Out now on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog, Dr Sayra van den Berg provides key insights on an impact workshop co-hosted by the Civil War Paths project and Professor David Mwambari (KU Leuven, Belgium), at the African Leadership Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. www.civilwarpaths.org/impact-works...

Impact Workshop on Dignity & Displacement - Civil War Paths

Sayra van den Berg “Through a series of creative co-creation workshop sessions, including visual reflection, music and theatre exercises, and artefact sharing, participants emphasised the importance o...

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Out now on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog is an overview on and key takeaways from Fellow presentations and the lively discussion that followed at the 2025-2026 Annual Civil War Paths conference. Read more 👇 www.civilwarpaths.org/the-2025-202...

The 2025-2026 Civil War Paths Annual Conference: Challenging Conceptual Boundaries and Dissecting Patterns of Conflict  - Civil War Paths

Sadeen Haddad is a Research Associate with the Civil War Paths project

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Out now on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog @fortierjacob.bsky.social unpacks the overlooked role of political parties in armed conflict. Check it out here 👇 www.civilwarpaths.org/the-overlook...

The Overlooked Role of Political Parties in Violent Conflict - Civil War Paths

PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University. My research focuses on how political parties engage with violent organizations and the electoral consequences of politi...

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Last week, the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social hosted the Annual Civil War Paths conference where outgoing Fellows presented research on rebel governance, civilian agency and displacement, and land access and gendered violence in armed conflict. Read more 👇 www.civilwarpaths.org/event/2025-2...

2025-2026 Civil War Paths Annual Conference - Civil War Paths

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Out now on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog, @ashesterinina.bsky.social provides insights from an Expert Workshop co-hosted with the Réseau de recherche sur les opérations de paix at the University of Montreal. Read more 👇 www.civilwarpaths.org/expert-works...

Expert Workshop on Mid-Level Commanders of Non-State Armed Organisations - Civil War Paths

Anastasia Shesterinina “Disaggregating mid-level commander roles is the first step to understanding heterogeneity within this cohort and how this heterogeneity feeds into mid-level commanders’ diverge...

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A summary of Eduardo Álvarez-Vanegas's recent publication - 'Weapons of the weakened, but not wiped out: insurgent adaptability through life histories' - is now out on the Civil War Paths website. Read more 👇 www.civilwarpaths.org/publication/...

Weapons of the weakened, but not wiped out: insurgent adaptability through life histories - Civil War Paths

This article introduces the concept of 'counterinsurgency at work'

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A summary of Hanna Ketola and Maria O’Reilly’s recent publication on the critical nexus between family and armed conflict is now available on the Civil War Paths website. Read more 👇 www.civilwarpaths.org/publication/...

‘Like flesh and a nail’: rethinking the nexus of familial ties and armed conflict - Civil War Paths

We offer a new theoretical framework – of militarized familial ties – to capture precisely how familial ties shape, and are shaped by, women’s participation in fighting forces.

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In our first blog of the new year, Hogr Tarkhani shares his research in Iraq to discuss why militias stay. Read it here 👇 www.civilwarpaths.org/why-militias...

Why Militias Stay: The Security Dilemma Behind Iraq’s Persistent Armed Actors - Civil War Paths

Hogr Tarkhani is an assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Rogers State University and a 2025-26 Civil War Paths Fellow at the Center for the Comparative Study of Civi...

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Out now on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog, @geraldinebustos.bsky.social shares her research from Colombia and beyond to show how armed group ideology shapes both war and peace. 👇 www.civilwarpaths.org/does-ideolog...

Does Ideology Matter to Make Peace? Lessons from Colombia and Beyond - Civil War Paths

Dr Geraldine Butos is a post-doctoral researcher examining ideology and patterns of violence in rebel groups in Latin America with a focus on Colombia. Photo Credits: Deúniti, Creative Collective

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Such a pleasure co-authoring this report with @ezequielheffes.bsky.social, Anki Sjöberg & Konstantina Karagkouni! In it we discuss what factors affect #compliance & #restraint by #NSAGs, who influences these outcomes & how they unfold adopting a multi-factor, multi-actor & norm-specific approach 👇🏼

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📢New report: “The What, Who and How of Compliance and Restraint by Non-State Armed Groups: A Snapshot of Behavioural Variation”. 👉 Download the report, and summaries here: bit.ly/BCC-Paper-Se... 📢 📢This report is the No.1 issue in our new #BeyondCompliancePaperSeries: bit.ly/Beyond-Compl...

What a fantastic talk this morning by @enzonussio.bsky.social for our second seminar of the 2025-2026 Civil War Paths Seminar Series, discussing violence against ex-combatants in Colombia!

