Mikael Hiberg Naghizadeh
mhnagh.bsky.social
Mikael Hiberg Naghizadeh
@mhnagh.bsky.social
Conflict Scholar
Decent view from the porch
October 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My article with Stathis Kalyvas on Islamism and Armed Conflict is now Open Access!

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Islamism and Armed Conflict | Annual Reviews
Islamism has become a dominant force across civil wars, the most common form of armed conflict. Yet our comparative and theoretical understanding of this critical political development is lagging. We ...
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July 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I got to play a part in a recent event on the War in Tigray at the Harvard Center for African Studies: www.youtube.com/live/7Si4S1E...
"Ethiopia's War in Tigray: Learning from the Past, Seeking Peace" - Director's Lunch and Panel
YouTube video by HarvardAfrica
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May 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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New publication via @politicalgeography.bsky.social 📜

How did the century’s deadliest war become invisible?

In this article, I provide a detailed analysis of the tactics & strategies the Ethiopian regime & allies used to commit & conceal #TigrayGenocide.

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Tigray war: Modern geographies of mass violence and the invisibilization of populations
The war in Tigray, Ethiopia, which erupted in November 2020, has been marked by widespread atrocities, including organized massacres, the systematic u…
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February 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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They may try to destroy Universities and our programs, but this whole moment shows that knowledge is extremely important, and that social science --among other sciences-- is critical.
March 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Friends have been asking me about European alternatives to US big tech products, so here's an opinionated list of suggestions.

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March 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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It was a privilege to chair our panel Displacement Under Duress: Conflict, Climate Disasters, and Civilian Vulnerability at #ISA2025 in Chicago! Looking forward to seeing these papers published at some point! @mhnagh.bsky.social @maxineleis.bsky.social @andrewshaver.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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This article introduces open-source satellite-gathered fire data as a tool for detecting unreported conflict events & for improving the reliability of pre-existing conflict event data. @mhnagh.bsky.social also demonstrates its potential, e. g. to detect unreported targeted violence involving arson.
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January 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM