Theme 1: Causes of Intergroup Conflict
Religion and ethnicity
- Parochialism, social norms, and discrimination against immigrants
Choi, Donghyun Danny, Mathias Poertner, and Nicholas Sambanis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, no. 33 (2019): 16274-16279.
Repression and deprivation
- Political exclusion, lost autonomy, and escalating conflict over self-determination
Germann, Micha, and Nicholas Sambanis. International Organization 75, no. 1 (2021): 178-203. - The effects of economic austerity on pro-sociality: Evidence from Greece.
Sambanis, Nicholas, Elena Nikolova, and Anna Schultz. European Union Politics 23, no. 4 (2022): 567-589.
Theme 2: Types of Intergroup Conflict
Civil War
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Forecasting civil wars: Theory and structure in an age of “big data” and machine learning
Blair, Robert A., and Nicholas Sambanis. Journal of Conflict Resolution 64, no. 10 (2020): 1885-1915. -
Sovereignty rupture as a central concept in quantitative measures of civil war
Sambanis, Nicholas, and Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl. Journal of Conflict Resolution 63, no. 6 (2019): 1542-1578. - Breaking the conflict trap: Civil war and development policy
Paul Collier, Lani Elliott, Håvard Hegre, Anke Hoeffler, Marta Reynal-Querol, and Nicholas Sambanis. 2003. Oxford University Press and World Bank Publications.
Repression and discrimination
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Political exclusion, lost autonomy, and escalating conflict over self-determination
Germann, Micha, and Nicholas Sambanis. International Organization 75, no. 1 (2021): 178-203.
Secessionism
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SDM: A New Dataset on Self-Determination Movements with an application to the Reputational Theory of Civil War
Micha Germann, Nicholas Sambanis, and Andreas Schädel. 2018. Journal of Conflict Resolution 62 (3): 656–86. -
Explaining Regional Autonomy Differences in Decentralized Countries
Branko Milanovic and Nicholas Sambanis. 2014. Comparative Political Studies 47: 1830-1855.
Theme 3: Overcoming Intergroup Conflict
Intervention
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External intervention, identity, and civil war
Sambanis, Nicholas, Stergios Skaperdas, and William Wohlforth. Comparative Political Studies 53, no. 14 (2020): 2155-2182.
Nation-building
- Misperceiving Nationalism: Beliefs About Others’ Beliefs and Group Conformism in Foreign Policy
Sambanis, Nicholas and Tsakonas, Panagiotis and Lee, Amber, (May 7, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4509924 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4509924 -
Status-Seeking and Nation-Building: The “Piedmont Principle” Revisited
Paci, Simone, Nicholas Sambanis, and William C. Wohlforth. Journal of Interdisciplinary History 51, no. 1 (2020): 65-95. -
The Occupier’s Dilemma: Foreign-Imposed Nation-Building after Ethnic War
Kevin Russell and Nicholas Sambanis. October 2018. Revise and Resubmit, International Organization. -
Nation-Building through War
Nicholas Sambanis, Stergios Skaperdas, and William Wohlforth. 2015. American Political Science Review 109 (2): 279-296.
Peacekeeping
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Making War and Building Peace: United Nations Peace Operations
Michael Doyle and Nicholas Sambanis. 2006. Princeton University Press.
Intervention
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Outside Options: The Effect of External Intervention on Inclusion and Autonomy after Civil War
Nils-Christian Bormann, Nicholas Sambanis, and Mark Toukan. November 2018. In Progress. -
Parochialism as a Central Challenge in Counterinsurgency
Nicholas Sambanis, Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl, and Moses Shayo. 2012. Science 336: 805-808.
Powersharing
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Partitions in Practice: The Case Against Dividing Iraq
Nicholas Sambanis and Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl. Foreign Affairs, December 1, 2014. -
Maliki Isn’t the Problem: The Roots of Sectarianism in Iraq
Kevin Russell and Nicholas Sambanis. Foreign Affairs, June 24, 2014. -
Is Inclusive Politics Possible Amid Sectarian Violence in Iraq?
The Global Observatory, January 31, 2013 -
Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Programs: An Assessment
Nicholas Sambanis and Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl. 2010. Folke Bernadotte Academy Publications. -
Rebel-Military Integration and Civil War Termination
Katherine Glassmyer and Nicholas Sambanis. 2008. Journal of Peace Research 45 (3): 365-384.
Theme 4: Identity Formation and Change
Social preferences
- Attitudes Toward Refugees in the Shadow of Territorial Conflict: Evidence From Cyprus
Sambanis, Nicholas and Kassinis, George I. and Kassinis, Elizabeth, (December 30, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4679959 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4679959 - Economic Strain Does Not Reduce Support for Ukrainian Refugees in Poland and Germany
Halm, William and Hopkins, Daniel J. and Krakowski, Krzysztof and Sambanis, Nicholas, (September 27, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4585580 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4585580 - Once We Too Were Strangers: Can a Heritage of Displacement be Leveraged to Build Support for Present-Day Refugees?
Sambanis, Nicholas and Simonson, Matthew and yaylacı, şule, (July 13, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4509421 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4509421 - Sexism and Gender Bias in Candidate Preferences: Experimental Evidence from South Korea
Lee, Amber and Sambanis, Nicholas, (November 30, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4426583 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4426583 - Mating Market Shock and Gendered Support for Ukrainian Refugees in Poland
Krakowski, Krzysztof and Sambanis, Nicholas, (March 29, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4404955 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4404955 -
How Should We Think About Social Identity?
Michael Kalin and Nicholas Sambanis. 2018. American Review of Political Science 21: 239-257. -
Social Identification and Ethnic Conflict
Nicholas Sambanis and Moses Shayo. 2013. American Political Science Review 107 (2): 294-325.
Norms
- Does School Environment Shape Gender Differences in Leadership and Participation? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in South Korea
Lee, Amber and Sambanis, Nicholas, (January 10, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4321251 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4321251 -
Parochialism, social norms, and discrimination against immigrants
Choi, Donghyun Danny, Mathias Poertner, and Nicholas Sambanis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, no. 33 (2019): 16274-16279
Identity
- Does External Threat Bring the Nation Together?
Sambanis, Nicholas and Lee, Amber, (May 8, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4440616 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4440616 - Violence exposure and ethnic identification: Evidence from Kashmir
Nair, Gautam, and Nicholas Sambanis. International Organization 73, no. 2 (2019): 329-363. -
Field Experiments on Cultural Threat: Evidence from Greece
Donghyun Danny Choi, Mathias Poertner, and Nicholas Sambanis, Research Proposal. July 2018.
Violence exposure
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Violence Exposure and Identity Formation: Evidence from Cyprus
Nicholas Sambanis and Anna Schultz. July 2018. Paper prepared for the 2018 Annual Convention of the American Political Science Association.