Dr Charlie Carter — CV
Contact Information
Research Interests
Substantive: Terrorism, conflict, foreign aid, security, international organisations.
Methodological: network & text analysis, experiments, diffusion, causal inference.
Education
London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
PhD in International Relations. Feb 2026.
Supervisors: Dr Anna Getmansky, Prof. Toby Dodge
Funded by UK’s Economic and Social Research Council
MSc International Relations (Research), Distinction, June 2021.
University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
BSc Politics and International Relations, First Class Hons., June 2020.
Academic Appointments
London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
International Relations Department (IRD) Fellow (2025 – 2027).
Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Research Assistant to Dr Pilar Elizalde (Jan 2024 – Oct 2024)
Project: “Elite Voices: Understanding the inner workings of human rights diplomacy”.
Publications
Getmansky, A., Carter, C. (2024). Terrorism and Research Design: How to Avoid Common Pitfalls and Learn to Spot Them. In The Routledge Companion to Terrorism Studies, ed. Max Abrahms.
Stoeckel, F., Carter, C., Lyons, B. A., Reifler, J. (2022). The politics of vaccine hesitancy in Europe. European Journal of Public Health.
Stoeckel, F., Carter, C., Lyons, B. A., Reifler, J. (2021). Association of vaccine hesitancy and immunization coverage rates in the EU. Vaccine.
Working Papers
Carter, C. Buying Words & Deeds: A Conjoint Analysis of Aid-for-Policy and Aid-for-Rhetoric Deals.
Carter, C. The Co-Evolution of Foreign Aid and Terrorism Rhetoric.
Carter, C. Terrorism in conText: A Computational Analysis of State Rhetoric.
Works in Progress
“News Coverage and Conflict Dynamics” (with Dr Anna Getmansky).
“Rhetorical Responses to Coercive Measures: How Sanctioned States Address Economic Sanctions in the UNGA” (with Dr Bimal Adhikari).
Teaching Experience
London School of Economics, London, UK
IRD Fellow
- IR4A1 “International Relations: Core Theories and Debates” (2025-26).
- IR398 & IR499 “Dissertation” (2025-26). Undergraduate and Masters Levels.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
- IR205 “International Security” (2022-23).
Awards
2026 LSE Seed Research Fund, £12,030. Project: “Informal Diplomatic Networks: Mapping Consultation and Cooperation” (PI).
LSE Class Teacher Award 2025-26, Inspired Teaching.
LSE Class Teacher Award 2025-26, Learning Development.
2025 APSA John Sprague Award. Best Conference Paper on Political Networks.
2025 Funding for Undergraduate Research Assistant, LSE Department of International Relations, £2000.
ESRC 1+3 Doctoral Studentship, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
“Editor’s Choice” Award. European Journal of Public Health. For paper “The politics of vaccine hesitancy in Europe”.
Conference Presentations
APSA Annual Meeting, Sep 2026, Boston, US.
INSNA Sunbelt Networks Conference, June 2025, Paris, France.
Junior Scholars in Quantitative Conflict Workshop, Jan 2025, Virtual.
APSA Annual Meeting, Sep 2024, Philadelphia, US.
INSNA Sunbelt Networks Conference, June 2024, Edinburgh, UK.
NEPS Jan Tinbergen Peace Scientists Conference, Jun 2024, Dublin, IE.
Workshop on Conflict Dynamics, Sep 2023, University of York.
IR504 Security and Statecraft Research Workshop, Jan 2023, LSE, London.
Service
Reviewer: Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Conflict Management and Peace Science.
Staff-Student Liaison Committee, PhD Student Representative, 2022-25.
Skills
- Software: R, Python, JavaScript, SQL, RSiena, LaTeX, Stata.
- Methods: Network Analysis, Text Analysis, Web Scraping, Word Embeddings, Survey Experiments, Conjoint Experiments, Machine Learning.
References
Available upon request.