Mario Fumerton's research interest focuses on militias and civilian self-defense groups, and his key publications include:

* "Más allá de la contrainsurgencia: milicias campesinas de Ayacucho en la conformación de un orden social en tiempos de guerra.”  En P. Del Pino y R.A. Sulca, editores. Una revolución precaria. Sendero Luminoso y la guerra en el Perú, 1980-1992.  Lima: IEP. (2023).

* “The YPJ of northeast Syria and the socialisation of restraint toward civilians: Jin, Jiyan, Azadi”  (W. van Wilgenburg, and Z.A.N. Hamawandi, co-authors). In P.L. Johnson and W. Wittels, eds.  Violence Against Civilians:  Civic Vice, Civic Virtue, pp.145-179.  London: Routledge. (2023) ISBN 978-1-003-22391-7 (ebk)

* “From the PYD-YPG to the SDF: the Consolidation of Power in Kurdish-Controlled Northeast Syria” (W. van Wilgenburg, co-author) in Studies of Conflict & Terrorism (2022).  DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2021.2013758;

* “Beyond Counterinsurgency: Peasant Militias and Wartime Social Order in Peru’s Civil War” in the European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (2018).  DOI: http://doi.org/10.18352/erlacs.10374;

* Kurdistan’s Political Armies: the Challenge of Unifying the Kurdish Peshmerga Forces.  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.  16 December 2015. (http://carnegieendowment.org/2015/12/16/kurdistan-s-political-armies-challenge-of-unifying-peshmerga-forces-pub-61917);

* “Insurgency and Terrorism:  Is There A Difference?” (I. Duyvesteyn, co-author)  In C. Holmqvist-Jonsäter and C. Coker, eds. The Character of War in the 21st Century. Routledge: New York & London. (2010).