Hello there! My name is Nathan Timbs and I am a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Iowa where I study International Relations and Political Methodology. Previously, I received a BA in Political Science and Arab Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2019 and a MA in Political Science at the University of Iowa in 2020.

My research interests lie at the intersection of civil war, human rights, rebel governance, and climate change. I am interested in asking questions that emphasize the treatment of civilians during conflict in the context of rebel governance and climate change.

In my dissertation, I complicate the rebel governance literature by creating a new latent measure of rebel governance that varies across five substantively distinct styles: civilian, international, elite, economic, and local. I investigate the effect of rebel military capacity on the provision of rebel governance styles as well as the influence of rebel governance on international involvement during civil war.

I am always looking to meet new academic friends that share my research interests (or not) so don’t hesitate to reach out to me!