Research by principal investigators

Published Ma​nuscripts

• (2013) Ursula Daxecker and Brandon Prins.  “Political Stability and the Incidence of Piracy.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 57(6): 940-965
• (2014) Ursula Daxecker, Brandon Prins, and Amanda Sanford.  “Terror on the Seas: Assessing the Threat of Modern Day Piracy.” SAIS Review, 2013. 
• (2015) Ursula Daxecker and Brandon Prins. "The New Barbary Wars: Forecasting Maritime Piracy."  Foreign Policy Analysis 11(1): 23-44. 
• Ursula Daxecker and Brandon Prins. "Seeking Sanctuary: Government Power and the Location of Piracy." Forthcoming in International Interactions. Find summary of article here. 
• Enforcing Order: Territorial Reach and Maritime Piracy." Forthcoming in Conflict Management and Peace Science. Find summary of article here. Find data and do file here. Find early look here. ​
• Ursula Daxecker and Brandon Prins. "Financing Rebellion? Maritime Piracy as a Rebel Group Funding Strategy."  Journal of Peace Research 54(2): 215-230.​
• Ursula Daxecker and Brandon Prins. "The Politicization of Crime: Elections and Maritime Piracy." Public Choice 169 (3-4): 375-393. 
• Brandon Prins, Anup Phayal, and Ursula Daxecker. 2017. "Somali pirates just hijacked an oil tanker. Here’s what pirates want — and where they strike." Washington Post Monkey Cage, March 14th. 
• Brandon Prins and Ursula Daxecker. 2017. Maritime Piracy and Foreign Policy. Oxford University Handbook of Foreign Policy. Cambridge: Oxford University Press. 
• Brandon Prins, Anup Phayal, and Ursula Daxecker. 2017 "Fuelling Rebellion: Maritime Piracy & the Duration of Civil War." International Area Studies Review..

MPELD in the News

• Maritime Executive
• World Economic Forum
• The Brink News​
• TheConversation
• MonkeyCage
• NPR Interview
• Maritime Executive

• Piracy-Studies.org
• Neptune Maritime Security
• Neptune Maritime Security
• Political Violence @ a Glance
• Political Violence @ a Glance
• UUTISET

Technical Reports/Policy Memos/Talks

• MPELD June 2014 Report: Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.
• MPELD June 2014 Report Updated
• MPELD November 2014 Report: Focus on Indonesia & the Philippines
• Poster presented at Annual Minerva Review Meeting, September 2014
• Slides from Worldwide Human Geography talk
• Slides from presentation to Strategic Multilayer Assessment Program
• Viewgraph from annual Minerva review
• Slides from Baker Center piracy presentation
• Time-lapse of Somalia Hijackings by Month
• MPELD March 2015 Report: Focus on Somali and Greater Gulf of Aden Piracy
• "Plundering the Seas: The Drivers and Security Implications of Modern Maritime Piracy." Talk given to Dept of Geography, University of Tennessee, March 2015
• MPELD June 2015 Report: Focus on Piracy in Central and South America
• Poster presented at Annual Minerva Review Meeting, September 2015
• Interview with local NPR station in Knoxville (WUOT) 
• MPELD November 2015 Report: Focus on Piracy in Bangladesh
• Slides from EPSA presentation of Financing Rebellion. 
• Minerva Annual Meeting Presentation Slides

Book Manuscript

• Pirate Lands: Governance and Maritime Piracy (with Ursula Daxecker). 2021. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 97801290097394.
  

Data
Global Piracy Incidents Data 

• Country-year Data (Stata)
• Nigeria-Month (Stata)

Maritime Piracy Data (Available upon request)
1993-2017 data now available
Preliminary Codebook Available (here)

For ESRI Shapefile, please contact PIs at [email protected].  

Other Piracy-related research recently published​​

Hansen, Stig Jarle. 2009. "Piracy in the Greater Gulf of Aden: Myths, Misconceptions, and Remedies." Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research  
Knorr, Alexander. 2015. "Economic Factors for Piracy: The Effect of Commodity Price Shocks." Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: 1-19.
Jablonski, Ryan S., and Steven Oliver. 2013. “The Political Economy of Plunder Economic Opportunity and Modern Piracy.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 57 (4): 682–708.
Frécon, Eric. 2005. "Piracy in the Malacca Straits: notes from the field." IIAS Newsletter 36.
Nelson, Rick, and Scott Goossens. 2011. Counter-Piracy in the Arabian Sea: Challenges and Opportunities for GCC Action. Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Frécon, Eric. 2014. "Pirates and Law Enforcement Agencies: Complex Relations Across the Straits." In: Hutchinson, Francis and Chong, Terence (eds.). Floating Frontiers: the SiJoRi Cross-Border Region. Singapore: ISEAS 
de Groot, Olaf, Matthew D. Rablen, and Anja Shortland. 2011. “Gov-aargh-nance: Even Criminals Need Law and Order.” Working Paper 11-01. Centre for Economic Development & Institutions. Brunel University.
Bridger, James. 2013. “Countering Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.” US Naval Institute News, July 12, 2013.   
Coggins, Bridget L. 2012. “Global Patterns of Maritime Piracy, 2000–09 Introducing a New Dataset.” Journal of Peace Research 49 (4): 605–17. doi:10.1177/0022343312442520.
Hastings, Justin V. 2009. “Geographies of State Failure and Sophistication in Maritime Piracy Hijackings.” Political Geography 28 (4): 213–23.
Jablonski, Ryan S., and Steven Oliver. 2013. “The Political Economy of Plunder Economic Opportunity and Modern Piracy.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 57 (4): 682–708. doi:10.1177/0022002712448907.
Marchione, Elio, and Shane D. Johnson. 2013. “Spatial, Temporal and Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Maritime Piracy.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, January, 0022427812469113. doi:10.1177/0022427812469113.
Murphy, Martin N. 2009. Small Boats, Weak States, Dirty Money: The Challenge of Piracy. Columbia University Press.
Nelson, Rick, and Scott Goossens. 2011. Counter-Piracy in the Arabian Sea: Challenges and Opportunities for GCC Action. Center for Strategic and International Studies.