Book
Kennedy, R., Waggoner, P.D., 2021. Introduction to R for social scientists: A tidy programming approach. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. [Link]
Peer Reviewed Articles
Lukuyu, J., Shiran, M., Kennedy, R., Urpleainen, J, Taneja, J. Forthcoming. Purchasing power: Examining customer profiles and patterns for decentralized electricity systems in East Africa. Energy Policy.
Waggoner, P.D., Kennedy, R. Forthcoming. The role of personality in trust in public policy automation. Journal of Behavioral Data Science.
Dugoua, E., Kennedy, R., Shiran, M., Urpelainen, J. Forthcoming. Assessing reliability of electricity grid services from space: The case of Uttar Pradesh, India. Energy for Sustainable Development.
Minozzi, W., Kennedy, R., Esterling, K.M., Neblo, M.A., Jewell, R., Forthcoming. Testing the benefits of public deliberation. American Journal of Political Science.
Kennedy, R. P., Waggoner, P. D., & Ward, M. M. 2022. Trust in public policy algorithms. The Journal of Politics, 84(2), 1132-1148. [Link]
Wojcik, S., Bijral, A.S., Johnston, R., Ferres, J.M.L., King, G., Kennedy, R., Vespignani, A. and Lazer, D., 2021. Survey data and human computation for improved flu tracking. Nature Communications, 12(1), pp.1-8. [Link]
Blankenship, B., Kennedy, R., Urpelainen, J. and Yang, J., 2020. Barking Up the Wrong Tree: How Political Alignment Shapes Electoral Backlash from Natural Disasters. Comparative Political Studies, DOI: 0010414020970211. [Link]
Kennedy, R., Mahajan, A. and Urpelainen, J., 2020. Crowdsourcing data on the reliability of electricity service: Evidence from a telephone survey in Uttar Pradesh, India. Energy Policy, 145, DOI: 111746. [Link]
Thomas, D.R., Harish, S.P., Kennedy, R. and Urpelainen, J., 2020. The effects of rural electrification in India: An instrumental variable approach at the household
level. Journal of Development Economics, 146, DOI: 102520. [Link]
Du, X., Jin, X., Zucker, N., Kennedy, R. and Urpelainen, J., 2020. Transboundary air pollution from coal-fired power generation. Journal of Environmental Management, 270, p.110862. [Link]
Kopas, J., York, E., Jin, X., Harish, S.P., Kennedy, R., Shen, S.V. and Urpelainen, J., 2020. Environmental justice in India: Incidence of air pollution from coal-fired power plants. Ecological Economics, 176, DOI: 106711. [Link]
Maamoun, N., Kennedy, R., Jin, X. and Urpelainen, J., 2020. Identifying coal-fired power plants for early retirement. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 126, DOI: 109833. [Link]
Blankenship, B., Kennedy, R., Mahajan, A., Wong, J.C.Y. and Urpelainen, J., 2020. Increasing rural electrification through connection campaigns. Energy Policy, 139, DOI: 111291. [Link]
Tao, R., Zhou, B., Chen, F., Mares, D., Butler, P., Ramakrishnan, N. and Kennedy, R., 2020. Detecting media self-censorship without explicit training data. In Proceedings of the 2020 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (pp. 550-558). Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. [Link]
Bayer, P., Kennedy, R., Yang, J. and Urpelainen, J., 2020. The need for impact evaluation in electricity access research. Energy Policy, 137, DOI:111099. [Link]
Kennedy, R., Clifford, S., Burleigh, T., Waggoner, P.D., Jewell, R. and Winter, N.J., 2020. The shape of and solutions to the MTurk quality crisis. Political Science Research and Methods, 8(4), pp.614-629. [Link]
Kennedy, R., Sokhey, A.E., Abernathy, C., Esterling, K.M., Lazer, D.M., Lee, A., Minozzi, W. and Neblo, M.A., 2020. Demographics and (equal?) voice: Assessing participation in online deliberative sessions. Political Studies, DOI: 0032321719890805. [Link]
Kim, S.E., Harish, S.P., Kennedy, R., Jin, X. and Urpelainen, J., 2020. Environmental degradation and public opinion: the case of air pollution in Vietnam. The Journal of Environment & Development, 29(2), pp.196-222. [Link]
Waggoner, P.D., Kennedy, R., Le, H. and Shiran, M., 2019. Big data and trust in public policy automation. Statistics, Politics and Policy, 10(2), pp.115-136. [Link]
Kennedy, R., Numminen, S., Sutherland, J. and Urpelainen, J., 2019. Multilevel customer segmentation for off-grid solar in developing countries: Evidence from solar home systems in Rwanda and Kenya. Energy, 186, DOI:115728. [Link]
Hamburger, D., Jaeger, J., Bayer, P., Kennedy, R., Yang, J. and Urpelainen, J., 2019. Shades of darkness or light? A systematic review of geographic bias in impact evaluations of electricity access. Energy Research & Social Science, 58, DOI: 101236. [Link]
