Kolby Hanson
kolbyhanson.bsky.social
Kolby Hanson
@kolbyhanson.bsky.social
Asst Prof of Govt at Wesleyan University. Studies civil wars and armed groups, politics of militaries, South Asia, and experiments. Columbia Ph.D, former Dartmouth and US Naval War College postdoc.
What happens to armed organizations when states tolerate their activities? And what do rank-and-file militants, recruits, and supporters actually want out of armed movements? Very excited to announce that my new book is out with @oxfordacademic.bsky.social !!
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September 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
With survey evidence and qualitative interviews, we trace these effects to intercultural contact. Even in day-to-day service work, migrants made meaningful connections to native-born individuals and to migrants from other cultures. (4/n)
August 27, 2024 at 6:11 PM
In this paper, we show that -- contrary to some prior work on native-born individuals -- migrating overseas makes migrants more tolerant of other cultural groups, more likely to identify with cosmopolitan identities, and more supportive of global integration. (3/n)
August 27, 2024 at 6:11 PM
We know a lot about how native-born individuals react to migrants. But how does migration shape the attitudes of migrants themselves?
The first paper from our years-long field experiment on migration (w/ Nikhar Gaikwad and Aliz Toth) is ONLINE at
@ajpseditor.bsky.social! (1/n)
August 27, 2024 at 6:10 PM