My latest article is out in the Journal of Conflict Resolution. Co-authored with Miriam Anderson (Toronto Metropolitan) and Brian Urlacher (University of North Dakota), the article examines factors influencing women’s participation in peace negotiations using longitudinal cross-national data over the period 1975-2020. The online early version is available now at: https://doi.org/10.1177/00220027251355747 or viewable below.
The targeting of USAID by the Trump/Musk Administration has been garnering a lot of attention (rightly so) and I have been sharing my thoughts on it with a number of media outlets. Here are a few stories that include some of my thoughts on the tragedy that is unfolding. The Hill Times (2025/02/12): The Kyiv … Read more
Heather Dicks (PhD Candidate, Memorial Sociology) and I have contributed a post on our ongoing research on the relationship of aid securitization and violence against aid and humanitarian workers to the new MUN-based academic blog Population and Security. Read the original post here: The post has also been translated and re-published on the UQAM-based Institut … Read more
My latest article has appeared in Third World Quarterly. Co-authored with my former graduate student, Princess Ilonze, the article is titled “Taking foreign aid and decoupling seriously: a framework for research” and is available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01436597.2021.1898279
The latest article from my Developing Conformity research project has been published in The Sociological Quarterly. Co-authored with Dr. Qian Wei, the article examines the relationship of bilateral foreign aid flows to human rights decoupling in aid-receiving countries. ABSTRACT Despite extensive literature examining human rights decoupling between treaty commitments and practices, little research has addressed … Read more