Ernesto Verdeja

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Ernesto Verdeja (Bluesky – LinkedIn – X) is Associate Professor of Peace Studies and Global Politics at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame. He has published on political reconciliation, transitional justice, the causes of genocide and mass atrocities, and mass atrocities early warning.

He is currently the Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Genocide, a non-profit founded in 1982 to promote research and policy analysis on the causes and prevention of genocide and political violence. He regularly consults with governments and human rights organizations on mass atrocity prevention and political reconciliation. Verdeja received his Ph.D. in political science from the New School for Social Research in New York City. Visit his website here.

Articles by this author:

The soldier is standing at the left of the photo looking to the right at the banner arrayed across the rest of the image. Another soldier stands in the top left corner of the image behind him.

If the UN and Member States Are Serious About Preventing Atrocities, It’s Time to Reboot a Key Office

Jan. 23, 2025 Douglas Irvin-Erickson and Ernesto Verdeja

A phone showing Trump's racist tweet on May 29th, "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" and Twitter's statement that the tweet violated Twitter's rules about glorifying violence.

The Short Fuse: Autocrats, Hate Speech and Political Violence

Jul. 22, 2020 Ernesto Verdeja and Bettina Spencer