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Peace Science Society Workshop on Disaggregation in Terrorism Studies
Thursday October 9 at McNeil 309 (link here)
Organizer: Alex Braithwaite, University of Arizona

09:30 - 09:45 Welcome and Introductions.
09:45 – 11:15 Session 1: Disaggregating actors.

Chair: Michael Findley (UT-Austin).

-    Paper 1: Victor Asal (SUNY-Albany), “The Trials and Tribulations of Collecting Data on Violent Nonstate Actors.” Discussed by Jacob Shapiro (Princeton). 
Paper link here

-    Paper 2: Bryan Arva & John Beieler (Penn State), “The Missing Groups: Dealing with the Problem of Missingness in Group-Level Studies of Terrorism.” Discussed by Joseph Young (American).
Paper link here

-    Paper 3: Brian Phillips (CIDE), “Who’s Afraid of a Lone Wolf? North Atlantic Exceptionalism, Organizational Dynamics, and Terrorist Attack Lethality.” Discussed by Dennis Foster (VMI).
Paper link here

11:15 – 11:30 Break.

11:30 – 13:00 Session 2: Disaggregating space.

Chair: Alex Braithwaite (Arizona).

-    Paper 1: Sebastian Schutte (Konstanz), “Regions at Risk: Predicting Conflict Zones in African Insurgencies.” Discussed by Yuri Zhukov (Michigan).
Paper link here

-    Paper 2: Stephen Nemeth (Oklahoma State), “Ethnic Heterogeneity and the Location of Domestic Terrorism.” Discussed by Brandon Behlendorf (START/Maryland).
Paper link here

-    Paper 3: Kaisa Hinkkainen (Lincoln) & Steve Pickering (Kobe), “Strategic Terrorists: Urban vs. Rural Targets and Tactics.” Discussed by Deniz Aksoy (Princeton).
Paper link here

13:00 – 14:15 Lunch Break.

 14:15 – 15:45 Session 3: Disaggregating tactics and activities.

Chair: Joseph Young (American).

-    Paper 1: Justin Conrad (UNC-Charlotte), “Differentiation and the Severity of Terrorist Attacks.” Discussed by Aaron Hoffman (Purdue).
Paper link here & Slides link here

-    Paper 2: Jacob Cramer (Arizona), “Disaggregating Options: Violent and Nonviolent Strategies of Resistance.” Discussed by Erica Chenoweth (Denver).
Paper link here

-    Paper 3: Kristian Gleditsch & Sara Polo (Essex), “Twisting Arms and Sending Messages: Terrorist Tactics in Civil War.” Discussed by Alex Braithwaite (Arizona).
Paper link here

15:45 – 16:00 Break.
 
16:00 – 17:30 Session 4: Discussion of opportunities for and barriers to further disaggregation in terrorism studies.

Remarks from: Jim Piazza (Penn State), Chair; Brian Lai (Iowa), Will Moore (Florida State), Burcu Savun (Pittsburgh). 


Miscellaneous Documents:
Sageman article link here

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