Seymour Lee Joseph Mars
Professor
Department of Political sciences
University of Montreal
Canada
Biography
Seymour Lee Joseph Mars is an Associate Professor Contact : T elephone 514-343-6111 # 3909 Pav. PAV.M.CARON-L.GROULX-3200 JB \ bur. C-3118 at University of Montreal, Department of Political Science, Canada.
Research Interest
Seymour Lee Joseph Mars's research focuses on political violence. In particular, I am interested in the dynamics of armed conflict and the organization of violence in civil wars. Some questions are of particular interest to me: Why do the political consequences of conflict vary? How can we prevent the recurrence of violence after the wars? How do some societies get bogged down in prolonged periods of violence? My theoretical approach stems from a socio-institutional perspective. My research is both macro and micro in a comparative way. I combine statistical analysis of conflict databases with empirical data collected in the field in violence-affected societies such as Somalia, South Sudan, Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Areas of expertise: Political violence, Civil wars, International Security & Separatism and self-determination.
Publications
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The ICC and Africa: Rhetoric, Hypocrisy Management and Legitimacy, in Kamari Clarke, Abel Knottnerus, and Eefje de Volder (eds.) Africa and the International Criminal Court , forthcoming with Cambridge University Press.
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Why Factions Switch Sides: Rivalry, Patronage and Alignment in Sudan 's Civil Wars, International Security , 39 (2), 2014: 92-131.
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E Pluribus Unum, Ex Uno Plures: Explaining Fragmentation in Movements of Self-Determination, with Kristin Bakke and Kathleen Cunningham, Journal of Peace Research 53 (1), 2016: 3-18.
