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- Ravi
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- Bhavnani
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Bhavnani’s research explores the micro-foundations of violence by means of agent-based computational modeling and disaggregated empirical analysis. His work more specifically focuses on:
Spatio-temporal Variation in Violence
- Scale, intensity and duration
- Individual and collective participation
- Non-linear dynamics
- Endogeneity
Intergroup Dynamics
- Spatial segregation
- Social distance
- Learning and mimicry
- Rumors and other forms of (dis)information
Intragroup Dynamics
- Individual beliefs, preferences and behavior
- Social identity complexity
- Group formation, cohesion and fragmentation
Urban Questions
- Cities as sites for ethnic, nationalist, religious, class, caste or racial conflict
- Fractured spaces and crime
- Insurgency and militarized disputes
- Cities as conflict zones
- Cities in conflict zones
Complex Adaptive Systems
- Agent-based models
- Self-organization
- Emergence
- Evolutionary algorithms
- Empirical calibration
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- Recent Publications
- Bhavnani, R., K. Donnay, D. Miodownik, M. Mor and D. Helbing . 2014/ “Group Segregation & Urban Violence.” American Journal of Political Science 58:1 (January): 226–245.
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