Grants per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
Focuses on understanding the causes of political violence, comparisons of political violence in Africa with political violence elsewhere, the organization and behavior of insurgent groups, and the politics of authoritarian regimes.
Education/Academic qualification
Political Science, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
… → 1992
International Relations, MA, The University of Chicago
… → 1985
Political Science, BA, Haverford College
… → 1984
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clientelism
Social Sciences
Sierra Leone
Social Sciences
politics
Social Sciences
West Africa
Social Sciences
Liberia
Social Sciences
warfare
Social Sciences
irony
Social Sciences
creditor
Social Sciences
Network
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Grants 2010 2021
The impact of Security Force Assistance on State Fragility (SFAssist)
Peace Research Institute Oslo, Research Council of Norway
3/1/18 → 12/31/21
Project: Research project
assistance
supervision
scientific journal
East Africa
weblog
TGS Interdisciplinary Dissertation Research Development Program (IDRDP)
Copeland II, H. G., Davis, T. C., Ray, A. G., Reno, W. S. & Weismantel, M. J.
Social Science Research Council
1/15/17 → 12/31/19
Project: Research project
earning a doctorate
student
training program
research project
methodology
The Jihadist War Economies Project: The Political Economy of Territoriality, Illicit Business, and Proto-State Governance among Contemporary Jihadist Organizations
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Research Council of Norway
1/1/16 → 12/31/19
Project: Research project
political economy
governance
Taliban
Somalia
economy
Subproject for Institution # SP0047925
Institute of International Education, Inc.
4/23/18 → 9/14/18
Project: Research project
foreign language teaching
Teaching
grant
language
Fulbright Pre-Departure Orientation 2017-2018
Institute of International Education, Inc., Department of State
4/23/18 → 9/14/18
Project: Research project
foreign language teaching
Teaching
grant
language
Research Output 1991 2018
A New Era of Insurgent Recruitment: Have ‘New’ Civil Wars changed the Dynamic?
Reno, W. S. & Matisek, J., Jul 3 2018, In : Civil Wars. 20, 3, p. 358-378 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
civil war
political scientist
continuity
globalization
Civil War
The Dilemmas of security assistance to a failed state: Lessons from Somalia
Reno, W. S., Sep 4 2018, Before Military Intervention: Upstream Stabilisation in Theory and Practice. Springer International Publishing, p. 53-77 25 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
failed state
Somalia
assistance
Failed States
Somaliland
The international factor in african warfare
Reno, W. S., Jan 1 2018, Africa in World Politics: Constructing Political and Economic Order. Taylor and Francis, p. 135-155 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
warfare
military
South Sudan
militia
Somalia
1
Citation
(Scopus)
The politics of security assistance in the horn of Africa
Reno, W. S., Oct 2 2018, In : Defence Studies. 18, 4, p. 498-513 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
assistance
politics
failed state
Somalia
domestic security
Failed, Weak of Fake State? The Role of Private Security in Somalia
Reno, W. S., 2017, Private security in Africa: from the global assemblage to the everyday. Afrikainstitutet, N., Higate, P. & Utas, M. (eds.). Zed Books, Ltd., p. 32-51 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter