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34
Citations
20269
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787
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2007 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2007 - Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Stathis N. Kalyvas is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the social sciences with a focus on sociology and political science, history, political science and international relations, and cultural studies. The scholar's work engages deeply with political conflict and governance, historical and contemporary political dynamics, political economy and Marxism, religion and society interactions, social policy and reform studies, populism and right-wing movements, and international relations and foreign policy.

Kalyvas has published in several notable academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • World Politics
  • Journal of Modern Greek Studies
  • Violence An International Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • American Political Science Review

The researcher has contributed to the academic discourse with papers such as:

  • "Stathis Kalyvas on 20 years of studying political violence," 2020, Violence An International Journal
  • "Revolution in Civil War: The 'Marxist Paradox'," 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Ideology and Revolution in Civil Wars: The 'Marxist Paradox'," 2025, American Political Science Review
  • "Legacies of States and Social Revolutions," 2024, Politics
  • "Conflict: Trajectories and Challenges," 2025, World Politics

The scholar's co-authorship collaborations frequently include Richard Bourke, Laia Balcells, Michael Lobban, Samuel Moyn, and Jennifer Pitts.

In addition to articles, Kalyvas has also contributed to book publications, including a work titled History in the Humanities and Social Sciences published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.

The academic has received several recognitions, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2008
  • Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, American Political Science Association (APSA), 2007
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2007

Best Publications

  • The Logic of Violence in Civil War

    Stathis N. Kalyvas

  • The Logic of Violence in Civil War: List of Tables and Figures

    Stathis N. Kalyvas

  • The Ontology of “Political Violence”: Action and Identity in Civil Wars

    Stathis N. Kalyvas

  • New’ and ‘Old’ Civil Wars: A Valid Distinction?

    Stathis N. Kalyvas

  • The rise of Christian Democracy in Europe

    Stathis N. Kalyvas

  • International System and Technologies of Rebellion: How the End of the Cold War Shaped Internal Conflict

    Stathis N. Kalyvas;Laia Balcells

  • How "Free" Is Free Riding in Civil Wars?: Violence, Insurgency, and the Collective Action Problem

    Stathis N. Kalyvas;Matthew Adam Kocher

  • Rebel Governance in Civil War

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  • WANTON AND SENSELESS? THE LOGIC OF MASSACRES IN ALGERIA

    Stathis N. Kalyvas

  • Ethnic Defection in Civil War

    Stathis N. Kalyvas

  • Aerial Bombing and Counterinsurgency in the Vietnam War

    Matthew Adam Kocher;Thomas B. Pepinsky;Stathis N. Kalyvas

  • The Paradox of Terrorism in Civil War

    Stathis N. Kalyvas

  • Commitment problems in emerging democracies. The case of religious parties.

    Stathis N. Kalyvas

  • Order, conflict, and violence

    Stathis N. Kalyvas;Ian Shapiro;Tarek E. Masoud

  • Does Warfare Matter? Severity, Duration, and Outcomes of Civil Wars

    Laia Balcells;Stathis N. Kalyvas

  • Militias in Civil Wars

    Corinna Jentzsch;Stathis N. Kalyvas;Livia Isabella Schubiger

  • The Dynamics of Violence in Vietnam: An Analysis of the Hamlet Evaluation System (HES)*

    Stathis N. Kalyvas;Matthew Adam Kocher

  • Christian Democracy

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  • How Civil Wars Help Explain Organized Crime—and How They Do Not

    Stathis N. Kalyvas

  • Ethnic Cleavages and Irregular War: Iraq and Vietnam

    Stathis N. Kalyvas;Matthew Adam Kocher

  • Recruitment into Armed Groups in Colombia: A Survey of Demobilized Fighters

    Ana M. Arjona;Stathis N. Kalyvas

  • THE DECAY AND BREAKDOWN OF COMMUNIST ONE-PARTY SYSTEMS

    Stathis N. Kalyvas

  • The Remnants of War

    Stathis N. Kalyvas

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Shapiro
Ian Shapiro Yale University
Haridimos Tsoukas
Haridimos Tsoukas University of Cyprus
Thomas B. Pepinsky
Thomas B. Pepinsky Cornell University
Scott Straus
Scott Straus University of California, Berkeley
David D. Laitin
David D. Laitin Stanford University

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