Dr. Andrea Molle, PhD, FRAS | Source | Assistant Professor in Political Science at Chapman University

Andrea is an Assistant Professor in Political science and Research Associate at the Institute for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Society at Chapman University (USA). From 2006 to 2008, he was JSPS Fellow in Social Anthropology at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture (Nagoya, Japan), where he studied the religious aspects of Japanese modern martial arts. His current research agenda focuses on religion, political violence, and international relations. Specific research interests include the game-theoretical and computational study of international relations, cross-cultural studies of violent religions, religious and political violence, militant conspiracy theories and extremism, hoplology (martial arts), and warfare studies. He has published several books, peer-reviewed articles, and research reports in political science, sociology, and social anthropology.