RESEARCH

Publications

  1. Violent Competition and Terrorist Restraint, with Sara M. T. Polo (Forthcoming in International Organization).

  2. Taking to Kill: The Lethality of Terrorist Hostage-Taking in Civil War (Published in Journal of Global Security Studies; Stuart A. Bremer Award Winner 2023).

  3. The Gendered Composition of Child Soldiers and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, with Christopher M. Faulkner (Forthcoming In: Handbook on Gender and Security: Persistent and New Security Issues, Edward Elgar Publishing. Edited by Jutta Joachim, Annica Kronsell, & Natalia Dalmer).

  4. Taking Civilians: Terrorist Kidnapping in Civil War (Published in International Studies Quarterly).

  5. Your Space or Mine? Competition, Control, and the Spatial Profile of Militant Violence Against Civilians (Published in Journal of Peace Research).

  6. Terrorism and Counterterrorism Datasets: An Overview, with Sara M. T Polo (Published in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies).

  7. Rebel Child Soldiering and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, with Christopher M. Faulkner (Published in International Studies Quarterly).

Working Papers

  1. Talking Bodies: Hostage Concessions in Civil War. Invited to Revise and Resubmit at Conflict Management and Peace Science.

  2. Reintegration of Female and Child Ex-Combatants: Evidence from Somalia (with Prabin Khadka).

  3. Rebel Governance and Post-Conflict Recovery (with Natalie Ayers, Nihad Aboud, & Laura Saavedra-Lux).

In Progress

  1. The Awareness, Politicization, and Prioritization of Climate Change in Displaced Communities: Evidence from Somalia (with Nicholas Haas & Prabin Khadka).

  2. Preferences over Restorative and Retributive Justice Under Legal Pluralism: Experimental Evidence from Somalia (with Nicholas Haas & Prabin Khadka).

  3. Emigration Preferences of the Internally Displaced: Experimental Evidence from South Central Somalia (with Nicholas Haas & Prabin Khadka).

  4. Public Endorsement of Violence During Protests: The Case of Climate Change (with J. Andrew Harris).

  5. The Reintegration of Foreign Fighters (with Mirna El Masri & Maiyoraa Jeyabraba).

  6. Stronger Together? The Effects of Inclusive Livelihoods Committees on Social Cohesion Between Host and Displaced Populations (with Nicholas Haas & Prabin Khadka).