TY - JOUR
T1 - Winner of the 2019 Lewis Fry Richardson Award, Jean-Paul Azam
AU - Thelen, Véronique
AU - Scott, Gates
AU - Bhatia, Kartika
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - The award committee has chosen Jean-Paul Azam as the winner of the 2019 Lewis Fry Richardson Award in particular in recognition of his contributions to the study of violent conflict and its prevention. The jury highlighted the key role of Jean-Paul Azam’s works on applying rational choice theory to understand armed conflicts, providing a consistent conceptual framework. Many of the resulting hypotheses were empirically tested, usually with the help of some co-authors to identify the most relevant causes of violent conflicts and their prevention. His work has provided important insights on diverse topics relating to civil war and terrorism.
AB - The award committee has chosen Jean-Paul Azam as the winner of the 2019 Lewis Fry Richardson Award in particular in recognition of his contributions to the study of violent conflict and its prevention. The jury highlighted the key role of Jean-Paul Azam’s works on applying rational choice theory to understand armed conflicts, providing a consistent conceptual framework. Many of the resulting hypotheses were empirically tested, usually with the help of some co-authors to identify the most relevant causes of violent conflicts and their prevention. His work has provided important insights on diverse topics relating to civil war and terrorism.
UR - https://ideas.repec.org/a/bpj/pepspp/v25y2019i4p6n11.html
U2 - 10.1515/peps-2019-0041
DO - 10.1515/peps-2019-0041
M3 - Review article
SN - 1079-2457
VL - 25
SP - 1
EP - 6
JO - Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
JF - Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
IS - 4
ER -
