Christian Davenport
Charles Tilly Distinguished University Professor of Political Science, Mary Ann and Charles R Walgreen Jr Professor for the Study of Human Understanding, Professor of Political Science, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research
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Professor Davenport’s primary research interests include political conflict (e.g., human rights violations, genocide/politicide, torture, political surveillance, civil war and social movements), measurement, racism and popular culture.
- Christian Davenport. 2025. The Study of Political Conflict and Violence is Dead : Long Live the Study of Political Conflict and Violence! Resurrecting and Centering Government-Challenger Interaction. World Politics 77(1):247-258.
- Christian Davenport, Appel, Benjamin. 2022. The Death and Life of State Repression: Understanding Onset, Escalation, Termination, and Recurrence. Oxford Academic
- Davenport, Christian, Mokleiv Nygård, Håvard , Fjelde, Hanne , Armstrong, David . 2019. The Consequences of Contention: Understanding the Aftereffects of Political Conflict and Violence. Annual Review of Political Science 22(1):361-377.
- Zhukov, Yuri, Davenport, Christian, Kostyuk, Nadiya . 2019. Introducing xSub: A new portal for cross-national data on subnational violence. Journal of Peace Research 56(4):604-614.
- Davenport, Christian, Sullivan, Christopher M. 2018. Resistance is mobile: Dynamics of repression, challenger adaptation, and surveillance in US 'Red Squad' and black nationalist archives. Journal of Peace Research 55(2):175-189.
- Davenport, Christian, Crabtree, Charles , Chenoweth, Erica , Moss, Dana M, Earl, Jennifer , Ritter, Emily Hencken, Sullivan, Christopher . 2018. Contentious Politics in the Trump Era. PS: Political Science & Politics 51(1):17-25.
- Davenport, Christian, Melander, Erik , Regan, Patrick M. 2018. The Peace Continuum: What It Is and How to Study It. :241.
- Melander, E., Regan, P., Christian Davenport. 2018. The Peace Continuum. Oxford University Press
- Davenport, Christian, Sullivan, Christopher Michael. 2017. The Rebel Alliance Strikes Back: Understanding the Politics of Backlash Mobilization. Mobilization 22(1):39-56.
- Davenport, Christian, Loyle, Cyanne E. 2016. Transitional Injustice: Subverting Justice in Transition and Postconflict Societies. Journal of Human Rights 15(1):126-149.