Peer-Reviewed publications
Lindsey, Summer and Carlo Koos. 2024. “Legacies of Wartime Sexual Violence: Survivors, Psychological Harms, and Mobilization.” Online First, American Political Science Review.
Abstract: What are the psychological, social and political legacies of sexual violence in armed conflicts? While conventional wisdom expects the exclusion of survivors from their societies due to stigma, we advance a theory of sociopolitical mobilization among wartime sexual violence survivors and their households. Our theory emphasizes the value that people place on their communities in conflict-affected contexts and incorporates the psychosocial harms that survivor-households experience as well as their agency. We use an original survey from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to evaluate the theory. Analyses using list experiment measures of wartime sexual violence show that survivor-households engage in increased levels of social and political activities in their communities. Auxiliary analyses suggest that mobilization is driven by stigmatization and self-blame, a finding that resonates with social psychological research on exclusion and social reconnection.
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Lindsey, Summer. 2023. “Social Preferences: Measuring Private, Public and Group Preferences through Focus Groups. Perspectives on Politics. 21(4):1178-1197. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592722003218
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Lindsey, Summer. 2022. “Conflict, Protection, and Punishment: Repercussions of Violence in Eastern DR Congo.” American Journal of Political Science. 66: 187-204. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12637
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Koos, Carlo and Summer Lindsey. 2022. “Sexual Violence, Social Stigmatization, and Humanitarian Aid: Survey Evidence from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.” Journal of Conflict Resolution. 66(6): 1035-1065. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00220027211064259
book manuscript
Lindsey, Summer. The Paradox of Protection: How Civil War Shifts Tolerance of Violence Against Women. Complete Manuscript. See summary here.
Working papers
Lindsey, Summer and Michael Fitzgerald. “Unbounding the “Field” of Field Research: A Feminist Reconceptualization.” Under Review.
Lindsey, Summer. 2024. “Effectiveness, Legitimacy and Gender-based Crime: State-building in DR Congo.” Under Review.
Coltman-Cormier, Jeffrey, Michael Kenwick, and Summer Lindsey. “Gender and Demands for Border Security.” Working paper.
Khan, Sarah, Summer Lindsey, and Macartan Humphreys. "(When) Can Governments Change Norms around Gender-based Violence." Working Paper.
new project
Domestic Legitimacy and (Non)Accountability for Wartime Sexual Violence in Liberia (with Sumin Lee). Fieldwork completed August -September 2024. Presentation at Peace Science (Nov 2024).
Reports
Holden, Jenny, Sally Neville, Lyndsay McLean Hilker, Macartan Humphreys, Sohail Husain, Sarah Khan and Summer Lindsey. 2013-16. “Evaluation of the Madhya Pradesh Safe Cities Initiative.” Endline Report available here. Baseline Report available here. Pre-analysis plan available here.
Lindsey, Summer and Monica Toft. 2014.“Rape in Congo: A Unique or Paradigmatic Case?” with Monica Toft. Available here.
Dissertation
Lindsey, Summer Elyse. 2019. Women's Security After War: Protection and Punishment in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Diss. Columbia University.