Waggoner, P.D., Kennedy, R. and Clifford, S., 2019. Detecting fraud in online surveys by tracing, scoring, and visualizing IP addresses. Journal of Open Source Software, 4(37), DOI: 01285. [Link]
Abernathy, C., Esterling, K.M., Freebourn, J., Kennedy, R., Minozzi, W., Neblo, M.A. and Solis, J.A., 2019. Constituent communication through telephone town halls: A field experiment involving members of congress. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 44(4), pp.617-646. [Link]
Kennedy, R., Mahajan, A. and Urpelainen, J., 2019. Quality of service predicts willingness to pay for household electricity connections in rural India. Energy policy, 129, pp.319-326. [Link]
Abrahms, M., Ward, M. and Kennedy, R., 2018. Explaining civilian attacks: Terrorist networks, principal-agent problems and target selection. Perspectives on Terrorism, 12(1), pp.23-45. [Link]
Dugoua, E., Kennedy, R. and Urpelainen, J., 2018. Satellite data for the social sciences: measuring rural electrification with night-time lights. International journal of remote sensing, 39(9), pp.2690-2701. [Link]
Lin, Y.R., Kennedy, R. and Lazer, D., 2017. The geography of money and politics: Population density, social networks, and political contributions. Research & Politics, 4(4), DOI: 2053168017742015. [Link]
Kennedy, R., Wojcik, S. and Lazer, D., 2017. Improving election prediction internationally. Science, 355(6324), pp.515-520. [Link]
Wang, W., Kennedy, R., Lazer, D. and Ramakrishnan, N., 2016. Growing pains for global monitoring of societal events. Science, 353(6307), pp.1502-1503. [Link]
Kennedy, R., 2016. The limits of soft balancing: the frozen conflict in Transnistria and the challenge to EU and NATO strategy. Small Wars & Insurgencies, 27(3), pp.512-537. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2015. “Making Useful Conflict Predictions: Methods for Addressing Skewed Classes and Implementing Cost-Sensitive Learning in the Study of State Failure.” Journal of Peace Research, 52(5): 649-664. [Link]
Lazer, David M., Anand E. Sokhey, Michael A. Neblo, Kevin M. Esterling, and Ryan Kennedy. 2015. “Expanding the Conversation: Multiplier Effects from a Deliberative Field Experiment.” Political Communication, 32(4): 552-573. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan, Eric Forbush, Brian Keegan, and David Lazer. 2015. “Turning Introductory Comparative Politics and Elections Courses into Research Communities Using Wikipedia: Improving Both Teaching and Research.” PS: Political Science and Politics 48(2): 378-384. [Link]
Lazer, David, Ryan Kennedy, Gary King, and Allessandro Vespignani. 2014. “The Parable of Google Flu: Traps in Big Data Analysis.” Science 343(6176): 1203-1205. [Link]
Cantir, Cristian and Ryan Kennedy. 2014. “Balancing on the Shoulders of Giants: Moldova's Foreign Policy Towards Russia and the European Union.” Foreign Policy Analysis. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2014. “Fading Colours? A Synthetic Comparative Case Study of the Impact of ‘Colour Revolutions’.” Comparative Politics 46(3): 273-292. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2013. “The Role of Supranational Identity in Promoting Democratic Values.” European Union Politics 14(2): 228-249. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan and Lydia Tiede. 2013. “Economic Development Assumptions and the Elusive Curse of Oil.” International Studies Quarterly 57(4): 760-771. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan and Matthew Dickenson. 2012. “Turkish Foreign Policy and Public Opinion in the AKP Era.” Foreign Policy Analysis 9(2): 171-188. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2010. “Supranational Identity, Democratic Attitudes, and Political Participation: The Case of Moldova.” European Union Politics, 11(4): 511-532. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2010. "The Contradiction of Modernization: A Conditional Model of Endogenous Democratization." Journal of Politics, 72(3): 785-798. [Link]
Neblo, Michael A., Kevin M. Esterling, Ryan P. Kennedy, David M. Lazer, and Anand E. Sokhey. 2010. “Who Wants to Deliberate – and Why?” American Political Science Review, 104(3): 566-583. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2009. “Survival and Accountability: An Analysis of the Empirical Support for ‘Selectorate Theory.’” International Studies Quarterly, 53(3): 695-714. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2007. "Fragments of Economic Accountability and Trade Policy." Foreign Policy Analysis, 3(2): 145-169. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2006. "A Colorless Election: The 2005 Presidential Elections in Kazakhstan and What it Means for the Future of the Opposition." Problems in Post-Communism, 53: 46-58. [Link]
