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From Armed Conflict to Criminality: Understanding the War to Peace Trajectories of Armed Actors Bogota Colombia July 21-23 2025

Mershon Associate Director Teri Murphy hosts workshop on armed conflict and criminality in Bogotá, Colombia

This July, Teri Murphy, Associate Director for Peacebuilding Research at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, travels to Bogotá, Colombia to host a workshop with co-hosts Roddy…

Humanities and social sciences in the USA and France: Crossed Perspectives

Ohio State experts join the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Val de Loire in France for a webinar exploring academic freedom

On April 28, the Mershon Center partnered with the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Val de Loire (MSH) to present a webinar entitled “Franco-American Crossed Perspectives on Academic Freedom.”…

Moderator and 4 experts at Arctic Exceptionalism conference

Eda Ayadin, Mershon postdoctoral visiting fellow, discusses Arctic policy in Washington, D.C.

On June 11, Mershon postdoctoral visiting fellow Eda Ayaydin, Ph.D. was invited to participate in a workshop on Restoring Arctic Exceptionalism, followed by a high-level conference on June 12 in…

Federal Sentencing Reporter

McSweeney and Coleman Publish Article Exploring the Challenge of Just Federal Sentencing for “Boat Defendants”

In the latest issue of the Federal Sentencing Reporter, Ohio State Geography Professors Kendra McSweeney and Mat Coleman illuminate a profound justice policy story surrounding ‘boat defendants’.…

Eda Ayadin

Mershon Visiting Fellow Eda Ayaydin

Dr. Eda Ayaydin is a postdoctoral visiting fellow who is joining us at the Mershon Center this summer.

Dr. Ayaydin is a political scientist specializing in Arctic geopolitics, with a…

Mountains and river

Water Towers of the Indus Basin: Climate Change, Water Security, and Disaster Risks in Chenab Headwaters

Water towers of the Indus Basin are featured in the newest story for River Ethnographies, part of the Indus River Basin Project funded by the Mershon Center.

Shepard with sheep at the rivers edge

Sangam Chinar: Of Confluences and the people who protect them

The newest story for River Ethnographies, part of the Indus River Basin Project funded by the Mershon Center, features Sangam Chinar.

Mershon Mondays Postdoc Blog

Postdoc Blog: From Socialist Symbols to Strategic Narratives

At our Mershon Monday gathering on April 15, Christopher Leger, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History, examined Latvia’s rapidly evolving memory politics in the shadow of Russia’s full-…

Mershon Mondays Postdoc Blog

Laurie Georges on the Feedback Loop of Erasure

At our Mershon Mondays event on March 31, Laurie Georges, a PhD candidate in Political Science, presented her research on the mechanisms of erasure: the intentional removal of peoples and their…