Assistant Professor
Contact Information
pmarti5@gmu.edu
Fairfax Campus, Aquia Building, Room 307
4400 ĢAV Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
MSN: 3F4
Biography
Philip A. Martin is an assistant professor of international security in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason ĢAV.
His research specializes in political violence and civil wars, peacebuilding, and African politics. His work has been published in International Security, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, Journal of Peace Research, African Affairs, Studies in Comparative International Development, and other outlets.
In 2020, Martin was co-awarded (with Giulia Piccolino and Jeremy Speight) the Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar Award for research on armed groups and peacebuilding in ôٱ ’IǾ. His research has also received support from the Fulbright Foundation, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard ĢAV, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
He completed his PhD in Political Science in 2019 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was an affiliate of the security studies program.
Curriculum Vitae
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Aquia Building 307, George Mason ĢAV, Fairfax, Virginia
Email: pmarti5@gmu.edu, Phone: 617-987-7627;
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 ĢAV
2019
Assistant Professor of International Security
Schar School of Policy and Government, GeorgeMason ĢAV
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 ĢAV
BA (Honors), Political Science, 2010
ĢAV of Guelph
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Articles
ԲܰԳ Armies: Military Obedience and State Formation after Rebel վٴǰ.” International Security, Vol. 46, No. 3 (2022), pp. 87-127.
“ (with Jeremy Speight and Giulia Piccolino). Comparative Political Studies (2022), doi: 10.1177/00104140211047409.
“” (with Andrew Cesare Miller), Comparative Politics(2022), doi: 10.5129/001041522X16420169882963.
“W 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.
“E- Authority after Civil War: Theory and Evidence from ôٱ ’IǾ”(with Jeremy Speight and Giulia Piccolino), Comparative Politics, Vol. 53, No. 2 (2021), pp. 209-232.
“CdzԻ-dzܲԾٲ Ties after Civil ².” Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 58, No. 4 (2021), pp. 778-793.
ٱܰٲ Sector Reform and Civil-Military Relationsin Postwar ôٱ ’IǾ,” AfricanAffairs, Vol. 117, No. 468 (2018), pp. 522-33.
“MԾԲ codes in Africa:emergence of a ‘fdzܰٳ’ generation?” (with Hany Besada) Cambridge Reviewof International Affairs, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2015), pp. 263-282.
“CdzԲ Together:Power-Sharing and the Durability of Negotiated ʱٳٱԳٲ,” Civil Wars, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Fall 2013), pp. 332-58.
ԳٱԾԲ 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 ⾱ٲ Integration in ôٱ ’IǾ and Beyond. Book manuscript.
Editor-Reviewed Essays and Reports
“W It Matters if Trump Rejects the Election Result,” Political Violence at a Glance, November 11 2020.
ٴdzܳٳ Africa's Healthy Democracy: Why Zuma's Resignation is a Good ,” Foreign Affairs, February 20, 2018 (with Dan De Kadt and Evan Lieberman).
“Le conséquence d'une gouvernance rebelle: enquête au nord de la ôٱ d'Ivoire,” Bulletin FrancoPaix, Vol. 3, No. 1 (January 2018),pp. 1-7 (with Giulia Piccolinoand Jeremy Speight).
“PDZپԲ’ 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).
“W ܾɱ’s Military Abandoned ѳܲ,” Foreign Affairs, November 15, 2017. “Rebel Networks' Deep Roots Cause Concerns for ôٱ d'Ivoire Transition," The Global
Observatory, International Peace Institute, October 12, 2017 (with Giulia Piccolino and Jeremy Speight). “W ܾɱ’s Military Sticks with ѳܲ,” Foreign Affairs, September 12, 2016.
“H are four reasons that South Africa’s ANC lost ground in this DzԳٳ’s پDzԲ,” 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.
