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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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Prof Anastasia Shesterinina @ashesterinina.bsky.social · Aug 18

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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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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Civil War Paths @civilwarpaths.bsky.social · 5d

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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Laia Balcells @laiabalcells.bsky.social · Sep 3

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...

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Civil War Paths @civilwarpaths.bsky.social · Sep 4

See the full programme 👇/2

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2025-2026 Civil War Paths Seminar Series - Civil War Paths

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Civil War Paths @civilwarpaths.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

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Prof Anastasia Shesterinina @ashesterinina.bsky.social · Sep 2

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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EJIR @ejir.bsky.social · Mar 28

"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

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Simone Cremaschi @simonecremaschi.bsky.social · Nov 19

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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Shelley Liu @shelleyliu.bsky.social · Nov 19

Full paper now available here! doi.org/10.1086/729947

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Sebastian van Baalen @sebastianvanbaalen.se · Nov 20

🪖 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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Mara Revkin @mararevkin.bsky.social · Jul 10

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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Dr. Anne-Kathrin Kreft @annekreft.bsky.social · Aug 4

I am looking for a researcher (pre-doc) in my DFG-funded project "Violence Against Political Actors at the Grassroots Level" 👇

Kriminologisches Forschungsinstitut Niedersachsen @kfnhannover.bsky.social · Aug 4

🔍 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...

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Prof Anastasia Shesterinina @ashesterinina.bsky.social · Aug 18

Special thanks to Víctor Barrera at CINEP / Programa por la Paz and Corporación Territorio, Paz y Seguridad (CorpoTEPAS) for supporting this research from the outset /end
#UKRIFLF
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Prof Anastasia Shesterinina @ashesterinina.bsky.social · Aug 18

And a short summary can be found here /5
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Disaggregating rebellion: Mid-level commanders in hierarchical non-state armed organizations - Civil War Paths

A processual approach is needed to capture the dynamism of mid-level commander experiences and, thereby, their heterogeneity

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Prof Anastasia Shesterinina @ashesterinina.bsky.social · Aug 18

The author accepted (open access) version of the article is available here /4
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Disaggregating Rebellion: Mid-level Commanders in Hierarchical Non-state Armed Organizations - White Rose Research Online

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Prof Anastasia Shesterinina @ashesterinina.bsky.social · Aug 18

The second demonstrates my use of life history interviews in this project, which will be of particular interest to doctoral and postdoctoral researchers employing this method /3
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Prof Anastasia Shesterinina @ashesterinina.bsky.social · Aug 18

I'd like to highlight two appendices supporting this research. The first covers procedural transparency and reflexive openness, focusing on the process of research /2
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Prof Anastasia Shesterinina @ashesterinina.bsky.social · Aug 18

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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Prof Anastasia Shesterinina @ashesterinina.bsky.social · Aug 4

A summary of this chapter is now available here 👇🏼
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Navigating Field Research in Armed Conflict Settings - Civil War Paths

Researchers may face unique challenges in field research in settings where armed conflict has taken place and/or is ongoing.

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Prof Anastasia Shesterinina @ashesterinina.bsky.social · Jul 28

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 👇🏼
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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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Prof Anastasia Shesterinina @ashesterinina.bsky.social · Jul 25

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
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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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Ilayda B. Onder @ilaydaonder.bsky.social · Jul 22

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_...

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Prof Anastasia Shesterinina @ashesterinina.bsky.social · Jul 22

For a short summary of the piece, see 👇🏼
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Prof Anastasia Shesterinina @ashesterinina.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thanks to the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social research team for your contributions & @filippodionigi.bsky.social @rtapscott.bsky.social @marniehowlett.bsky.social for bringing this Forum together!
#UKRIFLF
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Prof Anastasia Shesterinina @ashesterinina.bsky.social · Jul 22

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

Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · May 20

📢 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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Forum: Rethinking Ethics Review for International Relations Research

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Santiago Sosa @sansosa.bsky.social · Jun 24

CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN!

Apply to the Latin American Peace Science Society (LAPSS) 2026 Conference!

www.eafit.edu.co/lapss

Details below 🧵

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