Zhejun Qiu

Zhejun Qiu is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh, specializing in International Relations and Political Methodology. His research examines the complex and contingent relationships among forced displacement, political violence, and post-conflict stability. His dissertation investigates how institutions and experiences of wartime violence shape governmental and individual responses to refugees, returnees, and internally displaced persons, as well as how these responses affect broader patterns of conflict and peace.

Working at the intersection of international relations and comparative politics, his broader research examines international security, civil war, conflict diffusion, and how wartime experiences shape political learning and security attitudes. He develops and evaluates his arguments through formal modeling, survey experiments, computational methods, and analyses of novel cross-national and subnational data, with particular attention to causal inference.

Before beginning his doctoral studies, he earned an M.A. in International Economics and International Political Economy from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), an M.A. in Political Science from Tsinghua University, and a B.A. in International Relations from Tsinghua University.

Education & Training

Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, expected April 2027
M.A. in Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2025
M.A. in International Economics and International Political Economy, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), 2022
M.A. in Political Science, Tsinghua University, 2022
B.A. in International Relations, Tsinghua University, 2019