Congratulations to Prof. Carly Wayne for being awarded the 2020 Walter Isard Award for Best Dissertation in Peace Science by the Peace Science Society (International) for her dissertation “Risk or Retribution: The Micro-foundations of State Responses to Terror.”
The award committee noted that:
“In her dissertation, Risk or Retribution: The Micro-foundations of State Responses to Terror, Wayne examines the emotional mechanisms motivating the public's response to terrorism. To analyze the dynamics between civilians, militants, and political leaders, she tests her novel arguments utilizing a combination of experimental, qualitative, formal, and statistical methods. Wayne’s dissertation was first rate in every aspect; it was well executed, with insightful theoretical arguments and appropriate and diverse methods to get at emotions, especially anger and fear. She produces several linked insights that are important to scholarship and policymakers, and uses a multitude of compelling evidence, many of which lies in original data.”
