DU Professor says private companies supply government with secret information

June 26, 2013

In the wake of news that the U.S. government conducts confidential surveillance of American's phone and internet use, Professor Deborah Avant spoke to Denver 9 News on how the government contracts this monitoring to private companies. Read More >>

Professor Deborah Avant Receives Honorary Degree

May 28, 2013

On May 25, 2013, Professor Deborah Avant, Sié Chéou-Kang Chair for International Security and Diplomacy and Director of the Sié Center, received an honorary degree from the University of St. Gallen. The university honored her outstanding research in the field of international security as well as her contributions toward the establishment of national and international standards for the regulation of private military and security companies. Read More >>

Tricia Olsen, 'Rethinking Collective Action: The Case of Microfinance in Brazil and Mexico'

May 20, 2013

On May 17, 2013, Tricia Olsen, Assistant Professor in the Department of Business Ethics and Legal Studies at the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business presented her research titled 'Rethinking Collective Action: The Case of Microfinance in Brazil and Mexico.' Speaking to students and faculty as part of the Sié Research Seminar Series, Olsen noted that although the basic premise of microfinance is widely accepted, there is no consensus on microfinance regulation, which has important implications for not only who has access to microfinance services but also for the sustainability of microfinance institutions.  Read More >>

Special Issue of The Journal of Peace Research Explores Nonviolent Resistance

May 16, 2013

Today, The Journal of Peace and Research released a special issue on nonviolent resistance that seeks to advance scholarship and understanding of the use of nonviolent strategies and their relationship to the use of violence. The issue, edited by Erica Chenoweth and Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, features new theoretical and empirical explorations of the causes and consequences of nonviolent resistance with a particular focus on the power of civilians to affect conflict processes. Read More >>

Major General Buster Howes, Defense Attaché at the British Embassy in Washington, speaks to students at the Sié Center

May 14, 2013

Major General Buster Howes, the Defense Attaché at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., offered his perspective, as a British soldier, on the current state of U.S. defense. Howes spoke on a number of topics including hot-button issues like the budget sequester and Syria. Read More >>

GATE Database Project Receives Support from the Government of Canada

May 9, 2013

Today, Vic Toews, the Canadian Minister of Public Safety, met with researchers and Air India victims' families to announce the successful recipients of the third round of funding from the Kanishka Project, worth over $1.7 million. The Kanishka Project is a multi-year investment from the Government of Canada in terrorism-focused research. Among the 11 projects receiving funding is the GATE Database initiative run by Erica Chenoweth and Laura Dugan. Read More >>

Erica Chenoweth Receives ADVANCE Grant for Work on Counterterrorism

May 7, 2013

Erica Chenoweth, an assistant professor at the University of Denver's Korbel School of International Studies, has received a $20,000 ADVANCE grant, given by the National Science Foundation to promote scholarship by women.  Read More >>

Erica Chenoweth Elected Councilor for the Peace Science Society (International)

May 6, 2013

Assistant Professor Erica Chenoweth was selected as one of eight councilors for the Peace Science Society (International). Chenoweth, who was elected by the organization's membership, will serve a four-year term. As a councilor, she will assist in the supervision of the PSS(I), an independent, nonprofit organization that encourages the development of peace analysis and conflict management.  Read More >>

NAVCO Dataset is Available for Download

May 6, 2013

The Nonviolent and Violent Campaigns and Outcomes (NAVCO) 2.0 dataset has been released for download. The NAVCO project is an attempt to provide researchers with data to understand the causes, dynamics, and outcomes of nonviolent mass campaigns. The project is the first of its kind to systematically explore the sequencing of tactics and their effects on the strategic outcomes of the campaigns, with the 2.0 dataset containing annual data on 250 nonviolent and violent mass movements for regime change, anti-occupation, and secession from 1945 to 2006. Download Data >>  

"Statebuilding" by Timothy Sisk is Released

May 1, 2013

"Statebuilding" by Professor Timothy Sisk was published by Polity Press. In this book, Sisk explores international efforts to help the world's most fragile post-civil war countries today build viable states that can provide for security and deliver the basic services essential for development.  Read More >>