Ishiyama, John T. and Ryan Kennedy. 2001. “Mixed Electoral Systems, Super Presidentialism, Candidate Recruitment and Political Party Development in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan.” Europe-Asia Studies, 53(8): 1177-1191. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan and John T. Ishiyama. 2001. “Writing Rights: Factors Influencing the Strength of Rights Clauses in Post-Communist Countries.” The Journal of Political Science, 29: 1-29. [Link]
Book Chapters
Dickenson, Matthew and Ryan Kennedy. 2011. “Attitudes Towards East and West in Turkish Public Opinion.” In Kilic Kanat, Kadir Ustun, and Nuh Yilmaz (eds.). History, Politics, and Foreign Policy in Turkey. Ankara, Turkey: SETA. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2010. “A Quiet Revolution? Moldova’s 2005 Parliamentary Elections and the Influence of the Colour Revolutions.” In Donnacha O’Beachain and Abel Polese (eds.). The Colour Revolutions in the Former Soviet Republics. London: Routledge. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2010. “In The ‘New Great Game,’ Who Is Getting Played: The Effect of Chinese Investment in the Kazakhstan’s Oil Sector.” In Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Heidi Kjaernet, and Indra Overland (eds.). Caspian Petro-Politics: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. London: Routledge [Link]
Book Reviews
Kennedy, Ryan. 2013. “Book Review: Moldova: Arena of International Influences.” East European Politics 29(2): 253-254. [Link]
Analysis and Opinion Articles
Wojcik, S., Kennedy, R. and Lazer, D., 2 November 2020. A Global Perspective on Predicting the 2020 Election. Mischiefs of Faction. [Link]
Kennedy, R., Clifford, S., Burleigh, T., Waggoner, P., and Jewell, R., 7 November 2018. How Venezuela’s Economic Crisis is Undermining Social Science Research – About Everything. The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage Blog. [Link]
Kennedy, R., 15 March 2018. Eyes in the Sky Offer a Dramatic Picture of Energy Use. Forbes Online. [Link]
Kennedy, R., Lazer, D., and Tsur, O. 6 January 2016. What He Talked About. Politico Magazine 3(2). [Link]
Kennedy, R., Lazer, D., Ognyanova, K., and Tsur, O., 14 November 2015. What to Expect in the Dem Debate? We Crunched the Last One. Politico. [Link]
Lazer, David and Ryan Kennedy. 1 October 2015. "What We Can Learn from the Failure of Google Flu Trends." Wired. [Link]
The Lazer Lab (Ryan Kennedy, David Lazer, Katherine Ognyanova, Oren Tsur). 21 September 2015. "Debate Data Reveals It's Still the Trump Show." Politico. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan, David Lazer, Katherine Ognyanova, Oren Tsur. 13 August 2015. “DATA: Trump Won the Debate – or at Least Talked the Most.” Politico. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan and Halil Bilecen. 12 September 2014. “Turkey's Ambivalence Toward Joing a US Coalition Against IS Reflects the Country's Difficult Strategic Position.” The London School of Economics and Political Science European Politics (EUROPP) and Policy Blog. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 13 January 2012. “Moldova: Separatist Settlement is Still a Distant Goal.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan and Lydia Tiede. 2011. “Oil and Good Governance: Do Oil Resources Lead to Weak Institutions?” Norwegian Institute of International Affairs – RussCasp Working Paper. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2011. “Privatization and Nationalization in Oil and Gas: Foreign Policy and Oil Contracts in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.” Norwegian Institute of International Affairs – RussCasp Working Paper. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan and Lydia Tiede. 2011. “Nationalization of the Oil Sector: A Political Economy Perspective.” Norwegian Institute of International Affairs – RussCasp Working Paper. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 20 August 2010. “Moldova: Referendum Campaign Previews Challenges Ahead.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan and Adilzhan Nurmakov. 2010. “Resource Nationalism Trends in Kazakhstan, 2004-2009.” Norwegian Institute of International Affairs – RussCasp Working Paper. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 4 December 2009. “Moldova: AEI scores early foreign policy success.” Oxford Analytica.[Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 28 September 2009. “Moldova: Sharp remittance falls darken outlook.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 26 August 2009. “Moldova: Former Communist emerges as kingmaker.