Publications

Journal Articles

2024 “The Political Legacies of Wartime Resistance. How Local Communities in Italy Keep Anti-fascist Sentiments Alive” Comparative Political Studies [online first] (with Simone Cremaschi) 

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2024 “Aligning Interviewing with Process Tracing” Sociological Research & Methods [online first] (with Ezequiel Gonzalez-Ocantos) 

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2024 "Does it Matter that an Ally is Democratic? Public Diplomacy and Attitudes Toward International Actors in Times of Crisis" European Political Science Review [FirstView] (with Fabrizio Coticchia, Marco Di Giulio, Andrea Ruggeri)

2023 "The Human Costs of the War on Drugs. Attitudes towards Militarization of Security in Mexico" Comparative Political Studies 57(6): 887-920 (with Davide Morisi)​

Media coverage:

- "Hugs, not Gunshots": How can ALMO convince Mexicans of a new approach to security. Political Violence @ a Glance October 18, 2018

- "Abrazos, no balazos": ¿Cómo puede AMLO conseguir apoyo popular para un cambio en la política de seguridad mexicana? Oraculus. February 12, 2019

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2022 "Violent or Non-violent Action? Civilian Resistance and Tactical Choice in Colombia and Mozambique" Political Geography 99(-): 1-10 (with Corinna Jentzsch)

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2021 “Refusing to Cooperate with Armed Groups. Civilian Agency and Civilian Noncooperation in Armed Conflicts” International Studies Review, 23(3): 887-913

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2021 “Civilian Contention in Civil War. How Ideational Factors Shape Civilian Collective Responses to Armed Groups?” Comparative Political Studies, 54(10): 1849-1884 

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2020 “Who Shot the Bullets? Violence, Perpetrator Identity and Attitudes Towards Peace” Latin American Politics and Society 62(4): 24 - 49 (with G. Kreiman)

[Replication material: Harvard Dataverse]

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2019  “Risks and Opportunities of Direct Democracy. The Effect of Information in Colombia’s Peace Referendum.” Politics and Governance 7(2): 242 – 267 (with D. Morisi)

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2017 “Civil Resistance in Armed Conflict: Leveraging Nonviolent Action to Navigate War, Oppose Violence and Confront Oppression.” Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, 12(3): 1 – 9 (with M. Hallward & C. Mouly)

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2017 “PKK Violence against Civilians. Beyond the Individual, Understanding Collective Targeting.” Terrorism & Political Violence, 32(1): 77 – 99  (with F. O’Connor)

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2017 “Voicing Outrage Unevenly. Democratic Dissatisfaction and Differential Participation in the 15-M Protest Campaign.” Mobilization, 22(2): 201 – 222 (with M. Portos)

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2014 “Bringing the New Wars Debate Back on Track: Building on Critiques, Identifying Opportunities, and Moving Forward.” Global Policy Journal, 5(4): 415 – 424. (with J. Lauzurika)

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2014 “Transcending the Inter-Intra Divide: A Theoretical Inquiry into CivilWar and its Repercussions on International Crises. The Colombia-Venezuela Case.” Revista Aldea Mundo, 38(2): 9 – 24. (with N. Jenne)

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2012 “Midiendo la violencia contra los trabajadores sindicalizados en Colombia.” Controversia, No. 197. (with C. Sánchez and J. D. González)

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2010 “Población infantil y violencia armada.” Revista Forénsis, 355 – 367. (with K. Aguirre and S. Millan).

​[Revision submitted] "Risky Business: International Support for Civilian Self-Protection" Perspectives on Politics (with Emily Paddon Rhoads and Jennifer Welsh)​​​

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​[Revise and Resubmit] "Does Crime Breeds Authoritarianism? Crime Exposure, Democratic Decoupling, and Political Attitudes in Brazil" Journal of Peace Research (with K. Krakowski and D. Morisi)

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Monograph

2023 "Vigilantism as Civilian Protective Agency. The case of autodefensas in Mexico" in Civilian Protective Agency in Violent Settings: A Comparative Perspective (edited by Jana Krause, Juan Masullo, Emily Paddon and Jennifer Welsh) Oxford: Oxford University Press (with Moshe Ben Hamo) 

2023 "What is Civilian Protective Agency. A Research Agenda" in Civilian Protective Agency in Violent Settings: A Comparative Perspective (edited by Jana Krause, Juan Masullo, Emily Paddon and Jennifer Welsh) Oxford: Oxford University Press (with Jana Krause and Emily Paddon)

2021 "Mobilizing to Counter Post-accord Security Challenges: The Case of the “Humanitarian Accord Now” in Chocó" in Confronting Peace. Local Peacebuilding in Wake of a National Peace Agreement (edited by S.H. Allen, L.E. Hancock, C. Mitchell, and C. Mouly) New York: Springer (pp. 81 -- 109) (with A.I. Rodríguez and N. Rosen)

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2019 “Do Non-state Armed Groups Influence each other in Attack Timing and Frequency? Generating, Analyzing and Comparing Empirical Data and Simulation” in Computational Conflict Research (edited by E. Deutschmann; E. Lorenz; J. Nardin; L.G., Natalini; A.F.X. Wilhelm) New York: Springer (pp. 167 – 182) (with S. Cremaschi, B. Kirdermir, A. Pah, N. Payette and R. Yarlagadda)

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2019 “Alternative Forms of Civilian Noncooperation with Armed Groups: The Case of Samaniego in Colombia” in Civil Resistance and Violent Conflict in Latin America. Mobilizing for Rights (edited by C. Mouly and E. Hernandez) New York: Palgrave (pp. 111 – 136) (with C. Mouly and M. B. Garrido) [Translated into Spanish]

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2018 “Innovative Youth Reactions in the Face of Local Violence: Noncooperation as a Source of Legitimacy” in Local Peace-Building and Legitimacy (edited by C. Mitchell and L. Hancock) New York: Routledge (pp. 63 – 83)

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2017 “Making sense of La Salida: Challenging left-wing control in Venezuela” in Riding the Wave (edited by D. della Porta) Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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2011 “Introducción” in Guatemala en la encrucijada. Panorama de una violencia transformada (edited by J. Restrepo and A. Tobón) Bogotá: Editorial Panamericana, (with J. Restrepo and A. Tobón)

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2011 “La violencia en Guatemala: factores multicausales” Guatemala en la encrucijada. Panorama de una violencia transformada (edited by J. Restrepo and A. Tobón) Bogotá: Editorial Panamericana