Eric Min

Assistant Professor

Eric Min is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. He received my Ph.D. in Political Science at Stanford University, where he was also the Zukerman Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation for the 2017-2018 academic year. Dr. Min was a Henry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Distinguished Scholar in 2021-22.

His primary research interests include the intersection of interstate war and diplomacy; international security and conflict management; and the application of machine learning, text, and statistical methods to study these topics. Dr. Min's work is published in the American Political Science Review, International Organization, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, and the Journal of Strategic Studies. His book, Words of War: Negotiations as a Tool of Conflict, is part of the Studies in Security Affairs series at Cornell University Press. Dr. Min was a recipient of the 2024 UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award.

Education:
Ph.D. Political Science, 2017, Stanford University
B.A. Political Science and Spanish/Linguistics, 2010, New York University

Interests:
Interstate war and diplomacy, international security, conflict resolution, computational social science

Selected Publications:
Words of War: Negotiation as a Tool of Conflict (Cornell University Press, 2025).

With T. Jost, J. Kertzer, and R. Schub, "Advisers and Aggregation in Foreign Policy Decision-Making," International Organization, 78 (2024).

"Talking while Fighting: Understanding the Role of Wartime Negotiation," International Organization, 74 (2020).

With A. Katagiri, "The Credibility of Public and Private Signals: A Document-Based Approach," American Political Science Review, 113 (2019).

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