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Dr Susanne Schmeidl

Dr Susanne Schmeidl

Honorary Senior Lecturer
Arts, Design & Architecture
School of Social Sciences

Susanne Schmeidl, a Fulbright Scholar, holds an MA and PhD in sociology from The Ohio State University (USA) and a Bachelor (Honours) in social pedagogy/social work (University of Applied Sciences Nürnberg). Prior to joining UNSW Sydney in 2017, she worked for over two decades as a scholar-practitioner with a variety of organizations at the intersection of security and development (e.g.; the UN Refugee Agency, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University; Swiss Peace Foundation; the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation). She also co-founded and worked with two civil society organisations in Afghanistan.  Susanne is active in the development and peace community in Sydney and sits on the Board of Peacifica [https://www.peacifica.org/].
Phone
9385 2405
E-mail
s.schmeidl@unsw.edu.au
  • Book Chapters | 2023
    Schmeidl S, 2023, 'Whose stories, whose voices, whose narratives?: Challenging the western gaze on Afghanistan-exploring ethical knowledge co-production in Afghanistan', in Thinking with the South: Reframing Research Collaboration amid Decolonial Imperatives and Challenges, pp. 177 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110780567-009
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Apoifis N; Wadds P; Schmeidl S; Spurway K, 2020, 'Collecting Stories', in Wadds P; Apoifis N; Schmeidl S; Spurway K (ed.), Navigating Fieldwork in the Social Sciences: Stories of Danger, Risk and Reward, Palgrave Macmillan, London
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Schmeidl S, 2020, 'Enter the Dragon Coming of Age as Blond, White, Female Researcher in Fragile Contexts', in Wadds P; Apoifis N; Schmeidl S; Spurway K (ed.), Navigating Fieldwork in the Social Sciences Stories of Danger, Risk and Reward, Palgrave Macmillan
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Wadds P; Apoifis N; Schmeidl S; Spurway K, 2020, 'Sharing Stories', in Wadds P; Apoifis N; Schmeidl S; Spurway K (ed.), Navigating Fieldwork in the Social Sciences:Stories of Danger, Risk and Reward, Palgrave Macmillan, London
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Schmeidl S; Hedditch K, 2018, 'Changing Patterns of Internal Displacement: The Art of Figure Skating', in Demography of Refugee and Forced Migration, Springer International Publishing, pp. 177 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67147-5_9
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Schmeidl S; Hedditch K, 2018, 'Changing Patterns of Internal Displacement: The Art of Figure Skating', in Hugo G; Abbasi-Shavazi MJ; Kraly EP (ed.), Demography of Refugee and Forced Migration, edn. International Studies in Population, Springer, New York, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67147-5
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Schmeidl S; Miszak N, 2018, 'The Afghan Local Police: unpacking a hybrid security arrangement', in Kent L; Forsyth M; Dinnen S; Wallis J; Bose S (ed.), Hybridity in Peacebuilding and Development A Critical and Reflexive Approach, Routledge, London, https://www.crcpress.com/Hybridity-in-Peacebuilding-and-Development-A-critical-and-reflexive-approach/Kent-Forsyth-Dinnen-Wallis-Bose/p/book/9780367086480
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Schmeidl S, 2017, 'Internal displacement in Afghanistan: the tip of the iceberg', in Maley W; Bose S; Motwani N (ed.), Afghanistan Challenges and Prospects, Routledge, Oxon OX / New York, pp. 169 - 187, https://login.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1564825&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_169
