Conflict & Security

Our faculty are experts in the causes, conduct, management, and consequences of conflict, as well as human rights, forced migration, and criminal violence. They direct a number of large research projects supported by external funding.

Armed Non-State Actor Governance

Javier Osorio is a collaborator on this Department of Defense funded project on the characteristics and causes of Armed Non-State Actor’s governance in Colombia and Afghanistan.

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Anatomy of Resistance Campaigns

Jessica Braithwaite is a co-PI on this USIP and Norwegian Research Council funded project exploring how networks of organizations in collective dissent influence democratization.

Refugee Flows and Instability

Alex Braithwaite and Faten Ghosn are co-PIs on this US Department of Defense funded project designing tools for the analysis of data on refugee movements out of conflict zones.

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Academy for Security Analysis

Javier Osorio is the founder of this project supported by USAID-El Salvador that seeks to build institutional capacity on citizen security policies in the Northern Triangle region of Central America.

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Foundations of Rebel Group Emergence (FORGE)

Jessica Braithwaite is a Co-PI on this project examining the roots of rebellion by considering the characteristics and activities of the "parent" organizations from which rebel groups emerged.

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Four Corners Conflict Network (4CCN)

This network builds community among scholars of political and social conflict that work at universities in the four corner states: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.

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