Karina Korostelina

Karina Korostelina

Karina Korostelina

Professor

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.

Expanded Publication List

Books:

  1. (2023) Memory sites in the midst of conflict: dynamics of collective memory, identity, and power. In review
  2. (2021) Neighborhood Resilience and Urban Conflict.
  3. (2016) Trump Effect. Routledge
  4. (2016) (Editor with D. Bentrovato and M. Schulze) History Can Bite - History Education in Divided and Post-War Societies. V&R Unipress
  5. (2014) Political Insults: How Offenses Escalates Conflict. University of Oxford Press.
  6. (2013) Constructing Narrative of Identity and Power: Self-imagination in a Young Ukrainian Nation, Lexington
  7. (2013) History Education in the Formation of Social Identity: Toward a Culture of Peace, Palgrave Macmillan
  8. (2013) (Editor with S. Lassig) History Education and Post-Conflict Reconciliation: Reconsidering Joint Textbook Projects. Routledge
  9. (2012) (Editor) Forming a Culture of Peace: Reframing Narratives of Intergroup Relations, Equity, and Justice. Palgrave Macmillan
  10. (2012) (Editor with D. Rothbart and M. Cherkaoui) Civilians and Modern War: Armed Conflict and the Ideology of Violence. Routledge
  11. (2011) Why They Die? Civilian Devastation in Violent conflicts. (Together with D. Rothbart) University of Michigan press.
  12. (2007) Social identity and Conflict: Structure, Dynamics and Implications. Palgrave Macmillan.
  13. (2006) (Editor together with D. Rothbart). Identity, Morality, and Threat. Lexington.
  14. (2003) Social’naya identichnost’ I konflict v Krymu (The social identity and conflict in Crimea). Simferopol, Dolya, 360 p.
  15. (2002) Sistema social’nyh identichnostey: opyt analiza ethnicheskoi situachii v Krymu. (The system of social identities: the analysis of ethnic situation in the Crimea). Simferopol, Dolya, 255 p.
  16. (2001) (Editor). Mezhethnicheskoe soglasie v Krymu: puti dostizeniya. (Interethnic co-existence in the Crimea: the ways of achievement). Simferopol, Dolya, 263 p.
  17. (1998) Psihodiagnostika mezhetnicheskih otnoshenii v Krymu (Psychodiagnostic of interethnic relations in the Crimea) Simferopol.St.Univ., 135 p.

Book Series Editorships:

 

“Ethnic Conflict: Studies in Nationality, Race and Culture,” University of Michigan Press (since 2018)

 

Edited special issues of journals:

 

(2007) (Editor together with D. Sandole). Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Central Asia: Dimensions and Challenges.Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 2

 

Articles in peer reviews journals:

 

      (2023) Production of the meaning of justice in the aftermath of war in Sudan, Peace and Conflict, (in review)

 

     (2023) Roadblocks to Broadband in Native American Tribes: A critical Resilience approach, Policy & Internet (in review)

 

     (2023) Exploring the Role of Social Norms in the Production of Intergroup Boundaries & Threats, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations (in review)

 

      (2023) Construction of social boundaries and the politics of differences with Armenia in Azerbaijani Newspapers, Journal of Transdisciplinary Peace Praxis (in the course of publication)

 

      (2023) Living Through War: An oral history of civilians experiencing violence in Sudan, Conflict Resolution Quarterly  (in the course of publication)

 

      (2022) (with Jocelyn Barrett). Challenges and Policy Implication of Bridging the Digital Divide for Native American Tribes: A Community Resilience Approach, Journal of Rural Studies (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.09.013

 

     (2021) (with Yuji Uesugi) Impact of Symbolic Boundaries on perceptions of relations between Japan and South Korea, National Identities, 23 (2), pp. 185-204

 

       (2020) National Resilience to Protracted Violence in Ukraine, Peace and Conflict Studies, 27 (2) , Article 4. Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/pcs/vol27/iss2/4

 

       (2020) (with Yuji Uesugi) Japanese Perspective on Korean Reunification: An Analysis of Interrelations between Social Identity and Power, Asian International Studies Review , 21 (1), pp. 47-71

 

        (2019) (with Yuji Uesugi) Perception of Korean Reunification among Japanese Experts: The Collective Frame Approach, In WIAS Research Bulletin, 11, pp.5-16

        (2019) The normative function of national historical narratives: South Korea perceptions of relations with Japan. In National Identities, 21(2), pp. 171-189.

