Jason Sorens
Jason Sorens, Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow at AIER. He is also Principal Investigator on the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas. Jason was formerly the director of the Center for Ethics in Society at Saint Anselm College. He has researched and written more than 20 peer‐reviewed journal articles, a book for McGill‐Queens University Press titled Secessionism, and a biennially revised book for the Cato Institute, Freedom in the 50 States (with William Ruger).
His research is focused on housing policy and land-use regulation, U.S. state politics, fiscal federalism, and movements for regional autonomy and independence around the world. He has taught at Yale, Dartmouth, and the University at Buffalo and twice won awards for best teaching in his department. He lives in Amherst, New Hampshire.
Articles by Jason Sorens
Research Publications by Jason Sorens
Title: Mineral production, territory, and ethnic rebellion: The role of rebel constituencies
Authors: J Sorens
Publication: Journal of Peace Research 48 (5), 571-585, 2011
Title: Resources, Ethnicity, and Commitment: Central Government Policies Toward Mineral-Rich Ethnoregions
Authors: J Sorens, G Bhattarai
Publication: APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper, 2011
Authors: W Ruger, J Sorens
Publication: Goldwater Institute, 2011
Title: The institutions of fiscal federalism
Authors: J Sorens
Publication: Publius: The Journal of Federalism 41 (2), 207-231, 2011
Title: Ethnicity and Nationalism in Wars of Secession
Authors: J Sorens
Publication: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, 2010
Title: The Foundations of Ethnic Politics: Separatism of States and Nations in Eurasia and the World
Authors: J Sorens
Publication: The Journal of Politics 72 (1), 260-262, 2010
