Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference
24th Jan Tinbergen Peace Science Conference. 16-18 June 2025, University of Barcelona. Submit your abstract by December 31, 2024!
More info24th Jan Tinbergen Peace Science Conference. 16-18 June 2025, University of Barcelona. Submit your abstract by December 31, 2024!
More infoNEPS manages an annual award for the best publication in Peace Science published by members of NEPS. It is named the "NEPS MEDAL for the best publication in Peace Science".
The Stuart A. Bremer Travel Award seeks to enhance the exchange of scientific findings between young European and American Peace Scientists.
"The Network of European Peace Scientists is a network of scholars committed to the advancement of Peace Research in Europe. In line with Peace Science tradition, the NEPS welcomes scholars from an interdisciplinary community from a variety of disciplines such as economics, political science, regional science, mathematics, and history. Since 2000 NEPS holds an annual conference entitled ‘Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference”.
Members of NEPS receive emails and newsletters of the network and information on relevant activities.
If you would like to become a member, please visit the Membership page or contact Arzu Kibris, the executive coordinator of NEPS, at a.kibris@warwick.ac.uk.
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NEPS manages an annual award for the best publication in Peace Science published by members of NEPS. It is named the "NEPS MEDAL for the best publication in Peace Science".
Vincenzo Bove, Riccardo Di Leo and Marco Giani
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Military Culture and Institutional Trust: Evidence from Conscription Reforms in Europe
Sara Polo and Julian Wucherpfennig
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Trojan Horse, Copycat, or Scapegoat:Unpacking the Refugees-Terrorism Nexus
Nils B. Weidmann and Espen Geelmuyden Rød
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The Internet and Political Protest in Autocracies (Oxford Studies in Digital Politics)
Corinne Bara
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Legacies of Violence: Conflict-specific Capital and the Post-conflict Diffusion of Civil War 2018, Journal of Conflict Resolution 62(9): 1991-2016.
Carl Erik Knutsen, Havard Mokleiv Nygård, Tore Wig
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Autocratic Elections: Stabilizing Tool or Force for Change? 2017, World Politics 69(1): 98–143.
Raul Caruso, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and CESPIC, Ilaria Petrarca, Veneto Banca and Roberto Ricciuti University of Verona, CESifo and GDI
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Climate change, rice crops, and violence: Evidence from Indonesia, 2016, Journal of Peace Research, 53(1): 66–83.
Vincenzo Bove, University of Warwick and Tobias Böhmelt University of Essex and ETH Zürich
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Does Immigration Induce Terrorism, 2016, Journal of Politics, 78(2): 572-587.
Guy Grossman, University of Pennsylvania, Dan Miodownik, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Devorah Manekin, Arizona State University
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The Political Legacies of Combat: Attitudes Toward War and Peace Among Israeli Ex-Combatants, 2015, International Organization, 69(4), pp, 981-1009.
Petros G. Sekeris, Portsmouth University.
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The Tragedy of the Commons in a Violent World, 2014,RAND Journal of Economics, 45(3): 521-532.
Lars-Erik Cederman, Center for Comparative and International Studies, ETH Zürich, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, University of Essex, and Halvard Buhaug, Peace Research Institute Oslo.
Publication awarded:
Inequality, Grievances, and Civil War , Cambridge University Press, New York.
Marijke Verpoorten, Institute for Development Policy and Management IOB and University of Antwerp Political Geography.
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Detecting hidden violence: The spatial distribution of excess mortality in Rwanda , 31(1): 44-56.
The Stuart A. Bremer Travel Award seeks to enhance the exchange of scientific findings between young European and American Peace Scientists. Each year one European graduate scholar will be invited to attend the North American conference of the Peace Science Society (International) and one US graduate scholar will be funded to attend the Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference.
Blair Welsh, University of Essex
Publication awarded:
The Lethality of Hostage-Taking in Civil War
Felix Olsowski, University of Mannheim
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The Dark Side of Judicial Independence: Extrajudicial Killings as Alternative to Compliant Judges?
Katariina Mustasilta, University of Essex
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Customary institutional strength and civilian victimization in armed conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Sarah Langlotz, University of Heidelberg
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Community Cohesion in Times of Conflict: The Role of Foreign Interventions.
