Philip Martin

Aquia Building 307, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia  
Email: pmarti5@gmu.edu, Phone: 617-987-7627; View Philip Martin's website  
Last updated: January 2022

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Civil wars and political violence; peacebuilding and postwar reconstruction; democracy; African politics.

APPOINTMENTS

2022  
Visiting Professor (winter/spring)

Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

2019  
Assistant Professor of International Security

Schar School of Policy and Government, GeorgeMason University

EDUCATION

Ph.D, Political Science, 2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Fields: International Relations and Comparative Politics

MA, International Affairs, 2012 
Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

BA (Honors), Political Science, 2010 
University of Guelph

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Articles

“Insurgent Armies: Military Obedience and State Formation after Rebel Victory.” International Security, Vol. 46, No. 3 (2022), pp. 87-127.

“The Political Legacies of Rebel Rule: Evidencefrom a Natural Experiment in Côte d’Ivoire” (with Jeremy Speight and Giulia Piccolino). Comparative Political Studies (2022), doi: 10.1177/00104140211047409.

“Ethnicity and Violence in Weak States:Understanding the Mechanisms” (with Andrew Cesare Miller), Comparative Politics(2022), doi: 10.5129/001041522X16420169882963.

“When do StrongParties Throw the Bums Out? Evidence from South AfricanLocal Government Elections” (with Evan Lieberman and Nina McMurry). Studies in Comparative International Development (July 2021), doi: 10.1007/s12116-021-09338-5.

“Ex-Rebel Authority after Civil War: Theory and Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire”(with Jeremy Speight and Giulia Piccolino), Comparative Politics, Vol. 53, No. 2 (2021), pp. 209-232.

“Commander-Community Ties after Civil War.” Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 58, No. 4 (2021), pp. 778-793.

“Security Sector Reform and Civil-Military Relationsin Postwar Côte d’Ivoire,” AfricanAffairs, Vol. 117, No. 468 (2018), pp. 522-33.

“Mining codes in Africa:emergence of a ‘fourth’ generation?” (with Hany Besada) Cambridge Reviewof International Affairs, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2015), pp. 263-282.

“Coming Together:Power-Sharing and the Durability of Negotiated PeaceSettlements,” Civil Wars, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Fall 2013), pp. 332-58.

“Intervening for Peace? Dilemmas of Liberal Internationalism and Democratic Reconstruction in Afghanistan,” Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Spring 2011), pp. 1-24.

Work-in-Progress

Embedded Commanders: Insurgent Governance and Rebel—Military Integration in Côte d’Ivoire and Beyond. Book manuscript.

Editor-Reviewed Essays and Reports

“Why It Matters if Trump Rejects the Election Result,” Political Violence at a Glance, November 11 2020.

“South Africa's Healthy Democracy: Why Zuma's Resignation is a Good Sign,” Foreign Affairs, February 20, 2018 (with Dan De Kadt and Evan Lieberman).

“Le conséquence d'une gouvernance rebelle: enquête au nord de la Côte d'Ivoire,” Bulletin FrancoPaix, Vol. 3, No. 1 (January 2018),pp. 1-7 (with Giulia Piccolinoand Jeremy Speight).

“Politicians’ perspectives on voice and accountability: Evidence from a survey of South African local councillors,” Research Report, Making All Voices Count, December 2017 (with Evan Lieberman and Nina McMurry).

“Why Zimbabwe’s Military Abandoned Mugabe,” Foreign Affairs, November 15, 2017. “Rebel Networks' Deep Roots Cause Concerns for Côte d'Ivoire Transition," The Global

Observatory, International Peace Institute, October 12, 2017 (with Giulia Piccolino and Jeremy Speight). “Why Zimbabwe’s Military Sticks with Mugabe,” Foreign Affairs, September 12, 2016.

“Here are four reasons that South Africa’s ANC lost ground in this month’s elections,” The Monkey Cage,

August 12, 2016 (with Dan De Kadt, Evan Lieberman, and Nina McMurry).

“Regulating Extraction in the Global South: Towards a Framework for Accountability” (with Hany Besada and Franklin Lisk), Research Report for the United Nations High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, 2013, pp. 1-34.

“Mining Codes in Africa: Opportunities, Challenges and Canada’s Position” (with Hany Besada). In

Canada-Africa Relations: Looking Back, Looking Ahead (McGill-Queen’s Press,2013).

