Prof Anastasia Shesterinina
@ashesterinina.bsky.social
Chair in Comparative Politics @york.ac.uk | #UKRIFLF Civil War Paths project @civilwarpaths.bsky.social | Award-winning author @cornellupress.bsky.social Mobilizing in Uncertainty | mom
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Disaggregating rebellion: Mid-level commanders in hierarchical non-state armed organizations - Anastasia Shesterinina, 2025
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 ...
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Long in the making, this article on mid-level commanders in hierarchical non-state organizations concludes over 5 years of work with former mid-level commanders (mandos medios) of the FARC-EP in Colombia /1
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This week on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog @reginesonja.bsky.social shares insights from her forthcoming book on armed group constellations in multiparty civil wars - and how these shaped conflict dynamics in Syria in 2024 👇
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Armed Group Constellations in Multiparty Civil Wars: How Syrian Rebels Toppled Assad - Civil War Paths
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...
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October 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This week on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog @reginesonja.bsky.social shares insights from her forthcoming book on armed group constellations in multiparty civil wars - and how these shaped conflict dynamics in Syria in 2024 👇
www.civilwarpaths.org/armed-group-...
www.civilwarpaths.org/armed-group-...
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New publication alert; this one with two former PhD students in our program at Georgetown: Simón Ballesteros and Daniel Solomon.
"Formal Institutions After Conflict: Rebel Ideology and Post-War Constitutional Design." journals.sagepub.com/eprint/AB6CD...
"Formal Institutions After Conflict: Rebel Ideology and Post-War Constitutional Design." journals.sagepub.com/eprint/AB6CD...
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September 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New publication alert; this one with two former PhD students in our program at Georgetown: Simón Ballesteros and Daniel Solomon.
"Formal Institutions After Conflict: Rebel Ideology and Post-War Constitutional Design." journals.sagepub.com/eprint/AB6CD...
"Formal Institutions After Conflict: Rebel Ideology and Post-War Constitutional Design." journals.sagepub.com/eprint/AB6CD...
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2025-2026 Civil War Paths Seminar Series - Civil War Paths
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September 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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We're very excited to launch our upcoming Civil War Paths seminar series! Our 2025-2026 series explores issues at the forefront of the study of civil war and its aftermath, featuring contributions from @hedstrom.bsky.social and @enzonussio.bsky.social . /1
September 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We're very excited to launch our upcoming Civil War Paths seminar series! Our 2025-2026 series explores issues at the forefront of the study of civil war and its aftermath, featuring contributions from @hedstrom.bsky.social and @enzonussio.bsky.social . /1
My copy of The Routledge Handbook of Field Research arrived!
Thanks @hamstertowers.bsky.social & Naomi Holmes for putting together such a great volume.
My chapter tackles head-on the unexpected in fieldwork on armed conflict w/implications for doctoral training:
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Thanks @hamstertowers.bsky.social & Naomi Holmes for putting together such a great volume.
My chapter tackles head-on the unexpected in fieldwork on armed conflict w/implications for doctoral training:
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
September 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
My copy of The Routledge Handbook of Field Research arrived!
Thanks @hamstertowers.bsky.social & Naomi Holmes for putting together such a great volume.
My chapter tackles head-on the unexpected in fieldwork on armed conflict w/implications for doctoral training:
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
Thanks @hamstertowers.bsky.social & Naomi Holmes for putting together such a great volume.
My chapter tackles head-on the unexpected in fieldwork on armed conflict w/implications for doctoral training:
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
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"Repurposing rebellion: building rebel successor parties on the heels of war?" by Sherry Zaks is available online now in EJIR.
Read it here: t1p.de/7jlrx
Read it here: t1p.de/7jlrx
March 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"Repurposing rebellion: building rebel successor parties on the heels of war?" by Sherry Zaks is available online now in EJIR.
Read it here: t1p.de/7jlrx
Read it here: t1p.de/7jlrx
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Thanks for sharing! Our article is now available open access at @cpsjournal.bsky.social 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
The Political Legacies of Wartime Resistance: How Local Communities in Italy Keep Anti-fascist Sentiments Alive - Simone Cremaschi, Juan Masullo, 2024
Can past wartime experiences affect political behavior beyond those who lived through them? We argue that local experiences of armed resistance leave political ...
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November 19, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Thanks for sharing! Our article is now available open access at @cpsjournal.bsky.social 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Full paper now available here! doi.org/10.1086/729947
November 19, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Full paper now available here! doi.org/10.1086/729947
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🪖 Traditional theories argue that rebels need full territorial control to govern. We challenge that view, and argue that low state responsiveness toward rebel-aligned populations creates openings for insurgent institutions, even in state-dominated zones.
