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Overview

Valerie M. Hudson is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their scholarly work spans several areas within the social sciences, with a focus on topics relating to political violence, culture, development studies, human rights, and health in conflict contexts.

Hudson's published research includes papers addressing the intersections of gender, security, and political violence. Notable recent papers include:

  • Sex and Terror: Is the Subordination of Women Associated with the Use of Terror? (2020, Terrorism and Political Violence)
  • Whither Women and Peace and Security? (2025, Politics & Gender)
  • Response to Cook and Thies (2020, Conflict Management and Peace Science)
  • The Subordination of Women and National Health Outcomes: A Cross-National Empirical Analysis (2021, Research Square)
  • Index (2020, Columbia University Press eBooks)

Their collaboration network includes frequent coauthors such as Perpetua Lynne Nielsen, Donna Lee Bowen, Kaylee B. Hodgson, and Kathleen Dolan.

Hudson's publication record shows contributions to several academic venues, including:

  • American Journal of Political Science
  • Terrorism and Political Violence
  • Politics & Gender
  • Conflict Management and Peace Science
  • Research Square

Hudson has authored book publications, including "The First Political Order," published by Columbia University Press in 2020.

Their main areas of study encompass social sciences, with subfields in sociology and political science, demography, global and planetary change, general health professions, and political science and international relations.

Key research topics covered by Hudson include:

  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
  • Ukraine: War, Education, Health
  • Health and Conflict Studies
  • International Human Rights and Reproductive Law
  • Intellectual Property and Patents
  • Law, AI, and Intellectual Property

Best Publications

  • Foreign Policy Analysis: Actor‐Specific Theory and the Ground of International Relations

    Valerie M. Hudson

  • Foreign policy analysis : classic and contemporary theory

    Valerie M. Hudson

  • Foreign Policy Analysis Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

    Valerie M. Hudson;Christopher S. Vore

  • Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population

    Valerie M. Hudson;Andrea M. den Boer

  • Sex and World Peace

    Valerie M. Hudson

  • The Heart of the Matter: The Security of Women and the Security of States

    Valerie M. Hudson;Mary Caprioli;Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill;Rose McDermott

  • A Surplus of Men, A Deficit of Peace: Security and Sex Ratios in Asia's Largest States

    Valerie M. Hudson;Andrea M. den Boer

  • Rethinking cystic fibrosis pathology: the critical role of abnormal reduced glutathione (GSH) transport caused by CFTR mutation.

    Valerie M Hudson

  • The Limits Of State Autonomy: Societal Groups And Foreign Policy Formulation

    Valerie M. Hudson;Max J. Skidmore;David Skidmore

  • In Plain Sight: The Neglected Linkage between Brideprice and Violent Conflict

    Valerie M. Hudson;Hilary Matfess

  • Foreign policy decision-making (revisited)

    Richard C. Snyder;H. W. Bruck;Burton M. Sapin;Valerie M. Hudson

  • Foreign Policy Analysis

    Valerie M. Hudson

  • Artificial intelligence and international politics

    Valerie M. Hudson

  • A Pilot Study of the Effect of Inhaled Buffered Reduced Glutathione on the Clinical Status of Patients With Cystic Fibrosis

    Clark Bishop;Valerie M. Hudson;Sterling C. Hilton;Cathleen Wilde

  • Clan Governance and State Stability: The Relationship between Female Subordination and Political Order

    Valerie M. Hudson;Donna Lee Bowen;Perpetua Lynne Nielsen

  • Culture & foreign policy

    Valerie M. Hudson

  • Sex and the Shaheed: Insights from the Life Sciences on Islamic Suicide Terrorism

    Bradley A. Thayer;Valerie M. Hudson

  • The WomanStats Project Database: Advancing an Empirical Research Agenda

    Mary Caprioli;Valerie M. Hudson;Rose Mcdermott;Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill

  • Patrilineality, Son Preference, and Sex Selection in South Korea and Vietnam

    Andrea den Boer;Valerie Hudson

  • Political Psychology And Foreign Policy

    Eric Singer;Valerie M. Hudson

  • The Heart of the Matter: The Security of Women, the Security of States

    Valerie M. Hudson;Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill;Mary Caprioli;Chad F. Emmett

Frequent Co-Authors

Rose McDermott
Rose McDermott Brown University

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