Oliver Kaplan
@oliverkaplan.bsky.social
Prof @JosefKorbelSchool.bsky.social @UofDenver
📚Books:
RESISTING WAR (2017)
SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER (2024) Nonviolent action & Colombianista | Research + Policymaking Ethics | @KorbelAsylum ⛷️🚵♂️
linktr.ee/oliverkaplan
📚Books:
RESISTING WAR (2017)
SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER (2024) Nonviolent action & Colombianista | Research + Policymaking Ethics | @KorbelAsylum ⛷️🚵♂️
linktr.ee/oliverkaplan
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Oliver Kaplan
@oliverkaplan.bsky.social
· Oct 15
PUBLICATION DAY ‼️📚
OK, this book is a GAME CHANGER!
Many scholars “Bridge the Gap" and brief policymakers, and many policymakers seek out research and evidence…
There was no concrete ethical guidance on how to do this… UNTIL NOW!
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
OK, this book is a GAME CHANGER!
Many scholars “Bridge the Gap" and brief policymakers, and many policymakers seek out research and evidence…
There was no concrete ethical guidance on how to do this… UNTIL NOW!
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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So excited to hold my book! You can do so too in November! Leila Khoury's cover art captures the story of a contentious movement becoming something like a civil society in the depths of Syria's war. @cornellupress.bsky.social designed it beautifully. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
September 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
So excited to hold my book! You can do so too in November! Leila Khoury's cover art captures the story of a contentious movement becoming something like a civil society in the depths of Syria's war. @cornellupress.bsky.social designed it beautifully. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
If you don’t think you need this book YES YOU DO.
I'm offering guest lectures on SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER for this academic year…
Add the book to your syllabus, and then add me as a guest lecturer!
I’m happy to join your class either virtually or in person...
🧪🔬📚
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I'm offering guest lectures on SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER for this academic year…
Add the book to your syllabus, and then add me as a guest lecturer!
I’m happy to join your class either virtually or in person...
🧪🔬📚
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
September 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If you don’t think you need this book YES YOU DO.
I'm offering guest lectures on SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER for this academic year…
Add the book to your syllabus, and then add me as a guest lecturer!
I’m happy to join your class either virtually or in person...
🧪🔬📚
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
I'm offering guest lectures on SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER for this academic year…
Add the book to your syllabus, and then add me as a guest lecturer!
I’m happy to join your class either virtually or in person...
🧪🔬📚
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
My new article on #PDET community development programs in #Colombia -- Can they boost trust in (post-)conflict conditions?
** Original 2021 survey data on 2 towns -> More positive attitudes when project priorities matched community needs (e.g., roads vs. health)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
** Original 2021 survey data on 2 towns -> More positive attitudes when project priorities matched community needs (e.g., roads vs. health)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
June 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
My new article on #PDET community development programs in #Colombia -- Can they boost trust in (post-)conflict conditions?
** Original 2021 survey data on 2 towns -> More positive attitudes when project priorities matched community needs (e.g., roads vs. health)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
** Original 2021 survey data on 2 towns -> More positive attitudes when project priorities matched community needs (e.g., roads vs. health)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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A new article by Korbel Prof @oliverkaplan.bsky.social analyzes Colombia's Program for Development with a Territorial Focus (PDET) by assessing its effects on sustainable peace, development, and confidence in state institutions. @journals.sagepub.com
Read more here:
Read more here:
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June 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A new article by Korbel Prof @oliverkaplan.bsky.social analyzes Colombia's Program for Development with a Territorial Focus (PDET) by assessing its effects on sustainable peace, development, and confidence in state institutions. @journals.sagepub.com
Read more here:
Read more here:
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Academics: have you ever assigned a @newlinesmag.bsky.social article, podcast episode, or video essay in a class? If so, which one(s) and what class(es)? Any and all details welcome! You can respond here, DM me, or e-mail dpostel@newlinesmag.com 🙏
May 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Academics: have you ever assigned a @newlinesmag.bsky.social article, podcast episode, or video essay in a class? If so, which one(s) and what class(es)? Any and all details welcome! You can respond here, DM me, or e-mail dpostel@newlinesmag.com 🙏
Grateful to Matthew Flinders for his thoughtful (+ constructively-critical) review of our new book @poppublicsphere.bsky.social --that it "should become core reading for all PhD students"
@epsteinprof.bsky.social @jaylyall.bsky.social @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social
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@epsteinprof.bsky.social @jaylyall.bsky.social @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social
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Speaking Science to Power: Responsible Researchers and Policy Making. Edited by Rachel A. Epstein and Oliver Caplan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. 242p. | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge...