Adam Scharpf, University of Mannheim
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Dirty Skills- Guerrilla Wars and Military Training at the School of the Americas
Composition of the Jury for the Stuart A. Bremer Travel Award 2017
Annekatrin Deglow, Uppsala University
Publication awarded:
Localized legacies of civil war: Post-war violent crime in Northern Ireland
Composition of the Jury for the Stuart A. Bremer Travel Award 2016
Achim Ahrens, Spatial Economics and Econometrics Centre (SEEC), Heriot-Watt University
Publication awarded:
Conflict in Africa: Climate, Economic Shocks and Spill-Over Effects
Composition of the Jury for the Stuart A. Bremer Travel Award 2015
Travers Barclay Child, Tinbergen Institute
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Reconstruction and Insurgency: The Importance of Sector in Afghanistan
Composition of the Jury for the Stuart A. Bremer Travel Award 2014
Allard Duursma, University of Oxford
Publication awarded:
African Solutions to African Challenges: Explaining the Role of Legitimacy in Mediating African Civil Wars.
(Supported also by the Emerald series Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development)
Composition of the Jury for the Stuart A. Bremer Travel Award 2013
Sebastian Schutte, ETH Zurich
Publication awarded:
Reactive Loyalties in Civil Wars
Composition of the Jury for the Stuart A. Bremer Travel Award 2012
Roos Van der Haer, University of Konstanz, and Lilli Banholzer, University of Konstanz.
Publication awarded:
The Creation of Committed Combatants
Patrick Domingues, CES Maison des Sciences Economiques, Paris.
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The Health Consequences of Mozambican Civil War: an Anthropometric Approach
Andreas Forø¸ Tollefsen, PRIO.
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Predictive Probabilistic Modeling of Conflicts using Geographical Information Systems
Nils B. Weidmann. ETH, Zurich.
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Violence and the Changing Ethnic Map: The Endogeneity of Territory and Conflict in Bosnia
Johannes Münster.
Publication awarded:
War with Outsiders Makes Peace Inside (joint with Klaas Staal)
Dominic Rohner. University of Cambridge.
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Information, Reputation, and Ethnic Conflict
Desireé Nilsson, Uppsala University.
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Signing and Sticking to Peace?
Raul Caruso, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
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A Trade Institution as a Peaceful Institution?
The annual “Manas Chatterji Award for Excellence in Research on Peace Economics and Peace Science” has been established in 2014.
The award goes to a scholar who distinguished herself or himself with her or his research activities in the domain of Peace Economics and Peace Science with specific regard to developing countries.
The winner is chosen by Prof. Manas Chatterji in consultation with the Steering Committee of the Network of European Peace Scientists.
Manas Chatterji is Professor of Management at Binghamton University. He is Guest Professor at Peking University, Honorary Visiting Professor at Central University of Finance and Economics of Beijing, China, and Honorary Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Poznan University in Poland.
Also, he is the General Editor of a book series on “Contributions to Conflict Management Peace Economics and Development” published by Emerald Publishing, U.K. He has authored/edited thirty books and published eighty articles.
Hanne Fjelde, Uppsala University and PRIO.
Mansoob Murshed, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University.
Enzo Nussio, ETH Zurich.
Marijke Verpoorten, University of Antwerp.
Arzu Kibris, University of Warwick.
Vincenzo Bove, University of Warwick.
Tobias Böhmelt, University of Essex.
Raul Caruso, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart.
Established by the Network of European Peace Scientists in 2014, the NEPS lecture is an honor given to a NEPS Member who distinguished herself or himself for her or his research activities in the domain of Peace Science.
Every year, the Steering Committee chooses the lecturer among the NEPS community and invite her or him to give the lecture in a plenary session at the Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference. The NEPS lecture is intended to make a significant and groundbreaking contribution to the conference.
Eventually, the lecturer is invited to publish his speech on the special issue of Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy that collects a selection of the proceedings of the conference.
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The NEPS working paper series is intended to disseminate research relevant to peace science. The working papers are ‘work-in-progress’. They are published in order to contribute to the advancement of peace science and related fields. NEPS working papers are available on line only. If you need further information please contact info@europeanpeacescientists.org.
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Alberto Vesperoni, University of Siegen
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Political Cycles in Public Expenditure: Butter vs Guns
Vincenzo Bove, University of Essex Georgios Efthyvoulou, University of Sheffield
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War Finance and the Modern State
Alberto Vesperoni, Stockholm School of Economics
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The Logic of the North Korean Dictatorship
Ronald Wintrobe, University of Western Ontario
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Is there a Diffusion of Military Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa? Empirical Evidence in the Period 1972-2007.
Raul Caruso, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Ilaria Petrarca, University of Verona Roberto Ricciuti, University of Verona
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Seduction of Religious Clerics and Violence in Autocratic Regimes - with special emphasis on Islam.
