Evidence suggests that the world has become a more peaceful place since the late 1940s, with a steady decline in inter-state wars. Intra-state conflict also declined through the 1990s but spiked in the mid-2000s. Cyberattacks, increasing militarization and the use of sharp power, the proliferation of terrorist and criminal organizations, and environmental degradation all bring into question our ability to sustain a peaceful world. Green School faculty research global conflict and cooperation by exploring issues related to security, foreign policy, and governance. We examine the role of increased trade and prosperity, democratization, advancing equality, transnational organizations, civil society and domestic political processes in contributing to global peace.
| Department | Name | Faculty Research |
| Criminology and Criminal Justice | Luis Salas | Work entails democracy building, governance, and justice systems in developing countries |
| Global and Sociocultural Studies | Mitzi Carter | Uses ethnographic methods to examine how discourses and everyday practices of security influence everyday interactions between US Americans and Okinawans in Okinawa, Japan |
| Global and Sociocultural Studies | Kevin Grove | Works on environmental security theory and policy and global environmental governance |
| History | Jessica Adler | Works on US military veterans’ experiences related to the welfare state and health care |
| History | Julio Capo | Works on history of state craft and inter-American relations, especially in the shaping of culture and political culture |
| History | Gwyn Davies | Works on the Roman army and strategic approaches to imperial frontiers as well as comparative military studies |
| History | Terrence Peterson | Works on the ways that militaries learn, exchange ideas, and produce doctrine or policy |
| History | Victor Uribe | Works on history of republican habitus, the history of legislatures, terrorism, strategic culture and political violence |
| Politics and International Relations | Ronald Cox | Works on US foreign economic policy, international political economy, American foreign policy |
| Politics and International Relations | Kevin Evans | Works on conflict and cooperation between the branches of American government and the institutional development of the US presidency |
| Politics and International Relations | Clement Fatovic | Focuses on the development of liberalism and modern constitutionalism in 17th and 18th century political thought |
| Politics and International Relations | Eduardo Gamarra | Focuses on US & Latin American Campaigns/Elections, Public Opinion, Democratization, Populism |
| Politics and International Relations | Harry Gould | Works on International Relations Theory, Ethics, and International Law |
| Politics and International Relations | Barry Levitt | Works on the comparative politics of political culture and political institutions in Latin America and other “new” democracies |
| Politics and International Relations | Eric Lob | Focuses on the intersection of development and politics in the Middle East, especially Iran |
| Politics and International Relations | Todd Makse | Works on knowledge and expertise in US State Politics, Political Behavior, Legislative Politics |
| Politics and International Relations | Felix Martin | Works on international relations theory, security/peace studies, and international political economy |
| Politics and International Relations | Kyle Mattes | Works on US Campaigns/Elections, Political Psychology (emotions, attractiveness etc) |
| Politics and International Relations | Francisco Mora | Works on hemispheric security, US-Latin American relations, civil-military relations, Cuban politics and military |
| Politics and International Relations | John Oates | Works on International law and Organization, IR theory, Social theory, and Normative International Theory |
| Politics and International Relations | Marzia Oceno | Focuses on gender and racial attitudes as they relate to public opinion & political behavior in the US; political methodology |
| Politics and International Relations | Richard Olson | Works on Politics of Disaster, Politics of Disaster Risk Reduction, Critical Juncture Theory, Genocide, Latin American Politics |
| Politics and International Relations | Mark Rosenberg | Works on Politics of Development, Latin American & Caribbean Politics, Comparative Political Theory, Higher Education Policy & Management |
| Politics and International Relations | Markus Thiel | Works on political sociology of the EU and European (Union) Politics, as well as Identity Politics |
| Politics and International Relations | Jin Zeng | Focuses on Political Economy of Development, China's economic engagement with Latin America, Chinese Politics, Politics of Economic Reform |
| Politics and International Relations | Susanne Zwingel | Works on International women’s rights and their translation; gender equality advocacy around the world; global governance and gender; feminist, constructivist, and post-colonial IR theories; gender and armed conflict |
| Public Policy and Administration | Susannah Ali | Research related to public sector career paths, human resource topics, and issues of diversity |
| Public Policy and Administration | Agatha Caraballo | Promoting civic leadership, community engagement and public participation, particularly among younger voters |
| Public Policy and Administration | Amanda Clark | Explore how to strengthen the capacity of US electoral institutions via succession planning, recruitment of poll workers, and strategies dealing with emotional labor |
| Public Policy and Administration | Howard Frank | Applied research for local governments as well as academic research in public budgeting are geared to providing usable knowledge for advancing community development |
| Public Policy and Administration | Sukumar Ganapati | Research on government/ nonprofit adoption and use of information technology |
| Public Policy and Administration | Milena Neshkova | Research on citizen voice and participation in governance, the effect of public participation on organizational performance, the link between the level of corruption and citizen engagement |