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Schmeidl S, 2016, 'Going, Going … Once again Gone? The Human Capital Outflow from Afghanistan Post 2014 Election', in Hopper E (ed.), TELLING THE STORY”. Sources of Tension in Afghanistan & Pakistan: A Regional Perspective (2011-2016), CIDOB: Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, Barcelona, pp. 105 - 152, http://www.cidob.org/en/publications/publication_series/monographs/monographs/telling_the_story_sources_of_tension_in_afghanistan_pakistan_a_regional_perspective_2011_2016
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Maley W; Schmeidl S, 2015, 'Introduction [Reconstructing Afghanistan]', in Maley W; Schmeidl S (ed.), Reconstructing Afghanistan: Civil-Military Experiences in Comparative Perspective, Routledge, Oxon, New York, pp. 1 - 10
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Schmeidl S; Bubalo A, 2013, 'One Reason you shouldn't go to Afghanistan with a beard', in Bubalo A; Fullilove M (ed.), Reports from a Turbulent Decade ePub, edn. 10th Anniversary Collection, The Lowy Institute, Viking, Penguin Group Australia, Melbourne, Australian, pp. 281 - 283
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Schmeidl S; Miszak N, 2011, 'For a Fistful of Dollars: The Selling out of Reconciliation and Reintegration', in Danspeckgruber W (ed.), Working Toward Peace and Prosperity in Afghanistan, Lynne Rienner Publishers/Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University, New York, https://www.rienner.com/title/Working_Toward_Peace_and_Prosperity_in_Afghanistan
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Schmeidl S, 2011, 'Engaging traditional justice mechanisms in Afghanistan: State-building opportunity or dangerous liaison?', in Mason W (ed.), The Rule of Law in Afghanistan: Missing in Inaction, Cambridge University Press, pp. 149 - 171, http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/public-international-law/rule-law-afghanistan-missing-inaction
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Schmeidl S, 2010, 'Civil Society and State-building in Afghanistan', in Danspeckgruber WF; Finn RP (ed.), Building State and Security in Afghanistan, Lynne Rienner Pub, https://www.rienner.com/title/Building_State_and_Security_in_Afghanistan
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Schmeidl S, 2010, 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - The Privatized Security Sector in Afghanistan', in Afghanistan's Security Sector Governance Challenges, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forced (DCAF), Geneva, pp. 45 - 77
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Schmeidl S; Karokhail M, 2009, 'Pret-a-Proter States: How the McDonalidization of State-Building misses the Mark in Afghanistan', in Fischer M; Schmelzle B (ed.), Building Peace in the Absence of States: Challenging the Discourse on State Failure, edn. Berghof Handbook Dialouge Series, Berghof Research Centrefor Construtive Conflict Management, Berlin, pp. 67 - 78, http://www.berghof-foundation.org/fileadmin/redaktion/Publications/Handbook/Dialogue_Chapters/dialogue8_schmeidl_karokhail_comm.pdf
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Schmeidl S, 2009, 'Promoting Civil Society in Afghanistan: Deconstructing Some Myths', in Danspeckgruber WF (ed.), Petersberg Papers on Afghanistan and the Region, edn. 4, Princeton University, Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, Princeton, NJ, pp. 68 - 75, http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/bitstream/88435/dsp01xd07gs71q/1/afgh2009_lcm4.pdf
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Schmeidl S, 2009, 'The Undoing of Gender Inequalities in Traditional Societies - The Example of Post-Conflict Afghanistan', in Eifler C; Seifert R (ed.), Gender Dynamics and Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Peter Lang Verlag, Vienna, pp. 71 - 93
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Schmeidl S, 2009, 'The ‘Undoing of Gender Inequalities’ in Traditional Societies – The Example of Post-Conflict Afghanistan', in Eifler C; Seifert R (ed.), Gender Dynamics and Post-conflict Reconstruction, Peter Lang, pp. 71 - 93, http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=51178
