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Richard Nielsen is a scholar of Middle East politics, international relations, religion, gender, and methodology. He has published on jihadi clerics, Arabic text analysis, causal inference, and qualitative case selection.
Mar 17, 2003 · Richard Nielsen is no stranger to conflict. It has dogged the native of Plaster Rock, N.B., throughout what he refers to as his "checkered" career. As a 18-year-old steelworker in Hamilton, Ont., he took part in a groundbreaking, 81-day illegal strike at Stelco.
Richard Nielsen is a political scientist and author of Deadly Clerics: Blocked Ambition and the Paths to Jihad. His research focuses on comparative politics, international relations, and text analysis. See his books, articles, chapters, and other writings on his website.
Richard Nielsen is an Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT who studies jihadi clerics, human rights, and political violence. He has a PhD from Harvard and a book on radicalization in Arab mosques.
Richard Nielsen is an expert on Middle East politics, religion, and political violence. He has published a book on Jihadist ideology, developed software tools for Arabic text analysis, and taught at Harvard and Brigham Young University.
Jun 24, 2024 · E-mail: rnielsen@mit.edu. Associate Professor of Political Science (with tenure), 2020 - current. Associate Professor of Political Science (without tenure), 2017 - 2020. Assistant Professor of Political Science, 2013 - 2017.
Feb 3, 2017 · Richard Nielsen is an MIT assistant professor of political science who writes on international law, the political economy of human rights, political violence, and political methodology. His current book project, Deadly Clerics, explores why some Muslim clerics adopt the ideology of militant jihad while most do not.
