Research Interests

Prof. Ohanyan’s research interests include transnational politics and global public policy, international organizations, nationalism and international conflict management, which are explored in the context of weak and failed states.

Her current work investigates how international organizations and NGOs form partnerships as they deliver services in post-conflict settings. It examines how such partnerships and policy networks comprising large international organizations and NGOs generate policies to heal the wounds of war-torn communities and build institutions of the post-conflict state for long-term governance.

Exploring the international community’s application of microfinance in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina, she follows how these policies were subsequently transferred to and modified for Kosovo and Afghanistan.