“Violence: Electoral Conflict in Comparative Perspective” Conference – December 3-4, 2015

The CPD Electoral Violence in Developing Countries Initiative hosted a conference entitled “Violence: Electoral Conflict in Comparative Perspective” on December 3-4, 2015, that focused on improving our comparative understanding of violence around elections as well as developed innovative designs to assessed causes and consequences of electoral conflict. Additional information about this conference can be found here.

The CPD Electoral Violence in Developing Countries Initiative is a network of interdisciplinary faculty and graduate students that study the relationship between violence and democratic elections in developing countries. The initiative explores different means for measuring electoral violence and assessing whether violence complements or substitutes for non-violent electoral malpractices like fraud or vote-buying and whether these dynamics are different in post-conflict contexts compared to other contexts. It also considers interventions, by domestic and international actors, that attempt to change these dynamics. Finally, this network of scholars explores whether these dynamics are different in post-conflict contexts compared to other contexts. The following faculty and graduate students are associated with the Electoral Violence in Developing Countries Initiative:

Leonardo Arriola, Associate Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley
Thad Dunning, Robson Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley
Aila Matanock, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley
Manuela Travaglianti, Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies, UC Berkeley