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Seva Gunitsky is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto's Department of Political Science and the George Ignatieff Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies. His work focuses on how international forces like war, globalization, and technological change shape domestic reforms and democratic processes. He holds a graduate degree from Columbia University and was a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University.
Education: Columbia University graduate; Postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University's Institute for International and Regional Studies.
Research interests include external drivers of domestic reforms, great power rivalries, democratic diffusion patterns, and international relations theory. His book Aftershocks: Great Powers and Domestic Reforms in the Twentieth Century (2017) examines how shifts in global power structures trigger domestic reforms,获评 Foreign Affairs' Best Book of 2017.
Notable articles span topics like hegemonic transitions, autocratic resilience via social media, and cyber warfare strategies (e.g., Ukraine's IT Army). Recent works address geopolitical shifts in statehood and digital authoritarianism's spread to democracies.
- Awards: SSHRC Insight Grant (2019-2024), Australian Research Council Discovery Grant (2015-17), Connaught Awards (2014, 2011), Princeton Fung Global Fellowship.
- Teaching: Courses on international politics, state formation, war/peace dynamics, and dissertation seminars.
- Media Engagement: Regular contributions to Foreign Affairs, Washington Post, CBC, and TVO.
Labs/Teams: Active in the Centre for the Study of Global Japan and collaborates on projects like cyber resistance and hegemonic shocks with scholars like Ryan Griffiths.
