Erica Chenoweth

Background

​​​Erica Chenoweth's website: http://www.ericachenoweth.com/

Erica Chenoweth is a rofessor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and a Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

Previously, she was an assistant professor at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, where she received the Carol A. Baker Memorial Prize recognizing excellence in junior faculty teaching and research.

Chenoweth also was a fellow at Harvard Un​iversity’s Kennedy School of Government, Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, and the University of California-Berkeley’s Institute of International Studies.

She holds doctoral and master’s degrees in political science from the University of Colorado and a bachelor’s degree in political science and German from the University of Dayton.

Research Groups

• Civilians in Conflict
• Violent Organizations

PRIO Departments

• Centre for the Study of Civil War (2003 - 2012)
• Conditions of Violence and Peace (2012-2022)

PRIO Projects

• Securing the Victory? Understanding Dynamics of Short-run and Long-term Success in Popular Uprisings and Democratization

• Effective Non-Violence? Resistance Strategies and Political Outcomes

Events

• Wed, 24 May 2017 14:00-16:00 – Civil Resistance in the Contemporary U.S.: Challenges, Opportunities, and Implications
• Thu, 07 May 2015 12:00-13:30 – Nonviolent Campaigns for Democracy and Human Rights
• Thu, 08 May 2014 – Workshop on "Actors, Strategies and Tactics in Contentious Direct Action"

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