Hi!

I’m Aidan Milliff. I am a political scientist at Florida State University. My research focuses on the cognitive, emotional, and social forces that shape political violence, forced migration, post-violence politics, and the politics of South Asia.

I earned a PhD in Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2022. At MIT, I was affiliated with the MIT Security Studies Program and Harvard’s Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute. Before MIT, I was a James C. Gaither Junior Fellow in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. I was born and raised in Colorado.

Interests
  • Political Violence
  • Emotions and Decision Making
  • South Asia
  • Migration
Education
  • PhD, Political Science, 2022

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • AM, International Relations, 2015

    The University of Chicago

  • AB, Political Science, 2015

    The University of Chicago

Recent Publications

Scalable Equilibrium Computation in Multi-Agent Influence Games on Networks
We provide a polynomial-time, scalable algorithm for equilibrium computation in multi-agent influence games on networks, extending work …
Scalable Equilibrium Computation in Multi-Agent Influence Games on Networks
COVID-19 and Fieldwork: Challenges and Solutions
This reflection article presents insights on conducting fieldwork during and after COVID-19 from a diverse collection of political …
COVID-19 and Fieldwork: Challenges and Solutions

Teaching

@ FSU

  • POS 5736 - Research Design (PhD, Fall 2024)

  • INR 5934 - Political Psychology of Conflict (PhD, Spring 2024)

  • INR 2002 - Introduction to International Relations (Undergrad, Fall 2023, Fall 2024)

  • CPO 4057 - Political Violence (Undergrad, Fall 2023)

@ MIT

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