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Eric W. Schoon

Social Sciences · The Ohio State University

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Mid career · publishing since 2009Rising activity
Political Conflict and GovernanceTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceQualitative Comparative Analysis ResearchCrime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceElectoral Systems and Political Participation

Publications

50

Citations

566

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

18

Publishing since 2009

Research summary
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Eric W. Schoon studies political conflict, legitimacy, and violence, examining topics such as how insurgent and militant groups gain or lose legitimacy, why armed conflicts recur, and how mass atrocities might be forecast. His work also includes methodological contributions, particularly on conducting and adapting fieldwork (including ethnography) in politically sensitive or disrupted settings, and on measuring abstract concepts like legitimacy using computational and comparative methods.

Political legitimacy and contentious politicsPolitical violence, terrorism, and insurgencyResearch methods for fieldwork under disruption or riskComparative and computational text analysisSocial movements and political conflict dynamics

Publication output has fluctuated over the past decade with a notable spike in 2024, following a slower period from 2019-2023, suggesting an uneven but ongoing rate of activity rather than a smooth upward or downward trend.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.6/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 5 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 2 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 1 publication222023: 3 publications232024: 15 publications15242025: 2 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks×8
  • Sociological Methods & Research×2
  • Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World×2
  • Research in social movements, conflicts and change×2
  • American Sociological Review×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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