Research Student Supervision
I work with PhD students who do research on a range of important questions about political violence. For information about UCL’s PhD program, see here.
Current UCL PhD students:
Terea Holubova, “Intimate Violence in Wars,” 2025-present.
Katy Norris, “The Politics of Higher Education Provision,” 2023-present.
Yuri Shliakov, “Deepening Authoritarianism: How Indoctrination Fosters Regime Support Among Russian Educators?” 2024-present.
Lydia Smith, “Lost Lands and Belonging,” 2026-present.
Ana Lucia Alvarez Vijil, “Quiet Mobilization in Social Movements,” 2025-present.
Former UCL PhD students:
Sam Erkiletian, “Former Combatants and Resocialization Programs,” 2019-2024.
Melanie Garson, “The Third Pillar: Supporting Settlements to End Protracted Conflicts,” 2009-2017.
Jennifer Hodge, “Theorizing the Transformative Quality of Transitional Justice Processes” (co-supervisor), 2018-2023.
Giovanni Hollenweger, “Rebel Governance and Post-War Democracy,” 2022-2026.
Andreas Juon, “Status Equalization, Threat Alleviation, or Reification? The Effects of Ethno-Accommodation on the Salience of Ethnic Identities,” 2016-2020.
Finn Klebe, “Nonviolent Resistance and Radical Flanks,” 2021-2025.
Sarah Leo, “Carrots vs. Sticks: How Should Governments Deal with Terrorist Violence?” 2015-2020.
Dominic Perera, “Civic Space, Civil Society, and Citizen Action: Responses to a Declining Environment for Civic Activism,” 2017-2022.
Kit Rickard, “Cooperation or Competition: How External Support Shapes Rebel Behavior in Intrastate Conflict,” 2017-2022.
Hannah Smidt, “The Impact of International Peacekeeping on Election-Related Violence in Post-Civil War Countries,” 2013-2017.
Beth Souris, “Transnational Ethnic Groups and Civil Conflict: The Impact of the Karen’s Transnational Ethnic Kin Groups on the KNU Insurgency in Myanmar,” 2012-2020.
Yilin Su, “Protest Restrictions, Protesters, and Protest Bystanders in Illiberal Regimes,” 2021-present.
Teaching
I teach/have taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in UCL’s Department of Political Science (SPP) and the European and International Social and Political Studies (EISPS) program:
International Conflict and Cooperation (undergraduate, SPP/EISPS).
Political Violence and Intrastate Conflicts (undergraduate, EISPS).
IR section of Introduction to European History, Law, Politics and Philosophy (undergraduate, EISPS).
Conflict Resolution and Post-War Development (postgraduate, SPP).
