Prerequisite: GVPT201 Recommended prerequisite: GVPT200

Restriction: Must be in Government & Politics or International Relations program

In this course, we will examine how researchers use data science and artificial intelligence to study violent conflict. We will interrogate how concepts such as civil war, violence, and rebel groups are defined and measured, and explore the different ways AI is being used to collect data on conflict. Students will use AI tools to help merge, transform, visualize, and analyze conflict data in the statistical program R, learning both the advantages and the pitfalls of AI-assisted coding, and will bring these skills together in a final research paper and presentation.

Students will be required to download statistical package R onto their own laptops and must bring their laptop to every class meeting beginning in mid-February.