
Dr Sam Ritholtz
@samritholtz
@Politics_Oxford Lecturer in assoc w/ @Hilda_beastoxf; DPhil @RefugeeStudies; Research LGBTIQ+ experiences of conflict & displacement
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New research paper with Maria Micaela Sviatschi (Princeton University) and Nicolas Cabra (Princeton University). How does forced displacement shape development in origin countries? We focus on the case of Venezuela, where nearly eight million people have been forcibly displaced.


🧵 1/ Inside how migrant smugglers use TikTok to sell an American Dream to migrants and dodge authorities. For The Associated Press, I examined hundreds of videos by TikTok smugglers and interviewed two. Here's what I found: apnews.com/article/tiktok…

Please join!!! Really looking forward to the discussion with my brilliant co-editors Dr. Jamie J. Hagen 🍉 and Dr Andrew Delatolla as well as the incomparable Milli Lake 🤓🌈

Please join the London launch of Queer Conflict Research today at LSE Intl Relations a new location 🌈 #LSEEvents


Really excited that this piece is finally out! My article explores how Hijra Bengali refugees refused repatriation and forged belonging beyond the state and the refugee regime. Thanks Journal of Refugee Studies and The Fulbright Program Open access: doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fe…

I just published a new article titled “Criminal Violence, the State, and Society” in Annual Reviews, which examines the growing political science research on criminal violence over the past 15 years. Link 👉go.shr.lc/3GnoH7f 1/ Here is a summary of some key insights...

1/ New paper out in Comparative Politics w/ Abbey Steele & Sebastián Pantoja-Barrios. We ask: what happens when victims of civil war interact with the state to claim reparations? Do these encounters increase or dampen political engagement? Thread! ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny/c…

🚨 New article in Comparative Political Studies (Comparative Political Studies)! After many years of rewarding work, Sam, Vera, and I can finally share findings from Mosul, Iraq on how shared suffering shaped support for LGBT+ rights. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/001041… 1/4

Applications are open for the 2025 Advancing Research on Conflict Fieldwork Mini-Course! Sept 23–26 Oxford Politics and IR Open to PhD students & early-career scholars planning research in fragile/conflict-affected areas. Apply by 31 May: advancingconflictresearch.com/summer-program Please share!


📢 APPLY NOW!: Oxford Politics and IR has a great opportunity for three full-time fixed term Departmental Lecturers in International Relations to provide teaching and supervision at the undergraduate and graduate level. 📆 CLOSES: Noon (BST), Fri 27 June: ow.ly/HoOx50W6cfV



Now available in paperback! Our edited volume ‘Queer Conflict Research’, a researcher’s guide for studying sensitive topics in violent co texts bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/queering-confl… Bristol Uni Press Policy Press



Throwback to the launch event of Queer Conflict Research: New Approaches to the Study of Political Violence, co-edited by Dr. Jamie J. Hagen 🍉, Dr Sam Ritholtz, and Dr Andrew Delatolla. 🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/4dUZL3K ✍️ Read the event report: bit.ly/43QBt7X
