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Department of Political Science

Peter Schram

Assistant Professor

Peter Schram is an Assistant Professor of Political Science. His research uses empirical and microeconomic methods to study counterinsurgency, economic development, and grey zone conflict. His research is structured around three central questions: Why do individuals support militant groups? How do insurgent groups organize and operate? And how do features of the global community and technology influence the characteristics of conflict? Before starting at Vanderbilt, Peter was working as a research specialist for UCSD’s Cross Domain Deterrence project.

Representative publications

  • Kenkel, Brenton, and Peter Schram. "Uncertainty in crisis bargaining with multiple policy options." American Journal of Political Science (2024).
  • Gannon, J. Andres, Erik Gartzke, Jon R. Lindsay, and Peter Schram. "The shadow of deterrence: Why capable actors engage in contests short of war." Journal of Conflict Resolution 68, no. 2-3 (2024): 230-268.
  • Schram, Peter. "When capabilities backfire: How improved hassling capabilities produce worse outcomes." The Journal of Politics 84, no. 4 (2022): 2246-2260.
  • Schram, Peter. "Self-managing terror: Resolving agency problems with diverse teams." Games and Economic Behavior 130 (2021): 240-257.
  • Schram, Peter. "Hassling: How States Prevent a Preventive War." American Journal of Political Science 65, no. 2 (2021): 294-308.
  • Schram, Peter. "Managing insurgency." Journal of Conflict Resolution 63, no. 10 (2019): 2319-2353.
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