Benjamin Bagozzi

Benjamin Bagozzi is a Professor of Political Science & International Relations at the University of Delaware, affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences. He leads the Social Analytics Data Lab (SADL), focusing on computational methods applied to political and environmental issues. He holds a PhD from The Pennsylvania State University (2013) and joined UD in 2015.

His research spans political methodology and international relations, particularly environmental politics, international political economy, and political violence. Methodologically, he specializes in computational social science, text analysis, event data, and rare event modeling. His work addresses topics like climate negotiations, misinformation detection, and the impact of environmental factors on conflict.

Recent publications explore climate change negotiation networks, radical environmental activism, and geospatial analysis of political violence. His methodological contributions include frameworks for improved data analysis in political science.

Bagozzi’s academic output reflects a commitment to interdisciplinary research, combining quantitative methods with substantive political questions. He actively contributes to computational initiatives, such as the DARWIN Computing Symposium and Delaware Data Science Symposium.