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The little secret of policymaking

4Apr2013

The Democratic-Republican role reversal in technology

17Feb2013

As though I didn’t think humans were ridiculous enough already

11Feb2013

Social scientists run amok

7Nov2012

Political violence, the blog

13Jun2012

The tyranny of moral intuition?

27Mar2012

How to reconcile press coverage of the “close” Republican contest when the Intrade probability of a Santorum win is down to 6%?

26Feb2012

“Somalia needs a chamber of commerce before it needs a cabinet”, or the case for anarchy in the Horn

22Feb2012

And we say America has a wealth in politics problem

17Feb2012

Could we solve the problem of money in US politics with… more money? I give you the #MegaPAC

10Feb2012

Letting the state back in, all over again

21Dec2011

The dark horse in the Republican race?

15Dec2011

Congo election facts of the day

30Nov2011

How to win an election? Substance not cash.

4Nov2011

How political economy theory can explain OWS

24Oct2011

Elections in Liberia

12Oct2011

Are most Americans unfit to govern themselves?

25Sep2011

The true sign of democracy, some say…

24Sep2011

An introduction to American politics

8Sep2011

Foreign aid’s educational blind spot

3Sep2011

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Chris Blattman

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

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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
  • 2012: Children and War (Review)
  • 2013: Promoting order and property rights under weak rule of law
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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
  • 2012: Forecasting local-level conflict in Liberia
  • All

Advice: Development

  • Books development workers and academics should read
  • Development tourism
  • Getting a job in development
  • How to take advantage of an MA program
  • 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

  • Applying to PhDs
  • Courses: 10 things I tell undergrads
  • Courses: How much economics should you study?
  • How to ask for a recommendation letter
  • How to discuss a paper
  • How to email your professors and employers
  • How to get a PhD and save the world
  • MA or PhD?
  • Moving from RA to co-author
  • On quantitative field research
  • PhD students: Choosing a topic
  • PhD students: Don't lose hope
  • PhD students: Econ PhDs & the politics market
  • PhD students: Job market advice
  • PhD students: Job market advice II
  • PhDs: Picking a dissertation (and why it should not be a field experiment)
  • Writing PhD grant applications
  • Writing: How to write an essay
  • Writing: How to write like a Mad Man

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