Resources for International Relations Research

Data Collections for IR ResearchSee all topical collections | all subfield collections

SIPRI Databases on Global Security
Features data on arms transfers, multilateral peace operations, military expenditures, arms industry, and other top...
Data Sites | IR
xSub / cross-sub.org
A repository of micro-level, subnational event data on armed conflict and contention around the world.
Data Sites | IR
Sie Cheou-Kang Center for International Security & Diplomacy
Dedicated to building knowledge on the evolving nature of security and diplomacy to better address pressing global ...
Data Sites | IR
Uppsala Conflict Data Program
The world's main provider of data on organized violence and the oldest ongoing data collection project for civil wa...
Data Sites | IR
Design of Trade Agreements (DESTA) Database
Systematic data on the design of preferential trade agreements that have been signed since 1945.
Data Sites | IR
Rising Powers Diplomatic Network
Monitors the distribution of the diplomatic apparatus of emerging powers across the globe.
Data Sites | IR
Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative
The first global data hub on human trafficking, with data contributed by counter-trafficking organizations around t...
Data Sites | IR
AidData
Produces evidence to improve how sustainable development investments are targeted, monitored, and evaluated. See da...
Data Sites | IR
Konstanz One-Sided Event Dataset
Detailed information on the magnitude and location of events of one-sided violence in 20 civil wars
Data Sites | IR
Issue Correlates of War (ICOW)
A research project that is collecting systematic data on contentious issues in world politics.
Data Sites | IR

Authors with Replication DataSee all authors | all subfield authors

Jason Lyall
Dartmouth College, see publications and data page.
Authors | IR
Angela D. Nichols
Florida Atlantic Univ., datasets on research page.
Authors | IR
Virginia Page Fortna
Columbia University
Authors | IR
Erik Gartzke
Univ. California at San Diego, see datasets
Authors | IR
D. Scott Bennett
Penn State, datasets page
Authors | IR
Aila M. Matanock
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, replication data on research page
Authors | IR
Efe Tokdemir
Bilkent University
Authors | IR
Barbara Walter
UC San Diego, datasets listed in selected publications section.
Authors | IR
Giacomo Chiozza
American University of Sharjah, see replication data for articles and book chapters.
Authors | IR
Ryan C. Maness
Naval Postgraduate School, see cyber conflict dataset.
Authors | IR

Outlets for IR ResearchAll poli sci journals | blogs | podcasts

Rev. of Int'l Organizations
Publishes original scientific contributions in the entire field of political economy, with a focus on the policies ...
Journals | IR
Saideman's Semi-Spew
Wide ranging thoughts on international relations, ethnic conflict, civil-military relations, academia, and politics...
Blogs | IR
Political Violence at a Glance
Experts answer questions about violence happening around the world and offer simple, straight-forward analysis befo...
Blogs | IR
#OCCUPYIRTHEORY
A blog focusing primarily on the significance of Occupy Wall Street and other horizontalist political movements for...
Blogs | IR
International Organization
A leading peer-reviewed journal that covers the entire field of international affairs.
Journals | IR
International Security
RSS | Publishes articles on the full range of contemporary security issues. Its articles address traditional topics, such...
Journals | IR
Journal of Peace Research
Focuses on the causes of violence and conflict resolution, strives for a global focus on conflict and peacemaking.
Journals | IR
European J. of International Relations
Publishes peer-reviewed scholarly contributions across the full breadth of the field of International Relations.
Journals | IR
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Focuses on conflict between and within states, but also explores a variety of inter-group and interpersonal conflic...
Journals | IR
Duck of Minerva
Addresses world politics from an academic perspective.
Blogs | IR


The Durability of Client Regimes: Foreign Sponsorship and Military Loyalty, 1946-2010Abstract \| Data \| Find Text
Adam E. Casey (2020)
	Journal Archives \| IR


Reassessing the Public Goods Theory of AlliancesAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Joshua Alley (Forthcoming)
	Journal Archives \| IR


Cyber Terrorism and Public Support for Retaliation: A Multi-Country Survey ExperimentAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Ryan Shandler; Michael L. Gross; Sophia Backhaus; Daphna Canetti (Forthcoming)
	Journal Archives \| IR