        (2019) National resilience to protracted violence in Ukraine, Baltic Rim Economies 1, https://sites.utu.fi/bre/national-resilience-to-protracted-violence-in-ukraine/

 

         (2017) Contact, perceptions of threat, and assessment of migration policies in Malta (with Lynette Camilleri). In The Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, 11 (2), p.2-22

 

         (2015) Reproduction of conflict and intergroup prejudice in history teaching in Ukraine: A Social Identity Theory Analysis, In: Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 15(3), pp. 221-240

            (2015) Crimean Tatars From Mass Deportation to Hardships in Occupied Crimea, In: Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal, 9 (1), pp. 33-47

            (2014) Conflict of National Narratives of Ukraine: Euromaidan and Beyond, In: Die Friedens-Warte: Journal of international Peace and Organizations, 1-2, pp.269-290

             (2014) Intergroup Identity Insults: A Social Identity Theory Perspective. In Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research,14 (3), pp.214-229

           (2013) Constructing nation: national narratives of history teachers in Ukraine. In National Identities, 15(4), pp. 401-416

           (2013) Mapping national identity narratives in Ukraine. In Nationalities Papers, 41 (2), pp. 293-315

          (2013) Ukraine twenty years after independence: concept models of the society. In Communist and Post-Communist Studies 46 ( 1), pp. 53–64

           (2013) Identity and power in Ukraine, Journal of Eurasian Studies,4 (1), pp: 34–46

(2011) Orange Revolution in Ukraine: Inspiration of Disillusionment? Global Studies Review 7(2).

 (2011) Shaping Unpredictable Past: National Identity and History Education in Ukraine. National Identities 13 (1), pp.1-16

  • War of Textbooks: History Education in Russia and Ukraine. In Communist and Post-Communist Studies 43 (2), pp. 129-137

 (2009) (with Oren, N. and D. Rothbart) Israeli Leaders’ Deliberations over Striking Civilian Targets During the Lebanon War: A Social Psychological Analysis. In Peace and Conflict 15 (3), pp.281 - 303

(2008) Concepts of national Identity and the Readiness for Conflict Behavior. National Identities 2, pp.207-223.

(2008) History Education and Social Identity. Identity:  An International Journal for Theory and Research 8(1), pp. 25 – 45.

 (2008) Identity, autonomy and conflict in republics of Russia and Ukraine. Communist and Post-Communist Studies 1, pp.1-13.

(2007) The system of social identities in Tajikistan: Early warning and conflict prevention. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 2, pp. 123-127

(2007) Introduction: Conflicts in Central Asia. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 2, pp.223-238

(2004) The Impact of National Identity on Conflict Behavior: Comparative Analysis of Two Ethnic Minorities in Crimea. International Journal of Comparative sociology 3-4, pp. 213-230

(2003) The Multiethnic State-Building Dilemma: National and Ethnic Minorities’ Identities in the Crimea. National Identities 5 (2), pp. 141-159

(2001) Identity-based training as a new psychological approach in peace education. Nauka i Osvita (Science and Education) 6, pp. 59-64

 (2000) Peace Building in Multiethnic Crimea. Give &Take: A Journal on Civil Society in Eurasia 3(1), pp. 26-27

(2000) The Social – Psychological Roots of the Ethnic Problems in Crimea, Democratizatsiya 8 (2), pp. 219-231

