糖心TV

Associate professor

Email:- Luis.de-la-Calle@warwick.ac.uk

Room:- D2.09

Profile

I joined 糖心TV in January 2025, after having taught at Sheffield (2022-2024), CIDE in Mexico City (2013-2022), and Carlos III in Madrid (2011-2013). I hold a PhD in Politics from the European University Institute (Florence) and I'm also a member of the Juan March Institute, where I started my academic career as a Junior Researcher (2009-2013).

Research

I have published extensively in the field of conflict, looking at its determinants, dynamics, and consequences (see below for a full list of publications). My research is usually driven by meaningful questions, with methodological choices dependent on those questions (and not the other way around). For instance, in my recent book with Ignacio Sanchez-Cuenca "Underground Violence: On the Nature of Terrorism" (Oxford University Press, 2024), we combine conceptual work, case studies (Tupamaros in Uruguay, Shining Path in Peru, ETA in Spain, PLO in Palestine-Israel, and ISIS in Iraq-Syria) and statistical analysis of large datasets to show that the defining feature of terrorism is that rebels resorting to it must remain clandestine -- which is a function of their weakness compared to the forces they are fighting against.

My current research agenda looks at the interconnections between war and state capacity. The standard assumption is that civil wars are detrimental for state capacity, as they weaken both physical and human capital. But few times we observe that conflict can contribute to strengthening state capabilities. How can we make sense of this?

Finally, I'm also interested in investigating the outcomes of socialist regimes. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was broadly understood that socialist regimes were no longer a threat for the survival of capitalist democracies, and therefore there was little to learn from them. But events during the last decade have changed a little bit the conversation. Unfortunately, there is little empirical work on specific outcomes such as inequality, poverty or economic growth, as debates around socialism tend to focus on hypothetical incarnations of the ideology, rather than their actual products.

Teaching

I usually teach modules on Methods, Comparative Politics, Latin American Politics, and Conflict. Supervision-wise, I look forward to working with students who are motivated by real-world puzzles, usually with a comparative mindset and openness to collect empirical evidence.

Publications

Books

• (2024) Underground Violence: On the Nature of Terrorism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [With Ignacio S谩nchez-Cuenca].
• [Spanish translation: La naturaleza del terrorismo, 2024, Catarata, Madrid].
• (2015) Nationalist Violence in Postwar Europe. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Refereed articles

• (2024) 鈥淔ighting Collective Threats: Socialist Revolutions and the Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic.鈥� European Political Science Review online first
• (2024) 鈥淲hen Rebels Lose: The Impact of Civil War on Contemporary Electoral Outcomes in Peru.鈥� Electoral Studies online first
• (2021) 鈥淭he Legacy of War Dynamics on Fiscal Capacity: Evidence from 19th Century Mexico.鈥� Latin American Research Review 56 (4) [with Luz Marina Arias].
• (2021) 鈥淟os legados de la guerra de independencia y la revoluci贸n sobre la violencia criminal en M茅xico.鈥� Am茅rica Latina en la Historia Econ贸mica 28 (2) [with Luz Marina Arias].
• (2021) 鈥溌緽orr贸n sin cuenta nueva? Injusticia transicional en guerras criminales鈥� Perfiles Latinoamericanos 29 (57) [with Andreas Schedler]
• (2020) 鈥淰iolence and Mobilization: Probing the Inverted U-Shaped Link between Protest and Terrorism.鈥� Taiwan Journal of Democracy 16 (1): 143-170. [With Ignacio S谩nchez-Cuenca].
• (2018) 鈥淓conomic Sanctions and the dynamics of terrorist campaigns鈥�. Conflict Management and Peace Science 35 (4): 378-401. [With Navin Bapat, Kaisa Hinkkainen and Elena McLean].
• (2017) 鈥淐ompliance vs. Constraints: A Theory of Rebel Targeting in Civil War". Journal of Peace Research 54 (3): 427-441.
• (2016) 鈥�Economic Sanctions, Transnational Terrorism, and the Incentive to Misrepresent鈥�. Journal of Politics 78 (1): 249-264 [With Navin Bapat, Kaisa Hinkkainen and Elena McLean].
• (2015) 鈥淗ow Armed Groups Fight: Territorial Control and Violent Tactics鈥�. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 38 (10): 795-813 [With Ignacio S谩nchez-Cuenca].
• (2013) 鈥淜illing and Voting in the Basque Country: An Exploration of the Electoral Link Between ETA and its Political Branch鈥�. Terrorism and Political Violence 25: 94-112 [With Ignacio S谩nchez-Cuenca].
• (2012) 鈥淩ebels Without a Territory. An Analysis of Non-territorial Conflicts in the World, 1970-1997鈥�. Journal of Conflict Resolution 56 (4): 580-603. [With Ignacio S谩nchez-Cuenca].
• (2012) 鈥淚n Search of the Core of Terrorism鈥�. International Studies Review 14 (3): 481-485. [With Ignacio S谩nchez-Cuenca].
• (2012) 鈥淗ow do Spanish Independents vote? Ideology vs. Performance鈥�. South European Society and Politics 17 (3): 411-425. [With Nassos Roussias].
• (2011) 鈥淲hat We Talk About When We Talk About Terrorism鈥�. Politics & Society 39 (3): 451-472. [With Ignacio S谩nchez-Cuenca].
• (2011) 鈥淭he Quantity and Quality of Terrorism: the DTV dataset". Journal of Peace Research 48 (1): 49-58. [With Ignacio S谩nchez-Cuenca].
• (2010) 鈥淓xplaining the electoral effects of public investments: The case of the expansion of the underground in Madrid, 1995鈥�2007鈥�. European Journal of Political Research 49: 393-417. [With Llu铆s Orriols].
• (2010) 鈥淰oting without Ideology. Evidence from Spain (1979-2008)鈥�. Revista Espa帽ola de Investigaciones Sociol贸gicas 129: 83-105. [With Llu铆s Orriols and 脕lvaro Mart铆nez].
• (2010) 鈥淢aking Nationalists out of Frenchmen?: Substate Nationalism in Corsica鈥�. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 16 (3-4): 397-419. [With Andr茅 Fazi].
• (2009) 鈥淭he End of Three Decades of Nationalist Rule: The 2009 Regional Elections in the Basque Country鈥�. South European Society and Politics 14(2): 211-226. [With Ignacio S谩nchez-Cuenca].
• (2009) 鈥淒omestic Terrorism: The Hidden Side of Political Violence鈥�. Annual Review of Political Science 12: 31-49. [With Ignacio S谩nchez-Cuenca].
• (2008) 鈥淚s There More Assimilation in Catalonia than in the Basque Country: Analyzing Dynamics of Assimilation in Nationalist Contexts鈥�. European Journal of Political Research 47(6): 710-36. [With Thomas J. Miley].
• (2007) 鈥淔ighting for Local Control: Street Violence in the Basque Country鈥�. International Studies Quarterly 51(2): 431-455.
• (2005) 鈥淐arreteras y votos: el PSOE y las pol铆ticas territoriales de construcci贸n de coaliciones de apoyo, 1982-1996鈥�. Revista de Investigaciones Pol铆ticas y Sociol贸gicas 4 (1): 65-95.
• (2005) 鈥淐uando la proximidad deja de ser importante: modelos espaciales y voto en la pol铆tica vasca (1994-2001)鈥�. Revista Espa帽ola de Ciencia Pol铆tica, 12: 21-52.
• (2004) 鈥淟a selecci贸n de v铆ctimas en ETA鈥�. Revista Espa帽ola de Ciencia Pol铆tica 10: 57-79. [With Ignacio S谩nchez-Cuenca].
• (2002) 鈥淒enominaciones de origen y protecci贸n econ贸mica鈥�. Revista Espa帽ola de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros 194: 27-48.