Speaking Science to Power: Responsible Researchers and Policy Making. Edited by Rachel A. Epstein and Oliver Caplan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. 242p.
www.cambridge.org
May 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Grateful to Matthew Flinders for his thoughtful (+ constructively-critical) review of our new book @poppublicsphere.bsky.social --that it "should become core reading for all PhD students"
@epsteinprof.bsky.social @jaylyall.bsky.social @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@epsteinprof.bsky.social @jaylyall.bsky.social @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Happy to share my new article in @iajournal.bsky.social on how civilians use TECHNOLOGY to protect themselves/ counter disinfo in conflict settings
We found these uses of tech amplify #nonviolent strategies & are WAY more common and diverse than we first expected!
academic.oup.com/ia/advance-a...
We found these uses of tech amplify #nonviolent strategies & are WAY more common and diverse than we first expected!
academic.oup.com/ia/advance-a...
Technology for civilian self-protection
The capacity of citizens to self-protect against armed conflict has been transformed by the development of information and communications technologies. Cas
academic.oup.com
April 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Happy to share my new article in @iajournal.bsky.social on how civilians use TECHNOLOGY to protect themselves/ counter disinfo in conflict settings
We found these uses of tech amplify #nonviolent strategies & are WAY more common and diverse than we first expected!
academic.oup.com/ia/advance-a...
We found these uses of tech amplify #nonviolent strategies & are WAY more common and diverse than we first expected!
academic.oup.com/ia/advance-a...
Ok, can we stop calling it a tariff “strategy”?
April 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Ok, can we stop calling it a tariff “strategy”?
Glad to be a part of this exciting new forum on Localization in development/ humanitarianism!
In this new article 📖 ✍️, @adamkochanski.bsky.social, Jennifer Welsh, and I talk ALL about localization, and kick off the Localization in World Politics Special Forum! Dive in open access @gsqjournal.bsky.social #OxfordUniversityPress @isanet.bsky.social 1/
doi.org/10.1093/isag...
doi.org/10.1093/isag...
Localization in World Politics: Bridging Theory and Practice
Abstract. This Introduction and Special Forum highlight the importance of localization for the study of world politics, both as a theoretical concept in in
doi.org
April 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Glad to be a part of this exciting new forum on Localization in development/ humanitarianism!
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Oliver Kaplan @oliverkaplan.bsky.social & Emily Paddon Rhoads discuss “insider-led” localization and show information and communication technologies for civilian protection have facilitated rebalancing of relationships between global humanitarians and local actors in Colombia, Ecuador, & Syria. 16/
April 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Oliver Kaplan @oliverkaplan.bsky.social & Emily Paddon Rhoads discuss “insider-led” localization and show information and communication technologies for civilian protection have facilitated rebalancing of relationships between global humanitarians and local actors in Colombia, Ecuador, & Syria. 16/
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As scholars who study humanitarian aid, Korbel Prof @chenr.bsky.social and GW Prof @mzdeloffre.bsky.social, write that we are seeing not just a crisis of funding, but also one that jeopardizes the credibility of the entire global system that provides this lifesaving assistance.
Defending humanitarian aid in terms of national security obscures its real purpose
Humanitarian aid is based on empathy and the recognition that everyone has a right to live with dignity.
theconversation.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
As scholars who study humanitarian aid, Korbel Prof @chenr.bsky.social and GW Prof @mzdeloffre.bsky.social, write that we are seeing not just a crisis of funding, but also one that jeopardizes the credibility of the entire global system that provides this lifesaving assistance.
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Applications for the 2025 New Era Workshop (NEW) are now open! NEW is an annual three-day training program for PhD students in international affairs and related disciplines, held September 25-27, 2025 at the University of Denver! Applications and more info can be found on our website. Please share!
NEW — Bridging the Gap
www.bridgingthegapproject.org
March 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Applications for the 2025 New Era Workshop (NEW) are now open! NEW is an annual three-day training program for PhD students in international affairs and related disciplines, held September 25-27, 2025 at the University of Denver! Applications and more info can be found on our website. Please share!
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They’ve arrived!
“The Mompos Project: A Tale of Love, Hotels and Madness in Colombia.”
“The Mompos Project: A Tale of Love, Hotels and Madness in Colombia.”
March 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
They’ve arrived!
“The Mompos Project: A Tale of Love, Hotels and Madness in Colombia.”
“The Mompos Project: A Tale of Love, Hotels and Madness in Colombia.”
