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Political Conflict and Governance

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Shawn Davies
Uppsala University
2
Vasily Korovkin
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
3
Ji Luo
University of Washington
4
Melis G. Laebens
Central European University
5
Suparna Chaudhry
Lewis & Clark College
6
Cameron Ballard-Rosa
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
7
Georg Löfflmann
Queen Mary University of London
8
Christina Cottiero
University of Utah
9
Andrea Vaccaro
European University Institute
10
María Angélica Bautista
University of Chicago

Rising Stars Papers

1
Organized violence 1989–2023, and the prevalence of organized crime groups
Journal of Peace Research|2024
133 cit.
2
Organized violence 1989–2024, and the challenges of identifying civilian victims
Journal of Peace Research|2025
66 cit.
3
Illiberal regimes and international organizations
The Review of International Organizations|2024
30 cit.
4
Supply Chain Disruption and Reorganization: Theory and Evidence from Ukraine's War
SSRN Electronic Journal|2024
14 cit.
5
A cost-consequence analysis of the Xpert Xpress CoV-2/Flu/RSV plus test strategy for the diagnosis of influenza-like illnesses
Journal of Medical Economics|2024
8 cit.
6
It’s the state, indeed! How state capacity facilitates social equality in authoritarian regimes
Contemporary Politics|2024
7 cit.
7
Inequality, information, and income tax policy preferences in Austria and Germany
Political Science Research and Methods|2025
5 cit.
8
Pandemic Pass? Treaty Derogations and Human Rights Practices During COVID-19
International Interactions|2024
4 cit.
9
Derogations, democratic backsliding, and international human rights during the COVID-19 pandemic
Journal of Human Rights|2025
4 cit.
10
‘If I could turn back time’: Temporal security narratives, ontological disruption, and Germany’s <i>Zeitenwende</i>
European Journal of International Security|2025
4 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Şebnem Gümüşçü
Middlebury College
2
Murat Somer
Koç University
3
Leonid Peisakhin
New York University Abu Dhabi
4
Hannah Smidt
University of St.Gallen
5
Anna Lührmann
University of Gothenburg
6
Austin L. Wright
University of Chicago
7
Piia Bränfors
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
8
Oliver Westerwinter
European University Institute
9
Anne Spencer Jamison
Copenhagen Business School
10
Jessica Zarkin
Claremont McKenna College

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Introducing the Peacekeeping Mandates (PEMA) Dataset
Journal of Conflict Resolution|2022
113 cit.
2
How Erdoğan’s Populism Won Again
Journal of democracy|2023
67 cit.
3
Institutional Overlap in Global Governance and the Design of Intergovernmental Organizations
The Review of International Organizations|2023
47 cit.
4
UN Peacekeeping and Democratization in Conflict-Affected Countries
American Political Science Review|2023
37 cit.
5
The Consequences of Militarized Policing for Human Rights: Evidence from Mexico
Comparative Political Studies|2023
36 cit.
6
UN Peacekeeping and Democratization in Conflict-Affected Countries
SSRN Electronic Journal|2022
32 cit.
7
The AKP and stealth Islamization in Turkey
Turkish Studies|2024
28 cit.
8
Pathways of Democratic Backsliding, Resistance, and (Partial) Recoveries
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science|2024
20 cit.
9
The Silent Militarization: Explaining the Logic of Military Members' Appointment As Police Chiefs
Comparative Politics|2023
16 cit.
10
Rebel Capacity, Intelligence Gathering, and Combat Tactics
American Journal of Political Science|2023
16 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
David D. Laitin
Stanford University
2
Kathryn Sikkink
University of Minnesota System
3
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch
University of Essex
4
Lucan A. Way
University of Toronto
5
Staffan I. Lindberg
University of Gothenburg
6
Håvard Strand
University of Oslo
7
Todd Sandler
The University of Texas at Dallas
8
Nicholas Sambanis
Yale University
9
Steven Levitsky
Harvard University Press
10
Adam Przeworski
New York University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
International Norm Dynamics and Political Change
International Organization|1998
8.1k cit.
2
Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War
American Political Science Review|2003
6.1k cit.
3
Armed Conflict 1946-2001: A New Dataset
Journal of Peace Research|2002
3.8k cit.
4
Activists beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics
Foreign Affairs|1998
3.7k cit.
5
Anthropology as Cultural Critique: An Experimental Moment in the Human Sciences
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion|1987
3.7k cit.
6
Informal Institutions and Comparative Politics: A Research Agenda
Perspectives on Politics|2004
3.1k cit.
7
Elections Without Democracy: The Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism
Journal of democracy|2002
2.7k cit.
8
Democracy and the Market: Political and Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe and Latin America
Bulletin of Latin American Research|1992
2.2k cit.
9
Modernization: Theories and Facts
World Politics|1997
2k cit.
10
Explaining Interethnic Cooperation
American Political Science Review|1996
1.6k cit.

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