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Possibly the most educational video you’ll view today

24Jul2010

Nuke the Gulf?

18May2010
Chris Blattman

I’m an Assistant Professor of Political Science & Economics at Yale. I use field work and statistics to study poverty, political participation, the causes and consequences of violence, and policy in developing countries. [Read more]

Recent research

  • 2010: Civil war
  • 2010: War, gender and reintegration: Evidence from Uganda
  • 2011. Economic Shocks and Conflict
  • 2011: The logic of child soldiering and coercion
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Policy

  • 2011: Cash transfers, employment, and social stability (Mid-term results)
  • 2011: Conflict trends in Liberia
  • 2011: Ex-combatant reintegration in Liberia
  • 2011: Impact Evaluation 3.0?
  • 2011: Post conflict civic education and peacebuilding in Liberia
  • All

Advice: Development

  • Books development workers and academics should read
  • Development tourism
  • Getting a job in development
  • Research in war zones I
  • Research in war zones II
  • Should you become a field RA on an RCT?
  • So you want to be an impact evaluator?
  • What to bring for field work I
  • What to bring for field work II
  • What to bring to the sky
  • Why you should work in aid
  • Working in a developing country

Advice: Academic

  • 10 things I tell undergraduates
  • Choosing a research topic
  • Econ PhDs and the politics job market
  • Grad students: Don't lose hope
  • How to discuss a paper
  • How to email your professors and employers
  • How to get a PhD and save the world
  • How to write an essay
  • Ma or PhD?
  • Moving from RA to co-author
  • On quantitative field research
  • PhD job market advice
  • Recommendation letters

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