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).