Brandon Bolte

Brandon Bolte is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS), affiliated with the School of Politics and International Affairs. Previously, he served as a Peace Scholar Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace and a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at Penn State University, where he earned his PhD in 2022. His research focuses on global conflict dynamics, civil wars, pro-government militias, and quantitative methodology. He teaches courses on international relations, quantitative methods, and applied statistics.

Dr. Bolte’s research has been published in prestigious journals such as the Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Studies Quarterly, and MDPI Mathematics. His work explores topics like the survival of militias post-conflict, right-wing populism’s impact on international disputes, and Bayesian statistical modeling for social science analysis. He has also contributed to methodological advancements through software development, including the R package BayesSPsurv.

No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided materials. His advising and grants sections remain unspecified. He is actively involved in research on conflict studies and quantitative methods, with a focus on militarized actors and political violence.