Professor
Idean Salehyan is Professor of International Affairs at the University of Georgia, where his research and teaching focuses on civil and international conflict, migration and refugee policy, protest movements, and environmental security. He also serves as Executive Director of the Peace Science Society (International), the leading academic association for the quantitative analysis of peace and conflict. He is the author of the award-winning book, Rebels Without Borders: Transnational Insurgencies in World Politics (Cornell University Press) and has published in leading journals, including the American Journal of Political Science, International Organization, World Politics, and Journal of Conflict Resolution.
Dr. Salehyan is Senior Fellow for Immigration Policy at the Niskanen Center in Washington, DC, and regularly provides public commentary on immigration and refugee policy, among other topics. He serves on the Advisory Board of Bridging the Gap, which seeks to forge closer ties between academia and the policy community.
Prior to joining UGA, Dr. Salehyan was a faculty member at the University of North Texas and held visiting appointments at ETH-Zurich, Columbia University, the University of Essex, and the Peace Research Institute, Oslo.