    Book Chapters | 2008
    Rusu S; Schmeidl S, 2008, 'Early Warning and Early Action in the UN System', in Minority Issues Handbook: Institutions for the Management of Ethnopolitical Conflict in Central and Eastern Europe, Council of Europe Publishing, France, pp. 149 - 185
    Book Chapters | 2008
    Schmeidl S; Maley W, 2008, 'The Case of the Afghan Refugee Population: Finding Durable Solutions in Contested Transitions', in Adelman H (ed.), Protracted Displacement in Asia: No Place to Call Home, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., pp. 131 - 179, http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754672388
    Book Chapters | 2006
    Karokhail M; Schmeidl S, 2006, 'Integration of Traditional Structures into the State-building Process: Lessons from the Tribal Liason Office in Loya Patkia', in Publication Series on Promoting Democracy Under Conditions of State Fragility. Issue 1: Afghanistan, Heinrich Boll Foundation, Berlin, pp. 59 - 79, http://boell.de/downloads/asien/afghanistan_en.pdf
    Book Chapters | 2004
    Burnley IH; Murphy PA, 2004, 'Introduction', in Burnley I; Murphy P (ed.), Sea Change: Movement from Metropolitan to Arcadian Australia, edn. 1st, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1 - 19
    Book Chapters | 2004
    Schetter C; Schmeidl S, 2004, 'Afghanistan: Aktuelle Situation und Möglichkeiten der Befriedung', in Reiter E (ed.), Jahrbuch fur Internationale Sicherheispolitik, Mitller & Sohn, Hamburg, pp. 503 - 522, http://www.swisspeace.org/uploads/ACSF/Publications/04_Klar_Schetter-Schmeidl_0710%20Jahrbuchbeitrag.pdf
    Book Chapters | 2003
    Schmeidl S, 2003, 'The Early Warning of Forced Migration: State or Human Security?', in Newman E; Selm JV (ed.), Refugees and Forced Displacement: International Security, Human Vulnerability, and the State, United Nations University Press, Tokyo, pp. 130 - 155, http://unu.edu/publications/books/refugees-and-forced-displacement-international-security-human-vulnerability-and-the-state.html#overview
    Book Chapters | 2002
    Goetschel L; Schmeidl S, 2002, 'Practical Capacity-Building as Tool for Mainstreaming Conflict Prevention: Awareness Raising, Training and Analytical Capacities', in Goor LVD; Huber M (ed.), Mainstreaming Conflict Prevention, edn. CPN Yearbook 2000/2001, Nomos Publisher
    Book Chapters | 2002
    Maley WL, 2002, 'The Reconstruction of Afghanistan', in The Reconstruction of Afghanistan, Palgrave Macmillan, London, U.K., pp. 184 - 193
    Book Chapters | 2002
    Schmeidl S; Mwaûra C; Adelman H, 2002, 'Conclusion', in Mwaûra C; Schmeidl S (ed.), Early warning and conflict management in the Horn of Africa, Red Sea Press, pp. 214 - 224
    Book Chapters | 2002
    Schmeidl S; Mwaûra C; Adelman H, 2002, 'Principles of the CEWARN Model', in Schmeidl S; Mwaûra C; Adelman H (ed.), Early warning and conflict management in the Horn of Africa, Red Sea Press, pp. 169 - 199
    Book Chapters | 2002
    Schmeidl S; Mwaûra C, 2002, 'Introduction', in Mwaûra C; Schmeidl S (ed.), Early warning and conflict management in the Horn of Africa, Red Sea Press, pp. 17 - 31
    Book Chapters | 2002
    Schmeidl S, 2002, 'Conflict Early Warning and Prevention: Toward a Coherent Terminology', in Mwaûra C; Schmeidl S (ed.), Early warning and conflict management in the Horn of Africa, Red Sea Press, pp. 69 - 99
    Book Chapters | 2001
    Schmeidl S, 2001, 'Conflict and Forced Migration: A Quantitative Review', in Zolberg AR; Benda PM (ed.), Global Migrants, Global Refugees: Problems and Solutions, Berghahn Books, New York, Oxford, pp. 62 - 94, http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=ZolbergGlobal
    Book Chapters | 2001
    Schmeidl S, 2001, 'Die Kapazität internationaler Organisationen zur Frühwarnung und Prävention von schweren Menschenrechtsverletzungen und bewaffneten Konlikten', in Hartwig H (ed.), Völkermord: Friedens-wissenschaftliche Annäherung an Unbegreifliches, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, pp. 127 - 159
