Research
Main Projects
Armed Nonstate Actors Governance and Law Project
Rebel Law and Conflict Resolution book project (Under Review)
Current UG RAs:
- Timothy Brandon Irwin, Political Science, Professional Writing, and Pre-Economics
- Barakah | Abdo-Baari, Political Science
“Law and the Legacies of Rebel Governance.” with Sherry Zaks, PhD
“Do Narco Rebels Engage in More Indiscriminate Violence” with Benjamin Torres (Purdue, PhD Candidate)
Post-Armed Conflict Constitutions Project
Current works with Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, PhD, Dmitrii Kofanov, PhD, and Charles Crabtree, PhD
Current UG RA:
- Elizabeth Shelby Payne, Natural Resources & Environmental Science and Global Studies
Property Rights Project
“Quasilegal Property Rights.” with Colin Harris, PhD, Ilia Murtazashvili, PhD, and Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, PhD
“Interstate Territorial Disputes, Property Rights, and Conflict Resolution.” with Stephen C. Nemeth, PhD and Andi Zhou, PhD
Satellite Data and Armed Conflict Project
“Beyond the Visible Spectrum: Disaggregating Conflict Events through Multi-Source Remote Sensing” with Jiashu Hu (Purdue, PhD Student)
Publications
Reyes, Liana Eustacia, Conrad, Justin., & Loyle, Cyanne. (2026). Depoliticizing rebels: Government use of civilian trials during armed conflict. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 43(3), 245-263. https://doi.org/10.1177/07388942251342975
Conrad, Justin, Reyes, Liana Eustacia., & Stewart, Megan (2022). Revisiting Opportunism in Civil Conflict: Natural Resource Extraction and Health Care Provision. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 66(1), 91-114. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220027211025597
Kaisa Hinkkainen Elliott, Sara M T Polo, Liana Eustacia Reyes, Making Peace or Preventing It? UN Peacekeeping, Terrorism, and Civil War Negotiations, International Studies Quarterly, Volume 65, Issue 1, March 2021, Pages 29–42, https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqaa078