In recent years, several large-scale data-collection projects have produced georeferenced,
disaggregated events-level conflict data which can aid researchers in studying the …

This paper contributes to the debate whether climate change and global warming cause
conflicts by providing novel evidence about the role of extreme temperature events for …

The key to the impact of international election support is credibility; credible elections are
less likely to turn violent. So argues Inken von Borzyskowski in The Credibility Challenge, in …

Adolescence constitutes the second and final window of human growth and a period of
specific vulnerabilities, such as early pregnancy, early marriage, HIV infection, suicide …

Over the last decade, changes in the nature of conflict have generated profound operational
challenges for international humanitarian organizations. The number of non-international …

Why do combatants in civil war sometimes target civilians while at other times they refrain
from doing so? I examine this question using new, geo-referenced event data obtained from …

We test whether living through conflict in childhood changes political beliefs and
engagement. We combine data on the location and intensity of conflicts since 1945 with …

This dissertation examines how international organizations influence election violence. In
view of the lack of attention to this question, this study fills an important gap in the fields of …

Uluslararası ilişkilerde nicel metodolojilerin kullanımı, özellikle Soğuk Savaş döneminde
popüler hale gelmiş ve birçok araştırma merkezi, üniversite ve araştırmacı hükümetler …

Violence against aid workers has become a major concern for most humanitarian agencies.
Adding to the destruction and chaos of conflict, deliberate attacks on humanitarian staff and …