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 29 July 2009. “Moldova: New elections are unlikely to break deadlock.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 9 April 2009. “Moldova: Protests galvanize youth, heighten tensions.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 24 October 2008. “Parties Manoeuvre Ahead of Parliamentary Vote.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 7 October 2008. “Moldova/Russia: Transnistria talks gain momentum.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2 May 2008. “Moldova: Transnistria talks offer no quick solutions.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2 April 2008. “Moldova: Chisinau-Gagauzia tensions remain strained.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 15 January 2008. “Moldova: Old challenges represent themselves in 2008.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 24 December 2007. “Moldova: Christmas row is sign of deeper tensions.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 21 November 2007. “Moldova: HIV/AIDS is at point of becoming a pandemic.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 8 August 2007. "Moldova: Contrary forces favour policy short-termism." Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 18 July 2007. "Moldova: Press freedoms remain problematic." Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 28 June 2007. "Moldova: Local Elections Show National Trends." RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova Report, 9(15). [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 25 June 2007. "Moldova: Communists lose ground in local elections." Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 14 May 2007. "Moldova: Voronin pins hopes on encouraging investment." Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 3 May 2007. "Talk of Transdniestr Agreement Sparks Speculation." RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Report, 9(11). (also produced for online and radio presentation) [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 27 April 2007. "Moldova/Russia: Reported Transnistria deal is unlikely." Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 5 April 2007. "Counting Losses as Russian Wine Ban Lingers." RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Report, 9(10). [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 30 March 2007. "Moldova/Romania: Visa Row May Result in Looser Ties." Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 22 March 2007. "What's Behind Harsh Criticism of Romania." RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Report, 9(1). [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 5 March 2007. "Moldova: Government action hinders media freedom." Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 22 February 2007. "Moldova's Broadcast Privatization -- Reform or Censorship?" RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova Report, 9(4). Re-published in The Moldova Foundation's Weekly News Bulletin, 27 February 2007, 3(31). Re-published again in In Focus magazine. (also produced for online and radio presentation) [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 9 February 2007. "An EU Invasion Waiting to Happen." RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova Report, 9(4). (also produced for online and radio presentation) [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 11 January 2007. "Tricky year begins for new EU neighbour." Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 5 January 2007. "Unprecedented Opportunities, Challenges Posed by $1.2 Billion Aid Package." RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova Report, 9(1). [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 21 December 2006. "Tirsapol line hardens ahead of negotiations." Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 29 November 2006. "Kazakhstan Learns to Love Borat." Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst 8(23): 3-4. [Link]
Marcus, Ustina, Nigmet Ibadildin, and Ryan Kennedy. 30 November 2005. "Vested Interests to Determine Kazakhstan's Presidential Race." Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst 6(23): 8-9. [Link]
Kennedy, R., Waggoner, P.D., 2021. Introduction to R for social scientists: A tidy programming approach. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. [Link]
Peer Reviewed Articles
Lukuyu, J., Shiran, M., Kennedy, R., Urpleainen, J, Taneja, J. Forthcoming. Purchasing power: Examining customer profiles and patterns for decentralized electricity systems in East Africa. Energy Policy.
