Belén González on militias in the Philippines

Belén González published a guest post for the Political Violence @ a Glance Blog on "Understanding Duterte's 'Dirty War' in the Philippines"

New publication on link between killing of journalists and repression

In a new study in Journal of Peace Research, Anita Gohdes and Sabine Carey show that the killings of journalists can act as early warning indicator for worsening overall repression. Download the ungated article.

Review article on pro-government militias and conflict published

Sabine Carey and Neil Mitchell published the article "Pro-Government Militias and Conflict" in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. It examines the supply of and demand for these groups  in civil war and how they shape such conflicts. 

Sabine Carey contributes to the "Mentoring and Training Programm"

Sabine Carey is speaking on publishing in peer-reviewed journals at a training programme for female junior scholars, organised by the "Mentoring und Training Programm" of the Landeskonferenz der Gleichstellungsbeauftragten an den Wissenschaftlichen Hochschulen Baden-Württembergs. The event takes place at the University of Mannheim on October 24, 2016.

Sabine Carey at conference on "The political economy of state repression"

Sabine Carey participates in the conference on "The political economy of state repression" at Princeton University, October 21-22, 2016. The conference is organized by Laia Balcells (Duke University) and Carles Boix (Princeton University). She will present the joint project with Anita Gohdes on institutional determinants of journalist killings. 

Sabine Carey at workshop on "The impact of intra-war processes on post-conflict outcomes

Sabine Carey participates in a workshop on "The impact of intra-war processes on post-conflict outcomes" at South Bend, Indiana, October 20, 2016,  in conjunction with the 2016 Meeting of the Peace Science Society.

Sabine Carey honorary guest at Science Slam

On 2 October 2016 Sabine Carey opened the Science Slam in Mannheim. She talked about why so many journalists are killed in democracies, based on a project with Anita Gohdes . 

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Policy brief on pro-government militias, human rights abuse and the ambiguous role of foreign aid

Sabine Carey and Neil Mitchell published a policy briefing paper with the German Development Institute, in which they explain why foreign aid might encourage leaders to use militias. Download the briefing paper here.

Pro-government militias and conflict

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New paper online, currently under review at the Oxford Research Encyclopaedia, where we review why governments use militias in civil wars, whether they are effective and how they influence the aftermath of conflict.

A new typology of pro-government militias

Sabine Carey and Neil Mitchell. 2015. "The Monopoly of Violence and the Puzzling Survival of Pro-Government Militias." submitted to the Annual Review of Political Science.

Belén González contributed to new Archigos 4.0 dataset

Belén González contributed to the new Version 4.0 of Archigos (a data set of leaders) 1875 – 2014, which is now available in beta. The Political Instability Task Force contributed financial support. Access: http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~ksg/archigos.html

Guest post on why it is a bad idea for governments to collaborate with militias

Political Violence @ a Glance published a post by Sabine Carey, Michael Colaresi (Michigan State University) and Neil Mitchell (UCL) on the risks of governments collaborating with private actors in the security sector.

You can find the post here.

Presentations at Workshop in Konstanz

Sabine Carey and Anita Gohdes attended a workshop on "The Political Economy of Inequality and Conflict", at the University of Konstanz, July 16-17, 2015. They presented their joint paper: 'Canaries in a Coal-mine? Predicting changes in state repression with treatment of the press'.