Tir Jaroslav Picture
Political Science

 Education

PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2001

Most Interesting Travels

South Africa, Turkey, Israel, Argentina, Ecuador, much of Europe. I’m originally from the Dalmatian coast of Croatia.

Extracurricular Activity 

I enjoy Mountain biking, backcountry skiing,  and road cycling.

Current Research

Dr. Tir 's current work includes topics such as civil war management by economic international organizations; projects on impact of territorial disputes on regime type, inter-ethnic relations, and status of women; research on attitudinal and behavioral impacts of threat and conflict; and a series of projects on environmental stress and freshwater scarcity.