Resources for International Relations Research

Data Collections for IR ResearchSee all topical collections | all subfield collections

Design of Trade Agreements (DESTA) Database
Systematic data on the design of preferential trade agreements that have been signed since 1945.
Data Sites | IR
xSub / cross-sub.org
A repository of micro-level, subnational event data on armed conflict and contention around the world.
Data Sites | IR
Continent of Int'l Law
Dataset drawn from UN Treaty Series and features a random sample of agreements across the issue areas of economics,...
Data Sites | IR
Explaining Terrorist and Insurgent Behavior
An ongoing research project about terrorist and insurgent behavior featuring several datasets.
Data Sites | IR
Aids Flows
AidFlows visualizes how much development financing is provided and received around the world.
Data Sites | IR
Real Time Event Data / Phoenix
Event data on political and social events around the globe, along with the software and methodology needed to analy...
Data Sites | IR
NewGene
A data management tool for creating data sets for use in the quantitative analysis of political science, primarily ...
Data Sites | IR
Terrorism in W. Europe: Events Data
Contains information on events related to internal (or domestic) terrorism in 18 West European countries for the 19...
Data Sites | IR
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Data and analysis source on political violence and protest in the developing world. See data page.
Data Sites | IR
Correlates of War Project Datasets
COW seeks to facilitate the collection, dissemination, and use of accurate and reliable quantitative data in intern...
Data Sites | IR

Authors with Replication DataSee all authors | all subfield authors

Erik Voeten
Georgetown, see data page
Authors | IR
Jason Lyall
Dartmouth College, see publications and data page.
Authors | IR
D. Scott Bennett
Penn State, datasets page
Authors | IR
Jana K. von Stein
Australian National University, see data page
Authors | IR
K. Chad Clay
University of Georgia, see research.
Authors | IR
Erik Gartzke
Univ. California at San Diego, see datasets
Authors | IR
Matthew Furhmann
Texas A & M, see datasets page.
Authors | IR
Angela D. Nichols
Florida Atlantic Univ., datasets on research page.
Authors | IR
Nils D. Weidmann
University of Konstanz
Authors | IR
Paul R. Hensel
University of North Texas, great topical guides to IR data, see his data page.
Authors | IR

Outlets for IR ResearchAll poli sci journals | blogs | podcasts

Political Violence at a Glance
Experts answer questions about violence happening around the world and offer simple, straight-forward analysis befo...
Blogs | IR
European J. of International Relations
Publishes peer-reviewed scholarly contributions across the full breadth of the field of International Relations.
Journals | IR
War on the Rocks
A platform for analysis, commentary, debate and multimedia content on foreign policy and national security issues t...
Blogs | IR
Duck of Minerva
Addresses world politics from an academic perspective.
Blogs | IR
#OCCUPYIRTHEORY
A blog focusing primarily on the significance of Occupy Wall Street and other horizontalist political movements for...
Blogs | IR
Journal of Peace Research
Focuses on the causes of violence and conflict resolution, strives for a global focus on conflict and peacemaking.
Journals | IR
International Security
RSS | Publishes articles on the full range of contemporary security issues. Its articles address traditional topics, such...
Journals | IR
Saideman's Semi-Spew
Wide ranging thoughts on international relations, ethnic conflict, civil-military relations, academia, and politics...
Blogs | IR


Military Aid, Regime Vulnerability and the Escalation of Political Violence
Andrew Boutton (2021)
	Abstract \| Data


Should I Stay or Should I Go? Leaders, Exile, and the Dilemmas of International Justice
Daniel Krcmaric (2018)
	Abstract \| Data


Peacekeepers against Criminal Violence: Unintended Effects of Peacekeeping Operations?
Jessica Di Salvatore (2019)
	Abstract \| Data


Cyber Terrorism and Public Support for Retaliation: A Multi-Country Survey Experiment
Ryan Shandler; Michael L. Gross; Sophia Backhaus; Daphna Canetti (Forthcoming)
	Abstract \| Data


