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Charles Robert Butcher

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Charles Robert Butcher

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Department of Sociology and Political Science

charles.butcher@ntnu.no
+4773590606 Bygg 10, Dragvoll
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My research interests include the onset and dynamics of resistance movements in authoritarian states, especially how variations in organizational participation influence the long and short-term outcomes of these movements. I am a PI on the 'Anatomy of Resistance Campaigns' (ARC) project which aims to understand how different networks of organizations in collective dissent influence the prospects of sustainable democratization. I am also interested in understanding the onset of armed conflicts, the use of violence against civilians by armed groups in war and understanding the structure and dynamics of historical and non-western state systems. 

Publications

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2025

  • Butcher, Charles Robert; Griffiths, Ryan. (2025) Before Colonization: Nonwestern States and Systems in the Nineteenth Century. Columbia University Press Columbia University Press
    Academic monograph

2023

  • Braithwaite, Jessica Maves; Butcher, Charles Robert. (2023) Muddying the Waters: The Anatomy of Resistance Campaigns and the Failure of Ceasefires in Civil Wars. Journal of Conflict Resolution
    Academic article

2022

  • Wishman, Marius; Butcher, Charles. (2022) Beyond ethnicity: historical states and modern conflict. European Journal of International Relations
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles Robert; Dahl, Marianne. (2022) Krigen i Ukraina handler om demokrati. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.)
    Feature article
  • Butcher, Charles; Braithwaite, Jessica Maves; Pinckney, Jonathan; Haugseth, Eirin; Bakken, Ingrid Vik; Wishman, Marius. (2022) Introducing the Anatomy of Resistance Campaigns (ARC) dataset. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles; Pinckney, Jonathan. (2022) Friday on My Mind: Re-Assessing the Impact of Protest Size on Government Concessions. Journal of Conflict Resolution
    Academic article
  • Pinckney, Jonathan; Butcher, Charles; Braithwaite, Jessica. (2022) Organizations, Resistance and Democracy: How Civil Society Organizations Impact Democratization. International Studies Quarterly
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles; Griffiths, Ryan. (2022) Three Forms of Heteronomy. International Studies Quarterly
    Academic article

2021

  • Butcher, Charles; Griffiths, Ryan. (2021) Quantitative Approaches: Towards comparative and trans-regional approaches in Historical International Relations . Routledge
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2020

  • Butcher, Charles; Griffiths, Ryan. (2020) States and their International Relations Since 1816: Introducing Version 2 of the International System(s) Dataset (ISD). International Interactions
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles; Griffiths, Ryan. (2020) War, Interaction Capacity and the Structures of State Systems. International Theory
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles; Goldsmith, Benjamin; Nanlohy, Sascha; Sowmya, Arcot; Muchlinski, David. (2020) Introducing the Targeted Mass Killing Dataset for the Study and Forecasting of Mass Atrocities. Journal of Conflict Resolution
    Academic article

2018

  • Butcher, Charles; Gray, John Laidlaw; Mitchell, Liesel. (2018) Striking it Free? Organized labor and the outcomes of civil resistance. Journal of Global Security Studies (JoGGS)
    Academic article

2017

  • Butcher, Charles; Goldsmith, Benjamin. (2017) Elections, Ethnicity, and Political Instability. Comparative Political Studies
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles; Griffiths, Ryan D. (2017) Between Eurocentrism and Babel: A Framework for the Analysis of States, State Systems, and International Orders. International Studies Quarterly
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles; Anderton, Charles; Brauer, Jurgen. (2017) Mass Killing. John Wiley & Sons
    Chapter
  • Nanlohy, Sascha; Butcher, Charles; Goldsmith, Benjamin E. (2017) The Policy Value of Quantitative Atrocity Forecasting Models. The RUSI Journal
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles. (2017) Geography and the outcomes of civil resistance and civil war. Third World Quarterly
    Academic article
  • Goldsmith, Benjamin; Butcher, Charles. (2017) Genocide Forecasting: Past Accuracy and New Forecasts to 2020. Journal of Genocide Research
    Academic article

2016

  • Butcher, Charles; Goldsmith, Benjamin. (2016) Economic Risk Factors and Predictive Modeling of Genocides and Other Mass Atrocities. Oxford University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2015

  • Butcher, Charles. (2015) ‘Capital punishment’ Bargaining and the geography of civil war. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles; Griffiths, Ryan. (2015) Alternative international systems? System structure and violent conflict in nineteenth-century West Africa, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. Review of International Studies
    Academic article

2014

  • Sutton, Jonathan; Butcher, Charles; Svensson, Isak. (2014) Explaining political jiu-jitsu: Institution-building and the outcomes of regime violence against unarmed protests. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles; Svensson, Isak. (2014) Manufacturing Dissent: Modernization and the Onset of Major Nonviolent Resistance Campaigns. Journal of Conflict Resolution
    Academic article

