Samaneh Sharif
Biographic Data
| ID | 242992 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samaneh Sharif |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samaneh |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharif |
| SIGNATURE | SHARIF S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4021-018X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Sharpening Blunt Instruments
When researchers cannot randomly assign a treatment, as is often the case in international relations, they rely on observational data and use quasi-experimental designs with instrumental variables. Despite new advances in this area, even instruments with high first–stage relevance (large F–statistics) may fail the exclusion restriction if they affect the outcome through uncontrolled channels. In applied studies, the widespread use of the same ins…
When reintegration of ex-combatants turns deadly
Why do Armed Groups Return to War after Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration? Introducing the DDR-40 Dataset (1980–2020)
Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) is a crucial component of transitions from conflict. DDR starts the demilitarization of politics, a critical first step in reducing the feasibility of political success through violence and preventing conflict recurrence. Existing research on DDR is hampered by the absence of cross-national data. This paper introduces DDR-40, a pioneering global dataset documenting 83 DDR programs with 57 yearl…
Delegative peacebuilding
What explains selective violence against social and community leaders in the aftermath of war? This form of violence is often regarded as a spill-over product of wartime violence. We argue, however, that post-conflict selective violence occurs when the state delegates peacebuilding responsibilities to local leaders in areas of state weakness. Delegative peacebuilding describes a state's efforts to involve social and community leaders in peace pro…
Rebel victory and constitutional change
Territorial consolidation after rebel victory
Rebel victors of civil war face existential threats both internally and externally. In consolidating territorial control, how do rebel victors respond to domestic armed challengers? Do such decisions determine civil war recurrence? This paper argues that rebel victors can manage domestic risk and consolidate state power by either repressing or coopting challengers. Cooption strategies can range from the less inclusive, such as unilateral changes …
How Wartime Bonds Affect Ex-Combatant Political Attitudes
What determines political attitudes of ex-combatant after conflict, specifically the inclination towards rearmament? And to what extent do these attitudes depend on ex-combatants’ individual profiles? I argue that ex-combatant political attitudes are determined by whether wartime bonds are maintained after conflict. The argument indirectly implies that the impact of individual characteristics, such as gender, age, education, time in conflict, and…
Can the Rebel Body Function without its Visible Heads? The Role of Mid-Level Commanders in Peacebuilding
Mid-level commanders are commonly considered the visible heads of the rebel body: as leaders of combat operations, they are often targeted in counterterrorism or counterinsurgency operations. While their role during conflict has been theorized extensively, only recent scholarship has focused on mid-level commanders in post-conflict transitions. Specifically, it is not clear how mid-level commanders function within ex-combatant groups to create di…
Predicting the End of the Syrian Conflict
The Syrian civil war has confounded all predictions on its end date and is still ongoing. Valuable explicative work has been done on civil war duration; however, scholars have failed to reliably predict the end of ongoing conflicts. This article argues that faulty predictions on termination date of the Syrian conflict did not necessarily result from statistical errors in modeling civil wars data and better models might not necessarily mitigate th…
Effects of temperature and relative humidity on permanence of Buyid silk
Can the Rebel Body Function without its Visible Heads? The Role of Mid-Level Commanders in Peacebuilding
Mid-level commanders are commonly considered the visible heads of the rebel body: as leaders of combat operations, they are often targeted in counterterrorism or counterinsurgency operations. While their role during conflict has been theorized extensively, only recent scholarship has focused on mid-level commanders in post-conflict transitions. Specifically, it is not clear how mid-level commanders function within ex-combatant groups to create di…
How Wartime Bonds Affect Ex-Combatant Political Attitudes
What determines political attitudes of ex-combatant after conflict, specifically the inclination towards rearmament? And to what extent do these attitudes depend on ex-combatants’ individual profiles? I argue that ex-combatant political attitudes are determined by whether wartime bonds are maintained after conflict. The argument indirectly implies that the impact of individual characteristics, such as gender, age, education, time in conflict, and…
Predicting the End of the Syrian Conflict
