Ian Lustick

Ian S. Lustick is a Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania where he holds the Bess W. Heyman Chair.  With Vladimir Dergachev he is the originator and primary developer of the PS-I based modeling platform.  Professor Lustick's books include Trapped in the Wall on Terror (2006); Unsettled States, Disputed Lands: Britain and Ireland, France and Algeria, Israel and the West Bank and Gaza (1993); and For the Land and the Lord:  Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel (1988).  His articles on ethnic conflict, Middle East politics, American foreign policy, and social science methodology, have appeared in many scholarly journal, including "Abstractions, Ensembles, and Virtualizations: Simplicity and Complexity in Agent-Based Modeling," in Comparative Politics (January 2009) (with Dan Miodownik).

Political Science Department
University of Pennsylvania
3440 Market St. Suite 300
19104-3363
United States

Email: ilustick@sas.upenn.edu
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