(2000) Crimean Psychologists Investigate Multi - Ethnic Conflict and Social Change.  Psychology International: Journal of American Psychological Association Office of International Affairs 11 (2), pp.1-3

 

Book chapters:

 

        

    (2022) Pherali, T., Blair, C., Korostelina, K.V., Macintyre, T., Chakraborty, A. and Ogunniran, M.O. (2022) ‘From perpetrator to peacebuilder: rethinking education in conflict-affected societies’ in Vickers, E.A., Pugh, K. and Gupta, L. (eds.) Education and context in Reimagining education: The International Science and Evidence Based Education Assessment [Duraiappah, A.K., Atteveldt, N.M. van et al. (eds.)]. New Delhi: UNESCO MGIEP. https://d1c337161ud3pr.cloudfront.net/files%2Ff94c3864-fdbe-4ee7-886a-9bddfd1572fc_ISEEAssessment%20WG2.pdf

 

 

    (2022) Wals, A., Pinar, W., Macintyre, T., Chakraborty, A., Johnson-Mardones, D.,Waghid, Y., Tusiime, M., Le Grange, L. LL, Razak, D.A., Accioly, I., Xu, Y., Humphrey, N., Iyengar, R., Chaves, M., Herring, E., Vickers, E.A., Santamaria, R.D.P., Korostelina, K.V. and Pherali, T. (2022) ‘Curriculum and pedagogy in a changing world’ in Vickers, E.A., Pugh, K. and Gupta, L. (eds.) Education and context in Reimagining education: The International Science and Evidence Based Education Assessment [Duraiappah, A.K., Atteveldt, N.M. van et al. (eds.)]. New Delhi: UNESCO MGIEP. https://d1c337161ud3pr.cloudfront.net/files%2Ff94c3864-fdbe-4ee7-886a-9bddfd1572fc_ISEEAssessment%20WG2.pdf

 

      (2021) An Identity-Based Conceptional Framework for the Assessment of Tolerance in Education Curricula. In Paths to a Culture of Tolerance and Peace, Basma EL Zein and Ahmed Al Jarwan (Eds), Gistrup, Denmark: River Publishers, pp.49-82 https://www.riverpublishers.com/pdf/ebook/chapter/RP_9788770222075C4.pdf

 

      (2021)  Covid -19 and Nationalism. In Conflict Resolution After the Pandemic. Rubenstein R. and S. Simmons (eds). New York, NY: Routledge, pp.51-60

 

     (2020) (with Benedicto, K.) Understanding reconciliation in Nagorno- Karabakh conflict in the Leiner’s framework of reconciliation practices, In Reconciliation, Ethics, Religion, Francesco Ferrari, Davide Tacchini, Binyamin Gurstein (eds.), Festschrift, pp. 83-118.

 

         (2020) Identity-based approach to community resilience, In Realizing Nonviolent Resilience: Neoliberalism, Societal Trauma, and Marginalized Voice, Jeremy A. Rinker, Jerry T. Lawler (Eds), Peter Lang Publishers.

    

       (2020) Common history textbooks as a tool of preventing mass atrocities. In Historical Dialogue and the Prevention of Mass Atrocities, Elazar Barkan, Constantin Goschler, James E. Waller (Eds), Routledge,  pp.109-130

 

        (2019) Understanding Values of Cultural Heritage within the Framework of Social

Identity Conflicts. In Values in Heritage Management: Emerging Approaches and Research Directions, Ed. by Erica Avrami, Susan Macdonald, Randall Mason, and David Myers, Los Angeles, CA: The Getty Conservation Institute, pp.82-95

          (2018) Reconciliation in Ukraine: within and across the boundary. In Gardner L. (ed). Societies in Transition. The Former Soviet Union and East Central Europe between Conflict and Reconciliation, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , pp.105-130

         (2017) Insulter Trump: A Bonus for his Followers? In Mari Fitzduff (ed) Why Irrational Politics Appeals, Praeger, pp.153-170.

