Bethany Ann Lacina left PRIO in 2012. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Bethany Ann Lacina
Research Associate
Research Interests
Battle Deaths Dataset
Regime Type and Determinants of Battle Deaths in Conflicts
Population Pressure and Arable Land Scarcity
News
Friday, 9 Jul 2021
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PRIO Data Travel the World
The journalist Joshua Goodman of the Associated Press yesterday released the article “Global COVID deaths hit 4 million amid rush to vaccinate». He refers to the PRIO battledeaths data and the Uppsala Conflict Data Program to illustrate the deadliness of the virus.
This news story has since it’s publication been shared by more than 1,300 news outlets worldwide, and the number keeps growing by the hour. One example is this piece from the Huffington Post.
Languages spoken:
English, Spanish
Working experience:
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC
- 2003-2004: Research Associate, PRIO
- 2004-2012: External Associate, PRIO
- Current position: Associate Professor of Political Science,
Rochester University
Education:
- Bachelor of Arts, Yale University
- Ph.D. in Political Science, Stanford University, 2011
Latest publications
All publications
The Waning of War is Real: A Response to Gohdes and Price
Journal Article in Journal of Conflict Resolution
Civil Conflicts in the Contemporary World
Book Chapter in Resources, Governance and Civil Conflict
Monitoring Trends in Global Combat: A New Dataset of Battle Deaths
Book Chapter in The Demography of Armed Conflict
The Declining Risk of Death in Battle
Journal Article in International Studies Quarterly
Conflicts over Shared Rivers: Resource Wars or Fuzzy Boundaries?
Journal Article in Political Geography
Explaining the Severity of Civil War
Journal Article in Journal of Conflict Resolution
Conflict over Shared Rivers: Resource Scarcity or Fuzzy Boundaries
Journal Article in Political Geography
The Declining Risk of Death in Battle
Conference Paper
The Declining Risk of Death in Battle
Conference Paper
The Declining Risk of Death in Battle
Conference Paper
Latest news
PRIO Data Travel the World
The journalist Joshua Goodman of the Associated Press yesterday released the article “Global COVID deaths hit 4 million amid rush to vaccinate». He refers to the PRIO battledeaths data and the Uppsala Conflict Data Program to illustrate the deadliness of the virus.
This news story has since it’s publication been shared by more than 1,300 news outlets worldwide, and the number keeps growing by the hour. One example is this piece from the Huffington Post.
The Declining Risk of Death in Battle
CSCW researcher Nils Petter Gleditsch has published an article in the upcoming issue of International Studies Quarterly, together with CSCW associates Bethany Lacina and Bruce Russett. The title of the article is 'The Declining Risk of Death in Battle'.
Publisher information here.
Conflicts Over Shared Rivers
CSCW researchers Nils Petter Gleditsch, Kathryn Furlong, Håvard Hegre, Bethany Lacina & Taylor Owen have published an article in the July issue of Political Geography, an interdisciplinary journal for students of political studies with an interest in the geographical and spatial aspects of the discipline. The title of the article is 'Conflicts Over Shared Rivers: Resource Scarcity or Fuzzy Boundaries?'
Publisher information here.
