Konstantin Ash

Konstantin is an assistant professor in the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs at the University Central Florida, specializing in comparative politics and international relations. Specifically, he focuses on explaining participation in political conflict and violence, ranging from protests and riots to insurgencies and terrorism and using these findings to make group-level quantitative inferences, particularly with respect to conflict in the Middle East, North Africa and the broader Islamic World. His project explores how sub-national groups align after a civil war has begun, focusing on how a strong collective identity and government repression drive allegiances.