Research

I specialize on comparative politics of the Global South. My research focuses on three main areas.

Armed Conflict, Political Psychology and Behavior

In this area of my research, the main questions I strive to answer are: 1) What are the social and political consequences of political violence? 2) Why do civil wars...

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Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration

I am interested in understanding the determinants of intergroup threat and essentialist attitudes, and how to reduce prejudice and discrimination against refugees and immigrants. I have three projects in this...

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Participatory Democracy

I am also fascinated by participatory democracy practices. Since 2012, I have been working on the Participedia project directed by Mark Warren at UBC and Archon Fung at Harvard University,...

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