November 20, 2024 at 10:12 AM
🪖 Traditional theories argue that rebels need full territorial control to govern. We challenge that view, and argue that low state responsiveness toward rebel-aligned populations creates openings for insurgent institutions, even in state-dominated zones.
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Excited to share a new open-access article with @benckrick.bsky.social @jonpetkun.bsky.social in @iojournal.bsky.social, "Civilian Harm & Military Legitimacy" www.cambridge.org/core/journal.... This project started in 2018 Mosul, Iraq’s 2nd largest city, in the aftermath of a 9-month battle … 1/7
July 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Excited to share a new open-access article with @benckrick.bsky.social @jonpetkun.bsky.social in @iojournal.bsky.social, "Civilian Harm & Military Legitimacy" www.cambridge.org/core/journal.... This project started in 2018 Mosul, Iraq’s 2nd largest city, in the aftermath of a 9-month battle … 1/7
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I am looking for a researcher (pre-doc) in my DFG-funded project "Violence Against Political Actors at the Grassroots Level" 👇
🔍 Researcher (Pre-Doc) (m/f/d), 75% political science, criminology or related fields
📅 Start: 01.03.2026, limited to 3 years.
💬 Very good German language skills are required.
🎓 Doctorate within the framework of the project expressly desired!
Further information: en.kfn.de/wp-content/u...
📅 Start: 01.03.2026, limited to 3 years.
💬 Very good German language skills are required.
🎓 Doctorate within the framework of the project expressly desired!
Further information: en.kfn.de/wp-content/u...
August 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I am looking for a researcher (pre-doc) in my DFG-funded project "Violence Against Political Actors at the Grassroots Level" 👇
Long in the making, this article on mid-level commanders in hierarchical non-state organizations concludes over 5 years of work with former mid-level commanders (mandos medios) of the FARC-EP in Colombia /1
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/S7DHC...
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/S7DHC...
Disaggregating rebellion: Mid-level commanders in hierarchical non-state armed organizations - Anastasia Shesterinina, 2025
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 ...
journals.sagepub.com
August 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Long in the making, this article on mid-level commanders in hierarchical non-state organizations concludes over 5 years of work with former mid-level commanders (mandos medios) of the FARC-EP in Colombia /1
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/S7DHC...
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/S7DHC...
It's publication day!
"Why did I get into that car?" is a question that has haunted me for years & that I'm grateful to late Lee Ann Fujii for encouraging me to address. I start the chapter w/ this q to explore the limits of trust & researcher safety in fieldwork on armed conflict 👇🏼
bit.ly/4kW1hob
"Why did I get into that car?" is a question that has haunted me for years & that I'm grateful to late Lee Ann Fujii for encouraging me to address. I start the chapter w/ this q to explore the limits of trust & researcher safety in fieldwork on armed conflict 👇🏼
bit.ly/4kW1hob
Navigating Field Research in Armed Conflict Settings | 38 | The Routle
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
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July 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
It's publication day!
"Why did I get into that car?" is a question that has haunted me for years & that I'm grateful to late Lee Ann Fujii for encouraging me to address. I start the chapter w/ this q to explore the limits of trust & researcher safety in fieldwork on armed conflict 👇🏼
bit.ly/4kW1hob
"Why did I get into that car?" is a question that has haunted me for years & that I'm grateful to late Lee Ann Fujii for encouraging me to address. I start the chapter w/ this q to explore the limits of trust & researcher safety in fieldwork on armed conflict 👇🏼
bit.ly/4kW1hob
Uncertainty in Global Politics is now out in paperback!
Co-edited with the wonderful @miriammatej.bsky.social, with chapters on uncertainty in diverse contexts of armed conflict, social movement mobilization, global environmental politics & international law
www.routledge.com/Uncertainty-...
Co-edited with the wonderful @miriammatej.bsky.social, with chapters on uncertainty in diverse contexts of armed conflict, social movement mobilization, global environmental politics & international law
www.routledge.com/Uncertainty-...
Uncertainty in Global Politics
This book engages in a constructive, practical debate on the nature and effects of uncertainty in global politics. International contributors explore the processes associated with different forms of u...
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July 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Uncertainty in Global Politics is now out in paperback!
Co-edited with the wonderful @miriammatej.bsky.social, with chapters on uncertainty in diverse contexts of armed conflict, social movement mobilization, global environmental politics & international law
www.routledge.com/Uncertainty-...
Co-edited with the wonderful @miriammatej.bsky.social, with chapters on uncertainty in diverse contexts of armed conflict, social movement mobilization, global environmental politics & international law
www.routledge.com/Uncertainty-...
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We’re accepting submissions for Fall 2025 until August 14.
If you’re on the market, it’s a great chance to practice your job talk with an audience!
We also welcome paper presentations.
Apply here: iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
If you’re on the market, it’s a great chance to practice your job talk with an audience!
We also welcome paper presentations.
