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Robert Blair is the Arkadij Eisler Goldman Sachs Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs at Brown University’s Watson Institute. His research focuses on international intervention, state authority consolidation after civil war, and democratic erosion. He directs the Civil Conflict and Democratic Erosion Lab and co-leads the Democratic Erosion Consortium, a multi-university initiative addressing democratic decline through research and policy engagement.
Education: B.A. from Brown University, M.Sc. in Conflict Studies from Universidad de los Andes, Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University. His work combines field experiments, quantitative methods, and policy analysis, supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, Folke Bernadotte Academy, and others.
Research interests include rule of law, security institutions, conflict prediction, and post-conflict governance. He has conducted fieldwork in Colombia, Liberia, Uganda, Côte d'Ivoire, and the US. His book Peacekeeping, Policing, and the Rule of Law after Civil War (Cambridge, 2020) analyzes post-conflict statebuilding strategies. Teaching includes courses on African security, democratic erosion, and quantitative methods.
Grants: NSF, International Growth Centre, Hewlett Foundation. Labs/Teams: Civil Conflict and Democratic Erosion Lab, Democratic Erosion Consortium. Professional roles include affiliations with USAID, UN Office of Rule of Law, and the CIA’s Political Instability Task Force.
