Such a pleasure co-authoring this report with @ezequielheffes.bsky.social, Anki Sjöberg & Konstantina Karagkouni! In it we discuss what factors affect #compliance & #restraint by #NSAGs, who influences these outcomes & how they unfold adopting a multi-factor, multi-actor & norm-specific approach 👇🏼

This week on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog @reginesonja.bsky.social shares insights from her forthcoming book on armed group constellations in multiparty civil wars - and how these shaped conflict dynamics in Syria in 2024 👇 www.civilwarpaths.org/armed-group-...

New publication alert; this one with two former PhD students in our program at Georgetown: Simón Ballesteros and Daniel Solomon. "Formal Institutions After Conflict: Rebel Ideology and Post-War Constitutional Design." journals.sagepub.com/eprint/AB6CD...

See the full programme 👇/2 www.civilwarpaths.org/event/civil-...

We're very excited to launch our upcoming Civil War Paths seminar series! Our 2025-2026 series explores issues at the forefront of the study of civil war and its aftermath, featuring contributions from @hedstrom.bsky.social and @enzonussio.bsky.social . /1

My copy of The Routledge Handbook of Field Research arrived! Thanks @hamstertowers.bsky.social & Naomi Holmes for putting together such a great volume. My chapter tackles head-on the unexpected in fieldwork on armed conflict w/implications for doctoral training: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

"Repurposing rebellion: building rebel successor parties on the heels of war?" by Sherry Zaks is available online now in EJIR. Read it here: t1p.de/7jlrx

Thanks for sharing! Our article is now available open access at @cpsjournal.bsky.social 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Full paper now available here! doi.org/10.1086/729947

🪖 Traditional theories argue that rebels need full territorial control to govern. We challenge that view, and argue that low state responsiveness toward rebel-aligned populations creates openings for insurgent institutions, even in state-dominated zones.

Excited to share a new open-access article with @benckrick.bsky.social @jonpetkun.bsky.social in @iojournal.bsky.social, "Civilian Harm & Military Legitimacy" www.cambridge.org/core/journal.... This project started in 2018 Mosul, Iraq’s 2nd largest city, in the aftermath of a 9-month battle … 1/7

I am looking for a researcher (pre-doc) in my DFG-funded project "Violence Against Political Actors at the Grassroots Level" 👇

Long in the making, this article on mid-level commanders in hierarchical non-state organizations concludes over 5 years of work with former mid-level commanders (mandos medios) of the FARC-EP in Colombia /1 journals.sagepub.com/eprint/S7DHC...

It's publication day! "Why did I get into that car?" is a question that has haunted me for years & that I'm grateful to late Lee Ann Fujii for encouraging me to address. I start the chapter w/ this q to explore the limits of trust & researcher safety in fieldwork on armed conflict 👇🏼 bit.ly/4kW1hob

Uncertainty in Global Politics is now out in paperback! Co-edited with the wonderful @miriammatej.bsky.social‬, with chapters on uncertainty in diverse contexts of armed conflict, social movement mobilization, global environmental politics & international law www.routledge.com/Uncertainty-...

We’re accepting submissions for Fall 2025 until August 14. If you’re on the market, it’s a great chance to practice your job talk with an audience! We also welcome paper presentations. Apply here: iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Back from mat leave to see some long-awaited publications coming out! In this Forum, I discuss the practices of flexibility in research design, ongoing reflexivity & project updating before, during & after fieldwork based on the experience of the large, team-based @civilwarpaths.bsky.social project

CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN! Apply to the Latin American Peace Science Society (LAPSS) 2026 Conference! www.eafit.edu.co/lapss Details below 🧵

We are pleased to announce the 2025-2026 cohort of @civilwarpaths.bsky.social Fellows - Welcome! This year's Fellows bring with them wide ranging empirical and conceptual expertise on armed conflict and organisations, spanning from the Middle East, West Africa, to Southeast Europe / 1

Newly published on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog, @ashesterinina.bsky.social shares updates from the past year, including exciting insights from recent events, new publications from the team, and the range of contributions from our Fellows. Read more 👇

Calling all political scientists researching Syria! I'm very excited to team up with @pomeps.bsky.social & André Bank of @giga-hamburg.de to organize this virtual workshop to share & discuss short papers, leading to an open-access POMEPS study. Abstracts due July 21. pomeps.org/call-for-pap...

What a fantastic way to wrap up the first 4 years of the Civil War Paths project and make plans for future collaboration! Big thanks to all the participants for engaging with the project and sharing your latest research in an atmosphere of trust and openness