Yuri Zhukov

Associate Professor, Political Science

armed conflict, disaggregated data, political violence

My research focuses on the causes, dynamics and outcomes of conflict, at the international and local levels. My methodological areas of interest include spatial statistics, mathematical/computational modeling and text analysis.

Map/time-series/network plot, showing the flow of information across battles in World War II. Z axis is time, X and Y axes are longitude and latitude, polygons are locations of battles, red lines are network edges linking battles involving the same combatants. Source: Until the Bitter End? The Diffusion of Surrender Across Battles