Peer-Reviewed publications

Lindsey, Summer and Carlo Koos. 2025. “Legacies of Wartime Sexual Violence: Survivors, Psychological Harms, and Mobilization.” American Political Science Review 119(2): 653–69.

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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

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book manuscript

Lindsey, Summer. The Paradox of Protection: How Civil War Shifts Tolerance of Violence Against Women. Complete Manuscript Under Review. See summary here.

Working papers & Ongoing Projects

Lindsey, Summer. “Regulating Rape: Building Legitimacy in a Predatory State.” Under Review.

Coltman-Cormier, Jeffrey and Summer Lindsey. “Gender and Demands for Border Security.” Under Review.

Lindsey, Summer and Michael FitzGerald. “Unbounding the “Field” of Field Research: A Feminist Reconceptualization.” Working paper.

Domestic Legitimacy and (Non)Accountability for Wartime Sexual Violence in Liberia (with Sumin Lee). Fieldwork completed August -September 2024. Presentation at Peace Science (2024) and APSA (2025) .

Editor Reviewed Publications & other Writing

Lindsey, Summer. 2025. Introduction to UNSCR 1325: A 25 Year Retrospectives. Critical Perspectives Essay, Politics & Gender, 21(3): 675–80. doi: 10.1017/S1743923X25100354.

Lindsey, Summer and Mikayla Stokes. 2025. Book Review, Positioning Women in Conflict Studies: How Women’s Status Affects Political Violence by Sabrina Karim and Daniel W. Hill Jr. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. Politics & Gender 21(3): 738–40. doi: 10.1017/S1743923X25100330.

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

Lindsey, Summer Elyse. 2019. Women's Security After War: Protection and Punishment in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Diss. Columbia University.

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