Karina V. Korostelina is a Professor and Director of Peace Lab on Reconciling Conflicts and Intergroup Divisions and of the Program on History, Memory, and Conflict at the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, GMU. Professor Korostelina is a social psychologist whose work focuses on dynamics of social identity and power in protracted social conflicts. Within this theoretical framework, she conducts research in several areas: (1) identity-based conflicts, including mass violence and civilian devastation, nationalism, the nation building processes, conflict resolution and peacebuilding in post-conflict societies; (2) reconciliation and bridging societal divisions; (3) the role of history in conflict and post-conflict societies; and (4) resilience in communities affected by chronic conflict and violence.
Dr. Korostelina has been a Fulbright New Century Scholar, Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Writing Fellow, and a fellow at the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She also has been awarded a number of residential fellowships, including Isaac Manasseh Meyer Fellowship at the National University of Singapore, the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii, the Institute for Advanced Studies at Waseda University, Japan, the Northeast Asia History Foundation, the Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, and the Curriculum Resource Center of the Central European University. She has conducted comparative research and single case studies in Armenia, Brazil, Georgia, Japan, Lebanon, Morocco, Mexico, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine and the U.S.
She has received 46 grants from: the MacArthur Foundation, Luce Foundation, Spencer Foundation, Rockefeller foundation, Ebert Foundation, Northeast Asia History Foundation, Soros Foundation (Research Support Scheme, Managing Multicultural Communities Project, Renaissance Foundation), the United State Institute of Peace, US National Academy of Education, National Endowment for Humanities, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of USDS, INTAS, IREX, Eckert Institute, and Council of Europe. She is an author or editor of 16 books and numerous articles.
Dr. Korostelina is frequently invited to give a keynote speech and present results of her research to academics, policymakers, and practitioners. She has given 83 talks to academic and policy- oriented institutions, think tanks, government and non-government organizations, and international bodies. She provides consultations to USAID, US State Department, US Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, the World Bank, OSCE, Civil Peace Service (GIS), and the Council of Europe. Dr. Korostelina also presented her research at 97 conferences and served as an organizer or convener of 17 conferences.
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Toal, G. and K.V. Korostelina. Russia has made Ukraine’s territory a sacred cause. The Irish Times. December 26, 2022. https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2022/12/26/ukrainians-must-decide-between-land-or-lives/
Korostelina, K.V. and G. Toal. Generational Divides in Wartime Ukraine: Perceptions of War and Peace. Focus Ukraine. Kennan Institute, Wilson Center, December 15, 2022. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/generational-divides-wartime-ukraine-perceptions-war-and-peace
Korostelina, K.V. and G. Toal. Generational Divides in Wartime Ukraine: Differentiating from Russia. Focus Ukraine. Kennan Institute, Wilson Center, December 6, 2022.
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/generational-divides-wartime-ukraine-differentiating-russia
Korostelina, K.V. and G. Toal. How do Ukrainians in a war zone feel about Russia? Riddle Russia, November 30, 2022. https://ridl.io/how-do-ukrainians-in-a-war-zone-feel-about-russia/
Toal, G. and K.V. Korostelina. Ukrainians want war crime reparations and investigations, new survey shows, Open Democracy, September 21, 2022.
Korostelina, K.V. and G.Toal. La guerre de la Russie contre les civils ukrainiens, Le GrandContinent, September 19, 2022, https://legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2022/09/19/la-guerre-de-la-russie-contre-les-civils-ukrainiens/
Korostelina, K.V. and G. Toal. La guerra de Rusia contra los civiles ucranianos, Le GrandContinent, September 19, 2022, https://legrandcontinent.eu/es/2022/09/19/la-guerra-de-rusia-contra-los-civiles-ucranianos/
Toal, G. and K.V. Korostelina. We asked Ukrainians living on the front lines what was an acceptable peace – here’s what they told us, The Conversation, September 15, 2022, https://theconversation.com/we-asked-ukrainians-living-on-the-front-lines-what-was-an-acceptable-peace-heres-what-they-told-us-190397
Social psychologist Karina Korostelina about the choice of Ukrainians. Voice of America, September 4, 2022. https://www.golosameriki.com/a/interview-professor-karina-korostelina-ukraine/6730702.html
Korostelina, K.V. and G. Toal. Do Ukrainians want a ceasefire?, Monkey Cage, Washington Post, August 30, 2022. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/30/ukraine-survey-ceasefire-war/
The role of insults and hurt feelings in political conflicts. Behavior podcast.com, December 22, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NuPiIaQMD4
Political Insults, C-SPAN, December 17, 2014, https://www.c-span.org/video/?323360-1/political-insults