Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for Georgetown University School of Foreign Service is a 118-PI network with 7 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Social Sciences as the leading field (58% of slots across 105 PIs; 105 labels), Sociology and Political Science as the leading subfield (28% of slots across 71 PIs; 71 labels), and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence as the leading topic (5% of slots across 16 PIs; 16 labels). That is a thin collaboration pattern, useful for spotting individual pairs but less persuasive as a broad departmental network. The top weighted PIs are C. Christine Fair (60.3 weighted works; Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East, South Asian Studies and Conflicts). The strongest pairings are Benjamin Daniels and Jishnu Das (18 shared works, weight 5.4). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 3 PIs, 2 internal connections, weight 2.1, around Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, led by Emily Mendenhall, Ken Ochieng’ Opalo, Lahra Smith.