“MԾԲ Codes in Africa: Opportunities, Challenges and 䲹Բ岹’s ʴDzپDz” (with Hany Besada). In
Canada-Africa Relations: Looking Back, Looking Ahead (ѳҾ-ϳܱ’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, ĢAV of Toronto (declined)
2018
Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard ĢAV
2018
Research Grant, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Political Inclusion and Accountability Program, ôٱ ’IǾ ($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, ĢAV of Guelph ($1K)
Other Academic Honors
2015
Finalist, Trudeau Scholarship. Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation
2012
Senate Medal, Carleton ĢAV
2012
Graduate Student Open Access Award, Carleton ĢAV 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 ĢAV of Jerusalem
2011
Third Prize, Conference of Defense dzپDz’s 14 Annual Graduate Student Symposium, the Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada
2010
Joseph F. Skinner Medal, ĢAV of Guelph (highest overall achievement among graduating students in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences)
2010
ĢAV of Guelph Honor Award for outstanding student-athlete performance
2010
Nominee, Winegard Medal, ĢAV of Guelph (highest overall achievement among graduating students)
2007
George Grant Award, ĢAV of Guelph (highest academic average among undergraduate political science majors)
2006—2009
OUA Academic All-Star Award for academic excellence as a varsity athlete, ĢAV of Guelph
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason ĢAV
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 ĢAV
History of Political Thought
Introduction to African Politics
Law, State and Citizens
Law, State, and Constitutions
FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE
ôٱ ’IǾ. 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 ²”
Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton ĢAV, January 2021
“T Political Legacies of Rebel Rule: Evidence from ôٱ ’IǾ” (with Jeremy Speight and Giulia Piccolino)
International Studies Association, Annual Convention, April 2021
African Studies Association, Annual Convention, Boston MA, November 2019
“CdzԻ-dzܲԾٲ Ties after Civil ²”
American Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Washington DC, August 2019
“E- Commanders and Postwar Statebuilding: Subnational Evidence from ôٱ ’IǾ”
Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE),Harvard ĢAV, November2018
“T Politics of Rebel Authority in Postwar States: Theory and Evidence from ôٱ ’IǾ”(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
“T Dark Side of Rebel Governance: Wartime Rule and Commander-Community Linkages in Northern ôٱ ’IǾ”
American Political Science Association, Dissertation workshop on Militaries and Democratization, Boston, August 2018.
Political Violence Workshop, Harvard ĢAV, March 2018.
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
“T Wartime Origins of Civil-Military Relations in Insurgent-Ruled Africa: Evidence from Zimbabwe and ôٱ ’IǾ”
MIT-Harvard-Yale-Tufts Graduate Student Conference on Political Violence, Yale ĢAV, April 2017
International Studies Association, Annual Convention, Baltimore, February 2017
Conference on the Legacies of Armed Conflict in Southern Africa and Comparative Perspectives, ĢAV of Pretoria, Pretoria, July 2016.
es Irresponsible Rhetoric Cause Groups to Rebel? Evidence from the US State Department, 1991-2008”
MIT-Harvard-Yale Graduate Student Conference on Political Violence, Harvard ĢAV, 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.
ٳٰٱ of Rebellion in Post-Colonial&Բ;ڰ”
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.
ԲܰԳ, Political Order, and SNC Wars: Elite-Proximity in the Central African&Բ;ܲ”
Olympia Summer Academy, Conflict and Political Violence Graduate Student Workshop, July 22 2014.
“CdzԲ Together: Power-Sharing and the Durability of Negotiated Peace&Բ;ٳٱԳٲ”
22nd Annual Association of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) Conference – “NپDzԲ, Ethnicity and Boundaries,” London School of Economics, London UK. March 2012.
21st Annual Conflict Resolution Symposium – Conflict: Communication, Culture and Change. Saint Paul ĢAV, Ottawa. February 3, 2012.
ٳԲ Power after Deadly Conflict: Do Inclusive Institutions Work after the Fighting&Բ;ٴDZ?”
The 7th Annual Conference for Graduate Students in Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy, The Hebrew ĢAV of Jerusalem. December 2011.
Conference of Defense dzپDz’s 14th Annual Graduate Student Conference, Royal Military College, Kingston ON. October 2011.
ԳٱԾԲ for Peace? Dilemma’s of Liberal Internationalism and Democratic Reconstruction in ڲԾٲ”
Strategic Studies Student DzԲǰپܳ’s 13th Annual Student Conference: ٳٰٱ, Security, and Defense: Expanding the Discourse.” ĢAV of Calgary. February 2011.
6th Annual Political Science Graduate Symposium: ٱܰٲ and Conflict: Evolving Theory and Practice.” Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie ĢAV. March 2011.
Graduate Political Science Society Conference: “21st Century Politics: insecurity, uncertainty, and novelty.” Carleton ĢAV. March 2011.
Conference of Defense dzپDz’s 13th 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 (ôٱ ’IǾ, Central African Republic)
2013
Mine Action Officer
Norwegian ʱDZ’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 ôٱ ’IǾ, 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, “CDzԴڱ and Political վDZԳ” 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