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Biography
Jason Klocek is an Assistant Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham. He is also a Faculty Affiliate of the University of Notre Dame's Center for the Study of Religion and Society. From 2020 - 2025, he held the position of Senior Researcher at the United States Institute of Peace.
Prior to joining SPIR, Jason completed a Global Religions Research Initiative Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Notre Dame. He received the American Political Science Association's 2019 Aaron Wildavsky Award for the best dissertation in the field of religion and politics. He holds a PhD and MA in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley and an MA in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University. He served with the U.S. Peace Corps in Turkmenistan from 2003-2005.
Expertise Summary
Jason's research and teaching explore the intersection of violent conflict, peace building processes, and political repression, with particular attention to the role of religion. His current book project investigates how counter-insurgents construe and respond to religious rebellions with an empirical focus on British insurgency wars during the early postwar period. He has also written on the determinants of minority discrimination, religious violence, the military chaplaincy, interfaith dialogue, relational peace, religious peace building, intersectional stereotyping in political decision making, and religion during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Jason's scholarly work has appeared in the Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, The Review of Faith and International Affairs, Religions, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, and Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, among other publications. He has also engaged with media outlets such as The Washington Post, NBC News THINK, and the SiriusXM POTUS Politics Channel.
Teaching Summary
In the 2025-26 academic year, Jason will convene the following modules:
- POLI 3130: Political Violence
- POLI 4003: Terrorism and Insurgencies
Students are very welcome to book on for office hours during term time using the School of Politics and IR booking page.
Research Summary
My current book project investigates how states construe and respond to religious insurgencies. Other ongoing work considers the relationship between religious violence and repression, rebel… read more
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Current Research
My current book project investigates how states construe and respond to religious insurgencies. Other ongoing work considers the relationship between religious violence and repression, rebel organizational structure, nonviolent resistance, and religious peacebuilding.