publications
Book
2017. Democracy and Displacement in Colombia’s Civil War. Cornell University Press.
2020. Spanish translation: Democracia y desplazamiento en la guerra civil colombiana. Bogotá: Editorial Universidad del Rosario.
Peer-reviewed publications
Forthcoming. "Rebel governance and political participation," with Michael Weintraub. In Institutional Legacies of Violent Conflict: Development and State-Building in the Shadow of Wartime Institutional Change, Ed Patricia Justino. Oxford University Press.
2024. "Permanent membership: The prohibition of citizenship renunciation," with Imke Harbers. International Migration Review.
2023. "Social Control in Civil Wars," with Corinna Jentzsch. Civil Wars. Special Issue, 25th Anniversary.
2023. “Introducing the Mapping Attitudes, Perceptions and Support (MAPS) dataset on the Colombian Peace Process,” with Michael Weintraub, Sebastián Pantoja-Barrios, Håvard Mokleiv Nygård, Helga Malmin Binningsbø, and Marianne Dahl. Journal of Peace Research.
2020. “Subnational Variation across States: A Typology and Research Agenda,” with Imke Harbers. Introduction to special issue "The Subnational State in Latin America," Latin American Politics and Society.
2019. “Civilian Resettlement Patterns in Civil Wars.” Journal of Peace Research. Special Issue on Refugees, Forced Migration, and Conflict.
2018. “Endogenous Taxation in Ongoing Internal Conflicts: The Case of Colombia,” with Rafael Ch, Jacob N. Shapiro, and Juan F. Vargas. American Political Science Review.
Blog: 2019. “Death and Taxes: Political Violence Shapes Local Fiscal Institutions and State building.” Vox EU Policy Portal.
2018. “Democracy and Civil War: The Case of Colombia,” with Livia I. Schubiger. Conflict Management and Peace Science.
2018. “IDP Resettlement and Collective Targeting during Civil War: Evidence from Colombia.” Journal of Peace Research.
2017. “Constraining the Samurai: Rebellion and Taxation in Early Modern Japan,” with Christopher Paik and Seiki Tanaka. International Studies Quarterly.
2017. “Subcontracting State-building.” with Jacob N. Shapiro. Small Wars and Insurgencies.
2016. “Warfare, Political Identities, and Displacement in Spain and Colombia,” with Laia Balcells. Political Geography.
2015. “True Believers, Deserters, and Traitors: Who Leaves Insurgent Groups and Why,” with Ben Oppenheim, Juan F. Vargas and Michael Weintraub. Journal of Conflict Resolution.
Blog: “Insurgent Defection in Civil War: Lessons from Colombia for Combatting ISIS.” Political Violence at a Glance.
2011. “Electing Displacement: Political Cleansing in Apartadó, Colombia.” Journal of Conflict Resolution.
2009. “Seeking Safety: Displacement and Targeting in Civil Wars.” Journal of Peace Research. Vol 46, No. 3. 419-430.
2006. “Insecurity and Opportunity in Colombia: Linking Civil War and Human Trafficking,” in Karen Beeks and Delila Amir, Eds., Trafficking & the Global Sex Industry. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, Inc. pp 77-93.
Under review & In progress
2024. "Transitional justice institutions and political engagement," with Michael Weintraub and Sebastián Pantoja-Barrios. Revise & resubmit, Comparative Politics.
2024. "The micro-foundations of peace: Implementation and satisfaction with Colombia's peace agreement," with Sebastián Pantoja-Barrios, Silvia Otero-Bahamón, Casper Kurpan, Helga Malmin Binningsbø. Revise & resubmit, International Peacekeeping.
2024. "State Policies on Internal Displacement (SPID): Introducing a global dataset," with Adam Lichtenheld.
2024. "Government Responses to Internal and International Displacement," with Stephanie Schwartz and Adam Lichtenheld.
2024. "Forced displacement, community composition and trust in war-affected Colombia," with Sebastián Pantoja-Barrios and Alejandra Ortiz Ayala.
2024. "Civilian Responses to Competitive State-Building in Colombia’s Periphery," with Sebastián Pantoja-Barrios and Jacob N. Shapiro.
Policy Briefs & Blog Posts
2024. "The politics of forced displacement and how states respond." with Stephanie Schwartz and Adam Lichtenheld. Researching Internal Displacement blog.
2021. Nygård, Håvard Mokleiv; Abbey Steele; Helga Malmin Binningsbø; Michael Weintraub; Christopher Fariss; Pablo Ruiz Hiebra, Luces y sombras de la implementación del Acuerdo de Paz en Colombia: Actitudes y percepciones en los territorios PDET [Lights and Shadows of the Peace Agreement Implementation in Colombia: Attitudes and Perceptions in the PDET Territories] Håvard Mokleiv Nygård; & Pablo Ruiz Hiebra, eds. PRIO-UNDP joint report.
English version & data here.
2019. “Colombia’s historic peace agreement with the FARC is fraying. We talked to 1,700 Colombians to understand why.” The Monkey Cage, Washington Post. With Helga Malmin Binningsbø, Marianne Dahl, Håvard Mokleiv Nygård, and Michael Weintraub.
2016. “3 Things you should know about the new Colombian Peace agreement.” The Monkey Cage, Washington Post.
2016. “The ceasefire in Colombia’s long civil war starts today: here’s what you need to know.” The Monkey Cage, Washington Post.
2008. “Moving Targets: Mixing Methods to Uncover Dynamics of Displacement in Civil Wars.” Qualitative Methods. Spring. pp 23-26.
Book Reviews
2024. "Civil war legacies, the prohibition of the drug trade, and armed politics in Latin America." Review essay, Latin American Politics and Society.
2020. Review of The Commander's Dilemma: Violence and Restraint in Civil Wars (Cornell), by Amelia Hoover Green. International Affairs.
2020. “Borderlands.” Review of Borderland Battles: Violence, Crime and Governance at the Edges of Colombia’s War (Oxford) by Annette Idler. Perspectives on Politics.
2019. “The Strength of the Weapons of the Weak.” Review of Resisting War: How Communities Protect Themselves (Cambridge) by Oliver Kaplan. International Studies Review.
2010. Comparative Political Studies. Review of John A. Booth and Mitchell Seligson. 2009. The Legitimacy Puzzle in Latin America: Political Support and Democracy in Eight Nations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.