My new article on how TECHNOLOGY 📲⚡️🌎📡 contributes to LOCALIZATION of power to local actors, focusing on civilian protection
Original interviews:
INDIGENOUS GUARD #Ecuador #Colombia
WHITE HELMETS #Syria
**Open Access!
@gsqjournal.bsky.social @emilykmscott.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
Original interviews:
INDIGENOUS GUARD #Ecuador #Colombia
WHITE HELMETS #Syria
**Open Access!
@gsqjournal.bsky.social @emilykmscott.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
How Insider-Led Processes Lead to Localization: The Case of Digital Technology and Humanitarian Protection
Abstract. The humanitarian sector has been increasingly concerned with localizing its activities—devolving capacity, power, and decision-making authority t
academic.oup.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
My new article on how TECHNOLOGY 📲⚡️🌎📡 contributes to LOCALIZATION of power to local actors, focusing on civilian protection
Original interviews:
INDIGENOUS GUARD #Ecuador #Colombia
WHITE HELMETS #Syria
**Open Access!
@gsqjournal.bsky.social @emilykmscott.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
Original interviews:
INDIGENOUS GUARD #Ecuador #Colombia
WHITE HELMETS #Syria
**Open Access!
@gsqjournal.bsky.social @emilykmscott.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
This has been such useful survey data on LatinAm… I’ve been fortunate to publish with it myself…Tragic to see USAID’s core source of support come to an end
🚨 Important update on our partnership with USAID. Read our full announcement below. ⬇️
March 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This has been such useful survey data on LatinAm… I’ve been fortunate to publish with it myself…Tragic to see USAID’s core source of support come to an end
Standing up for Science!
March 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Standing up for Science!
As editors of SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER @epsteinprof.bsky.social & I believe that the responsible use of SCIENCE contributes to the public good and makes the world better
We stand in solidarity with
@standupforscience.bsky.social 3/7/25
We stand in solidarity with
@standupforscience.bsky.social 3/7/25
March 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
As editors of SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER @epsteinprof.bsky.social & I believe that the responsible use of SCIENCE contributes to the public good and makes the world better
We stand in solidarity with
@standupforscience.bsky.social 3/7/25
We stand in solidarity with
@standupforscience.bsky.social 3/7/25
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Timely talk at @isanet.bsky.social today: @epsteinprof.bsky.social and @oliverkaplan.bsky.social discussed their new book Speaking Science to Power: Responsible Researchers and Policymaking from @oxfordunipress.bsky.social, which explores policy-engaged research. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
March 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Timely talk at @isanet.bsky.social today: @epsteinprof.bsky.social and @oliverkaplan.bsky.social discussed their new book Speaking Science to Power: Responsible Researchers and Policymaking from @oxfordunipress.bsky.social, which explores policy-engaged research. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Glad my copy of “Surviving the Islamic State” by @austinknuppe.bsky.social made it to the Rockies ⛰️🏔️ … Per my praise it “shows how civilians weigh risks of retaliation as they decide whether to acquiesce, mount everyday resistance, or pursue more active opposition”….
Key insights for unstable times
Key insights for unstable times
February 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Glad my copy of “Surviving the Islamic State” by @austinknuppe.bsky.social made it to the Rockies ⛰️🏔️ … Per my praise it “shows how civilians weigh risks of retaliation as they decide whether to acquiesce, mount everyday resistance, or pursue more active opposition”….
Key insights for unstable times
Key insights for unstable times
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A thought-provoking roundtable by @epsteinprof.bsky.social & @hilaryappel.bsky.social about Russia's war on Ukraine challenges conventional wisdom & uncovers biases in research & policy with
@charlicarpenter.bsky.social @oxanashevel.bsky.social & Milada Vachudova
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social
@charlicarpenter.bsky.social @oxanashevel.bsky.social & Milada Vachudova
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social
Introduction to the Ethics & International Affairs Roundtable:
Russia's War against Ukraine: The Limits of Ethical Theorizing: Russia's War Against #Ukraine -
cup.org/42p9rQw
- Hilary Appel & Rachel A. Epstein
Russia's War against Ukraine: The Limits of Ethical Theorizing: Russia's War Against #Ukraine -
cup.org/42p9rQw
- Hilary Appel & Rachel A. Epstein
January 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A thought-provoking roundtable by @epsteinprof.bsky.social & @hilaryappel.bsky.social about Russia's war on Ukraine challenges conventional wisdom & uncovers biases in research & policy with
@charlicarpenter.bsky.social @oxanashevel.bsky.social & Milada Vachudova
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social
@charlicarpenter.bsky.social @oxanashevel.bsky.social & Milada Vachudova
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social
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𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 2025 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞!
