Kolby Hanson
kolbyhanson.bsky.social
Kolby Hanson
@kolbyhanson.bsky.social
Asst Prof of Govt at Wesleyan University. Studies civil wars and armed groups, politics of militaries, South Asia, and experiments. Columbia Ph.D, former Dartmouth and US Naval War College postdoc.
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#FirstView from @iojournal.bsky.social -

How Migrating Overseas Shapes Political Preferences: Evidence from a Field Experiment - https://cup.org/4n84OB6

- Nikhar Gaikwad, @kolbyhanson.bsky.social & @aliz-toth.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Had a great conversation about my new book with Wesleyan's Leo Bader on New Books in Political Science (and New Books in South Asian Studies). Ordinary Rebels is out now with OUP! @wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
Kolby Hanson, "Ordinary Rebels: Rank-And-File Militants Between War and Peace" (Oxford UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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September 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
What happens to armed organizations when states tolerate their activities? And what do rank-and-file militants, recruits, and supporters actually want out of armed movements? Very excited to announce that my new book is out with @oxfordacademic.bsky.social !!
(Thread below.)
September 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Wesleyan GOVT department is hiring! Open subfield (IR/CP/PT), but we have interest in scholars of human rights, migration, environment, global health, inequality, or international law.

I am on the committee, so feel free to reach out with any questions about the position or Wes!
Assistant Professor of Government
Wesleyan University Rank: Assistant Professor Subfield(s): Open Wesleyan University's Department of Government invites applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Government beginning July 1,...
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July 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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#OpenAccess from the new issue of @psrm.bsky.social -

Polarization versus professionalism: military and civilian views on the domestic use of the military - cup.org/4lN6HDv

- @kolbyhanson.bsky.social & @austinknuppe.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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A new paper by @kolbyhanson.bsky.social and Austin Knuppe seems extremely relevant to the moment:

Key finding: while the American public is sadly quite ready to back deploying the military for domestic policing — including of “downtown riots” — actual soldiers are very unsupportive of such missions
June 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Trump has suggested using the military to police protests. Polls show that the public might be supportive but that the military’s professional norms are a check against this, write @kolbyhanson.bsky.social and @austinknuppe.bsky.social in this week’s Foreign Policy Essay.
Who Would Support Deploying the Military to Domestic Protests?
The military’s professional norms are a check against a potential abuse of power.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 12, 2024 at 2:33 PM
We know a lot about how native-born individuals react to migrants. But how does migration shape the attitudes of migrants themselves?
The first paper from our years-long field experiment on migration (w/ Nikhar Gaikwad and Aliz Toth) is ONLINE at
@ajpseditor.bsky.social! (1/n)
August 27, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Thanks so much to MIT SSP, especially Roger Petersen and
Erik Lin-Greenberg, for the opportunity to share some highlights from my soon-to-be-forthcoming book! Now under contract with OUP. My talk starts at 08:35 on the video.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEWY...
March 15, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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I'm excited to teach trade using data from Africa by assigning my new paper with Helen Milner at @iojournal.bsky.social. Both Afrobarometer and original survey data from 🇬🇭 & 🇺🇬 are highly consistent with factor endowment models – arguably more consistent than data from 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 have been. 👇
Low-Skilled Liberalizers: Support for Free Trade in Africa | International Organization | Cambridge ...
Low-Skilled Liberalizers: Support for Free Trade in Africa - Volume 77 Issue 4
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December 7, 2023 at 4:11 PM