Spitka conducts research on intervention in violent conflicts, gender, Global Responsibility to Protect (R2P), children in conflict and human security. Her research is focused on violent and non-violent conflicts in Europe and the Middle East. Spitka was previously a postdoctoral fellow in securi...
Spitka conducts research on intervention in violent conflicts, gender, Global Responsibility to Protect (R2P), children in conflict and human security. Her research is focused on violent and non-violent conflicts in Europe and the Middle East. Spitka was previously a postdoctoral fellow in security at Masaryk University (Czech Republic), a research fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations and a Sophie Davis Postdoctoral Fellow at Hebrew University in Gender, Conflict Resolution and Peace.
Spitka has worked on conflict resolution and peace building projects in the Middle East and Europe. She has worked for several international and regional organizations including for the United Nations, Rand Corporation, Oxfam and the European Union. She has also worked as a journalist, an analyst, a grant writer and a project coordinator. Her latest book is National and International Civilian Protection Strategies in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-20390-9