Journal articles
Dietrich, Olivier, Torben Peters, Vivien Sainte Fare Garnot, Valerie Sticher, Thao Ton-That Whelan, Konrad Schindler, and Jan Dirk Wegner. 2025. “An Open-Source Tool for Mapping War Destruction at Scale in Ukraine Using Sentinel-1 Time Series.” Communications Earth & Environment 6 (215): 1-10. Open Access
Sticher, Valerie. 2024. "War and peace in the age of AI." British Journal of Politics and International Relations OnlineFirst. Open Access
Chesterman, Simon; Jungpil Hahn; Yuting Gao; and Valerie Sticher. 2024. “The Evolution of AI Governance.” Computer 57. Open Access
Verjee, Aly; and Valerie Sticher. 2024. "Ambassador, You're on Mute: Methods for Co-Interviewing Elites Online." International Journal of Qualitative Methods 23: 1-12. Open Access
Sticher, Valerie; and Aly Verjee. 2023. “Do Eyes in the Sky Ensure Peace on the Ground? The Uncertain Contributions of Remote Sensing to Ceasefire Compliance.” International Studies Review. 25 (3). Open Access [blog]
Sticher, Valerie; Birke Pfeifle; and Jan D. Wegner (2023). “Toward the Remote Monitoring of Armed Conflicts.” PNAS Nexus. 2 (6). Open Access [policy brief]
Hirblinger, Andreas T; Martin Wählisch; Kate Keator; Chris McNaboe; Allard Duursma; John Karlsrud; Valerie Sticher; Aly Verjee; Tetiana Kyselova; Chris M A Kwaja. 2023. “Forum: Making Peace with Un-Certainty: Reflections on the Role of Digital Technology in Peace Processes beyond the Data Hype.” International Studies Perspective. Online first. Open Access
Sticher, Valerie. 2022. “Ceasefire Violations: Why They Occur and How They Relate to Strategic Decision-Making Processes.” International Studies Review. 24 (4). Open Access
Clayton, Govinda, Håvard Mokleiv Nygård, Håvard Strand, Siri Aas Rustad, Claudia Wiehler, Tora Sagård, Peder Landsverk, Reidun Ryland, Valerie Sticher, Emma Wink, and Corinne Bara. 2022. “Introducing the ETH/PRIO Civil Conflict Ceasefire Dataset.” Journal of Conflict Resolution. 67 (7-8). Open Access
Sticher, Valerie. 2022. “Healing Stalemates: The Role of Ceasefires in Ripening Conflict.” Ethnopolitics 21 (2): 149–62. Open Access [blog]
Clayton, Govinda; and Valerie Sticher. 2021. "The Logic of Ceasefires in Civil War". International Studies Quarterly. 65 (3): 633–46. Open Access
Sticher, Valerie; and Siniša Vuković. 2021. "Bargaining in Intrastate Conflicts: The Shifting Role of Ceasefires". Journal of Peace Research. 58 (6): 1284-1299. Open Access
Sticher, Valerie. 2021. "Negotiating Peace with Your Enemy: The Problem of Costly Concessions". Journal of Global Security Studies. 6 (4). Open Access [blog 1] [blog 2]
Manuscripts
Sticher, Valerie. "The Prevention Paradox: Artificial Intelligence, Imperfect Information, and the Onset of War." Under review. Preprint.
Bara, Corinne; and Valerie Sticher. "The Rural Limits of Conflict Monitoring Using Nighttime Light". Under Review. Preprint.
Books
Clayton, Govinda; Simon Mason; Valerie Sticher; and Andreas Wenger (eds.). 2025. Ceasefires: Stopping the Violence and Negotiating Peace. Georgetown University Press. Open Access [policy brief]