          (2017) Constructing Identity and Power in History Education in Ukraine: Approaches to Formation of Peace Culture. In M. Carretero, S. Berger, and M. Grever (Eds) Handbook of Research in Historical Culture and Education,Palgrave, pp.311-330

(2016) History Education in the Midst of Post-Conflict Recovery: Lessons Learned. In History Can Bite - History Education in Divided and Post-War Societies. D. Bentrovato, M. Schulze, K. Korostelina, (Eds) V&R Unipress,  pp. 289-310

        (2014) Legitimizing authoritarian regime: dynamics of history education in independent Russia. In Williams, J (Ed). (Re)Constructing Memory: School Textbooks and the Imagination of the Nation, Boston, MA: Sense publishers, pp. 293-312       

          (2013) Introduction part 2: peace education and joint history textbook projects. In Korostelina K and S. Lassig (eds) History Education and Post-Conflict Reconciliation: Reconsidering Joint Textbook Projects. Routledge. pp.19-25

(2013) The Tbilisi Initiative – the story of an unpublished Textbook, In Korostelina K and S. Lassig (eds) History Education and Post-Conflict Reconciliation: Reconsidering Joint Textbook Projects. Routledge. pp.192-208

(2013) Best practice models and scholarly concepts: theoretical and methodological framework for joint history projects, In Korostelina K and S. Lassig (eds) History Education and Post-Conflict Reconciliation: Reconsidering Joint Textbook Projects. Routledge. pp 230-241

         (2012) Chapter 1:  The Place and Plight of Civilians in Modern War (with D. Rothbart and M.D. Cherkaoui). In Civilians and Modern War: Armed Conflict and the Ideology of Violence. (Edited by D. Rothbart, K.Korostelina, and M.D. Cherkaoui). Routledge.

 

             (2012) Chapter 3:  Devastating Civilians at Home:  the Plight of Crimean Tatars and Californians of Asian Decent during World War II . In Civilians and Modern War: Armed Conflict and the Ideology of Violence. (Edited by D. Rothbart, K.Korostelina, and M.D. Cherkaoui). Routledge.

 

             (2012) Chapter 5:  Double Victims: the Recruitment and Treatment of Child Soldiers in   Chechnya (with JuliiaKononenko). In Civilians and Modern War: Armed Conflict and the Ideology of Violence. (Edited by D. Rothbart, K.Korostelina, and M.D. Cherkaoui). Routledge.

 

             (2012) Chapter 16:  Conclusion: the Road Ahead (with D. Rothbart and M.D. Cherkaoui). In Civilians and Modern War: Armed Conflict and the Ideology of Violence. (Edited by D. Rothbart, K.Korostelina, and M.D. Cherkaoui). Routledge.

 

            (2012) Introduction. In Forming a Culture of Peace: Reframing Narratives of Intergroup Relations, Equity, and Justice (Edited by K. Korostelina). Palgrave Macmillan.

 

               (2012) Chapter 4. Promoting culture of peace through history education. In Forming a Culture of Peace: Reframing Narratives of Intergroup Relations, Equity, and Justice (Edited by K. Korostelina). Palgrave Macmillan.

 

               (2012). Conclusion. In Forming a Culture of Peace: Reframing Narratives of Intergroup Relations, Equity, and Justice (Edited by K. Korostelina). Palgrave Macmillan.

(2011) Dialogue between religious communities: Gulen’s contribution to Eco-justice. In Heon Kim and Join Raines (Eds.) Making Peace In and With the World. The Gülen Movement in the Task of Eco Justice. Cambridge Scholarly Publishing.

(2011) Can history heal the trauma? The role of history education in reconciliation processes. In Bruno Charbonneau and Geneviève Parent (eds). Peacebuilding, Memory and Reconciliation: Bridging Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches. Routledge.

 (2011) Religion, War and Peace in Tajikistan. In D. Sisk (Ed.) Between Terror and Tolerance: Religious Leaders in Deeply Divided Societies. Georgetown University Press.

