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Paul Staniland is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, specializing in Civil War, Ethnic Politics, and South Asia. He holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, awarded in 2010. His research interests revolve around political violence and international security, with a regional focus on South and Southeast Asia. He is known for his book, 'Networks of Rebellion: Explaining Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse,' published by Cornell University Press in 2014, and 'Ordering Violence: Explaining Armed Group-State Relations, Conflict, and Cooperation,' published by Cornell in 2021. In addition to his academic role, he is a nonresident scholar at the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Staniland's work examines the dynamics of violent conflict and the relationships between armed groups and states, contributing significantly to the understanding of insurgencies and political conflict.
Department of Philosophy