Michael Gilligan

My research explores the effects of various types of international interventions (peacekeeping, post-conflict reconstruction aid and ex-combatant reintegration programs) on the societies in which those interventions are undertaken. I continue to have an ongoing research interest in using formal models to understand international cooperation. My teaching at the undergraduate level mainly consists of advising honors theses in the senior research seminar of the International Relations Honors major. At the MA level I teach a course on formal models of international cooperation and sometimes a course on civil wars and international interventions. At the PhD level I usually teach one half of the department's year long international relations core course, the half that focuses on political economy and international cooperation topics.

• "Reintegrating rebels into civilian life: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Burundi", with Eric Mvukiyehe and Cyrus Samii. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 57: 598-626.
• "Formal Models of International Institutions", with Leslie Johns. American Review of Political Science. 15:221-243
• "Strengthening International Courts and the Early Settlement of Disputes." With Leslie Johns and B. Peter Rosendorff. Journal of Conflict Resolution. February 2010 vol. 54 no. 1 5-38
• "Do Norms Reduce Torture?" With Nathaniel Nesbitt. Journal of Legal Studies. June 2009. 38(2): 445-470.
• "Does Peacekeeping Cause Peace? Using Matching to Improve Causal Inference." With Ernest J. Sergenti. Quarterly Journal of Political Science. 3(2): 89-122.

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