Book chapters

• (2023) 鈥淒owngrading or Upsizing Strategies: How Rebels learn about the right repertoire of violence,鈥� in Carolin G枚rzig, Michael F眉rstenberg, Florian K枚hler and Imad Alsoos, eds., How Terrorists Learn: Organizational Learning and Beyond, Routledge, London.
• (2022) 鈥淶ipaioak: the Battle for Public Shaming of Collaborators in low-intensity conflicts,鈥� in Juan Esp铆ndola and Leigh Payne, eds., Collaborationism, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• (2022) 鈥淓l impacto de la violencia criminal sobre la recaudaci贸n fiscal en M茅xico: revisitando a Tilly,鈥� in Aldo Ponce, ed., Consecuencias de la violencia criminal, CIDE, Mexico City. [with Luz Marina Arias]
• (2021) 鈥淭errorismo鈥� in Lesley-Ann Daniels and Martijn Vlaskamp, eds., Violencia en Am茅rica Latina, Tecnos, Barcelona.
• (2019) 鈥淭errorism in Western Europe: a Homegrown Trademark鈥�. In Erica Chenoweth, Richard English and Stathis Kalyvas (eds.) Oxford Handbook on Terrorism, Oxford: Oxford University Press. [With Ignacio S谩nchez-Cuenca].
• (2017) 鈥淲eak States鈥�. In William Outhwaite and Stephen Turner (eds.) The Sage Handbook of Political Sociology, London: Sage. [With Luz Marina Arias].
• (2016) 鈥淟a violence politique鈥�. In Hubert Peres and Christophe Roux (eds.) La d茅mocratie espagnole: Institutions et vie politique, Rennes: Presses Universitaries de Rennes, pp. 187-206.
• (2015) 鈥淔ighting the War on Two Fronts: Shining Path and the Peruvian Civil War, 1980鈥�95鈥�. In Lorenzo Bosi, Niall 脫 Dochartaigh and Daniela Pisoiu (eds.) Political Violence in Context, Colchester: European Consortium for Political Research, pp. 125-144.

Non-refereed publications

• (2017) 鈥淐ritical Dialogue with Kristin M. Bakke.鈥� Perspectives on Politics 15 (3): 786-790.
• (2016) 鈥淣ationalist Peace Making: A Three-Actor Process鈥�. Turkish Journal of Security Studies 18 (1): 71-94.
• (2016) 鈥淚ntroduction to the Special Issue on Conflict, violence and democracy in Latin America.鈥� Pol铆tica y Gobierno 23 (1): 5-8 [With Ana Arjona].
• (2015) La genealog铆a de los ataques terroristas de Par铆s. Nexos en l铆nea, 14 enero 2015.
• (2015) Liberating Territory: An Empirical Examination of the Determinants of Local Control By Sendero Luminoso. DTEP 273. CIDE: Ciudad de M茅xico.
• (2006) The Production of Terrorist Violence: Analyzing Target Selection within the IRA and ETA. Working Paper 2006/230. Instituto Juan March: Madrid. [With Ignacio S谩nchez-Cuenca].