Michael Spagat (born c. 1960) is an American–British economist and researcher of war and armed conflict. He is currently a professor of economics at

Royal Holloway, University of London Royal Holloway, University of London (RH), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public university, public research university and a constituent college, member institution of the federal University of London. It ...

. He is also the chair of the board at Every Casualty Counts, and is on the advisory panel of

Action on Armed Violence Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) is a London-based non-governmental organization conducting research and advocacy on the incidence and impact of global armed violence. Iain Overton, an investigative journalist and author, is the Executive Director ...

Biography

Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

, Spagat had obtained a BA in mathematical methods in the social sciences and economics in 1982. He was awarded a PhD in economics at

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in 1988. He had held two positions as assistant professor of economics, one at

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from August 1987 to July 1990, and another at

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from July 1990 to August 1997, before joining

in September 1997. He is currently a professor of economics at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Research

His current research addresses armed conflict, universal patterns in modern war, fabrication in survey research, the Dirty War Index civilian casualties in the

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and problems in the measurement of war deaths in the Iraq War and the

Gaza war The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel fought since 7 October 2023. A part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflict, Gaza–Israel conflicts dating ...

Selected works

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References

External links

Personal website

Royal Holloway profile
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