Know anyone who could use tools and networks to disseminate policy-relevant academic research? Now's the time! Applications close Sunday 1/26@11:59pm MT
www.bridgingthegapproject.org/ipsi
Know anyone who could use tools and networks to disseminate policy-relevant academic research? Now's the time! Applications close Sunday 1/26@11:59pm MT
www.bridgingthegapproject.org/ipsi
IPSI — Bridging the Gap
www.bridgingthegapproject.org
January 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 2025 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞!
Know anyone who could use tools and networks to disseminate policy-relevant academic research? Now's the time! Applications close Sunday 1/26@11:59pm MT
www.bridgingthegapproject.org/ipsi
Know anyone who could use tools and networks to disseminate policy-relevant academic research? Now's the time! Applications close Sunday 1/26@11:59pm MT
www.bridgingthegapproject.org/ipsi
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“Covid-ravaged Peru, afflicted by the world’s worst covid death rate, offers perhaps the clearest example of the swing from corruption to populism," write @oliverkaplan.bsky.social, @mikealbertus.bsky.social, Diana Senior-Angulo, and Gustavo Flores-Macías et. al.
muse.jhu.edu/article...
muse.jhu.edu/article...
January 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“Covid-ravaged Peru, afflicted by the world’s worst covid death rate, offers perhaps the clearest example of the swing from corruption to populism," write @oliverkaplan.bsky.social, @mikealbertus.bsky.social, Diana Senior-Angulo, and Gustavo Flores-Macías et. al.
muse.jhu.edu/article...
muse.jhu.edu/article...
It was a blast to lead this week-long field course in Colombia for MA students @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social!
We learned SO much meeting with a bunch of great speakers! And even managed to conduct some research on coffee and climate resilience!
duclarion.com/2025/01/korb...
We learned SO much meeting with a bunch of great speakers! And even managed to conduct some research on coffee and climate resilience!
duclarion.com/2025/01/korb...
Korbel students learn about peace in Colombia during an interterm course
During the Winter Break, several Korbel School of International Studies master's students traveled to Colombia for an interterm course to learn about the country's path to peace and various environme
duclarion.com
January 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It was a blast to lead this week-long field course in Colombia for MA students @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social!
We learned SO much meeting with a bunch of great speakers! And even managed to conduct some research on coffee and climate resilience!
duclarion.com/2025/01/korb...
We learned SO much meeting with a bunch of great speakers! And even managed to conduct some research on coffee and climate resilience!
duclarion.com/2025/01/korb...
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My book, "Local Peace, International Builders," is now OUT.
It examines the conditions under which international actors successfully bring order, peace, and stability to fragile settings.
To read more about each chapter and download the book OPEN ACCESS: www.williamgnomikos.com/local-peace
It examines the conditions under which international actors successfully bring order, peace, and stability to fragile settings.
To read more about each chapter and download the book OPEN ACCESS: www.williamgnomikos.com/local-peace
'Local Peace, International Builders - How UN Peacekeeping Builds Peace from the Bottom Up' by @wnomikos.bsky.social.
Demonstrates how legacies of colonialism shape the effectiveness of international interventions, peacekeeping, and statebuilding in the 21st century.
📚 cup.org/4jtWATl 📚
Demonstrates how legacies of colonialism shape the effectiveness of international interventions, peacekeeping, and statebuilding in the 21st century.
📚 cup.org/4jtWATl 📚
January 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My book, "Local Peace, International Builders," is now OUT.
It examines the conditions under which international actors successfully bring order, peace, and stability to fragile settings.
To read more about each chapter and download the book OPEN ACCESS: www.williamgnomikos.com/local-peace
It examines the conditions under which international actors successfully bring order, peace, and stability to fragile settings.
To read more about each chapter and download the book OPEN ACCESS: www.williamgnomikos.com/local-peace
Reposted by Oliver Kaplan
Very excited to announce the release of my new book today, Land Power! Based on 15 years of work, it tells the story of how land shapes societies, from racial hierarchy to inequality, development, gender & the environment.
In hardcover/eBook/audiobook. More in 🧵
In hardcover/eBook/audiobook. More in 🧵
January 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Very excited to announce the release of my new book today, Land Power! Based on 15 years of work, it tells the story of how land shapes societies, from racial hierarchy to inequality, development, gender & the environment.
In hardcover/eBook/audiobook. More in 🧵
In hardcover/eBook/audiobook. More in 🧵