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.