AWARDS AND HONORS

Fellowships & Grants

2021  
Distinguished Scholar Award, Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation ($35K)

2019  
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Faculty of Arts& Sciences, University of Toronto (declined)

2018  
Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

2018  
Research Grant, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Political Inclusion and Accountability Program, Côte d’Ivoire ($30K)

2017  
MIT GOV/LAB Dissertation SeedGrant ($4.5K)

2017  
Summer Research Grant, Center for International Studies, MIT ($3.5K)

2016  
Summer Research Grant, Center for International Studies, MIT ($3.5K)

2016  
Summer Fellowship, Bridging the Gap Project($3K)

2013—2017  
Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ($80K)

2013  
Fulbright Scholarship, Fulbright Canada Foundation ($15K)

2011  
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Government of Ontario ($15K)

2010  
Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Master’s Level, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ($17.5K)

2007—2009  
Dean’s Scholarship, University of Guelph ($1K)

Other Academic Honors

2015  
Finalist, Trudeau Scholarship. Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation

2012  
Senate Medal, Carleton University

2012  
Graduate Student Open Access Award, Carleton University Office of Vice-President (Research) and Graduate Student Association

2011  
First Prize, Best Paper Award Competition, 7th Annual Conference for Graduate Students in Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2011  
Third Prize, Conference of Defense Association’s 14 Annual Graduate Student Symposium, the Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada

2010  
Joseph F. Skinner Medal, University of Guelph (highest overall achievement among graduating students in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences)

2010  
University of Guelph Honor Award for outstanding student-athlete performance

2010  
Nominee, Winegard Medal, University of Guelph (highest overall achievement among graduating students)

2007  
George Grant Award, University of Guelph (highest academic average among undergraduate political science majors)

2006—2009  
OUA Academic All-Star Award for academic excellence as a varsity athlete, University of Guelph

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

Civil War and Stabilization in Africa (POGO 750) 
Introduction to Comparative Politics (GOVT 133) 
Political Violence and Civil Wars (GOVT 444) 
Field Seminar in Comparative Politics (GOVT 530)

MIT

Democracy and Development: Perspectives from Contemporary Africa (MITx) 
Engineering Democratic Development in Africa 
Math Camp I 
Quantitative Research Methods I: Regression

Carleton University

History of Political Thought 
Introduction to African Politics 
Law, State and Citizens 
Law, State, and Constitutions

FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE

Côte d’Ivoire. May-June 2015, September-December 2016,June-December 2017. 
Zimbabwe. July-August 2016. 
South Africa. June-July 2016. 
Tajikistan. March-August 2013. 
Ukraine. October-November 2012. 
Tanzania. August-October 2012. 
Botswana. April-June 2009.

PRESENTATIONS (Selected)

“Ex-Rebel Commanders and State Formation after Civil War”

Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, January 2021

“The Political Legacies of Rebel Rule: Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire” (with Jeremy Speight and Giulia Piccolino)

International Studies Association, Annual Convention, April 2021

African Studies Association, Annual Convention, Boston MA, November 2019

“Commander-Community Ties after Civil War”

American Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Washington DC, August 2019

“Ex-Rebel Commanders and Postwar Statebuilding: Subnational Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire”

Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE),Harvard University, November2018

“The Politics of Rebel Authority in Postwar States: Theory and Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire”(with Jeremy Speight and Giulia Piccolino)

Canadian Association of African Studies, Annual Conference, Kingston, Ontario, May 2018 International Studies Association, Annual Convention, San Francisco, April 2018

“The Dark Side of Rebel Governance: Wartime Rule and Commander-Community Linkages in Northern Côte d’Ivoire”

American Political Science Association, Dissertation workshop on Militaries and Democratization, Boston, August 2018.

Political Violence Workshop, Harvard University, March 2018.

“Do Parties Hold Politicians Accountable (and for What?):Evidence from South African Local Elections” (with Evan Lieberman and Nina McMurry)

American Political Science Association, Annual Conference, San Francisco, August 2017 South African Councillor Panel Study Workshop, MIT, Cambridge, MA, August 2017

“The Wartime Origins of Civil-Military Relations in Insurgent-Ruled Africa: Evidence from Zimbabwe and Côte d’Ivoire”

MIT-Harvard-Yale-Tufts Graduate Student Conference on Political Violence, Yale University, April 2017

International Studies Association, Annual Convention, Baltimore, February 2017

Conference on the Legacies of Armed Conflict in Southern Africa and Comparative Perspectives, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, July 2016.

