We talk to political scientists about what field research looks like on the ground. In each episode, we bring on expert guests to discuss different ethical and logistical aspects of the field research process, based on the book we co-edited with the same title: Stories From the Field: A Guide to Navigating Fieldwork in Political Science (Columbia University Press, 2020).
Researching Syria with Daniel Neep and Ora Szekely
Daniel Neep, who just published Syria: A Modern History, joins Ora, who published Syria Divided: Patterns of Violence in a Complex Civil War, for a conversation focusing on research on a specific conflict: the war in Syria. Reflecting on their own experiences, Daniel and Ora dig into the ethical and methodological challenges of researching civil war from afar, as well as some common myths and misunderstandings related to research on the Syrian civil war, their own reactions to the unexpected ...
25 Feb 2026
Publishing Fieldwork on Civil War
After your field research is done, there is always that final, daunting step: publishing. We are joined by Caelyn Cobb, senior editor in global history and global politics for Columbia University Press, and Jacqueline Hazelton, executive editor of the journal International Security, to gain an editor’s perspective on what they look for in conflict research and how aspiring scholars can navigate the publishing process. Cobb and Hazelton discuss how ethical considerations and methodological cho...
18 Feb 2026
Balancing Impartiality and Proximity in the Study of Civil Wars
When conducting research and fieldwork on civil war, it is not only challenging to remain impartial or get physically and emotionally close to conflict participants, but it is especially difficult to do both, given that more of one often requires—or leads to—less of the other. How do researchers navigate the challenges of partiality and proximity in the field? How do they deal with their values and emotions in the context of their research? In this episode, Peter takes a break from his regula...
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