The Syrian civil war has confounded all predictions on its end date and is still ongoing. Valuable explicative work has been done on civil war duration; however, scholars have failed to reliably predict the end of ongoing conflicts. This article argues that faulty predictions on termination date of the Syrian conflict did not necessarily result from statistical errors in modeling civil wars data and better models might not necessarily mitigate th…
Why do Armed Groups Return to War after Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration? Introducing the DDR-40 Dataset (1980–2020)
Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) is a crucial component of transitions from conflict. DDR starts the demilitarization of politics, a critical first step in reducing the feasibility of political success through violence and preventing conflict recurrence. Existing research on DDR is hampered by the absence of cross-national data. This paper introduces DDR-40, a pioneering global dataset documenting 83 DDR programs with 57 yearl…
Rebel victory and constitutional change
Effects of temperature and relative humidity on permanence of Buyid silk
When reintegration of ex-combatants turns deadly
Territorial consolidation after rebel victory
Rebel victors of civil war face existential threats both internally and externally. In consolidating territorial control, how do rebel victors respond to domestic armed challengers? Do such decisions determine civil war recurrence? This paper argues that rebel victors can manage domestic risk and consolidate state power by either repressing or coopting challengers. Cooption strategies can range from the less inclusive, such as unilateral changes …
Effects of temperature and relative humidity on permanence of Buyid silk
Predicting the End of the Syrian Conflict
The Syrian civil war has confounded all predictions on its end date and is still ongoing. Valuable explicative work has been done on civil war duration; however, scholars have failed to reliably predict the end of ongoing conflicts. This article argues that faulty predictions on termination date of the Syrian conflict did not necessarily result from statistical errors in modeling civil wars data and better models might not necessarily mitigate th…
Can the Rebel Body Function without its Visible Heads? The Role of Mid-Level Commanders in Peacebuilding
Mid-level commanders are commonly considered the visible heads of the rebel body: as leaders of combat operations, they are often targeted in counterterrorism or counterinsurgency operations. While their role during conflict has been theorized extensively, only recent scholarship has focused on mid-level commanders in post-conflict transitions. Specifically, it is not clear how mid-level commanders function within ex-combatant groups to create di…
Territorial consolidation after rebel victory
Rebel victors of civil war face existential threats both internally and externally. In consolidating territorial control, how do rebel victors respond to domestic armed challengers? Do such decisions determine civil war recurrence? This paper argues that rebel victors can manage domestic risk and consolidate state power by either repressing or coopting challengers. Cooption strategies can range from the less inclusive, such as unilateral changes …
How Wartime Bonds Affect Ex-Combatant Political Attitudes
What determines political attitudes of ex-combatant after conflict, specifically the inclination towards rearmament? And to what extent do these attitudes depend on ex-combatants’ individual profiles? I argue that ex-combatant political attitudes are determined by whether wartime bonds are maintained after conflict. The argument indirectly implies that the impact of individual characteristics, such as gender, age, education, time in conflict, and…
Delegative peacebuilding
What explains selective violence against social and community leaders in the aftermath of war? This form of violence is often regarded as a spill-over product of wartime violence. We argue, however, that post-conflict selective violence occurs when the state delegates peacebuilding responsibilities to local leaders in areas of state weakness. Delegative peacebuilding describes a state's efforts to involve social and community leaders in peace pro…
Rebel victory and constitutional change
Sharpening Blunt Instruments
When researchers cannot randomly assign a treatment, as is often the case in international relations, they rely on observational data and use quasi-experimental designs with instrumental variables. Despite new advances in this area, even instruments with high first–stage relevance (large F–statistics) may fail the exclusion restriction if they affect the outcome through uncontrolled channels. In applied studies, the widespread use of the same ins…
When reintegration of ex-combatants turns deadly
Why do Armed Groups Return to War after Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration? Introducing the DDR-40 Dataset (1980–2020)
Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) is a crucial component of transitions from conflict. DDR starts the demilitarization of politics, a critical first step in reducing the feasibility of political success through violence and preventing conflict recurrence. Existing research on DDR is hampered by the absence of cross-national data. This paper introduces DDR-40, a pioneering global dataset documenting 83 DDR programs with 57 yearl…
Politics (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (5 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (3 works) · Peacebuilding (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)