Aspirational “Total Peace”: Feminism in the Face of Resurging Violence in Chocó, Colombia Abstract. Following a historic election result in Colombia, the left-wing government has proposed a policy of “Total Peace” for the country. President Petr

New publication 🚨 What a joy to work w Miyerlandy & Rebecca!

Aspirational “Total Peace”: Feminism in the Face of Resurging Violence in Chocó, Colombia 🇨🇴

#OpenAccess in the 'Feminism in the Face of Failure' S.I. for @gsqjournal.bsky.social (more on this soon 😉)

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PhD Positions in Political Science/Conflict Studies/African Studies (two full-time positions) PhD Positions in Political Science/Conflict Studies/African Studies (two full-time positions, each 1.0 fte)The Institute of Political Science of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences invites ...

JOB ALERT: I have two vacancies for fully-funded, 4 year PhD positions in my European Research Council Project “Countering Jihadi Insurgencies in Africa”; one on Nigeria, one on Mozambique. Closing date for applications 15 March 2025, start in Sept. 2025

www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...

New report by me, @benckrick.bsky.social & Dr. Raed al-Dulaimi for UNIDIR on attitudes toward Iraqis with perceived ties to ISIL based on original survey data and interviews. We find that stigmatization persists 8 years after ISIL's territorial defeat, even of children: unidir.org/publication/...

Are we marketing rebellion? Is studying civil war contributing to civil war? Rebel groups often expend significant resources building up international support and legitimacy for their cause. At the same time, much of conflict...

Very relevant new reflection piece by @joehud.bsky.social and @reyhuang.bsky.social on the ethics of studying rebel governance. I've spent quite some time pondering how to document rebel governance without legitimizing rebellion, so this is a welcomed piece!

Conflictsky

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📚 Are you building a dataset? Simplify the coding with your own data collection app! I've written a tutorial on how to build an app in #R #Shiny that allows you to input, save, and edit data in an interactive online environment.

➡️ www.sebastianvanbaalen.se/uploads/tuto...

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HFG Emerging Scholars - HFG The Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholar Awards recognize promising researchers in their final year of writing a doctoral dissertation examining a salient aspect of violence.

Are you a PhD candidate studying political violence? Consider applying for the HFG Emerging Scholar award. $25k toward finishing up your diss. Deadline: 1 Feb.

Details/Apply: www.hfg.org/emerging-sch...

What better way to attend ASA conference than to dress completely in Kaptan attire? :-)
Had an incredible time at #ASA2024 in Chicago, engaging in panel discussions and networking!

Civilian Protection Payment and the Escalation of Violence against Civilians in Northwestern Nigeria Abstract. How do civilian protection payments to militias affect the dynamics of communal conflict? Building on the literature on communal conflict, civili

Very excited to have joined @bubaimrana.bsky.social's PhD supervision team (alongside @janakrause.bsky.social @corinnajentzsch.com). Imrana does really impressive research on civilian agency in the Boko Haram insurgency. Follow him, and check out his 🏆 award-winning paper ⤵️

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Interested in reflecting on how power dynamics, shared identity, & social norms shape terrorism research?
Consider submitting your abstracts to our special issue, edited by @Akinyemi Oyawale & myself, which explores the positionality & knowledge production in researching (Counter-)Terrorism.