           (2011) Facilitating Nation Building in Ukraine. S-CAR Newsletter, October 2011, Volume 5, Issue 5, pp. 1, 7-8.

           (2011) Ukraine after 20 Years of Independence: Models of Development, Narratives of National Identity, and Crisis of Legitimacy of Power. Report. Kiev: Frederic Ebert Foundation.

 

            (2010) Shaping Social Identities: The Role of History Education in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies. In A. M. Columbus (ed). Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 73, Nova Publishers

(2009) Management of Multi-cultural Communities in Crimea. In C. Zelizer and R. Rubinstein (eds). Building peace: Practical Reflections from the Field. Sterling, VA: Kumarian press, p.225-248.   

(2008) Identity Conflicts: Models of Dynamics and Early Warning. In A Handbook of Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Routledge, pp.

(2008) Loss of the Innocents:  Civilian Devastation in State-Sponsored Wars. In A Handbook of Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Routledge, pp.

(2007) Dialogue as a Source for Peaceful Co-Existence among Muslims and Christians. In Peaceful Coexistence.London: Leeds Metropolitan University Press, pp.267-278. 

(2007) The Impact of History Education on the Formation of Social Identities In: K. A. Fanti (ed) Psychological Science: Research, Theory and Future Directions. Athens: ATINER, pp.271-283.

(2007) Interrelations between national and ethnic identity and the readiness for conflict behavior. In James Peacock (Ed.) Identity matters. Berghahn.

 (2006) National identity formation and conflict intensions of ethnic minorities. In M. Fitzduff & C. E. Stout (Eds.), The psychology of resolving global conflicts: From war to peace(contemporary psychology) Vol. 2, pp. 147–170. Westport, CT: Praeger Press.

(2005) The impact of national identity on conflict behavior: Comparative analysis of two ethnic minorities in Crimea. In E. A. Tiryakian (Ed.), Ethnicity, ethnic conflicts, peace processes: Comparative perspectives (pp. 80–99).Whitby, Ontario, Canada: De Sitter.

 (2002) Identity Based Training: Toward Peacebuilding in Multicultural Societies (Report No. NCRTL-RR-143). East Lansing, MI: National Center for Research on Teaching Learning. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 462 636)

Grants and Fellowships

FELLOWSHIPS:

 

  1. Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, “Historic Representations and Perspectives on Japanese-Korean reconciliation,” 2023
  2. Isaac Manasseh Meyer Fellowship at the University of Singapore, Singapore, “Collective memories and symbolic boundaries in North-East Asia,” 2020
  3. POSCO Visiting Fellowship with the East-West Center (EWC) in Honolulu, Hawaii, 2019
  4. Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, “Historic Representations and Perspectives on Japanese-Korean reconciliation,” 2018
  5. Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Academic Writing Residency, Bellagio, Italy, “Neighborhood resilience,” 2017
  6. Fellowship at the Northeast Asia History Foundation, Seoul, South Korea, “Reconciliation in Northeast Asia: The social identity approach,” 2015
  7. Visiting Professor, National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy,” Kiev, Ukraine, 2012- 2013
  8. Fellowship, George Eckert Institute for International Textbooks Research, Germany, project “The Impact of history education on the reshaping of exclusive conflict identities and negative perceptions of outgroups as well as on the formation of common identity and building positive relationship between former conflict parties,” 2009
  9. Fulbright New Century Scholars Program Fellowship “Addressing Sectarian, Ethnic and Cultural Conflict within and across National Borders.” Project “The “Peaceful Crimean Model”: The impact of National Identity and Civil Society,” 2003
  10. The Curriculum Resource Center of the Central European University, participation in the CRC Nationalism session, 2002
  11. IREX Consortium for Humanities and Social Sciences, Targeted Exchanges Program “Elaboration of curricula and research program for peace education in Crimea,” 2001
  12. Regional Scholar Exchange Program of the United States Information Agency Fellowship at the Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C, “The resolution of ethnic conflict in Crimea,” 1999-2000.