Apply here: iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
July 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
We’re accepting submissions for Fall 2025 until August 14.
If you’re on the market, it’s a great chance to practice your job talk with an audience!
We also welcome paper presentations.
Apply here: iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
If you’re on the market, it’s a great chance to practice your job talk with an audience!
We also welcome paper presentations.
Apply here: iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Back from mat leave to see some long-awaited publications coming out! In this Forum, I discuss the practices of flexibility in research design, ongoing reflexivity & project updating before, during & after fieldwork based on the experience of the large, team-based @civilwarpaths.bsky.social project
📢 Forum written together with:
➡️ @marniehowlett.bsky.social
➡️@rtapscott.bsky.social
➡️@grace-akello.bsky.social
➡️Mousumi Mukherjee
➡️Natalia Otrishcenko
➡️Anastasia Shesterinina
📑Rethinking Ethics Review for International Relations Research
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➡️ @marniehowlett.bsky.social
➡️@rtapscott.bsky.social
➡️@grace-akello.bsky.social
➡️Mousumi Mukherjee
➡️Natalia Otrishcenko
➡️Anastasia Shesterinina
📑Rethinking Ethics Review for International Relations Research
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Forum: Rethinking Ethics Review for International Relations Research
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July 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Back from mat leave to see some long-awaited publications coming out! In this Forum, I discuss the practices of flexibility in research design, ongoing reflexivity & project updating before, during & after fieldwork based on the experience of the large, team-based @civilwarpaths.bsky.social project
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CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN!
Apply to the Latin American Peace Science Society (LAPSS) 2026 Conference!
www.eafit.edu.co/lapss
Details below 🧵
Apply to the Latin American Peace Science Society (LAPSS) 2026 Conference!
www.eafit.edu.co/lapss
Details below 🧵
June 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN!
Apply to the Latin American Peace Science Society (LAPSS) 2026 Conference!
www.eafit.edu.co/lapss
Details below 🧵
Apply to the Latin American Peace Science Society (LAPSS) 2026 Conference!
www.eafit.edu.co/lapss
Details below 🧵
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We are pleased to announce the 2025-2026 cohort of @civilwarpaths.bsky.social Fellows - Welcome!
This year's Fellows bring with them wide ranging empirical and conceptual expertise on armed conflict and organisations, spanning from the Middle East, West Africa, to Southeast Europe / 1
This year's Fellows bring with them wide ranging empirical and conceptual expertise on armed conflict and organisations, spanning from the Middle East, West Africa, to Southeast Europe / 1
June 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We are pleased to announce the 2025-2026 cohort of @civilwarpaths.bsky.social Fellows - Welcome!
This year's Fellows bring with them wide ranging empirical and conceptual expertise on armed conflict and organisations, spanning from the Middle East, West Africa, to Southeast Europe / 1
This year's Fellows bring with them wide ranging empirical and conceptual expertise on armed conflict and organisations, spanning from the Middle East, West Africa, to Southeast Europe / 1
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Newly published on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog, @ashesterinina.bsky.social shares updates from the past year, including exciting insights from recent events, new publications from the team, and the range of contributions from our Fellows. Read more 👇
Year Four of Civil War Paths: Taking Stock - Civil War Paths
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 ...
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June 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Newly published on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog, @ashesterinina.bsky.social shares updates from the past year, including exciting insights from recent events, new publications from the team, and the range of contributions from our Fellows. Read more 👇
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Calling all political scientists researching Syria! I'm very excited to team up with @pomeps.bsky.social & André Bank of @giga-hamburg.de to organize this virtual workshop to share & discuss short papers, leading to an open-access POMEPS study. Abstracts due July 21.
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Call for Papers: Syria after Assad Workshop - Project on Middle East Political Science
The stunning collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024 has thrown up crucial questions about the future of Syria and the Syrian people. For example, is Syria transitioning mainly from fourteen yea...
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June 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Calling all political scientists researching Syria! I'm very excited to team up with @pomeps.bsky.social & André Bank of @giga-hamburg.de to organize this virtual workshop to share & discuss short papers, leading to an open-access POMEPS study. Abstracts due July 21.
pomeps.org/call-for-pap...
pomeps.org/call-for-pap...
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What a fantastic way to wrap up the first 4 years of the Civil War Paths project and make plans for future collaboration! Big thanks to all the participants for engaging with the project and sharing your latest research in an atmosphere of trust and openness
I had the privilege to take part in a Civil War Paths workshop in York last week. Many thanks to @ashesterinina.bsky.social and the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social team for the warm welcome! It was a pleasure to engage with this brilliant group of scholars. I look forward to continuing the conversation!
June 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
What a fantastic way to wrap up the first 4 years of the Civil War Paths project and make plans for future collaboration! Big thanks to all the participants for engaging with the project and sharing your latest research in an atmosphere of trust and openness