Jean-Phillipe Platteau, UNiversity of Namur Petros G. Sekeris, University of Namur
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New incentives and old organizations: The production of violence after war
Francesca Grandi, Yale University
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Wartime Violence and Post-Conflict Development Policy: The Case of Agricultural Concessions in Mozambique
Topher McDougal, University of San Diego Raul Caruso, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
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Terrorist Signalling and the End of Violence
Neil T. N. Ferguson, DIW Berlin
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Fiscal Equalization and Political Conflict
Maria Cubel, University of Barcelona & IEB
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Clash of Civilizations, Culture and Conflict
Gunes Gokmen, Bocconi University
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Predicting atrocities Statistically modeling violence against civilians during civil war
Constantin Ruhe, University of Konstanz
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Background Risk of Food Insecurity and Insurance Behaviour: Evidence from the West Bank
Elisa Cavatorta, SOAS, University of London Luca Pieroni, University of Perugia
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The impact of armed conflict on economic performance Evidence from Rwanda
Pieter Serneels, University of East Anglia Marijke Verpoorten, University of Antwerp
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The effect of within-group inequality in a conflict against a unitary Threat
Maria Cubel, University of Barcelona Santiago Sanchez-Pages, University of Barcelona
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Citizenry Accountability in Autocracies. The Political Economy of Good Governance in China
Mario Gilli, University of Milan-Bicocca Yuan Li, University of Duisburg-Essen.
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Differentials in Property Rights in a two sector-economy
Raul Caruso, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
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Homegrown terrorism; the known unknown
Kaisa Hinkkainen, University of Essex
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Gov-Aargh-Nance – “Even Criminals Need Law and Order
Olaf J. de Groot, DIW Berlin Matthew D. Rablen, Brunel University Anja Shortland, Brunel University and DIW. Published: December 2011.
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Youth Unemployment, Terrorism and Political Violence, Evidence from the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict (1997-2007)
Raul Caruso, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Evelina Gavrilova, University of Turin. Published: December 2011.
The Diffusion of Atrocities: A Spatial Analysis on the Role of Refugees
Valentin Gold, Roos Haer, University of Konstanz Published: December 2011
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Economic Determinants of Third-Party Intervention in Civil War
Vincenzo Bove, University of Essex Petros G. Sekeris, University of Namur Published: December 2011
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Coping with Conflict: A Dynamic Decision Making Perspective
Ranan Kuperman, University of Haifa Published: December 2011
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Drugs and Violence in Afghanistan: A Panel VAR with Unobserved Common Factor Analysis
Vincenzo Bove, University of Essex Leandro Elia, Università della Calabria Published: December 2011
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Civil War Exposure and School Enrolment: Evidence from the Mozambican Civil War
Patrick Domingues. University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne Published: December 2011
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In the latest years, the Network of European Peace Scientists has grown under the sponsorship and in association with Peace Science Society (International). The Peace Science Society (International) is a an independent, non-profit organization which encourages the development of peace analysis and conflict management. It has been founded in 1963 by Walter Isard.
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Economists for Peace and Security is an organization of economists, other social scientists, and citizens concerned about issues of peace, conflict, war, and the world economy. Economists for Peace and Security works to promote non-military solutions to world challenges, and more broadly to work towards freedom from fear and want for all.
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The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) is an international research institute dedicated to building a greater understanding of the key drivers and measures of peace and to identifying the economic benefits that increased peacefulness can deliver. The Institute produces the Global Peace Index which is the first ever study to methodically rank the nations of the world by their peacefulness.
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ISDC is a Berlin-based, non-for-profit research center conducting research, providing policy advice and building capacity on international security and socio-economic development. We are unique in the global research scene for being dedicated to work exclusively on the security-development nexus.
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The Department of Peace and Conflict Research conducts research and education on the causes, dynamics, and resolution of armed conflicts. In recent years the Department has grown rapidly, establishing itself as a major institution in the field. It is a young, vibrant and collegial research environment; home to the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) and several internationally recognized researchers. The Department also houses a full range of educational programs (BA/MA/PhD), all taught in English and attracting talented students from around the world.
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Founded in 1959, PRIO is one of the oldest peace research institutes in the world. Being an independent research institution, PRIO is known for its effective synergy of basic and policy-relevant research. In addition, PRIO conducts graduate training and is engaged in the promotion of peace through conflict resolution, dialogue and reconciliation, public information and policymaking activities. PRIO owns and hosts two leading peer-reviewed academic journals: Journal of Peace Research and Security Dialogue.
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