Waggoner, P.D., Kennedy, R. Forthcoming. The role of personality in trust in public policy automation. Journal of Behavioral Data Science.
Dugoua, E., Kennedy, R., Shiran, M., Urpelainen, J. Forthcoming. Assessing reliability of electricity grid services from space: The case of Uttar Pradesh, India. Energy for Sustainable Development.
Minozzi, W., Kennedy, R., Esterling, K.M., Neblo, M.A., Jewell, R., Forthcoming. Testing the benefits of public deliberation. American Journal of Political Science.
Kennedy, R. P., Waggoner, P. D., & Ward, M. M. 2022. Trust in public policy algorithms. The Journal of Politics, 84(2), 1132-1148. [Link]
Wojcik, S., Bijral, A.S., Johnston, R., Ferres, J.M.L., King, G., Kennedy, R., Vespignani, A. and Lazer, D., 2021. Survey data and human computation for improved flu tracking. Nature Communications, 12(1), pp.1-8. [Link]
Blankenship, B., Kennedy, R., Urpelainen, J. and Yang, J., 2020. Barking Up the Wrong Tree: How Political Alignment Shapes Electoral Backlash from Natural Disasters. Comparative Political Studies, DOI: 0010414020970211. [Link]
Kennedy, R., Mahajan, A. and Urpelainen, J., 2020. Crowdsourcing data on the reliability of electricity service: Evidence from a telephone survey in Uttar Pradesh, India. Energy Policy, 145, DOI: 111746. [Link]
Thomas, D.R., Harish, S.P., Kennedy, R. and Urpelainen, J., 2020. The effects of rural electrification in India: An instrumental variable approach at the household
level. Journal of Development Economics, 146, DOI: 102520. [Link]
Du, X., Jin, X., Zucker, N., Kennedy, R. and Urpelainen, J., 2020. Transboundary air pollution from coal-fired power generation. Journal of Environmental Management, 270, p.110862. [Link]
Kopas, J., York, E., Jin, X., Harish, S.P., Kennedy, R., Shen, S.V. and Urpelainen, J., 2020. Environmental justice in India: Incidence of air pollution from coal-fired power plants. Ecological Economics, 176, DOI: 106711. [Link]
Maamoun, N., Kennedy, R., Jin, X. and Urpelainen, J., 2020. Identifying coal-fired power plants for early retirement. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 126, DOI: 109833. [Link]
Blankenship, B., Kennedy, R., Mahajan, A., Wong, J.C.Y. and Urpelainen, J., 2020. Increasing rural electrification through connection campaigns. Energy Policy, 139, DOI: 111291. [Link]
Tao, R., Zhou, B., Chen, F., Mares, D., Butler, P., Ramakrishnan, N. and Kennedy, R., 2020. Detecting media self-censorship without explicit training data. In Proceedings of the 2020 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (pp. 550-558). Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. [Link]
Bayer, P., Kennedy, R., Yang, J. and Urpelainen, J., 2020. The need for impact evaluation in electricity access research. Energy Policy, 137, DOI:111099. [Link]
Kennedy, R., Clifford, S., Burleigh, T., Waggoner, P.D., Jewell, R. and Winter, N.J., 2020. The shape of and solutions to the MTurk quality crisis. Political Science Research and Methods, 8(4), pp.614-629. [Link]
Kennedy, R., Sokhey, A.E., Abernathy, C., Esterling, K.M., Lazer, D.M., Lee, A., Minozzi, W. and Neblo, M.A., 2020. Demographics and (equal?) voice: Assessing participation in online deliberative sessions. Political Studies, DOI: 0032321719890805. [Link]
Kim, S.E., Harish, S.P., Kennedy, R., Jin, X. and Urpelainen, J., 2020. Environmental degradation and public opinion: the case of air pollution in Vietnam. The Journal of Environment & Development, 29(2), pp.196-222. [Link]
Waggoner, P.D., Kennedy, R., Le, H. and Shiran, M., 2019. Big data and trust in public policy automation. Statistics, Politics and Policy, 10(2), pp.115-136. [Link]
Kennedy, R., Numminen, S., Sutherland, J. and Urpelainen, J., 2019. Multilevel customer segmentation for off-grid solar in developing countries: Evidence from solar home systems in Rwanda and Kenya. Energy, 186, DOI:115728. [Link]
Hamburger, D., Jaeger, J., Bayer, P., Kennedy, R., Yang, J. and Urpelainen, J., 2019. Shades of darkness or light? A systematic review of geographic bias in impact evaluations of electricity access. Energy Research & Social Science, 58, DOI: 101236. [Link]
Waggoner, P.D., Kennedy, R. and Clifford, S., 2019. Detecting fraud in online surveys by tracing, scoring, and visualizing IP addresses. Journal of Open Source Software, 4(37), DOI: 01285. [Link]
