Rate My Professor Timothy Warren

Warren's research interests span international relations, methodology, armed conflict, social networks, collective violence, state sovereignty, alliances, mass media, social media, intra-ethnic conflict, treaty compliance, network analysis, and computational modeling of social systems. He has published in premier journals, including “Modeling the Coevolution of International and Domestic Institutions: Alliances, Democracy, and the Complex Path to Peace” in the Journal of Peace Research 53(3): 424-441 (2016); “Explosive Connections? Mass Media, Social Media, and the Geography of Collective Violence in African States” in the Journal of Peace Research 52(3): 297-311 (2015); “Explaining Violent Intra-Ethnic Conflict: Group Fragmentation in the Shadow of State Power” (with Kevin Troy) in the Journal of Conflict Resolution 59(3): 484-509 (2015); “Not by the Sword Alone: Soft Power, Mass Media, and the Production of State Sovereignty” in International Organization 68(1): 111-141 (2014); “Testing Clausewitz: Nationalism, Mass Mobilization, and the Severity of War” (with Lars-Erik Cederman and Didier Sornette) in International Organization 65(4): 605-638 (2011); and “The Geometry of Security: Modeling Interstate Alliances as Evolving Networks” in the Journal of Peace Research 47(6): 697-709 (2010). He is developing a book manuscript entitled Conflict and Peace in the Age of Information: Communication, Technology, and the Logic of Collective Violence. Warren has been principal investigator or co-principal investigator on over $1 million in research grants from Department of Defense sponsors, including “Simulating the Effects of Shocks on Social and Political Networks,” a Minerva Grant from the Army Research Office (2015-2018); “Social Media Analytics for Enhanced Indications and Warnings” from Marine Forces Cyber Command (2015-2016); and “Worldwide Discussion Analysis Through Open Source Media” from the Joint Warfare Analysis Center (2017-2018). He has delivered invited presentations at institutions such as Harvard University, Princeton University, Yale University, Oxford University, ETH Zurich, and the RAND Corporation.