Thomas Chadefaux (Ph.D. expected April 2009)
Dissertation Title: The Value of Power: When Do States Fight Over Their Relative Strength?
Dissertation Committee: James Morrow (Co-chair), Robert Axelrod (Co-Chair), Allan Stam, Barbara Koremenos, Tilman Börgers (UM Economics)
Research Interests: International Security, Interstate wars, game theory, agent-based models
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G. Jiyun Kim (Ph.D. 2006)
Dissertation Title: The Nature and the Timing of Political Stabilization
Dissertation Committee: James Morrow (Chair), Robert Axelrod, Robert Franzese, Scott Page, Daniel Silverman (Economics)
Research Interests: Political Transitions, Conflict Resolution, State Failure, Political Violence, Modeling and Simulation, Large N Quant, and Knowledge / Socio-cognitive Engineering.
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Gaye B. Muderrisoglu (Ph.D. received December 2008)
Dissertation Title: "Domestic Political Incentives and International Negotiations: How Do Electoral Institutions Affect Leader Performance?"
Dissertation Committee: James D. Morrow (Co-Chair), Paul K. Huth (Co-Chair, Maryland), John E. Jackson, Katherine Terrell (U-M Public Policy/Business)
Research Interests: Substantive - Territorial Disputes, Foreign Direct Investment, Sovereign Debt; Methods - Large-N Quantitative, Formal Theory, Case-Studies; Area of Study - World Politics, Comparative Politics
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Paul Poast (Ph.D. expected April 2010)
Dissertation Title: Linking Issues and Sealing Deals: Understanding International Cooperation Using Military Alliances with Economic Cooperation Provisions
Dissertation Committee: James Morrow (Co-chair), William Roberts Clark (Co-chair), Barbara Koremenos, Walter Mebane, Allan Deardorff (U-M Economics)
Research Interests: Topics at Intersection of International Security and International Political Economy; Statistical Methodology in International Relations
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Leanne Powner (Ph.D. August 2008)
Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, American University (Washington, D.C.)
Dissertation Title: Consensus, Capacity, and The Choice to Cooperate
Dissertation Committee: Jim Morrow (Chair), Rob Franzese, Jana von Stein, Dario Gaggio (UM History)
Research Interests: International cooperation and institutions, European Union, Western Europe, developed democracy
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Johannes Urpelainen (Ph.D. expected April 2009)
Dissertation Title: All or Nothing: The Problem of Inefficient Compromise in International Cooperation
Dissertation Committee: Barbara Koremenos (Co-chair), James Morrow (Co-chair), William Clark, Jana von Stein, Arthur Lupia, Tilman Borgers (UM Economics)
Research Interests: International cooperation and institutions, international political economy, international environmental policy, game theory
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