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Researching #civilwar from pre- to post-war stages. Funded #UKRIFLF | led @ashesterinina.bsky.social‬ | hosted Centre for the Comparative Study of Civil War @york.ac.uk‬
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We are pleased to announce the 2025-2026 cohort of @civilwarpaths.bsky.social Fellows - Welcome!
This year's Fellows bring with them wide ranging empirical and conceptual expertise on armed conflict and organisations, spanning from the Middle East, West Africa, to Southeast Europe / 1
What a fantastic talk this morning by @enzonussio.bsky.social for our second seminar of the 2025-2026 Civil War Paths Seminar Series, discussing violence against ex-combatants in Colombia!
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Out on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog now, our own Sadeen Haddad shares her research on Lebanon and the use of social institutions by armed groups to platform ideology and shape public framings of threat, read it here 👇
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The role of ideology in Hezbollah’s social institutions - Civil War Paths
Sadeen Haddad is a research associate with the Civil War Paths project, working on micro-mobilisation and intra-group dynamics in Lebanon. Photo Credit: ZOHRA BENSEMRA/ REUTERS
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November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a great start to this year's @civilwarpaths.bsky.social Seminar Series, discussing the role of women's everyday labour for revolutionary survival in Kachinland with @hedstrom.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
This week on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog @reginesonja.bsky.social shares insights from her forthcoming book on armed group constellations in multiparty civil wars - and how these shaped conflict dynamics in Syria in 2024 👇
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Armed Group Constellations in Multiparty Civil Wars: How Syrian Rebels Toppled Assad - Civil War Paths
Dr. Regine Schwab is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and Goethe University Frankfurt, working on contemporary civil wars, militant Islamist groups, wartime institut...
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October 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We're very excited to launch our upcoming Civil War Paths seminar series! Our 2025-2026 series explores issues at the forefront of the study of civil war and its aftermath, featuring contributions from @hedstrom.bsky.social and @enzonussio.bsky.social . /1
September 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Long in the making, this article on mid-level commanders in hierarchical non-state organizations concludes over 5 years of work with former mid-level commanders (mandos medios) of the FARC-EP in Colombia /1
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Disaggregating rebellion: Mid-level commanders in hierarchical non-state armed organizations - Anastasia Shesterinina, 2025
Existing research demonstrates the central role of mid-level commanders as either spoilers or leaders of peace but treats this group as unitary, defined by its ...
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August 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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It's publication day!

"Why did I get into that car?" is a question that has haunted me for years & that I'm grateful to late Lee Ann Fujii for encouraging me to address. I start the chapter w/ this q to explore the limits of trust & researcher safety in fieldwork on armed conflict 👇🏼
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Navigating Field Research in Armed Conflict Settings | 38 | The Routle
This chapter considers unique challenges of field research in settings where armed conflict has taken place and/or is ongoing. It opens with a vignette from a
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July 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Back from mat leave to see some long-awaited publications coming out! In this Forum, I discuss the practices of flexibility in research design, ongoing reflexivity & project updating before, during & after fieldwork based on the experience of the large, team-based @civilwarpaths.bsky.social project
📢 Forum written together with:
➡️ @marniehowlett.bsky.social
➡️@rtapscott.bsky.social
➡️@grace-akello.bsky.social
➡️Mousumi Mukherjee
➡️Natalia Otrishcenko
➡️Anastasia Shesterinina

📑Rethinking Ethics Review for International Relations Research
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Forum: Rethinking Ethics Review for International Relations Research
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July 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Excited to share my blogpost for @civilwarpaths.bsky.social Fellowship on the complex entanglements between business, conflict, and human rights! I discuss how corporations integrate the 'cost' of conflict into their ventures, despite dangerous consequences for civilians on the ground.
The Cost of Doing Business - Civil War Paths
Dr Clara Voyvodic is Lecturer in Peace Studies and International Development at the University of Bradford, focusing on the intersections of armed conflict, development, and local order
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July 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We are pleased to announce the 2025-2026 cohort of @civilwarpaths.bsky.social Fellows - Welcome!
This year's Fellows bring with them wide ranging empirical and conceptual expertise on armed conflict and organisations, spanning from the Middle East, West Africa, to Southeast Europe / 1
June 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Newly published on the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social blog, @ashesterinina.bsky.social shares updates from the past year, including exciting insights from recent events, new publications from the team, and the range of contributions from our Fellows. Read more 👇
Year Four of Civil War Paths: Taking Stock - Civil War Paths
Professor Anastasia Shesterinina is Chair in Comparative Politics at the University of York. She currently holds a £1.2m UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship and direct the Centre for ...
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June 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
What a fantastic way to wrap up the first 4 years of the Civil War Paths project and make plans for future collaboration! Big thanks to all the participants for engaging with the project and sharing your latest research in an atmosphere of trust and openness
I had the privilege to take part in a Civil War Paths workshop in York last week. Many thanks to @ashesterinina.bsky.social and the @civilwarpaths.bsky.social team for the warm welcome! It was a pleasure to engage with this brilliant group of scholars. I look forward to continuing the conversation!
June 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM