Kyle Beardsley, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies for the Department

Contact Info:

Teaching (Spring 2024):

• POLSCI 233.01, NUCLEAR WEAPONS Synopsis

  Physics 235, TuTh 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

• POLSCI 160D.001, INTRO TO IR: SEC, PEACE & CONF Synopsis

  Social Sciences 136, TuTh 08:45 AM-09:35 AM

• POLSCI 160D.01D, INTRO TO IR: SEC, PEACE & CONF Synopsis

  Physics 227, F 01:40 PM-02:30 PM

• POLSCI 160D.02D, INTRO TO IR: SEC, PEACE & CONF Synopsis

  Physics 227, F 12:00 PM-12:50 PM

• POLSCI 160D.04D, INTRO TO IR: SEC, PEACE & CONF Synopsis

  Gross Hall 111, F 03:20 PM-04:10 PM

• POLSCI 763S.01, FOUNDATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP IN IR Synopsis

  LSRC B102, Th 01:40 PM-04:10 PM

Education:

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2006

Specialties:

Security, Peace, & Conflict
International Relations

Research Interests:

Kyle Beardsley (Ph.D., UCSD, 2006) is Associate Professor of Political Science. His research interests include the political consequences and causes of third-party involvement in peace processes, the nature of intrastate rebellion, the motivations for and implications of gender balancing in post-conflict security forces, and the effects of nuclear-weapons proliferation on crisis behavior. His book, The Mediation Dilemma, explores how third-party conflict management frequently does well in securing short-term peace but also can contribute to greater instability in the long run, especially when the third parties rely on leverage. Prior to coming to Duke, Prof. Beardsley was on faculty at Emory University.

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Beardsley, K; Beardsley, J, Can peace operations mitigate the effect of armed conflict on malnutrition? Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire, Environment and Security, vol. 1 no. 1-2 (September, 2023), pp. 36-61, SAGE Publications [doi]  [abs].
2. Karim, S; Beardsley, K, Peacekeeping and the problem of sexual and gender-based violence, in Handbook on Peacekeeping and International Relations (December, 2022), pp. 256-269, Edward Elgar Publishing [doi] .
3. Chen, C; Roberts, J; Adhikari, S; Asal, V; Beardsley, K; Gonzalez, E; Jahanbani, N; James, P; Lobell, SE; Ripsman, NM; Silverstone, S; Van Wijk, A, Tipping Points: Challenges in Analyzing International Crisis Escalation, International Studies Review, vol. 24 no. 3 (September, 2022), Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi]  [abs].
4. Blair, RA; Karim, SM; Gilligan, MJ; Beardsley, K, Policing Ethnicity: Lab-in-the-Field Evidence on Discrimination, Cooperation, and Ethnic Balancing in the Liberian National Police, Quarterly Journal of Political Science, vol. 17 no. 2 (April, 2022), pp. 141-181, Now Publishers [doi]  [abs].
5. Mahmood, Z; Beardsley, K; Newton, C; Roy, C; Kathman, JD; Tucker, C; Nomikos, WG; Villa, DN; Binder, M; Allen, S; Yuen, A; Passmore, TJA; Shannon, M; Hultman, L; Chapman, TL, The United Nations After 75: Assessing Current Understandings, Charting Fruitful Research Agendas, International Peacekeeping, vol. 29 no. 4 (January, 2022), pp. 551-623 [doi]  [abs].