Abernathy, C., Esterling, K.M., Freebourn, J., Kennedy, R., Minozzi, W., Neblo, M.A. and Solis, J.A., 2019. Constituent communication through telephone town halls: A field experiment involving members of congress. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 44(4), pp.617-646. [Link]
Kennedy, R., Mahajan, A. and Urpelainen, J., 2019. Quality of service predicts willingness to pay for household electricity connections in rural India. Energy policy, 129, pp.319-326. [Link]
Abrahms, M., Ward, M. and Kennedy, R., 2018. Explaining civilian attacks: Terrorist networks, principal-agent problems and target selection. Perspectives on Terrorism, 12(1), pp.23-45. [Link]
Dugoua, E., Kennedy, R. and Urpelainen, J., 2018. Satellite data for the social sciences: measuring rural electrification with night-time lights. International journal of remote sensing, 39(9), pp.2690-2701. [Link]
Lin, Y.R., Kennedy, R. and Lazer, D., 2017. The geography of money and politics: Population density, social networks, and political contributions. Research & Politics, 4(4), DOI: 2053168017742015. [Link]
Kennedy, R., Wojcik, S. and Lazer, D., 2017. Improving election prediction internationally. Science, 355(6324), pp.515-520. [Link]
Wang, W., Kennedy, R., Lazer, D. and Ramakrishnan, N., 2016. Growing pains for global monitoring of societal events. Science, 353(6307), pp.1502-1503. [Link]
Kennedy, R., 2016. The limits of soft balancing: the frozen conflict in Transnistria and the challenge to EU and NATO strategy. Small Wars & Insurgencies, 27(3), pp.512-537. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2015. “Making Useful Conflict Predictions: Methods for Addressing Skewed Classes and Implementing Cost-Sensitive Learning in the Study of State Failure.” Journal of Peace Research, 52(5): 649-664. [Link]
Lazer, David M., Anand E. Sokhey, Michael A. Neblo, Kevin M. Esterling, and Ryan Kennedy. 2015. “Expanding the Conversation: Multiplier Effects from a Deliberative Field Experiment.” Political Communication, 32(4): 552-573. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan, Eric Forbush, Brian Keegan, and David Lazer. 2015. “Turning Introductory Comparative Politics and Elections Courses into Research Communities Using Wikipedia: Improving Both Teaching and Research.” PS: Political Science and Politics 48(2): 378-384. [Link]
Lazer, David, Ryan Kennedy, Gary King, and Allessandro Vespignani. 2014. “The Parable of Google Flu: Traps in Big Data Analysis.” Science 343(6176): 1203-1205. [Link]
Cantir, Cristian and Ryan Kennedy. 2014. “Balancing on the Shoulders of Giants: Moldova's Foreign Policy Towards Russia and the European Union.” Foreign Policy Analysis. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2014. “Fading Colours? A Synthetic Comparative Case Study of the Impact of ‘Colour Revolutions’.” Comparative Politics 46(3): 273-292. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2013. “The Role of Supranational Identity in Promoting Democratic Values.” European Union Politics 14(2): 228-249. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan and Lydia Tiede. 2013. “Economic Development Assumptions and the Elusive Curse of Oil.” International Studies Quarterly 57(4): 760-771. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan and Matthew Dickenson. 2012. “Turkish Foreign Policy and Public Opinion in the AKP Era.” Foreign Policy Analysis 9(2): 171-188. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2010. “Supranational Identity, Democratic Attitudes, and Political Participation: The Case of Moldova.” European Union Politics, 11(4): 511-532. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2010. "The Contradiction of Modernization: A Conditional Model of Endogenous Democratization." Journal of Politics, 72(3): 785-798. [Link]
Neblo, Michael A., Kevin M. Esterling, Ryan P. Kennedy, David M. Lazer, and Anand E. Sokhey. 2010. “Who Wants to Deliberate – and Why?” American Political Science Review, 104(3): 566-583. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2009. “Survival and Accountability: An Analysis of the Empirical Support for ‘Selectorate Theory.’” International Studies Quarterly, 53(3): 695-714. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2007. "Fragments of Economic Accountability and Trade Policy." Foreign Policy Analysis, 3(2): 145-169. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2006. "A Colorless Election: The 2005 Presidential Elections in Kazakhstan and What it Means for the Future of the Opposition." Problems in Post-Communism, 53: 46-58. [Link]
