Daina Chiba

Associate Professor

University of Macau

Welcome!

I am an associate professor of political science in the Department of Government and Public Administration at the University of Macau in Macao SAR of China. Prior to coming to Macao, I taught and studied political science at universities in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan.

My research interests lie at the intersection of data science, international relations, and comparative politics. I use quantitative methods to study conflict and cooperation among political actors. My work has been published or is forthcoming in various peer-reviewed journals, including American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Political Analysis, Journal of Politics, and Journal of Peace Research.

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Interests

International Security
International Institutions
Political Methodology
Macao Politics

Education

Ph.D in Political Science, 2012

Rice University
LL.M in Jurisprudence and International Relations, 2004

Hitotsubashi University
BA in Language and Area Studies, 2002

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Research Projects

Make Two Democracies and Call Me in the Morning: Endogenous Regime Type and the Democratic Peace

We employ an instrumental-variables approach to identify the causal effect of joint democracy on militarized conflict.

Apr 30, 2021

Make Two Democracies and Call Me in the Morning: Endogenous Regime Type and the Democratic Peace

Much Ado about Something: Predicting Interstate Crises Onset and Resolution over Contentious Issues

We explore whether dynamic information from event data can improve our ability to forecast the onset and termination of international crises. Studies of dyadic interstate conflicts have demonstrated that taking into account contentious issues between countries can improve on conventional models explaining dyadic violent conflict based on purely structural factors (e.

Apr 30, 2021

Recent Publications

Brenna Armstrong, Tiffany D. Barnes, Daina Chiba, Diana Z. O'brien (2024). Financial Crises and the Selection and Survival of Women Finance Ministers. American Political Science Review.

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Songying Fang, Xiaojun Li, Atsushi Tago, Daina Chiba (2022). Belief in Territorial Indivisibility and Public Preferences for Dispute Resolution. Political Science Research and Methods.

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Daina Chiba, Jesse C. Johnson (2019). Military Coalitions and Crisis Duration. The Journal of Politics.

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Daina Chiba, Tobias Heinrich (2019). Colonial Legacy and Foreign Aid: Decomposing the Colonial Bias. International Interactions.

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