Kyle Beardsley

About

Kyle Beardsley is a Professor of Political Science and a faculty member at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. He serves as the Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Political Science Masters of Arts Program and is an affiliate of the Duke Center for International Development. His academic and professional roles are based at Duke University, located at 140 Science Dr, Durham, NC 27708. He can be contacted via email at kyle.beardsley@duke.edu or by phone at (919) 613-7401. His work involves teaching and research in political science and public policy, contributing to graduate education and policy development.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Sociology
• Law
• Political economy
• Public administration
• Public relations
• Criminology

Selected publications

• Ethnic and Gender Hierarchies in the Crucible of War

  International Studies Quarterly · 2020 · 22 citations

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  Abstract Recent scholarship shows war can catalyze reforms related to gender power imbalances, but what about reforms related to ethnic inequalities? While war can disrupt the political, social and economic institutions at the root of ethnic hierarchy—just as it can shake up the institutions at the root of gender hierarchy—war is also prone to have either a reinforcing effect or a pendulum effect. Our project uses data from the Varieties of Democracy project to examine specific manifestations of…

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• Policing Ethnicity: Lab-in-the-Field Evidence on Discrimination, Cooperation, and Ethnic Balancing in the Liberian National Police

  Quarterly Journal of Political Science · 2021 · 11 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  Ethnic balancing in the security sector increasingly accompanies power sharing agreements after civil war, but new challenges arise as these institutions must sustain cooperation amidst increasing ethnic heterogeneity. Inclusive involvement in security sector institutions may reduce discrimination against minority groups. But pressure to assimilate may also foment “loyalty conflict” among minority group members, exacerbating discrimination. We test these competing logics using surveys and lab-in…

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• The Coevolution of Networks of Interstate Support, Interstate Threat, and Civil War

  The Journal of Politics · 2024-02-16 · 6 citations

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• Can peace operations mitigate the effect of armed conflict on malnutrition? Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire

  Environment and Security · 2023-05-26 · 3 citations

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  Armed conflict increases food insecurity leading to malnutrition especially in women, but can peace operations mitigate the increased prevalence of malnutrition in conflict zones? This study uses women’s nutrition outcomes—key indicators of societal health and peace potential in a community—as a lens through which one can understand downstream, long-term, consequences of exposures to violence both with and without the presence of United Nations peacekeepers. Comparing data of adult women in Côte…

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• Tipping Points: Challenges in Analyzing International Crisis Escalation

  International Studies Review · 2022-07-21 · 3 citations

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  Abstract Why do some near crises tip over into full-blown crisis and others do not? This paper considers existing scholarship and identifies four key barriers to using quantitative analysis for tipping-point analyses: strategic indeterminacy; the incentives for conflict parties to avoid inefficiencies; the paucity of cases; and the availability of quality data. Due to these challenges, many do not perform well as immediate causes for crisis escalation. We also argue and demonstrate through two q…

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Frequent coauthors

• Chong Chen

  Tsinghua University

  41 shared

• Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

  23 shared

• Sabrina Karim

  21 shared

• Nathaniel Beck

  New York University

  17 shared

• Victor Asal

  13 shared

• Kaitlyn Webster

  University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  10 shared

• Peter B. White

  Auburn University

  5 shared

• Robert Blair

  American University

  4 shared

Education

• Ph.D.

  UCSD

  2006

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