 

 

RESEARCH and PRACTICE GRANTS:

 

External:

 

  1. Principal Investigator, “Contact Theory in Democracy, Human Rights & Governance Programs,” supported by the US Department of State, 2022-2025
  2. Principal Investigator, “The Costs of Peace: War Experience, Territorial Loss, and Peace Agreement Consensus in Ukraine,” supported by the NSF RAPID grant program, 2022-2023.
  3. Co- Principal Investigator, “Identity and Religion based approaches to Peace processes,” supported by Bridging Insights Harvard University, 2022-2023
  4. Principal Investigator, “Tolerance Promotion and Conflict Resolution: Teaching and Practice (Faculty of Philosophy University of Nis (UNI)/George Mason University Partnership)”, supported by the US Department of State, Embassy in Serbia, 2021-2023.
  5. Principal Investigator, “Developing curricula and internship program with EDGE for Lebanon,” supported by the US Department of State, Embassy in Lebanon, 2021-2022.
  6. Principal Investigator, “Creating Digital Opportunities in Native American Communities through Tribal Resource Centers: Building Resilience to COVID-19 and Future Pandemics”, supported by the Open Internet Society, 2021- 2022.
  7. Co- Principal Investigator, “Living Through War: An oral history of civilians experiencing the effects of structural violence in Sudan,” supported by the USAID, 2020-2021.
  8. Principal Investigator, “History Teachers as agents of Peacebuilding,” supported by the Civic Peace Service (GIZ), Germany, 2020-2021
  9. Principal Investigator, “Developing youth leadership in community enhancement through internship in local administrations and NGOs,” grant of the S. State Department, Embassy in Ukraine, 2019-2022.
  10. Principal Investigator, “Interethnic dialogue in Ukraine,” grant of the US Department of State, Embassy in Ukraine, 2018- 2021.
  11. Co-Principal investigator, “Russian Perspective on Islam”, supported by the National Endowment for Humanities, 2016-2018.
  12. Co-Principal Investigator, “Russian Perspective on Islam”, supported by the Luce Foundation, 2014- 2017.
  13. Principal Investigator, “History Teachers as Agents of Nation Building,” supported by the Spencer Foundation, 2012-2013.
  14. Principal Investigator, “History, memory and conflict in Ukraine”, supported by the Ebert Foundation, 2012.
  15. Co-Principal investigator, Lessons Learned project: Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Iraq and Afghanistan. Grant of the Center for Complex Operations, National Defense University, 2011-2012.
  16. Principal Investigator, “Cross Atlantic Conference on History, Memory, and Conflict,” supported by the Ebert Foundation, 2011.
  17. Principal Investigator, “History Education and Social Identity,” supported by the Spencer Foundation, 2009-2010.
  18. Principal Investigator, “The common history textbook: Toward the peace education in South Caucasus,” supported by the United States Institute of Peace, 2008-2010.
  19. Co-director of project “Religion and education in Tajikistan: Toward tolerant civic society,” supported by USAID, 2009-2012.
  20. Co-director of project “Policy Seminars on Conflicts in Eurasia,” supported by the Title VIII Program of the US Department of State, 2007-2009.
  21. Country director, research project “The quest for ethno-national identity: positive and negative effects” in collaboration with ERCOMER,  supported by INTAS, 2004-2006.
  22. Principal Investigator, “Education for tolerance: multicultural setting or ethnic school?”, supported by the Spencer Fellowship of the National Academy of Education, 2002-2003
  23. Principal Investigator, “Sources for Ethnic Tension in the Crimea: Instrumental  Primordial Approaches, ” IPRA Foundation research grant 2003
  24. Director of project, “Tolerant communities,” supported by the Renaissance Foundation, Ukraine, 2002-2003
  25. Grant for publication of the book “Social Identity and Conflict in Crimea,” ECA Alumni Small Grant, 2002
  26. Director of project, “Facilitating community change in multicultural settlements of Crimea,” supported by the Confidence-building Measures Programme of the Council of Europe, 2002
  27. Renewal of INTAS Grant for Young Scientists, 2002
  28. Principal Investigator, “Roots of conflict in Crimea”, INTAS Grant for Young Scientists in category “Experienced Ph.D. Fellowship,” 2001
  29. Director of project “Formation of national identity: the way to peacebuilding in Crimea” (research and seminar series), supported by the Renaissance Foundation, Ukraine, 2000-2001
  30. Co-director of project “George Mason University/ National Tavrida Vernadsky University Partnership for Conflict Resolution Development in Ukraine.” Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of State, NIS college and University Partnerships Program (NISCUPP), 2000- 2003
  31. Director of project “School of Peace at National Tavrida Vernadsky University” supported by the United States Institute of Peace, 2000-2003
  32. Principal Investigator, “Ethnic Identity and Conflict Behavior: the problems of peacebuilding in the Crimea,” Individual Research Support Scheme Grant Open Society Foundation, 1998-1999
  33. Principal Investigator, “Social-psychological causes of ethnic conflict in Crimea and development of methods of stereotypes correction,” supported by the Research and Writing Initiative of the Program on Global Security and Sustainability of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 1995-1997.
  34. Principal Investigator, “National Cultural Societies in Crimea,”supported by the Open Society Institute, Managing Multiethnic Communities Project, Soros Foundation, 1995-1996.

