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Overview

Jaroslav Tir is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences, with a focus on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Development, Developmental Biology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Peacebuilding and International Security
  • Global Peace and Security Dynamics
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • International Relations and Foreign Policy
  • International Development and Aid
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior

Their publication record features recent papers such as:

  • "Threat-Inducing Violent Events Exacerbate Social Desirability Bias in Survey Responses," 2021, American Journal of Political Science
  • "International Third Parties and the Implementation of Comprehensive Peace Agreements After Civil War," 2022, Journal of Conflict Resolution
  • "Less Human Than Human: Threat, Language, and Relative Dehumanization," 2023, British Journal of Political Science
  • "Latent territorial threat and democratic regime reversals," 2021, Journal of Peace Research
  • "Civil war mediation in the shadow of IGOs: The path to comprehensive peace agreements," 2024, Journal of Peace Research

Their research has appeared frequently in venues including:

  • Journal of Peace Research
  • American Journal of Political Science
  • Journal of Conflict Resolution
  • British Journal of Political Science
  • Behavioral Ecology

Jaroslav Tir has collaborated multiple times with coauthors such as:

  • Shane Singh
  • Johannes Karreth
  • Timothy J. A. Passmore
  • Jason Quinn
  • Madhav Joshi

Their contribution to academic literature includes a book titled Consent in peacekeeping published in 2022 by Edward Elgar Publishing.

Best Publications

  • The Correlates of War (Cow) Project Direct Contiguity Data, Version 3.0:

    Douglas M. Stinnett;Jaroslav Tir;Paul F. Diehl;Philip Schafer

  • Territorial Diversion: Diversionary Theory of War and Territorial Conflict

    Jaroslav Tir

  • Weathering climate change: Can institutions mitigate international water conflict?:

    Jaroslav Tir;Douglas M Stinnett

  • Territorial Changes, 1816–1996: Procedures and Data

    Jaroslav Tir;Philip Schafer;Paul F. Diehl;Gary Goertz

  • Demographic Pressure and Interstate Conflict: Linking Population Growth and Density to Militarized Disputes and Wars, 1930-89*

    Jaroslav Tir;Paul F. Diehl

  • Settled Borders and Regime Type: Democratic Transitions as Consequences of Peaceful Territorial Transfers

    Douglas M. Gibler;Jaroslav Tir

  • Politics of Formalized River Cooperation

    Jaroslav Tir;John T. Ackerman

  • Domestic-Level Diversionary Theory of War Targeting Ethnic Minorities

    Jaroslav Tir;Michael Jasinski

  • Does the Diversionary Use of Force Threaten the Democratic Peace? Assessing the Effect of Economic Growth on Interstate Conflict, 1921-2001

    John R. Oneal;Jaroslav Tir

  • Geographic dimensions of enduring rivalries

    Jaroslav Tir;Paul F. Diehl

  • Rainfall variability and violence in rural Kenya: investigating the effects of drought and the role of local institutions with survey data

    Andrew M. Linke;John O’Loughlin;J. Terrence McCabe;Jaroslav Tir

  • Keeping the Peace after Secession Territorial Conflicts Between Rump and Secessionist States

    Jaroslav Tir

  • Dividing Countries to Promote Peace: Prospects for Long-Term Success of Partitions

    Jaroslav Tir

  • Drought, Local Institutional Contexts, and Support for Violence in Kenya:

    Andrew M. Linke;Frank D. W. Witmer;John O’Loughlin;J. Terrence McCabe

  • The supply side of United Nations peacekeeping operations: Trade ties and United Nations-led deployments to civil war states:

    Szymon M. Stojek;Jaroslav Tir

  • The Institutionalization of River Treaties

    Jaroslav Tir;Douglas Stinnett

  • Averting Armed International Conflicts Through State-to-State Territorial Transfers

    Jaroslav Tir

  • Territorial Peace and Democratic Clustering

    Douglas M. Gibler;Jaroslav Tir

  • The Institutional Design of Riparian Treaties: The Role of River Issues

    Jaroslav Tir;Douglas M. Stinnett

  • The consequences of relocating in response to drought: human mobility and conflict in contemporary Kenya

    A M Linke;A M Linke;F D W Witmer;J O’Loughlin;J T McCabe

  • Get off my lawn: Territorial civil wars and subsequent social intolerance in the public

    Jaroslav Tir;Shane P Singh

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul F. Diehl
Paul F. Diehl University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Douglas M. Gibler
Douglas M. Gibler University of Alabama
John O'Loughlin
John O'Loughlin University of Colorado Boulder
John R. Oneal
John R. Oneal University of Alabama
Gary Goertz
Gary Goertz University of Notre Dame

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