Rate My Professor Seden Akcinaroglu

Akcinaroglu teaches courses on international conflict and international political economy. Her scholarship has appeared in leading journals including the Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Interactions, Political Research Quarterly, and Conflict Management and Peace Science. Key publications include "Rebel interdependencies and civil war outcomes" (Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2012), "Expectations, rivalries, and civil war duration" (International Interactions, 2005, with E. Radziszewski), "Private military companies, opportunities, and termination of civil wars in Africa" (Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2013, with E. Radziszewski), "Avalanches and olive branches: A multimethod analysis of disasters and peacemaking in interstate rivalries" (Political Research Quarterly, 2011, with J.M. DiCicco and E. Radziszewski), "To instill fear or love: Terrorist groups and the strategy of building reputation" (Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2018, with E. Tokdemir), and the co-authored book "Private militaries and the security industry in civil wars: Competition and market accountability" (Oxford University Press, 2020, with E. Radziszewski). She has also contributed to interdisciplinary efforts predicting terrorist attacks by correlating major events, economic weakening, militarized disputes, and natural disasters with attack trends, finding that terrorists exploit crises for opportunities while considering reputation costs.