“Does Irresponsible Rhetoric Cause Groups to Rebel? Evidence from the US State Department, 1991-2008”

MIT-Harvard-Yale Graduate Student Conference on Political Violence, Harvard University, April 2016. “Unsafe Havens: Re-Examining Aid and Peace Duration after Civil Wars” (with Nina McMurry) International Studies Association, Annual Convention, Baltimore, February 2017

Midwestern Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Chicago, April 2016.

MIT-Harvard-Yale Graduate Student Conference on Political Violence. Center for International Studies, MIT, Cambridge, March 2015.

“Strategies of Rebellion in Post-Colonial Africa”

International Studies Association, Annual Convention, Atlanta, March 2016.

MIT-Harvard-Yale Graduate Student Conference on Political Violence. Center for International Studies, MIT, Cambridge, March 2015.

MIT Strategic Use of Force Working Group. Center for International Studies, MIT, Cambridge, February 2015.

“Insurgency, Political Order, and SNC Wars: Elite-Proximity in the Central African Republic”

Olympia Summer Academy, Conflict and Political Violence Graduate Student Workshop, July 22 2014.

“Coming Together: Power-Sharing and the Durability of Negotiated Peace Settlements”

22^nd Annual Association of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) Conference – “Nationalism, Ethnicity and Boundaries,” London School of Economics, London UK. March 2012.

21^st Annual Conflict Resolution Symposium – Conflict: Communication, Culture and Change. Saint Paul University, Ottawa. February 3, 2012.

“Sharing Power after Deadly Conflict: Do Inclusive Institutions Work after the Fighting Stops?”

The 7^th Annual Conference for Graduate Students in Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. December 2011.

Conference of Defense Association’s 14^th Annual Graduate Student Conference, Royal Military College, Kingston ON. October 2011.

“Intervening for Peace? Dilemma’s of Liberal Internationalism and Democratic Reconstruction in Afghanistan”

Strategic Studies Student Consortium’s 13^th Annual Student Conference: “Strategy, Security, and Defense: Expanding the Discourse.” University of Calgary. February 2011.

6^th Annual Political Science Graduate Symposium: “Security and Conflict: Evolving Theory and Practice.” Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University. March 2011.

Graduate Political Science Society Conference: “21^st Century Politics: insecurity, uncertainty, and novelty.” Carleton University. March 2011.

Conference of Defense Association’s 13^th Annual Graduate Student Conference, Royal Military College, Kingston ON. October 2010.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2018  
Consultant, Exam Problem Development  
MITx MicroMasters program in Statistics and Data Science  
14.310x: Data Analysis in Social Science – Assessing Your Knowledge

2015—2019  
Research Analyst  
Freedom House (Côte d’Ivoire, Central African Republic)

2013
Mine Action Officer  
Norwegian People’s Aid, Tajikistan

2013
Research Associate  
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)  
Post-2015 Millennium Development Goals High-Level Panel

2011—2013
Research Assistant  
North-South Institute, Ottawa, ON Governance of Natural Resources Program

2012
Election Observer (Short Term)  
Mission Canada, Ukraine Parliamentary Elections

2011
Junior Policy Officer  
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa ON Tariffs and Goods Market Access Division

OTHER ACTIVITIES / MEMBERSHIPS

2021  
Award Committee, International Studies Association, Global South Travel Grant

2020  
Award Committee, African Politics Conference Group (APCG), Best Graduate Student Paper

2019  
Participant, Executive Analytic Exchange on the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, U.S. State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), September 5 2019

2016  
New Era in American Foreign Policy Bridging the Gap Conference

2015  
Co-creator, MIT Political Science Graduate Student Council

2014  
Olympia Summer Academy, “Conflict and Political Violence” cycle

2012  
MA student representative, NPSIA Director Search Committee

Professional memberships: International Studies Association, American Political Science Association, African Studies Association, Canadian African Studies Association, Working Group in African Political Economy

Peer reviewer for American Political Science Review, World Politics, Journal of Politics, Journal of Peace Research, International Security, Conflict Management and Peace Science, The Canadian Journal of African Studies, Civil Wars.

LANGUAGES

English (native); French

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY

R, QGIS, Latex