People

Emma Madden

Research Topic:

Complex systems, political violence, organisational behavior, methods and models
AFFILIATION
College
St Hilda's College
Course
DPhil Politics
supervisor

Research

I specialize in computational methods in social science with a particular interest in modelling complex social systems through the lens of political violence. Some of my research topics include:

  • Organisational structure and group decision making in insurgency

  • Graph theory, chaotic systems, and modelling collective behavior

  • Beyond Binaries: A Fuzzy Set-Theoretic Model for Classifying Political Violence

  • Women As Weapons: Explaining Boko Haram’s Female Suicide Bombers

     

Education

  • University of Chicago, BA Politics Science (Honors)

  • University of Oxford, MSc Sociology

Teaching Experience

  • International Security and Conflict, University of Oxford