About:
Welcome to The Quantitative Peace, a blog dedicated to empirical international relations and comparative politics with a specific focus on quantitative and formal studies. The goal is to discuss, elaborate, critique, and announce current and emerging research in the subfields that is relevant to the study of international relations and comparative politics. Additionally, upcoming events and announcements are posted while popular press articles and news stories are highlighted as they relate to our field. The blog was started April 23, 2008.
Why?
We at the Quantitative Peace believe that social scientists in international relations and comparative politics make an important contribution to understanding the systematic patterns across the globe. The field of world politics currently represents a pivotal interaction between markets, states, and non-states actors and has done so since the formation of states (if not before). However, the knowledge we have is not well dissemated to the public avenues and the blogs that report on emerging trends in the field are few in number. As such, we offer another avenue for which people can view important work, discuss its implications, and potentially engage its authors.
People
Michael A. Allen
http://www.ma-allen.com
Michael is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at Boise State University with a focus in International Relations, Comparative Politics, and Methodology (quantitative and formal). His work includes issues related to military basing abroad, asymmetric relations, coperation, and conflict. He received his Ph.D from Binghamton University in 2011.
Julie VanDusky-Allen
https://sites.google.com/site/julievanduskyallen/
Julie VanDusky-Allen received her PhD in Political Science from Binghamton University and is an assistant professor at Keuka College. She studies Comparative Politics, American Politics, and Quantitative Research Methods. Her research focuses on institutional choice and development, political parties, the legislative process, and Latin American politics. For her dissertation, she received a Fulbright to do archival research and teach in Mexico City in the 2008-2009 academic year.
Michael Flynn
www.m-flynn.com
Michael Flynn is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alabama. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Binghamton University in 2013. His research focuses on the political and economic determinants of foreign economic and security policy. His research also focuses on the the influence of non-state actors and how they affect states’ policy choices, particularly with respect to human rights issues.
Benjamin Farrer
Ben is a doctoral student at Binghamton University specializing in Comparative politics, American politics, and Methodology. His dissertation focuses on the substitutability of political parties, interest groups, and direct action movements as strategies for increasing issue salience.
K. Chad Clay
http://www.kchadclay.com
K. Chad Clay is an assistant professor in the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia and co-director of the CIRI Human Rights Data Project. He received his PhD in political science from Binghamton University in 2012. His areas of specialization are international relations, comparative politics, and quantitative methodology. His research focuses on the impact of international factors on human rights practices, political violence, and economic development. In particular, Chad has a strong research interest in the spatial diffusion of these political outcomes, as well as the institutions, organizations, and processes that generate such diffusion.
Former Contributors
Jason Steck, Guest Contributor
Cynthia Van Maanen, Founding Contributor
