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I teach courses related to security, including civil war and terrorism; violent and non-violent political conflict; non-state actors; as well as qualitative research methods.

Violent and Non-violent Conflict

University College London, MSc core module

The module introduces students to the major themes and debates in the study of conflict processes with a focus on non-state actors, their interactions with states and civilians, and their use of violent or non-violent strategies to achieve political goals. It surveys a range of issues, including the causes and dynamics of civil wars, violence against civilians, individual participation in political contention, the impacts of technology and ideology on conflict, as well as the options for conflict management available to policymakers. In addition, the module covers the causes and impact of non-violent challenges to state authority.

Fall Term 2023: Syllabus

Terrorism

University College London, MSc module

This module acquaints students with the main theoretical debates and empirical findings in scientific research on terrorism. It covers the topic from both a contemporary and a historical perspective and examines terrorism as a strategic tool of intra-state and transnational warfare. We will draw on insights from political science, sociology, psychology, criminology, economics, and history to shed light on the historical trends in terrorist activity, the relationship of terrorism to other forms of political violence, the use of one-sided violence in civil conflicts, “extremism”, radicalization, and the system and individual-level roots of terrorism, the role of religion in contemporary transnational terrorism, as well as the effects and effectiveness of this strategy of political violence. It also examines the policy responses available to political decision makers in the field of security.

Spring Term 2025: Syllabus

Strategies of Terrorism

University College London, BSc module

This is an advanced undergraduate module on the causes, dynamics, and consequences of terrorism and how we can empirically study them. As such, it places as much emphasis on the field’s main theoretical debates and empirical findings as on the practical process of the scientific study of terrorism.

Spring Term 2025: Syllabus

International Peace and Security

University College London, MSc core module

The module introduces students to major themes and debates in the contemporary study of international security, peace and conflict. It surveys a range of issues, including the causes and management of inter-state warfare, terrorism, civil wars, and violence against civilians. Students acquire an overview of the literature in contemporary security studies, as well as a set of conceptual tools that can be used for analyzing the causes of violent conflict, the sources of international stability and instability, and the mechanisms of international conflict management and conflict resolution. In addition, students become familiarized with the main issues confronting contemporary policy-makers in the field of international security, and equipped to conduct independent research on contemporary security issues and debates.

Fall Term 2017: Syllabus

Political Order and Conflict

ETH Zürich, MACIS seminar (co-taught with Lars-Erik Cederman)

This graduate-level seminar covers the literature on political institutions and various types of political violence, most importantly civil war. It exposes students to the core topics of political mobilization, inequality, democracy and democratic transitions, institutions of governmental and territorial power sharing, ethnic violence, political economy perspectives on war, and the international dimensions of civil conflict. The seminar places emphasis on strengthening students’ analytical skills and critical reasoning. Students are required to write a full-length term paper developing and examining an original research question after presenting their research designs in the course.

Spring Term 2017: Syllabus

El método comparativo en la ciencia política

Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Short course (April 12-14, 2016 & July 31-August 1, 2018)

Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, PhD guest lecture (August 4, 2018)

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Short course (August 7-8, 2018)


Este curso corto inicia a los estudiantes en los fundamentos epistemológicos y las aplicaciones prácticas del método comparativo en las ciencias sociales. Se abordarán preguntas como: por qué comparamos? Qué métodos de comparación existen? Y cómo tenemos que escoger nuestros casos? Cuáles son las trampas de esta metodología y cómo podemos evitarlas? El curso ofrece una introducción a diferentes diseños de investigación, técnicas para la selección de casos y los procedimientos concretos de la comparación, incluyendo el uso de datos cuantitativos. Durante las sesiones del curso los estudiantes trabajarán en grupos en varios ejercicios prácticos y podrán presentar ejemplos de sus propios trabajos de investigación.

Verano 2018: Programa

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