    Book Chapters | 2001
    Schmeidl S, 2001, 'Gender and Early Warning', in Reysoo F (ed.), Hommes armés, femmes aguerries: Rappport de genre en situations de conflit armé, IUED: Collection Yvonne Preiswerk, pp. 51 - 63
    Book Chapters | 2000
    Schmeidl S, 2000, 'Forced Migration and Conflict Mediation in Africa', in Ragaini R (ed.), International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies, 24th Session, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., Erice, Italy, pp. 200 - 229
    Book Chapters | 2000
    Schmeidl S, 2000, 'The Quest for Accuracy in the Estimation of Forced Migration', in Lubkemann SC; Minear L; Weiss TG (ed.), Humanitarian Action: Social Science Connections, edn. Occasional Paper Series, Watson Institute, Providence, pp. 164 - 182
    Book Chapters | 1999
    Baechler G; Krummenacher H; Schmeidl S, 1999, 'Beitrag der Frühwarnung zur Krisenprävention - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen in Theorie und Praxis', in Oestrerreichisches Studenzentrum für Frieden und Konflictlösung, Rüegger, Zürich, pp. 77 - 99
    Book Chapters | 1998
    Schmeidl S, 1998, 'Comparative Trends in Forced Displacement: IDPs and Refugees, 1964-1996', in Hampton J (ed.), Internally Displaced People: A Global Survey, Earthscan, London, pp. 24 - 33, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=emMw68wErC8C&pg=PA202&lpg=PA202&dq=Internally+Displaced+People+earthscan&source=bl&ots=S6BpIjzSW_&sig=vjO9PNgR_YzVtWDRS6C1NpRjt6I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=P2XUVK-tFM-wogSotoL
    Book Chapters | 1998
    Schmeidl S, 1998, 'Early Warning of Forced Migration', in Davies J; Gurr T (ed.), Preventive Measures: Building Risk Assessment and Crisis Early Warning Systems, Rowan & Littlefield, New York, pp. 56 - 69
    Book Chapters | 1996
    Schmeidl S, 1996, 'Causes of Forced Exodus: Five Principal Explanations in the Scholarly Literature and Six Findings from Empirical Research', in Whither Refugee? The Refugee Crisis: Problems and Solutions, PIOOM, Leiden, pp. 15 - 43
    Book Chapters | 1996
    Schmeidl S, 1996, 'Hard Times in Countries of Origin', in Migration and Crime. Proceedings of an Ancillary Meeting (May 3, 1995 in Cairo, Egypt) on the Occasion of the United Nations' 9th World Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offende, ISPAC, Milan, Italy
  • Edited Books | 2020
    Wadds P; Apoifis N; Schmeidl S; Spurway K, (eds.), 2020, Navigating Fieldwork in the Social Sciences: Stories of Danger, Risk and Reward, Palgrave Macmillan, London
    Edited Books | 2015
    Maley W; Schmeidl S, (ed.), 2015, Reconstructing Afghanistan: Civil-Military Experiences in Comparative Perspective, Routledge, Oxon, New York
    Edited Books | 2002
    Schmeidl S; Mwaura C, (ed.), 2002, Early Warning and Conflict Management in the Horn of Africa, Red Sea Press, Lawrenceville, NJ / Asmara, Eritrea
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Dufhues T; Buchenrieder G; Runschke D; Schmeidl S; Herzfeld T; Sagyndykova G, 2024, 'Migrant Agency in an Institutional Context: The Akmola–Astana Migration System', Europe - Asia Studies, 76, pp. 433 - 460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2022.2134305
    Journal articles | 2023
    Schmeidl S; Ware A; Alberti C, 2023, 'Conflict sensitivity/Do No Harm (DNH) in development, humanitarian, and peacebuilding practice–reflections and emerging trends [special issue editorial]', Development in Practice, 33, pp. 517 - 527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2023.2215970
    Journal articles | 2023
    Stephens CM; Ho M; Schmeidl S; Pham HT; Dansie AP; Leslie GL; Marshall LA, 2023, 'International capacity building to achieve SDG6: insights from longitudinal analysis of five water operator partnerships', International Journal of Water Resources Development, 39, pp. 557 - 575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2022.2109604
    Journal articles | 2023
