Department Of Social Sciences Invites You to A Talk By
Dr. Ravi Bhavnani, Professor, Graduate Institute Of International And Development Studies, Geneva
“PEACE AND CONFLICT”

Ravi Bhavnani is Professor of International Relations / Political Science at the Graduate Institute, Geneva (http://graduateinstitute.ch/home.html). Bhavnani's research explores the micro-foundations of violence by means of agent-based computational modelling and disaggregated empirical analysis. More specifically, his work examines the endogenous relationships among: (i) the characteristics, beliefs, and interests of relevant actors; (ii) social mechanisms and emergent social structures that shape attitudes, decision-making and behavior; and (iii) patterns of violence. His articles appear in the American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, Conflict Management & Peace Science, Complexity, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research Journal of Politics, and Nationalism & Ethnic Politics, among others.


Prof. Ravi Bhavnani will be talking on his book "Peace and Conflict" brought out by the Center for International Development and Conflict Management and published by Routledge. He will also discuss the various research projects that he and the Institute are involved in.