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Lars-Erik Cederman is a professor of International Conflict Research at ETH Zürich. He is the author of 'Emergent Actors in World Politics: States, Nations, and Societies' (Princeton University Press, 1997) and has co-authored notable publications such as 'Inequality, Grievances, and Civil War' (Cambridge University Press, 2013) and 'Nationalism and the Transformation of the State: Border Change and Political Violence in the Modern World' (Cambridge University Press, 2025). His work has been featured in leading scholarly journals, including the 'American Political Science Review' and 'World Politics'. His primary research interests focus on nationalism, state formation, and conflict processes. Cedar's ongoing research projects explore the causes and consequences of nationalist movements, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
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