2013

  • Goldsmith, Benjamin; Butcher, Charles; Sowmya, Arcot; Semenovich, Dimitri. (2013) Forecasting the onset of genocide and politicide: Annual out-of-sample forecasts on a global dataset, 1988–2003. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • Griffiths, Ryan; Butcher, Charles. (2013) Introducing the international system (s) dataset (ISD), 1816–2011. International Interactions
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Braithwaite, Jessica Maves; Butcher, Charles Robert. (2023) Muddying the Waters: The Anatomy of Resistance Campaigns and the Failure of Ceasefires in Civil Wars. Journal of Conflict Resolution
    Academic article
  • Wishman, Marius; Butcher, Charles. (2022) Beyond ethnicity: historical states and modern conflict. European Journal of International Relations
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles Robert; Dahl, Marianne. (2022) Krigen i Ukraina handler om demokrati. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.)
    Feature article
  • Butcher, Charles; Braithwaite, Jessica Maves; Pinckney, Jonathan; Haugseth, Eirin; Bakken, Ingrid Vik; Wishman, Marius. (2022) Introducing the Anatomy of Resistance Campaigns (ARC) dataset. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles; Pinckney, Jonathan. (2022) Friday on My Mind: Re-Assessing the Impact of Protest Size on Government Concessions. Journal of Conflict Resolution
    Academic article
  • Pinckney, Jonathan; Butcher, Charles; Braithwaite, Jessica. (2022) Organizations, Resistance and Democracy: How Civil Society Organizations Impact Democratization. International Studies Quarterly
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles; Griffiths, Ryan. (2022) Three Forms of Heteronomy. International Studies Quarterly
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles; Griffiths, Ryan. (2020) States and their International Relations Since 1816: Introducing Version 2 of the International System(s) Dataset (ISD). International Interactions
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles; Griffiths, Ryan. (2020) War, Interaction Capacity and the Structures of State Systems. International Theory
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles; Goldsmith, Benjamin; Nanlohy, Sascha; Sowmya, Arcot; Muchlinski, David. (2020) Introducing the Targeted Mass Killing Dataset for the Study and Forecasting of Mass Atrocities. Journal of Conflict Resolution
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles; Gray, John Laidlaw; Mitchell, Liesel. (2018) Striking it Free? Organized labor and the outcomes of civil resistance. Journal of Global Security Studies (JoGGS)
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles; Goldsmith, Benjamin. (2017) Elections, Ethnicity, and Political Instability. Comparative Political Studies
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles; Griffiths, Ryan D. (2017) Between Eurocentrism and Babel: A Framework for the Analysis of States, State Systems, and International Orders. International Studies Quarterly
    Academic article
  • Nanlohy, Sascha; Butcher, Charles; Goldsmith, Benjamin E. (2017) The Policy Value of Quantitative Atrocity Forecasting Models. The RUSI Journal
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles. (2017) Geography and the outcomes of civil resistance and civil war. Third World Quarterly
    Academic article
  • Goldsmith, Benjamin; Butcher, Charles. (2017) Genocide Forecasting: Past Accuracy and New Forecasts to 2020. Journal of Genocide Research
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles. (2015) ‘Capital punishment’ Bargaining and the geography of civil war. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles; Griffiths, Ryan. (2015) Alternative international systems? System structure and violent conflict in nineteenth-century West Africa, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. Review of International Studies
    Academic article
  • Sutton, Jonathan; Butcher, Charles; Svensson, Isak. (2014) Explaining political jiu-jitsu: Institution-building and the outcomes of regime violence against unarmed protests. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • Butcher, Charles; Svensson, Isak. (2014) Manufacturing Dissent: Modernization and the Onset of Major Nonviolent Resistance Campaigns. Journal of Conflict Resolution
    Academic article
  • Goldsmith, Benjamin; Butcher, Charles; Sowmya, Arcot; Semenovich, Dimitri. (2013) Forecasting the onset of genocide and politicide: Annual out-of-sample forecasts on a global dataset, 1988–2003. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • Griffiths, Ryan; Butcher, Charles. (2013) Introducing the international system (s) dataset (ISD), 1816–2011. International Interactions
    Academic article

Books

  • Butcher, Charles Robert; Griffiths, Ryan. (2025) Before Colonization: Nonwestern States and Systems in the Nineteenth Century. Columbia University Press Columbia University Press
    Academic monograph

Part of book/report

  • Butcher, Charles; Griffiths, Ryan. (2021) Quantitative Approaches: Towards comparative and trans-regional approaches in Historical International Relations . Routledge
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Butcher, Charles; Anderton, Charles; Brauer, Jurgen. (2017) Mass Killing. John Wiley & Sons
    Chapter
  • Butcher, Charles; Goldsmith, Benjamin. (2016) Economic Risk Factors and Predictive Modeling of Genocides and Other Mass Atrocities. Oxford University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Outreach

2021

  • Academic lecture
    Braithwaite, Jessica; Butcher, Charles; Pinckney, Jonathan. (2021) Somewhere over the rainbow? Opposition diversity and the outcomes of resistance episodes. International Studies Association International Studies Association Annual Convention , Las Vegas 2021-04-06 - 2021-04-09

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