Past Presentations

An archive of the papers and practice job talks presented at the workshop, from most recent to oldest. Click a semester to expand it.

Spring 2026 (8 sessions)
May 1, 2026

Paper Presentation

Maya Dalton

Ph.D. Candidate, Penn State

"Mapping the Hidden Structure of Electoral Violence Using Latent Space Models and Community Detection"

Discussant: Shahryar Minhas (Michigan State University)

April 17, 2026

Paper Presentation

George Melios

Postdoctoral Fellow, London School of Economics

"Propaganda, Mobilisation and Electoral Oppression"

Discussant: Dino Hadzic (Trinity College Dublin)

April 3, 2026

Paper Presentation

Inseon Jeong

Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, San Diego

"Are Leaders Framed in a Gender-Biased Way When Addressing External Security Threats, and If So, How?"

Discussant: Ilayda Onder (Texas A&M University)

March 20, 2026

Paper Presentation

Bradley O Erickson

Ph.D. Candidate, Emory University

"Monarchical Distribution: Land Grants and Civil Conflict in Late Medieval England"

Discussant: Casey Petroff (University of Rochester)

March 6, 2026

Paper Presentation

Taylor Damann

Assistant Professor, Rice University

"How Civilian Assistance Shapes Battle Duration in Interstate Conflict: Evidence from Ukraine"

Discussant: Pearce Edwards (Texas Christian University)

February 20, 2026

Paper Presentation

Jungmin Han

Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin

"When the Olive Branch Pays Off at Home: Polarization, Partisan Competence, and Public Support for Peace"

Discussant: Chen Wang (University of Idaho)

February 6, 2026

Practice Job Talk

Saloni Bhogale

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison

"The Political Roots of Legal Access: Evidence from Village Councils in India"
January 30, 2026

Practice Job Talk

Xiao Ding

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Arizona

"Blaming the Outsider: Foreign Intervention Claims and Public Opinion in Chinese Protests"
Fall 2025 (9 sessions)
December 11, 2025

Lightning Round

Happy Hour Lightning Round

Bulbul Ahmed (University of Iowa)

Johanna Reyes (UC Berkeley)

Fariha Tabassum (Michigan State University)

Abdelkarim Laglil (Carlos III University of Madrid)

Alex Avery (Washington University in St. Louis)

December 4, 2025

Paper Presentation

Dan Gamarnik

Ph.D. Candidate, University of California - Santa Barbara

"Attack of the Drones: UAV Possession and Extrastate Conflict"

Discussant: Joshua Schwartz (Carnegie Mellon University)

November 20, 2025

Paper Presentation

Thao-Nguyen Ha

Ph.D. Candidate, Vanderbilt University

"Territorial Competition, Civilian Protests and Displacement in Civil Wars"

Discussant: Isil Idrisoglu (University of Pittsburgh)

November 6, 2025

Paper Presentation

Yu Mei

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Rochester

"Rethinking Intelligence Failure"

Discussants: Branislav Slantchev and Michael Joseph (University of California, San Diego)

October 30, 2025

Paper Presentation

Sangyong Son

Ph.D. Candidate, New York University

"Intergenerational Transmission of Extreme Violence: Families, Memorial Institutions, and the Legacies of Atomic Bombings"

Discussant: Noam Lupu (Vanderbilt University)

October 16, 2025

Practice Job Talk

Adee Weller

Ph.D. Candidate, Emory University

"Empires of Blood and Ruin: How Criminal Violence Shaped Colonial Rule in India"
October 2, 2025

Practice Job Talk

Nicola Nones

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto

"The Spillover Effects of US Grand Strategy"
September 18, 2025

Practice Job Talk

Amaan Charaniya

Ph.D. Candidate, Washington University in St. Louis

"War and Peace: Public Opinion of Territorial Disputes"
September 4, 2025

Practice Job Talk

Sienna Nordquist

Ph.D. Candidate, Bocconi University

"Sanctions as Foreign Policy Heuristics"
Spring 2025 (12 sessions)
May 29, 2025

Paper Presentation

Daniel Smith

Ph.D. Candidate, Ohio State University

with Britnee Carter and Thomas Guarrieri

"Strike While the Lead Is Hot: Rebel Combat Offensives and Violence Against Non-Combatants"

Discussant: Britt Koehnlein


Keren Winter-Dinur

Ph.D. Candidate, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

"When Is the Future? How Perspectives of the Future in Peace Agreements Explained Their Durability"
May 15, 2025

Paper Presentation

Sanghyun Han

Ph.D. Candidate, Georgia Institute of Technology

with Hyunsu Kim

"When Drone Functionality Meets Escalation: Experimental Evidence from South Korea and the US"

Discussant: Kerry Chavez


Natalie W. Romeri-Lewis

Ph.D. Candidate, Ohio State University

"Social Cohesion and Peace-Aid Politics in Post-Conflict Communities"
May 1, 2025

Paper Presentation

Omer Zarpli

Assistant Professor, Bilkent University

with Efe Tokdemir

"Public Attitudes Towards Opposition Movements in Third-Party States"

Discussant: Alan van Beek

April 17, 2025

Paper Presentation

Isabella Bellezza

Ph.D. Candidate, Brown University

with Lee-Or Ankori-Karlinsky

"Pre-Analysis Plan: Spy and Tell? Intelligence Disclosures in International Politics"

Discussant: Austin Carson

April 10, 2025

Paper Presentation

Sofia Nordenving

Ph.D. Candidate, Uppsala University

with Thorsten Rogall

"Parental Responses to Armed Conflict and Drought: Impacts on Early Childhood Skills"

Discussant: Hopewell Hodges

March 20, 2025

Paper Presentation

Sally Sharif

Postdoctoral Researcher, Simon Fraser University

with Julio Zuluaga-Jiménez

"Rebel Reintegration and Post-Conflict Violence: The Moderating Effect of State Security Provision"

Discussant: Philip Martin

March 13, 2025

Paper Presentation

Deena Saleh Sahin

Ph.D. Candidate, Istanbul University

"Gender Norms in the MENA Region: Public Opinion and Socio-economic Policy Implications"
February 20, 2025

Paper Presentation

Elisa D'Amico

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of St Andrews

"The Geography of Conflict Mediation: Spatial Autocorrelation, Proximity, and Success in Armed Conflict Resolutions"

Discussant: Erik Wibbels

February 6, 2025

Paper Presentation

Ana Paula Pellegrino

Ph.D. Candidate, Georgetown University

with Andres Uribe (Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

"When Police Take Sides: Policing Armed Criminal Groups in Rio de Janeiro"

Discussant: Erica de Bruin

January 30, 2025

Paper Presentation

Mariam Malashkhia

Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University

"The Effect of Internal Displacement on Political Attitudes"

Discussant: Maryum Alam

January 16, 2025

Paper Presentation

Charlie Carter

Ph.D. Candidate, London School of Economics

"The Co-Evolution of Foreign Aid and Terrorism Rhetoric"

Discussant: Jared Edgerton

January 9, 2025

Paper Presentation

Juan Carlos Angulo

Assistant Professor, Universidad Iberoamericana

"Green Gold: Avocado Production and Conflict in Mexico"

Discussant: Britt Koehnlein