Benjamin Jones
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Phone Number:
Email: btjones1@olemiss.edu
http://politicalscience.olemiss.edu/ben-jones/

Key Words: International security, civil and regional conflict, military intervention, and political methodology, Civil war termination and recurrence, Third-party interventions in civil war, Conflict Dynamics

Research Description: My research focuses on international relations and political methodology. In particular, I am interested in the dynamic nature of intrastate conflict, and the role of third-parties in civil wars. Methodologically, I am interested in modeling the role of time in political phenomena and capturing complexity more generally.

Honors Theses:

Durland, Harrison (2020) Diabolus Ex Machina? A Comparative Case Study to Test Whether Automatic Weapons Can Disproportionately Benefit Irregular Forces (full text)

Mezera, Josiah (2019) External Support in Civil Wars and Its Effects on Refugee Flow (full text)

Perkins, Sailer E. (2017) The Drier the Land, The Higher the Chance?: An Examination of the Relationship Between Water Availability and Civil Conflict and Its U.S. National Security Implications. (full text)

McGraw, Erica Shannon (2016) Political Underrepresentation and Domestic Terrorism: The Deficiency of Minority Descriptive Representation as a Causal Factor of Violent Radicalization in Western European Democracies. (full text)