Ishiyama, John T. and Ryan Kennedy. 2001. “Mixed Electoral Systems, Super Presidentialism, Candidate Recruitment and Political Party Development in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan.” Europe-Asia Studies, 53(8): 1177-1191. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan and John T. Ishiyama. 2001. “Writing Rights: Factors Influencing the Strength of Rights Clauses in Post-Communist Countries.” The Journal of Political Science, 29: 1-29. [Link]
Book Chapters
Dickenson, Matthew and Ryan Kennedy. 2011. “Attitudes Towards East and West in Turkish Public Opinion.” In Kilic Kanat, Kadir Ustun, and Nuh Yilmaz (eds.). History, Politics, and Foreign Policy in Turkey. Ankara, Turkey: SETA. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2010. “A Quiet Revolution? Moldova’s 2005 Parliamentary Elections and the Influence of the Colour Revolutions.” In Donnacha O’Beachain and Abel Polese (eds.). The Colour Revolutions in the Former Soviet Republics. London: Routledge. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2010. “In The ‘New Great Game,’ Who Is Getting Played: The Effect of Chinese Investment in the Kazakhstan’s Oil Sector.” In Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Heidi Kjaernet, and Indra Overland (eds.). Caspian Petro-Politics: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. London: Routledge [Link]
Book Reviews
Kennedy, Ryan. 2013. “Book Review: Moldova: Arena of International Influences.” East European Politics 29(2): 253-254. [Link]
Analysis and Opinion Articles
Wojcik, S., Kennedy, R. and Lazer, D., 2 November 2020. A Global Perspective on Predicting the 2020 Election. Mischiefs of Faction. [Link]
Kennedy, R., Clifford, S., Burleigh, T., Waggoner, P., and Jewell, R., 7 November 2018. How Venezuela’s Economic Crisis is Undermining Social Science Research – About Everything. The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage Blog. [Link]
Kennedy, R., 15 March 2018. Eyes in the Sky Offer a Dramatic Picture of Energy Use. Forbes Online. [Link]
Kennedy, R., Lazer, D., and Tsur, O. 6 January 2016. What He Talked About. Politico Magazine 3(2). [Link]
Kennedy, R., Lazer, D., Ognyanova, K., and Tsur, O., 14 November 2015. What to Expect in the Dem Debate? We Crunched the Last One. Politico. [Link]
Lazer, David and Ryan Kennedy. 1 October 2015. "What We Can Learn from the Failure of Google Flu Trends." Wired. [Link]
The Lazer Lab (Ryan Kennedy, David Lazer, Katherine Ognyanova, Oren Tsur). 21 September 2015. "Debate Data Reveals It's Still the Trump Show." Politico. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan, David Lazer, Katherine Ognyanova, Oren Tsur. 13 August 2015. “DATA: Trump Won the Debate – or at Least Talked the Most.” Politico. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan and Halil Bilecen. 12 September 2014. “Turkey's Ambivalence Toward Joing a US Coalition Against IS Reflects the Country's Difficult Strategic Position.” The London School of Economics and Political Science European Politics (EUROPP) and Policy Blog. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 13 January 2012. “Moldova: Separatist Settlement is Still a Distant Goal.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan and Lydia Tiede. 2011. “Oil and Good Governance: Do Oil Resources Lead to Weak Institutions?” Norwegian Institute of International Affairs – RussCasp Working Paper. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2011. “Privatization and Nationalization in Oil and Gas: Foreign Policy and Oil Contracts in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.” Norwegian Institute of International Affairs – RussCasp Working Paper. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan and Lydia Tiede. 2011. “Nationalization of the Oil Sector: A Political Economy Perspective.” Norwegian Institute of International Affairs – RussCasp Working Paper. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 20 August 2010. “Moldova: Referendum Campaign Previews Challenges Ahead.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan and Adilzhan Nurmakov. 2010. “Resource Nationalism Trends in Kazakhstan, 2004-2009.” Norwegian Institute of International Affairs – RussCasp Working Paper. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 4 December 2009. “Moldova: AEI scores early foreign policy success.” Oxford Analytica.[Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 28 September 2009. “Moldova: Sharp remittance falls darken outlook.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 26 August 2009. “Moldova: Former Communist emerges as kingmaker.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 29 July 2009. “Moldova: New elections are unlikely to break deadlock.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 9 April 2009. “Moldova: Protests galvanize youth, heighten tensions.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 24 October 2008. “Parties Manoeuvre Ahead of Parliamentary Vote.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 7 October 2008. “Moldova/Russia: Transnistria talks gain momentum.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2 May 2008. “Moldova: Transnistria talks offer no quick solutions.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 2 April 2008. “Moldova: Chisinau-Gagauzia tensions remain strained.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 15 January 2008. “Moldova: Old challenges represent themselves in 2008.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 24 December 2007. “Moldova: Christmas row is sign of deeper tensions.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 21 November 2007. “Moldova: HIV/AIDS is at point of becoming a pandemic.” Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 8 August 2007. "Moldova: Contrary forces favour policy short-termism." Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 18 July 2007. "Moldova: Press freedoms remain problematic." Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 28 June 2007. "Moldova: Local Elections Show National Trends." RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova Report, 9(15). [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 25 June 2007. "Moldova: Communists lose ground in local elections." Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 14 May 2007. "Moldova: Voronin pins hopes on encouraging investment." Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 3 May 2007. "Talk of Transdniestr Agreement Sparks Speculation." RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Report, 9(11). (also produced for online and radio presentation) [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 27 April 2007. "Moldova/Russia: Reported Transnistria deal is unlikely." Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 5 April 2007. "Counting Losses as Russian Wine Ban Lingers." RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Report, 9(10). [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 30 March 2007. "Moldova/Romania: Visa Row May Result in Looser Ties." Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 22 March 2007. "What's Behind Harsh Criticism of Romania." RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Report, 9(1). [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 5 March 2007. "Moldova: Government action hinders media freedom." Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 22 February 2007. "Moldova's Broadcast Privatization -- Reform or Censorship?" RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova Report, 9(4). Re-published in The Moldova Foundation's Weekly News Bulletin, 27 February 2007, 3(31). Re-published again in In Focus magazine. (also produced for online and radio presentation) [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 9 February 2007. "An EU Invasion Waiting to Happen." RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova Report, 9(4). (also produced for online and radio presentation) [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 11 January 2007. "Tricky year begins for new EU neighbour." Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 5 January 2007. "Unprecedented Opportunities, Challenges Posed by $1.2 Billion Aid Package." RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova Report, 9(1). [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 21 December 2006. "Tirsapol line hardens ahead of negotiations." Oxford Analytica. [Link]
Kennedy, Ryan. 29 November 2006. "Kazakhstan Learns to Love Borat." Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst 8(23): 3-4. [Link]
Marcus, Ustina, Nigmet Ibadildin, and Ryan Kennedy. 30 November 2005. "Vested Interests to Determine Kazakhstan's Presidential Race." Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst 6(23): 8-9. [Link]
