435 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199207435.001.0001
- Zaum, D. (2006) The authority of international administrations in international society. Review of International Studies , 32 (3). pp. 455-473.. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S026021050600711X
- Zaum, D. (2006) Wen schützen Protektorate? Sicherheit und Demokratie nach Militäriscjen Interventionen. In: Klingan, . and Kappert, . , (eds.) Sprung in die Stadt: Kulturelle Positionen, politische Verhaeltnisse. Sieben Szenen aus Europa. DuMont , Cologne. pp. 252-262. ISBN: 9783832176938