Welcome to the Law and Armed Conflict (LAC) research lab. LAC supports the efforts of affiliated researchers to conduct and disseminate research on law and/or armed conflict. More specifically, it produces knowledge on the implications of law for armed intra- and interstate conflict, governance, and peace processes. Additionally, it engages in ways that methodological tools can facilitate our understanding of armed conflict events. The work is rigorous, impactful, and policy relevant. It involves graduate and undergraduate students conducting collaborative research within and outside of political science. A diversity of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches are taken to understand the determinants and consequences of law and conflict management/resolution.
PROJECTS
Armed Nonstate Actors Governance and Law Project Rebel Law and Conflict Resolution book project (Under Review)
Current Purdue UG RAs:
Timothy Brandon Irwin, Political Science, Professional Writing, and Pre-Economics
Barakah | Abdo-Baari, Political Science
“Law and the Legacies of Rebel Governance.'' with Sherry Zaks, PhD “Do Narco Rebels Engage in More Indiscriminate Violence” with Benjamin Torres (Purdue, PhD Candidate)
Post-Armed Conflict Constitutions Project Current works with Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, PhD, Dmitrii Kofanov, PhD, and Charles Crabtree, PhD
Current Purdue UG RA:
Elizabeth Shelby Payne, Natural Resources & Environmental Science and Global Studies
Property Rights Project “Quasilegal Property Rights.” with Colin Harris, PhD, Ilia Murtazashvili, PhD, and Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, PhD “Interstate Territorial Disputes, Property Rights, and Conflict Resolution.” with Stephen C. Nemeth, PhD and Andi Zhou, PhD
Satellite Data and Armed Conflict Project “Beyond the Visible Spectrum: Disaggregating Conflict Events through Multi-Source Remote Sensing” with Jiashu Hu (Purdue, PhD Student)
PEOPLE
Current Affiliates Graduate Research Fellow Jiashu Hu, PhD in Construction Management Technology Undergraduate Student Researchers Timothy Brandon Irwin, Political Science, Professional Writing, and Pre-Economics Barakah | Abdo-Baari, Political Science Elizabeth Shelby Payne, Natural Resources & Environmental Science and Global Studies Simran Singhal, Mechanical Engineering, Political Science (Minor) Hazel Stephens, Political Science and Psychology, Business Management (Minor) Former Affiliates Mitushi Mukherjee, PhD Candidate in Political Science, Graduate Research Fellow Lauren Miranda Riina, Political Science and Global Studies Magdalaine Isabella Davis, Political Science and Italian Studies Leah Kerkhoff, Political Science and Spanish Caleb Mills, Political Science and International Relations Muhammad Faisal Azizi (Dartmouth College)