Inviting Intervention
Aila Matanock, Professor
Political Science
Closed. This professor is continuing with Fall 2024 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Spring 2025.
This research project examines how and why foreign intervention occurs by domestic invitation, as well as to what effect these invited interventions have on the rule of law.
Intervention by invitation is increasingly used by intergovernmental organizations pooling resources to deal with transnational concerns. The treaties that enact these agreements are an understudied innovation in stabilizing weak countries.
This research project will examine when and why governance delegation agreements occur empirically, as well as what effects they have.
Role: Research assistants will be asked to work on tasks that include data collection on Sub-Saharan Africa, some simple analysis of various datasets, working on appendices, compiling and organizing citations, and otherwise participating in these research projects. Students will learn how to conduct social science research. We will regularly discuss the process of producing scholarly work. We hope to find enthusiastic members of the team.
Qualifications: Applicants should have an interest in conflict and international intervention, as well as more broadly in research. They must have knowledge of a statistical package (ideally Stata but advanced Excel, R, or others are possible) and either know or be willing to get up to speed quickly on Zotero. Self-motivation and regular check-ins online are required.
Hours: 9-11 hrs
Off-Campus Research Site: Virtual
Social Sciences