Professor Damann specializes in international relations with a particular emphasis on conflict and gender. Damann's research (featured in International Organization, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Comparative Political Studies and the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A) investigates how citizens’ attitudes and behaviors in conflict contexts are shaped by exposure to violence, societal narratives about outgroups, and gender dynamics. Her research investigates several interrelated topics in these areas, including the impact of conflict-related sexual violence on community resistance, the effects of historical trauma on wartime mobilization, and the role intergenerational learning plays in allowing gender and group biases to endure. Damann's research spans a variety of cross-national contexts, with a specialization in Eastern Europe and the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. By integrating theories from conflict scholars and psychologists, and employing mixed methodologies to uncover complex relationships, she offers the field insight into how emotions, identity and trauma shape political behavior in conflict.