Capturing Group Alignments: Introducing the Government and Armed Actors Relations Dataset (GAARD)Abstract \| Data \| Find Text
Sabine Otto; Adam Scharpf; Anita Gohdes (2020)
	Journal Archives \| IR


Hawks, Doves, and Peace: An Experimental ApproachAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Michaela Mattes; Jessica Weeks (2019)
	Journal Archives \| IR


Inside Irredentism: A Global Empirical AnalysisAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
David Siroky; Christopher Hale (2017)
	Journal Archives \| IR


Contested Ground: Disentangling Material and Symbolic Attachment to Disputed TerritoryAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Tamar Mitts; Devorah Manekin; *Guy Grossman (2019)
	Journal Archives \| IR


Should I Stay or Should I Go? Leaders, Exile, and the Dilemmas of International JusticeAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Daniel Krcmaric (2018)
	Journal Archives \| IR


Military Aid, Regime Vulnerability and the Escalation of Political ViolenceAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Andrew Boutton (2021)
	Journal Archives \| IR


Rebel Tactics and External Public OpinionAbstract \| Data \| Find Text
Stephen Arves; Kathleen Cunningham; Caitlin McCulloch (2019)
	Journal Archives \| IR

SIPRI Databases on Global Security
Features data on arms transfers, multilateral peace operations, military expenditures, arms industry, and other top...
	Data Sites \| IR

xSub / cross-sub.org
A repository of micro-level, subnational event data on armed conflict and contention around the world.
	Data Sites \| IR

Sie Cheou-Kang Center for International Security & Diplomacy
Dedicated to building knowledge on the evolving nature of security and diplomacy to better address pressing global ...
	Data Sites \| IR

Uppsala Conflict Data Program
The world's main provider of data on organized violence and the oldest ongoing data collection project for civil wa...
	Data Sites \| IR

Design of Trade Agreements (DESTA) Database
Systematic data on the design of preferential trade agreements that have been signed since 1945.
	Data Sites \| IR

Rising Powers Diplomatic Network
Monitors the distribution of the diplomatic apparatus of emerging powers across the globe.
	Data Sites \| IR

Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative
The first global data hub on human trafficking, with data contributed by counter-trafficking organizations around t...
	Data Sites \| IR

AidData
Produces evidence to improve how sustainable development investments are targeted, monitored, and evaluated. See da...
	Data Sites \| IR

Konstanz One-Sided Event Dataset
Detailed information on the magnitude and location of events of one-sided violence in 20 civil wars
	Data Sites \| IR

Issue Correlates of War (ICOW)
A research project that is collecting systematic data on contentious issues in world politics.
	Data Sites \| IR

Jason Lyall
Dartmouth College, see publications and data page.
	Authors \| IR

Angela D. Nichols
Florida Atlantic Univ., datasets on research page.
	Authors \| IR

Erik Gartzke
Univ. California at San Diego, see datasets
	Authors \| IR

Aila M. Matanock
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, replication data on research page
	Authors \| IR

Barbara Walter
UC San Diego, datasets listed in selected publications section.
	Authors \| IR

Giacomo Chiozza
American University of Sharjah, see replication data for articles and book chapters.
	Authors \| IR

Ryan C. Maness
Naval Postgraduate School, see cyber conflict dataset.
	Authors \| IR

Rev. of Int'l Organizations
Publishes original scientific contributions in the entire field of political economy, with a focus on the policies ...
	Journals \| IR

Saideman's Semi-Spew
Wide ranging thoughts on international relations, ethnic conflict, civil-military relations, academia, and politics...
	Blogs \| IR

Political Violence at a Glance
Experts answer questions about violence happening around the world and offer simple, straight-forward analysis befo...
	Blogs \| IR

#OCCUPYIRTHEORY
A blog focusing primarily on the significance of Occupy Wall Street and other horizontalist political movements for...
	Blogs \| IR

International Organization
A leading peer-reviewed journal that covers the entire field of international affairs.
	Journals \| IR

International Security
RSS \| Publishes articles on the full range of contemporary security issues. Its articles address traditional topics, such...
	Journals \| IR

Journal of Peace Research
Focuses on the causes of violence and conflict resolution, strives for a global focus on conflict and peacemaking.
	Journals \| IR