Out on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog now, our own Sadeen Haddad shares her research on Lebanon and the use of social institutions by armed groups to platform ideology and shape public framings of threat, read it here 👇 www.civilwarpaths.org/the-role-of-...

The role of ideology in Hezbollah’s social institutions - Civil War Paths

Sadeen Haddad is a research associate with the Civil War Paths project, working on micro-mobilisation and intra-group dynamics in Lebanon. Photo Credit: ZOHRA BENSEMRA/ REUTERS

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What a great start to this year's @civilwarpaths.bsky.social Seminar Series, discussing the role of women's everyday labour for revolutionary survival in Kachinland with @hedstrom.bsky.social

This week on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog @reginesonja.bsky.social shares insights from her forthcoming book on armed group constellations in multiparty civil wars - and how these shaped conflict dynamics in Syria in 2024 👇 www.civilwarpaths.org/armed-group-...

Armed Group Constellations in Multiparty Civil Wars: How Syrian Rebels Toppled Assad - Civil War Paths

Dr. Regine Schwab is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and Goethe University Frankfurt, working on contemporary civil wars, militant Islamist groups, wartime institut...

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We're very excited to launch our upcoming Civil War Paths seminar series! Our 2025-2026 series explores issues at the forefront of the study of civil war and its aftermath, featuring contributions from @hedstrom.bsky.social and @enzonussio.bsky.social . /1

Long in the making, this article on mid-level commanders in hierarchical non-state organizations concludes over 5 years of work with former mid-level commanders (mandos medios) of the FARC-EP in Colombia /1 journals.sagepub.com/eprint/S7DHC...

Disaggregating rebellion: Mid-level commanders in hierarchical non-state armed organizations - Anastasia Shesterinina, 2025

Existing research demonstrates the central role of mid-level commanders as either spoilers or leaders of peace but treats this group as unitary, defined by its ...

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It's publication day! "Why did I get into that car?" is a question that has haunted me for years & that I'm grateful to late Lee Ann Fujii for encouraging me to address. I start the chapter w/ this q to explore the limits of trust & researcher safety in fieldwork on armed conflict 👇🏼 bit.ly/4kW1hob

Navigating Field Research in Armed Conflict Settings | 38 | The Routle

This chapter considers unique challenges of field research in settings where armed conflict has taken place and/or is ongoing. It opens with a vignette from a

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Back from mat leave to see some long-awaited publications coming out! In this Forum, I discuss the practices of flexibility in research design, ongoing reflexivity & project updating before, during & after fieldwork based on the experience of the large, team-based @civilwarpaths.bsky.social project

Filippo Dionigi@filippodionigi.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 Forum written together with: ➡️ @marniehowlett.bsky.social ➡️@rtapscott.bsky.social ➡️@grace-akello.bsky.social ➡️Mousumi Mukherjee ➡️Natalia Otrishcenko ➡️Anastasia Shesterinina 📑Rethinking Ethics Review for International Relations Research @ispjournal.bsky.social academic.oup.com/isp/article-...

Excited to share my blogpost for @civilwarpaths.bsky.social Fellowship on the complex entanglements between business, conflict, and human rights! I discuss how corporations integrate the 'cost' of conflict into their ventures, despite dangerous consequences for civilians on the ground.

The Cost of Doing Business - Civil War Paths

Dr Clara Voyvodic is Lecturer in Peace Studies and International Development at the University of Bradford, focusing on the intersections of armed conflict, development, and local order

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We are pleased to announce the 2025-2026 cohort of @civilwarpaths.bsky.social Fellows - Welcome! This year's Fellows bring with them wide ranging empirical and conceptual expertise on armed conflict and organisations, spanning from the Middle East, West Africa, to Southeast Europe / 1

Newly published on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog, @ashesterinina.bsky.social shares updates from the past year, including exciting insights from recent events, new publications from the team, and the range of contributions from our Fellows. Read more 👇

Year Four of Civil War Paths: Taking Stock - Civil War Paths

Professor Anastasia Shesterinina is Chair in Comparative Politics at the University of York. She currently holds a £1.2m UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship and direct the Centre for ...

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What a fantastic way to wrap up the first 4 years of the Civil War Paths project and make plans for future collaboration! Big thanks to all the participants for engaging with the project and sharing your latest research in an atmosphere of trust and openness

Simon Pierre Boulanger Martel@spbmartel.bsky.social · last yr.

I had the privilege to take part in a Civil War Paths workshop in York last week. Many thanks to @ashesterinina.bsky.social and the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social team for the warm welcome! It was a pleasure to engage with this brilliant group of scholars. I look forward to continuing the conversation!