Prof @JosefKorbelSchool.bsky.social @UofDenver 📚Books: RESISTING WAR (2017) SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER (2024) Nonviolent action | Research + Policymaking Ethics | @KorbelAsylum ⛷️🚵‍♂️🖖 linktr.ee/oliverkaplanhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3momfbayq6k2qI shared some thoughts on the broader significance of Colombia’s presidential election - voters decide this Sunday [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jun 2026 03:22 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3momfbayq6k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3mknfudh7gs2nSign up for our online course on (RESPONSIBLE) Policy Engagement! https://global.oup.com/academic/product/speaking-science-to-power-9780198877134?lang=en&cc=us [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknfudh7gs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3micr67fs2c22Thanks to @rbreich.bsky.social for sharing our article/ interview in @us.theconversation.com 🙏 ... We offer some helpful lenses for making sense of the social movements taking shape in the U.S. https://theconversation.com/what-americans-can-learn-from-other-civil-activism-movements-against-authoritarian-regimes-277344 [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Mar 2026 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3micr67fs2c22https://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3mfklq4srec2gJoin me in this 'Conversation' tomorrow hosted by... @us.theconversation.com ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Feb 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfklq4srec2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3meiblsaeq22oMy article is currently open-access... Click away... We map out the creative ways people nonviolently use phones to protect themselves in war zones... Americans have now adopted some of these approaches too academic.oup.com/ia/article/101/3/1043/8106131 https://academic.oup.com/ia/article/101/3/1043/810613110 Feb 2026 05:54 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3meiblsaeq22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3meiblsaeq22oMy article is currently open-access... Click away... We map out the creative ways people nonviolently use phones to protect themselves in war zones... Americans have now adopted some of these approaches too academic.oup.com/ia/article/101/3/1043/8106131 https://academic.oup.com/ia/article/101/3/1043/810613110 Feb 2026 05:54 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3meiblsaeq22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3mdlhajfras2sI wrote something... Hope it’s helpful ☮️ I’ve studied Nonviolent protection movements in war zones for 2 decades. Here’s what I’m seeing in the U.S. https://theconversation.com/anti-ice-protesters-are-following-same-nonviolent-playbook-used-by-people-in-war-zones-across-the-world-to-fight-threats-to-their-communities-27449829 Jan 2026 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlhajfras2shttps://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3ma2tvpvp6k2lPsyched + humbled to see our SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER recognized as #1 Top Book in IR per @iajournal.bsky.social @chathamhouse.org (reviewed by @mgmessmer.bsky.social) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/speaking-science-to-power-9780198877134?cc=us&lang=en @epsteinprof.bsky.social @jaylyall.bsky.social @siecenter.bsky.social @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Dec 2025 00:04 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma2tvpvp6k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3lxx3tuxcz22mIf you don’t think you need this book YES YOU DO. I'm offering guest lectures on SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER for this academic year… Add the book to your syllabus, and then add me as a guest lecturer! I’m happy to join your class either virtually or in person... 🧪🔬📚 https://global.oup.com/academic/product/speaking-science-to-power-9780198877134?cc=us&lang=en03 Sep 2025 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxx3tuxcz22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3lrbx4rbtts2aMy new article on #PDET community development programs in #Colombia -- Can they boost trust in (post-)conflict conditions? ** Original 2021 survey data on 2 towns -> More positive attitudes when project priorities matched community needs (e.g., roads vs. health) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1542316625134504610 Jun 2025 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrbx4rbtts2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3lojvqztvr22lGrateful to Matthew Flinders for his thoughtful (+ constructively-critical) review of our new book @poppublicsphere.bsky.social --that it "should become core reading for all PhD students" @epsteinprof.bsky.social @jaylyall.bsky.social @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/abs/speaking-science-to-power-responsible-researchers-and-policy-making-edited-by-rachel-a-epstein-and-oliver-caplan-oxford-oxford-university-press-2024-242p/3F8A59DA5CF9F79A0DBACA0C6A8FF5F806 May 2025 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3lojvqztvr22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3ln46kzfykc2gHappy to share my new article in @iajournal.bsky.social on how civilians use TECHNOLOGY to protect themselves/ counter disinfo in conflict settings We found these uses of tech amplify #nonviolent strategies & are WAY more common and diverse than we first expected! https://academic.oup.com/ia/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ia/iiaf010/810613118 Apr 2025 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln46kzfykc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3lmpjoq65qk27Ok, can we stop calling it a tariff “strategy”?13 Apr 2025 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmpjoq65qk27https://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3lluihhquds2dGlad to be a part of this exciting new forum on Localization in development/ humanitarianism! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2025 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3lluihhquds2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3lk4kmjbvic2pMy new article on how TECHNOLOGY 📲⚡️🌎📡 contributes to LOCALIZATION of power to local actors, focusing on civilian protection Original interviews: INDIGENOUS GUARD #Ecuador #Colombia WHITE HELMETS #Syria **Open Access! @gsqjournal.bsky.social @emilykmscott.bsky.social https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/5/1/ksaf018/806386711 Mar 2025 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4kmjbvic2phttps://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3lk2kjyivis2jThis has been such useful survey data on LatinAm… I’ve been fortunate to publish with it myself…Tragic to see USAID’s core source of support come to an end [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Mar 2025 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk2kjyivis2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3ljscocb2l22uStanding up for Science! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Mar 2025 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljscocb2l22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3ljqz7oxlmk23As editors of SPEAKING SCIENCE TO POWER @epsteinprof.bsky.social & I believe that the responsible use of SCIENCE contributes to the public good and makes the world better We stand in solidarity with @standupforscience.bsky.social 3/7/2507 Mar 2025 02:58 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljqz7oxlmk23https://bsky.app/profile/oliverkaplan.bsky.social/post/3lhmmhvkqq224Glad my copy of “Surviving the Islamic State” by @austinknuppe.bsky.social made it to the Rockies ⛰️🏔️ … Per my praise it “shows how civilians weigh risks of retaliation as they decide whether to acquiesce, mount everyday resistance, or pursue more active opposition”…. Key insights for unstable times07 Feb 2025 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:wplualrfv4ijmazzqkscinet/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhmmhvkqq224