Ryan Yu-Lin Liou -

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Political Science & International Affairs

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia. My research and teaching interests include economic sanctions, conflict and security, foreign policy, political violence, and human rights. Before coming to UGA, I worked at the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research in Taiwan. I received my B.A. in Political Science and M.A. in International Relations from the National Taiwan University.

Of Note

The Dean’s Awards for Social Sciences, The Graduate School, 2020
EITM Certiﬁcation Scholarship, 2019
Government Fellowship for Overseas Graduate Study, Ministry of Education of Taiwan, 2016-2020

Honors, Awards, and Achievements

ISA Dissertation Completion Fellowship, International Studies Association, 2022
The Dean’s Award for Social Sciences, UGA Graduate School, 2020
Summer Doctoral Research Grant, UGA Graduate School, 2020
EITM Certiﬁcation Scholarship to attend ICPSR summer program, EITM, 2019
Government Fellowship for Overseas Graduate Study, Ministry of Education of Taiwan, 2016-2020

Course Instruction

Instructor of Record:

Violent Political Conﬂict (Scheduled Spring 2023)
Terrorism (Scheduled Spring 2023)
Special Topics in Comparative Politics: Dictatorships (Fall 2022)

Teaching Assistant:

Terrorism (Fall 2019)
Introduction to International Relations (Fall 2018)

Teaching Assistant and Breakout Session Instructor:

Introduction to American Government (Spring 2019, Spring 2020)

Research Interests

Economic Coercion, Foreign Policy, Political Violence, Human Rights, Authoritarian Regimes, Public Opinion

Selected Publications

Avdan, Nazli, Bryan Early, Ryan Yu-Lin Liou, Amanda Murdie, and Dursun Peksen. 2022. “The Blame Game: Public Outcry and Terrorism Within and Exported from the Sanctioned State.” Foreign Policy Analysis. Forthcoming.

Liou, Ryan Yu-Lin, Amanda Murdie, and Dursun Peksen. 2022. “Pressures from Home and Abroad: Economic Sanctions and Target Government Response to Domestic Campaigns.” Journal of Conflict Resolution. Forthcoming.

Liou, Ryan Yu-Lin, Amanda Murdie, and Dursun Peksen. 2021. “Revisiting the Causal Links between Economic Sanctions and Human Rights Violations.” Political Research Quarterly 74 (4): 808–21.