    Suhrke A; Schmeidl S, 2023, 'Working with the Taliban: from the first to the second Emirate', Central Asian Survey, 42, pp. 518 - 536, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02634937.2023.2228346
    Journal articles | 2022
    Isacowitz JJ; Schmeidl S; Tabelin C, 2022, 'The operationalisation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in a mining context', Resources Policy, 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.103012
    Journal articles | 2018
    Schmeidl S; Blomfield I, 2018, 'Editorial - Refugee Voices: The Power of Storytelling', Human Rights Defender, 27, pp. 4 - 7
    Journal articles | 2018
    Schmeidl S; Blomfield I, 2018, 'Exile voices: Syrian refugee children as visual storytellers of their own destiny', Human Rights Defender, 27, pp. 29 - 33
    Journal articles | 2018
    Schmeidl S, 2018, 'No country for old men?: Growing old in the global south', Human Rights Defender, 27, pp. 22 - 22
    Journal articles | 2017
    Heap B; Bain M; Wobcke W; Krzywicki A; Schmeidl S, 2017, 'Word Vector Enrichment of Low Frequency Words in the Bag-of-Words Model for Short Text Multi-class Classification Problems.', CoRR, abs/1709.05778
    Journal articles | 2017
    Schmeidl S; Miszak, M. , 2017, 'The Afghan Local Police: unpacking a hybrid security arrangement', Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal, 2017, pp. 1 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802014.2017.1353891
    Journal articles | 2016
    Schmeidl S; Bose S, 2016, 'Youth Interrupted: The Consequences of Urban Displacement for Young Men and Women in Afghanistan', Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, 11, pp. 68 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15423166.2016.1230023
    Journal articles | 2016
    Schmeidl S, 2016, 'Deconstructing Afghan displacement data: Acknowledging the elephant in the dark', Migration Policy Practice, 7, pp. 10 - 16, http://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/migration_policy_practice_journal_27.pdf
    Journal articles | 2016
    Schmeidl S, 2016, 'The contradictions of democracy in Afghanistan: elites, elections and ‘people’s rule’ post-2001', Conflict, Security & Development, 16, pp. 575 - 594, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2016.1248427
    Journal articles | 2015
    Schmeidl S, 2015, 'Darkness at the Edge of Towns - The Plight of Young Displaced Women in Urban Afghanistan', Human Rights Defender, 24, pp. 15 - 18, http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/hurighdef24&id=1&size=2&collection=journals&index=journals/hurighdef
    Journal articles | 2015
    Schmeidl S, 2015, 'Youth in Transition', Perspectives Asia, 2015, pp. 56 - 63, https://www.boell.de/sites/default/files/perspectives_asia.pdf
    Journal articles | 2014
    Schmeidl S, 2014, 'Heeding the warning signs: further displacement predicted for Afghanistan', Forced Migration Review, May 2014, pp. 41 - 44, http://www.fmreview.org/en/afghanistan.pdf
    Journal articles | 2014
    Tyler D; Schmeidl S, 2014, 'Urban realities for displaced young women and girls', Force Migration Review, 2014, pp. 37 - 38, http://www.fmreview.org/en/afghanistan.pdf
    Journal articles | 2011
    Schmeidl S, 2011, 'The quest for transitional justice in Afghanistan: Exploring the untapped potential of customary justice', Journal fur Entwicklungspolitik, 27, pp. 43 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.20446/JEP-2414-3197-27-3-43
    Journal articles | 2009
    Schmeidl S; Karokhail M, 2009, 'The Role of Non-State Actors in 'Community-Based Policing' - An Exploration of the Arbakai (Tribal Police) in South-Eastern Afghanistan', Contemporary Security Policy, 30, pp. 318 - 342
    Journal articles | 2009
    Schmeidl S, 2009, ''The Lives of Others: Living Under East Germany's 'Big Brother' or the Quest for Good Men', Movie Review of Das Leven der Anderen/The Lives of Others', Human Rights Quarterly
    Journal articles | 2009
