Research Interests

Autocracies, state repression, coercive institutions, civil wars, predicting political violence.

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Research Projects

The Organization of Coercive Bureaucracies.
[Summary]

Historical Pro-Government Militia Dataset.
[Summary]

History of Armed Actors Dataset.
[with Sabine Otto and Anita Gohdes][Paper]

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Dissertation

The Militray Organization of Repression.
[Summary]

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Working Papers

The Composition of Secret Police Organizations: Evidence from Argentina's Battalion 601.
[Abstract][with Christian Gläßel]

Strikes and Coups in Civil Wars.
[Abstract][with Belén González and Christian Gläßel]

Dirty Skills: Guerrilla Wars and Military Training at the School of Americas.
[Abstract] [ISA 2016 Dina Zinnes Award][NEPS 2017 Stuart A. Bremer Award]

Rebel Threat or Political Connections? The Contextual Logic of Military Home Deployment.
[Abstract][with Belén González and Christian Gläßel]

Organizational Rivalry and Repression in Counterinsurgency Wars.
[Abstract]

Coercive Institutions and the Study of State Repression: A Research Agenda.

The Composition of the Security Sector and the Outcome and Duration of Counterinsurgency Wars.
[with Sabine Carey and Neil Mitchell]

Covert Repression and Voting Behavior.
[with Sarah Berens]