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Computational social science, machine learning, text mining, event detection for cross-national electoral violence. Univ. of Glasgow. See website for more info.

Glasgow, Scotland
Joined November 2015
We have now published the Countries at Risk of Electoral Violence Dataset bit.ly/2Fbm4VI
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Banging Pots for Peace: Strategies to Prevent Electoral Violence wp.me/p6DNZY-9v
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New analysis by Stephanie Burchard (@smburchard) of electoral violence in Kenya wp.me/p6DNZY-9a
3 Year Post-Doc on "Causes and Consequences of 19th Century Election Violence in England and Wales" at Durham Uni, bit.ly/2fsao1z
Drones as Electoral Security Tools: A Preliminary Analysis wp.me/p6DNZY-8X
The 2018 presidential and parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe - background and prospects for violence wp.me/p6DNZY-8V
Mali Presidential and Parliamentary Elections 2018 wp.me/p6DNZY-8R
Electoral Violence in Liberia 1997 to 2017 wp.me/p6DNZY-8P
Sierra Leone: An Electoral Security Balancing Act bit.ly/2rKdc1R
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Election Violence Threatens Nation Again: allafrica.com/stories/201704… #Kenya
If you've enjoyed the #ElectingPeace discussion, you might be right for our Electoral Violence Affinity Group: allianceforpeacebuilding.org…
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Feel free to follow our project's website electoralviolenceproject.com for peer-reviewed research and data on electoral violence #electingpeace
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Replying to @MzeeBwanika @USIP
#electingpeace Our research definitely confirms this. If the rules aren't fair or fairly implemented, the voters rebel
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Replying to @USIP
.@USIP Massive capacity gaps in #Liberia in run-up to high-stakes election. Risk of violence is real, especially in #Monrovia #electingpeace
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#electingpeace 2014 election results by district shows polarization in #moldova - seems that polarization has further increased since then
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Replying to @USIP
Break the cycle of election violence through conflict pre­vention = sustained interventions across election cycles #electingpeace
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Replying to @USIP
2/2 @USIP @murrayem countries, it's not a problem at all. Consolidated democracies, for example, rarely experience violence #electingpeace
Replying to @USIP
1/2 @USIP @murrayem I guess the scale depends. Some countries, its a huge problem, over many election cycles (Russia/Philippines) In other
Follow along with @USIP on our conversation about #ElectingPeace