    Schmeidl S, 2009, 'Repatriation to Afghanistan: Durable Solution or Responsibility Shifting?', Forced Migration Review, 33, http://fmreview.org/FMRpdfs/FMR33/20-22.pdf
    Journal articles | 2008
    Brookings S; Schmeidl S, 2008, 'When nobody guards the guards: The quest to regulate private security companies in Afghanistan', Security and Peace
    Journal articles | 2007
    Schmeidl S, 2007, 'The emperor's new cloth: The unravelling of peacebuilding in Afghanistan', Journal of International Peace and Organizations, 1, pp. 69 - 86
    Journal articles | 2003
    Schmeidl S; Jenkins JC, 2003, 'Measuring International Forced Migration, 1969–1999', International Journal of Sociology, 33, pp. 70 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15579336.2003.11770271
    Journal articles | 2003
    Schmeidl S, 2003, 'Measuring international forced migration, 1969-1999: The global forced migration project', International Journal of Sociology, 33, pp. 70 - 87
    Journal articles | 2002
    Schmeidl S, 2002, '(Human) security dilemmas: Long-term implications of the Afghan refugee crisis', Third World Quarterly, 23, pp. 7 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01436590120114328
    Journal articles | 2001
    Schmeidl S, 2001, 'Early Warning and Integrated Response Development', Romanian Journal of Political Science, 1, pp. 4 - 50
    Journal articles | 2000
    Schmeidl S, 2000, 'Frühwarnung und Konfliktprävention: Was haven wir gelernt?', Wissenschaft und Frieden, 4, pp. 29 - 33, http://www.wissenschaft-und-frieden.de/seite.php?artlikeID=0071
    Journal articles | 1999
    Schmeidl S, 1999, 'HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION IN THE WAKE OF THE KOSOVO CRISIS', Refuge, 18, pp. 1 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.22013
    Journal articles | 1999
    Wayland S; Schmeidl S, 1999, 'Book Review of Jacobson D, 1996, Rights Across Borders: Immigration and the Decline of Citizenship, Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press (181p)', International Migration Review, 31, pp. 735 - 736
    Journal articles | 1998
    Schmeidl S; Jenkins JC, 1998, 'The early warning of humanitarian disasters: problems in building an early warning system', International Migration Review, 32, pp. 471 - 486, http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2547192
    Journal articles | 1997
    Krummenacher H; Schmeidl S, 1997, 'Fast: An integrated and infractive early warning system-the example of central Asia', Soviet and Post Soviet Review, 24, pp. 147 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187633297X00068
    Journal articles | 1997
    Schmeidl S; Adelman H, 1997, 'Synergy in Early Warning Conference: Background', Refuge, 16, pp. 29 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21911
    Journal articles | 1997
    Schmeidl S, 1997, 'Exploring the causes of forced migration: A pooled time-series analysis, 1971-1990', Social Science Quarterly, 78, pp. 284 - 308
    Journal articles | 1997
    Schmeidl S, 1997, 'Fast workshop report: Early warning in practice: The case of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrg Yzstan', Soviet and Post Soviet Review, 24, pp. 161 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187633297X00077
    Journal articles | 1996
    Adelman H; Schmeidl S, 1996, 'Towards the Development of an Early WarningdkesponseN Network', Refuge, 15, pp. 21 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21882
    Journal articles | 1996
    Schmeidl S; Adelman H, 1996, 'Towards the Development of an Early Warning / Response Network', Refuge: Canada's periodical on refugees, 15, pp. 21 - 28
    Journal articles | 1996
    Schmeidl S; Jenkins C, 1996, 'Issues in Quantitative Modeling of Early Warning Analysis', Refuge: Canada's periodical on refugees, 15, pp. 4 - 8
    Journal articles | 1996
    Schmeidl S; Jenkins JC, 1996, 'Issues in Quantitative Modelling in the Early Warning of Refugee Migration', Refuge, 15, pp. 4 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21877
