Professor Page Fortna is the receipient of the 2010 Karl Deutsch Award, presented annually by the International Studies Association to a scholar in international relations under age 40, or within ten years of defending his or her dissertation, who is judged to have made, through a body of publications, the most significant contribution to the study of International Relations and Peace Research.
Professor Fortna's research focuses on war termination and the durability of peace in the aftermath of both civil and interstate wars. She is the author of two books: Does Peacekeeping Work? Shaping Belligerents’ Choices after Civil War (Princeton University Press, 2008), and Peace Time: Cease-Fire Agreements and the Durability of Peace (Princeton University Press, 2004), as well as articles in World Politics, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Review, and the Annual Review of Political Science. She is currently working on projects on long-term historical trends in war termination; democratization after civil war; and the effects of terrorism on civil war duration, outcome, and post-war stability.
Founded in 1959, the International Studies Association comprises members over four thousand members from eighty countries and is the most respected and widely known scholarly association in the field of international relations.