State Visits and Leader Survival
Matt Malis; Alastair Smith (2021)
	Abstract \| Data


Rebel Tactics and External Public Opinion
Stephen Arves; Kathleen Cunningham; Caitlin McCulloch (2019)
	Abstract \| Data


UN Peacekeeping and the Rule of Law
Robert Blair (2021)
	Abstract \| Data


A Framework for Measuring Leaders' Willingness to Use Force
Jeff Carter; Charles E. Smith, Jr. (2020)
	Abstract \| Data


Contested Ground: Disentangling Material and Symbolic Attachment to Disputed Territory
Tamar Mitts; Devorah Manekin; *Guy Grossman (2019)
	Abstract \| Data


When Conflicts Do Not Overspill: The Case of Jordan
Petter Nesser; Henrik Gråtrud (Forthcoming)
	Abstract \| Data

Design of Trade Agreements (DESTA) Database
Systematic data on the design of preferential trade agreements that have been signed since 1945.
	Data Sites \| IR

xSub / cross-sub.org
A repository of micro-level, subnational event data on armed conflict and contention around the world.
	Data Sites \| IR

Continent of Int'l Law
Dataset drawn from UN Treaty Series and features a random sample of agreements across the issue areas of economics,...
	Data Sites \| IR

Explaining Terrorist and Insurgent Behavior
An ongoing research project about terrorist and insurgent behavior featuring several datasets.
	Data Sites \| IR

Aids Flows
AidFlows visualizes how much development financing is provided and received around the world.
	Data Sites \| IR

Real Time Event Data / Phoenix
Event data on political and social events around the globe, along with the software and methodology needed to analy...
	Data Sites \| IR

NewGene
A data management tool for creating data sets for use in the quantitative analysis of political science, primarily ...
	Data Sites \| IR

Terrorism in W. Europe: Events Data
Contains information on events related to internal (or domestic) terrorism in 18 West European countries for the 19...
	Data Sites \| IR

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Data and analysis source on political violence and protest in the developing world. See data page.
	Data Sites \| IR

Correlates of War Project Datasets
COW seeks to facilitate the collection, dissemination, and use of accurate and reliable quantitative data in intern...
	Data Sites \| IR

Jason Lyall
Dartmouth College, see publications and data page.
	Authors \| IR

Jana K. von Stein
Australian National University, see data page
	Authors \| IR

K. Chad Clay
University of Georgia, see research.
	Authors \| IR

Erik Gartzke
Univ. California at San Diego, see datasets
	Authors \| IR

Angela D. Nichols
Florida Atlantic Univ., datasets on research page.
	Authors \| IR

Paul R. Hensel
University of North Texas, great topical guides to IR data, see his data page.
	Authors \| IR

Political Violence at a Glance
Experts answer questions about violence happening around the world and offer simple, straight-forward analysis befo...
	Blogs \| IR

European J. of International Relations
Publishes peer-reviewed scholarly contributions across the full breadth of the field of International Relations.
	Journals \| IR

War on the Rocks
A platform for analysis, commentary, debate and multimedia content on foreign policy and national security issues t...
	Blogs \| IR

Duck of Minerva
Addresses world politics from an academic perspective.
	Blogs \| IR

#OCCUPYIRTHEORY
A blog focusing primarily on the significance of Occupy Wall Street and other horizontalist political movements for...
	Blogs \| IR

Journal of Peace Research
Focuses on the causes of violence and conflict resolution, strives for a global focus on conflict and peacemaking.
	Journals \| IR

International Security
RSS \| Publishes articles on the full range of contemporary security issues. Its articles address traditional topics, such...
	Journals \| IR

Saideman's Semi-Spew
Wide ranging thoughts on international relations, ethnic conflict, civil-military relations, academia, and politics...
	Blogs \| IR