 

GMU Research grants:

 

  1. Principal Investigator, seed grant, “Bridging Divides in Social Movements for Peace and Justice: A Comparative, Mixed-Methods Analysis of Two LGBTQ-Justice Movements in the US,” 2022
  2. Principal Investigator, seed grant “Identity-based approaches to climate-related Migration,” 2022.
  3. Co- Principal Investigator, seed grant “Affective-Normative Theory of Conflict Transformation,” 2022.
  4. Principal Investigator, seed grant for the Peace Lab on Reconciling Divided Societies and Memories, 2021.
  5. Principal Investigator, “Impact of historical narratives on immigration policies in Greece,” supported by the GEO office, George Mason University, 2018.
  6. Principal Investigator, “Categorical violence and national identity in Brazil,” supported by the Office of the Provost, George Mason University, 2016.
  7. Principal Investigator, “Study of National identity and Intergroup relations in South Africa,” supported by the provost office of GMU, 2011.
  8. Principal Investigator, “Politicization of History Seminars,” supported by the Point of View Program at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, 2009.
  9. Principal Investigator, “Identities and commodities in Chiapas, Mexico.” Research grant of the office of Global Education of George Mason University, 2008.
  10. Co-PI, “Innocents in violent conflict,” ICAR research grant, 2007.
  11. Principal Investigator, “Justice and peacebuilding in conflict and post-conflict societies,” Research grant of the office of Global Education of George Mason University, 2006.
  12. Principal Investigator, “The assessment of the International Criminal Court,” Research grant of the office of Global Education of George Mason University, 2005.

 

In the Media

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/

Korostelina, K.V. and G. Toal. Generational Divides in Wartime Ukraine: Identity Questions. Focus Ukraine. Kennan Institute, Wilson Center, November 30, 2022. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/generational-divides-wartime-ukraine-identity-questions

Toal, G.  and  K.V. Korostelina. Ukrainians want war crime reparations and investigations, new survey shows, Open Democracy, September 21, 2022.

https://www.mrspl.org/event/war-ukraine-professor-karina-korostelina

 

Toal, G.  and K.V. Korostelina. What would be an acceptable peace in Ukraine? We asked Ukrainians, and they told us, Salon, September 19, 2022, https://www.salon.com/2022/09/17/what-would-be-an-acceptable-peace-in-ukraine-we-asked-ukrainians-and-they-told-us_partner/

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/

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