Entries by Christopher Rauh

Power-sharing agreements

Agreements made between former enemies in civil conflicts to share political power in the same government can have a significant impact in reducing the likelihood and intensity of violence. That is the central finding of new research by Hannes Mueller and Christopher Rauh. Comprehensive power-sharing agreements – which cover substantive issues made between parties that […]

Lockdowns Widen the Gender Gap In Mental Health

The mental health of American women has suffered far more from lockdown and social distancing measures than men’s, according to new research by Abi Adams-Prassl (University of Oxford), Teodora Boneva (University of Zurich), Marta Golin (University of Oxford) and Christopher Rauh (University of Cambridge). Their analysis of geographically representative survey data collected in the early […]