I'm also excited that a paper I wrote on the connections between domestic politics & IR is now published in J of Peace Research! It presents the 'democratic patience', and finds that democracies are slower to resort to violence during interstate crises.

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NEW | Profs. Mara Revkin, Ala Alrababah علاء الربابعة (@Unibocconi) & Rachel Myrick (@DukePoliSci) publish “Evidence-Based Transitional Justice: Incorporating Public Opinion Into the Field,” a critical review of the field recommendations for law & policy (@YaleLJournal). ➡️duke.is/y/b5n9

Does your research or work in government involve questions concerning refugee/asylum seeker flows? Out today in the American Political Science Review, my most recent research with Benjamin Krick and an outstanding team of (now former) UC Merced Political Science Political Violence Lab members: 🧵

Bursting with pride to celebrate Imad Alhajj ☀️'s graduation from Sanford School of Public Policy, an extraordinary person who has been keeping me inspired and optimistic about the future of peacebuilding since we first crossed paths in Iraq in 2017. Congratulations, Imad!!! sanford.duke.edu/story/2024-gra…

Looking forward to speaking UChicago Law School
today @ 12:15 to discuss my work on 'closed camps' that restrict movement of refugees & IDPs in complex migration crises including Iraq, Syria & South Sudan: law.uchicago.edu/events/closed-… My related 2022 angie tenorio article: scholarship.law.duke.edu/faculty_schola…

New article: ''Mistakes' in War,' coauthored with Azmat Khan (Azmat Khan, who received the Pulitzer Prize for the 'The Civilian Casualty Files'). Forthcoming in University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Read it here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Fascinating new report with interactive data on the relationship between gender inequality, climate change & water insecurity by Dr. Mayesha Alam's team Foreign Policy Analytics with Project Dandelion Vital Voices Daughters for Earth: fpanalytics.foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/10/wom…

In their Feature, Mara Revkin, Ala Alrababah علاء الربابعة, and Rachel Myrick advance evidence-based transitional justice policies and programs in societies emerging from armed conflict, authoritarianism, and other human rights violations.

Timely upcoming webinar by Every Casualty co-convened by Dr. Sophia Dawkins and an amazing panel of experts on different methodological approaches to documenting civilian casualties in extremely repressive contexts w/ Janina Beiser-McGrath Anita Gohdes Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Magnus Öberg & more

Join us tomorrow for a discussion on Prof. Shelley Liu's new book, 'Governing After War: Rebel Victories and Post-war Statebuilding.' 📚In the book, Prof. Liu explores how rebel governance affects post-war state-building and regime stability.

🗓️4/9, 4:30-6 p.m., Sanford 223

Excited to visit UChicago Law School May 1 to discuss my work on 'closed camps' that restrict movement & other human rights of refugees & IDPs in complex migration crises including Iraq, Syria & South Sudan: law.uchicago.edu/events/closed-…. My related 2022 angie tenorio article: scholarship.law.duke.edu/faculty_schola…

Issue 5 is live! With two Articles—by Kay Levine, Jonathan Nash & Robert Schapiro, and by K-Sue Park—a Feature—by Mara Revkin, Ala Alrababah علاء الربابعة & Rachel Myrick—and two Notes—by Joshua Hochman, and by Jaewon Kim: yalelawjournal.org

Very excited to publish my article with Ala Alrababah علاء الربابعة & Rachel Myrick, 'Evidence-Based Transitional Justice: Incorporating Public Opinion into the Field, with New Data from Iraq & Ukraine' The Yale Law Journal, an interdisciplinary review of 329 empirical studies: yalelawjournal.org/feature/eviden…

If you are a Duke Law alum who is thinking about going on the entry-level teaching market in 2024 or 2025, I would love to talk to you about the process. Or if not me--now would be a great time to reach out to your favorite Duke Law professors for advice!

🚨 Exciting summer research assistantship opportunities for NC-based Sanford School of Public Policy undergrad public policy majors including with Erika Weinthal as part of our interdisciplinary team working with IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳 on climate, conflict & displacement in South Sudan: sanford.duke.edu/academics/unde…

Work with us!

We r hiring a 3-y post-doc, at Essex, to work with us on ‘Cumulative Civilian Harm in War: Addressing the Hidden Human Toll of the Law's Blind Spot’

Strong quant skills & interests in conflict, civilian protection or law? Please apply!

vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrecru…

Very excited to teach a short course on international criminal justice including transitional justice with Letizia Lo Giacco at the Duke Law-Leiden University Institute in The Hague this summer!

Back from spring break to see my book in PRINT!! 😱🥳 Avail Oxford Academic: bit.ly/govafterwar or amzn.to/3TGF0R9

The Qs: How do rebel victors consolidate power after war? Why do some fail? And, what role does *rebel governance* play? 🧵 1/8