Laia Balcells

Laia Balcells

Georgetown University

H-index: 25

North America-United States

About Laia Balcells

Laia Balcells, With an exceptional h-index of 25 and a recent h-index of 22 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Georgetown University, specializes in the field of political violence, nationalism, transitional justice, international relations, comparative politics.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

What Difference Do Museums Make?

Violent victors: why bloodstained parties win postwar elections

The “weight” of territorial issues: Evidence from Catalonia, Scotland, and Northern Ireland1

Secessionist conflict and affective polarization: Evidence from Catalonia

The legacies of authoritarian repression on civil society

Territorial disputes and affective polarization

The Wars of Others: The Effect of Russian’s Invasion of Ukraine on Spanish Nationalism

Ordering Violence: Explaining Armed Group-State Relations from Conflict to Cooperation by Paul Staniland

Laia Balcells Information

University

Position

Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor of Government

Citations(all)

4069

Citations(since 2020)

2417

Cited By

2504

hIndex(all)

25

hIndex(since 2020)

22

i10Index(all)

34

i10Index(since 2020)

31

Email

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Laia Balcells Skills & Research Interests

political violence

nationalism

transitional justice

international relations

comparative politics

Top articles of Laia Balcells

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

What Difference Do Museums Make?

Laia Balcells

Elsa Voytas

2023/9/18

Violent victors: why bloodstained parties win postwar elections

Laia Balcells

2023/7/3

The “weight” of territorial issues: Evidence from Catalonia, Scotland, and Northern Ireland1

Comparative Politics

Laia Balcells

Lesley-Ann Daniels

Alexander Kuo

2023/10

Secessionist conflict and affective polarization: Evidence from Catalonia

Journal of Peace Research

Laia Balcells

Alexander Kuo

2023/7

The legacies of authoritarian repression on civil society

Laia Balcells

Francisco Villamil

2023

Territorial disputes and affective polarization

European Journal of Political Research

Laia Balcells

LESLEY‐ANN DANIELS

Alexander Kuo

2023

The Wars of Others: The Effect of Russian’s Invasion of Ukraine on Spanish Nationalism

Journal of Politics

Laia Balcells

Juan Fernando Tellez

Francisco Villamil

2023

Ordering Violence: Explaining Armed Group-State Relations from Conflict to Cooperation by Paul Staniland

Perspectives on Politics

Christian Lund

2023/10/3

Do Third-Party Guarantors Reassure Foot Soldiers?

Documento CEDE

Natalia Garbiras-Díaz

Michael Weintraub

Leopoldo Fergusson

Juana García Duque

Laia Balcells

2023/8/1

Social Cohesion, Economic Security, and Forced Displacement in the Long-Run : Evidence from Rural Colombia

Juan Tellez

Laia Balcells

2022

Do Birds of a Feather Flock Together? Rebel Constituencies and Civil War Alliances

International Studies Quarterly

Laia Balcells

Chong Chen

Costantino Pischedda

2022

Governing for Revolution: Social Transformation in Civil War. By Megan A. Stewart. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. 320p. 34.99 paper.

Perspectives on Politics

Laia Balcells

2022/6

Do transitional justice museums persuade visitors? Evidence from a field experiment

The Journal of Politics

Laia Balcells

Valeria Palanza

Elsa Voytas

2022/1/1

Quagmire in Civil War by Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl

The Middle East Journal

Laia Balcells

2021

Historical Researchin Political Science: Best Practices

International History Politics (IHAP) Newsletter

Laia Balcells

2021

Do TJ policies cause backlash? Evidence from street name changes in Spain

Research and Politics

Francisco Villamil

Laia Balcells

2021/3/17

Violence against civilians during armed conflict. Moving beyond the macro- and micro-level divide

Laia Balcells

Jessica A Stanton

2021/5/11

Repression and dissent in contemporary Catalonia

British Journal of Political Science

Laia Balcells

Spencer Dorsey

Juan F Tellez

2021/10

Preferences in between: moderates in the Catalan secessionist conflict

Politics and Governance

Laia Balcells

Alexander Kuo

2021/12/10

Violence, Resistance, and Rescue during the Holocaust

Comparative Politics

Laia Balcells

Daniel Solomon

2020/10/1

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Co-Authors

H-index: 46
Stathis N. Kalyvas

Stathis N. Kalyvas

University of Oxford

H-index: 25
Leopoldo Fergusson

Leopoldo Fergusson

Universidad de Los Andes

H-index: 19
Abel Escribà-Folch

Abel Escribà-Folch

Universidad Pompeu Fabra

H-index: 13
Valeria Palanza

Valeria Palanza

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

H-index: 13
Michael Weintraub

Michael Weintraub

Universidad de Los Andes

H-index: 13
Abbey Steele

Abbey Steele

Universiteit van Amsterdam

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