Sayra van den Berg “Through a series of creative co-creation workshop sessions, including visual reflection, music and theatre exercises, and artefact sharing, participants emphasised the importance o...

Sadeen Haddad is a Research Associate with the Civil War Paths project

PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University. My research focuses on how political parties engage with violent organizations and the electoral consequences of politi...

Anastasia Shesterinina “Disaggregating mid-level commander roles is the first step to understanding heterogeneity within this cohort and how this heterogeneity feeds into mid-level commanders’ diverge...

This article introduces the concept of 'counterinsurgency at work'

We offer a new theoretical framework – of militarized familial ties – to capture precisely how familial ties shape, and are shaped by, women’s participation in fighting forces.

Hogr Tarkhani is an assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Rogers State University and a 2025-26 Civil War Paths Fellow at the Center for the Comparative Study of Civi...

Dr Geraldine Butos is a post-doctoral researcher examining ideology and patterns of violence in rebel groups in Latin America with a focus on Colombia. Photo Credits: Deúniti, Creative Collective

Sadeen Haddad is a research associate with the Civil War Paths project, working on micro-mobilisation and intra-group dynamics in Lebanon. Photo Credit: ZOHRA BENSEMRA/ REUTERS

Dr. Regine Schwab is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and Goethe University Frankfurt, working on contemporary civil wars, militant Islamist groups, wartime institut...

Existing research demonstrates the central role of mid-level commanders as either spoilers or leaders of peace but treats this group as unitary, defined by its ...

This chapter considers unique challenges of field research in settings where armed conflict has taken place and/or is ongoing. It opens with a vignette from a

Dr Clara Voyvodic is Lecturer in Peace Studies and International Development at the University of Bradford, focusing on the intersections of armed conflict, development, and local order

Professor Anastasia Shesterinina is Chair in Comparative Politics at the University of York. She currently holds a £1.2m UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship and direct the Centre for ...