    Journal articles | 1996
    Schmeidl S, 1996, 'SPECIALI SSUOEN EARLYW ARNINGO N REFUGEEM IGRATION Some Thoughts on Early Warning', Refuge, 15, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21876
    Journal articles | 1996
    Schmeidl S, 1996, 'Selected Efforts/Research in the Area of Early Warning', Refuge, 15, pp. 29 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21883
    Journal articles | 1995
    Jenkins C; Schmeidl S, 1995, 'Flight from Violence: The Origins and Implications of the World Refugee Crisis', Sociological Focus, 28, pp. 63 - 82
    Journal articles | 1994
    Schmeidl S, 1994, 'Ethnic Dynamics in Forced Migration: A Comparison of Afghan and Palestinian Refugees', International Journal of Group Tensions, 24, pp. 333 - 360
  • Reports | 2019
    Schmeidl S, 2019, Four Decades of Afghan Displacement, German Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung/bpb), Germany, https://www.bpb.de/gesellschaft/migration/laenderprofile/284416/four-decades-of-afghan-displacement
    Reports | 2019
    Schmeidl S, 2019, Vier Jahrzehnte afghanischer Flucht und Vertreibung, German Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung/bpb), Germany, https://www.bpb.de/gesellschaft/migration/laenderprofile/283689/vier-jahrzehnte-afghanischer-flucht-und-vertreibung
    Reports | 2018
    Dansie A; Schmeidl S; Spurway K; Chin M; Leslie G, 2018, Australia-Vietnam Water Utilities Twinning Program Monitoring Report, University of New South Wales Global Water Institute, Sydney
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Krzywicki A; Heap B; Bain M; Wobcke W; Schmeidl S, 2018, 'Using word embeddings with linear models for short text classification', in Mitrovic T; Xue B; Li X (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Springer, Cham, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 819 - 827, presented at AI 2018 - The 31st Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 11 December 2018 - 14 December 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03991-2_74
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Krzywicki A; Wobcke W; Bain M; Schmeidl S; Heap B, 2018, 'A knowledge acquisition method for event extraction and coding based on deep patterns', in Yoshida K; Lee M (ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Springer Nature, Nanjing, China, pp. 16 - 31, presented at Pacific Rim Knowledge Acquisition Workshop, Nanjing, China, 27 August 2018 - 28 August 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97289-3_2
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Heap B; Krzywicki A; Schmeidl S; Wobcke W; Bain M, 2017, 'A joint human/machine process for coding events and conflict drivers', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Singapore, pp. 639 - 654, presented at 13th International Conference, ADMA 2017, Singapore, 05 November 2017 - 06 November 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69179-4_45
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Schmeidl S, 2016, 'Local Peace Infrastructures in Afghanistan: Looking beyond Facades of Power to Inclusive Building Blocks for Peace', presented at 57th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 16 March 2016 - 19 March 2016
    Reports | 2015
    Schmeidl S; Tyler D, 2015, Listen to Women and Girls Displaced to Urban Afghanistan, Norwegian Refugee Council and The Liaison Office, http://www.nrc.no/?did=9194479#.VWZqJtLLc1l
    Reports | 2014
    Schmeidl S, 2014, Going, Going... Once again Gone? The Human Capital Outflow from Afghanistan Post 2014 Election, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs - CIDOB, Barcelona, Spain, Sources of Tension in Afghanistan and Pakistan: A Regional Perspective, http://www.cidob.org/en/publications/stap_rp/policy_research_papers/going_going_once_again_gone_the_human_capital_outflow_from_afghanistan_post_2014_elections, https://www.cidob.org/en/publications/publication_series/stap_rp/policy_research_papers/going_going_once_again_gone_the_human_capital_outflow_from_afghanistan_post_2014_elections/(language)/eng-US
