1. Research Areas

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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Conflict & Security Faculty

Daniel Arnon

Assistant Professor

  • International relations
  • Conflict and contention
  • Human rights
danielarnon@arizona.edu
Social Sciences 133
Alex Braithwaite

Alex Braithwaite

Melody S. Robidoux Foundation Fund Professor

Associate Director of SGPP

  • International relations
  • Refugees and forced migration
  • Violent and nonviolent conflict
abraith@arizona.edu
Social Sciences 314C
Jessica Maves Braithwaite

Jessica Maves Braithwaite

Associate Professor

Director of PhD Program

  • International relations
  • Violent and nonviolent conflict
  • Human rights and repression
jbraith@arizona.edu
Social Sciences 343

Susan Brewer-Osorio

Assistant Professor, Latin American Studies

  • Comparative politics
  • Latin American politics
  • Peace and conflict
susanosorio@email.arizona.edu
Marshall 280
Jeff Kucik

Jeff Kucik

Associate Professor

Director of Undergraduate Studies

  • International relations
  • Global trade and investment
  • International organizations
jkucik@arizona.edu
Social Sciences 439A
H. Brinton Milward

H. Brinton Milward

Professor

Melody S. Robidoux Foundation Fund Leadership Chair

  • Interorganizational networks
  • Illegal and covert networks
  • Public management
milward@arizona.edu
Social Sciences 339
Javier Osorio

Javier Osorio

Assistant Professor

  • Comparative politics
  • Political and criminal violence
  • Natural language processing
josorio1@arizona.edu
Social Sciences 125

Kirssa Cline Ryckman

Assistant Professor

Director of Undergraduate Studies

  • International relations
  • Violent and nonviolent conflict
  • Civilians in conflict
klcline@arizona.edu
Social Sciences 335
Thomas Volgy

Thomas Volgy

Professor

  • International politics
  • Status considerations
  • Comparative regional analysis
volgy@arizona.edu
Social Sciences 330