Research Interests for David Siegel

David A Siegel (Stanford Ph.D., 2006) is Associate Professor of Political Science. His research addresses the theoretical determinants of collective action in the contexts of political violence and terrorism, elections, and opinion and identity formation. He has published in journals such as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, and Journal of Politics, and is the coauthor of A Behavioral Theory of Elections and A Mathematics Course for Political and Social Research, both from Princeton University Press. Prior to coming to Duke, he was on faculty at Florida State University.

Keywords:

Collective Action, Elections, Formal Theory, Game Theory, Government, Identity, Insurgency, Pedagogy, Social Networking, Social Networks, Terrorism

Areas of Interest:

Collective Action
Formal Theory
Terrorism
Social Networks
Elections
Identity
Pedagogy

Recent Publications

1. Morucci, M; Foster, MJ; Webster, K; Lee, SJ; Siegel, DA, Measurement That Matches Theory: Theory-Driven Identification in Item Response Theory Models, American Political Science Review, vol. 119 no. 2 (May, 2025), pp. 727-745 [doi] [abs]
2. Levy, G; Dudley, R; Chen, C; Siegel, DA, Diplomatic Statements and the Strategic Use of Terrorism in Civil Wars, Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 69 no. 2-3 (February, 2025), pp. 296-320 [doi] [abs]
3. Cheung, G; Siegel, DA, The Costs of Collective Action: An Experimental Study of Risk, Punishment, and Immunity, The Journal of Politics, vol. 87 no. 1 (January, 2025), pp. 306-319, University of Chicago Press [doi]
4. Minozzi, W; Madson, GJ; Siegel, DA, Can money buy control of Congress?, PloS one, vol. 19 no. 6 (January, 2024), pp. e0305846 [doi] [abs]
5. Mastro, OS; Siegel, DA, Talking to the enemy: Explaining the emergence of peace talks in interstate war, Journal of Theoretical Politics, vol. 35 no. 3 (July, 2023), pp. 182-203 [doi] [abs]