    Reports | 2011
    Schmeidl S; Gaston E; Reid R, 2011, The Cost of Kill/Capture: Impact of the Night Raid Surge on Afghan Civilians, Kabul: Open Society Foundations and The Liaison Office, http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/Night-Raids-Report-FINAL-092011.pdf
    Reports | 2011
    Schmeidl S, 2011, Protracted Displacement in Afghanistan: Will History Be Repeated?, Washington DC / Paris, http://www.refugeecooperation.org/publications/afghanistan/pdf/10_schmeidl.pdf
    Reports | 2010
    Schmeidl S; Gaston E; Horowitz J, 2010, Strangers at the Door: Night Raids by International Forces Lose Hearts and Minds of Afghans, Kabul, http://www.soros.org/initiatives/washington/articles_publications/publications/afghan-night-raids-20100222
    Reports | 2010
    Schmeidl S; Mundt A; Miszak N, 2010, Beyond the Blanket: Towards more Effective Protection for Internally Displaced Persons in Southern Afghanista, Washington DC., http://www.brookings.edu/reports/05_idp_protection_afghanistan.aspx
    Reports | 2010
    Schmeidl S, 2010, The man who would be king: The challenges to Strengthening Governance in Uruzgan, Conflict Research Unit Occasion Paper; The Hague: The Netherlands Institute of International Relatio, http://www.clingendael.nl/publications/2011/20110316_cru_publicatie_sschmeidl.pdf
    Reports | 2009
    Schmeidl S; Koser K, 2009, Displacement, Human Development, and Security in Afghanistan, Washington DC., Displacement in the Muslim World: A Focus on Afghanistan and Iraq, http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2009/0216_iraq_ferris/0216_iraq_ferris.pdf
    Reports | 2009
    Schmeidl S, 2009, Displacement, Human Development, and Security in Afghanistan, Washington DC., Displacement in the Muslim World: A Focus on Afghanistan and Iraq, http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2009/0216_iraq_ferris/0216_iraq_ferris.pdf
    Reports | 2009
    Schmeidl S, 2009, Who Guards the Guardians? The Protection of Civilians in Afghanistan, The Middle East Institute, Washington, DC, http://www.mei.edu/Portals/0/Publications/Afghan%201979-2009.pdf
    Reports | 2007
    Schmeidl S, 2007, Case Study Afghanistan – Who Guards the Guardians?, Swisspeace, Private Security Companies and Local Populations. An exploratory study of Afghanistan and Angola, http://www.swisspeace.ch/typo3/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/PSC_01.pdf
    Reports | 2007
    Schmeidl S, 2007, Collaborating with Religious Actors in Afghanistan, Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation, Berne
    Reports | 2002
    Schmeidl S; Azarbaijani-Moghaddam S; Schetter C, 2002, The Transition from Relief to Development from a Human Security Perspective, UN Commission on Human Security, http://www.unocha.org/humansecurity/chs/activities/research/Afghanistan.pdf
    Reports | 2002
    Schmeidl S; Piza-Lopez E, 2002, Gender and Conflict Early Warning: A Framework for Action, : International Alert / Swisspeace, http://portals.wi.wur.nl/files/docs/ppme/getdata4.pdf
    Reports | 2001
    Schmeidl S; Krummenacher H, 2001, Practical Challenges in Predicting Violent Conflict: FAST: An Example of a Comprehensive Early-Warning Methodolog, Berne, 34
    Theses / Dissertations | 1995
    Schmeidl S, 1995, From root cause assessment to preventive diplomacy : possibilities and limitations of the early warning of forced migration, The Ohio State University, Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University, https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=osu1273151706&disposition=inline

A critical peace studies and forced migration researcher, her research has focussed in the following areas: understanding drivers of conflict and forced displacement, early warning and conflict prevention, participatory and inclusive peacebuilding, and development in (post)conflict contexts.