My Forthcoming book
Lindsey, Summer. The Paradox of Protection: How Civil War Shifts Tolerance of Violence Against Women. Forthcoming with Cornell University Press in Spring 2027. Summary here.
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): 653–669.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Editor Reviewed Publications
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.
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; project with Sumin Lee (TAMU). Fieldwork completed August -September 2024. Presentation at Peace Science (2024) and APSA (2025).
Men's Barriers to Public Support for Women’s Political Leadership: Social Norms and Cooperation; project with Carlo Koos (University of Bergen) as part of the WarEffects project.
other Writing
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.
