Forces of Darkness: The Strategic Dynamics of Territorial Control and Resource Allocation during Civil War

Forces of Darkness: The Strategic Dynamics of Territorial Control and Resource Allocation during Civil War

The Pearson Institute's January Lunch and Learn will feature Scott Gates, political scientist, economist, and research professor at The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), to discuss the strategic dynamics of territorial control and resource allocation during civil war.

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About the Speaker

Scott Gates is a professor of political science at the University of Oslo and research professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). He is the editor of the Journal of Peace Research. He was director of the Center for the Study of Civil War (CSCW) at PRIO, 2002-2013, which was designated by the Research Council of Norway as a Center of Excellence. Gates has published over thirty peer-reviewed articles and twelve books including Fragile Bargains: Civil Conflict and Power Sharing in Africa, coauthored with Kaare Strøm (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming) and Limited War in South Asia: From Decolonization to Recent Times with Kaushik Roy (Routledge, 2018). Gates’ current research interests include democratization, civil war, the consequences of warfare, and the organizational basis of rebellion and non-violent resistance.

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