Kyle Beardsley, Professor

Contact Info:

Teaching (Fall 2022):

• POLSCI 233.01, NUCLEAR WEAPONS Synopsis

  Gray 228, MW 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

• POLSCI 428S.01, INTL CONFLICT RESOLUTION Synopsis

  Gross Hall 104, M 01:45 PM-04:15 PM

• POLSCI 732.01, DEVELOPING A CLEAR THESIS Synopsis

  LSRC A156, M 10:15 AM-12:45 PM

• POLSCI 791S.01, THESIS WRITING Synopsis

  Gross Hall 111, M 07:00 PM-09:30 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. 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 (July, 2022), Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi]  [abs].
2. 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].
3. Chen, C; Beardsley, K, Once and Future Peacemakers: Continuity of Third-party Involvement in Civil War Peace Processes, International Peacekeeping, vol. 28 no. 2 (January, 2021), pp. 285-311 [doi]  [abs].
4. Beardsley, K, Clarifying the mediation dilemma: A response to “Sticks and carrots for peace”, Research & Politics, vol. 8 no. 2 (January, 2021), pp. 205316802110270-205316802110270, SAGE Publications [doi]  [abs].
5. WEBSTER, K; TORRES, P; CHEN, C; BEARDSLEY, K, Ethnic and gender hierarchies in the crucible of war, International Studies Quarterly, vol. 64 no. 3 (September, 2020), pp. 710-722 [doi]  [abs].