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Jason T. Miklian (born May 16, 1977) (cite: https://jasonmiklian.com/about) is an American and Norwegian development studies scholar and author. (cite: https://jasonmiklian.com/about). He is a Senior Researcher of business and development at the Centre for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo. He is known for his scholarship and commentary on the role of the private sector in conflict and fragile state settings and on South Asia politics. (cite here: https://www.sum.uio.no/english/people/aca/jasontm/)

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Born: River Falls, WI (cite: https://jasonmiklian.com/about)

Occupation: researcher, professor, author

Website: Official Website

Education

Miklian graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a B.A. honors degree in South Asian Studies and International Affairs in 2004. (cite: https://jasonmiklian.com/about). He received his M.A. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Ph.D. degree in Development Studies in 2014 from NMBU (Norway). (cite: https://jasonmiklian.com/about).

Research and Commentary

Miklian is an influential scholar on issues of peace and conflict in South Asia and on Business for Peace research with a critical development studies perspective, with 40 publications on these topics. (cite: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RHlevGEAAAAJ&hl=en). Miklian is a member of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights (Cite: https://jasonmiklian.com/about). Miklian has presented research at institutes and think tanks including the Brookings Institution, Seoul Digital Forum (cite: https://www.sdf.or.kr/2021/en/speaker/10000000903) International Crisis Group, Peace Research Institute Oslo (cite: https://www.prio.org/people/5833), from the United States Department of State and Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (cite:  https://jasonmiklian.com/about).

Miklian has published op-eds and essays in many media outlets, including Foreign Policy (cite: https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jason-miklian/), Harvard Business Review (cite: https://hbr.org/2021/11/a-new-crisis-playbook-for-an-uncertain-world), Washington Post (cite: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/02/28/heres-why-boycottthenra-worked-so-quickly/), Economic and Political Weekly (cite: https://www.epw.in/author/jason-miklian), and The New York Times (cite: https://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/14/government-quells-maoist-rebellion-in-west-bengal/).

Recognition

Miklian's 2022 book The Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation, written with American investigative journalist Scott Carney, was released to critical acclaim. Kirkus Reviews reported that Miklian and Carney “effectively translate their exhaustive research into a compelling narrative, cleverly alternating chapters among the perspectives of a diverse range of protagonists...A powerful, timely exploration of an environmental and political tragedy.” (cite: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/scott-carney/the-vortex/). Booklist wrote “Carney and Miklian reveal a long-concealed and profoundly shocking confluence of geopolitical crimes and crises…With propulsive narrative drive and intense specificity, the authors circle among a cast of riveting real-life characters…Deeply involving and harrowing, this commanding work of reclaimed and clarified history is of urgent relevance.”  (cite: not online yet). Publisher's Weekly wrote “Shot through with colorful character sketches and lucid explanations of South Asian politics, this is an urgent warning about the links between global warming and geopolitical turmoil.” (cite: https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06298-541-5).

Selected publications

Books

• Miklian, Jason and Scott Carney (2022). The Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation. New York: Ecco/HarperCollins. ISBN: 9780062985415
• 9780367175030
• 9780415830683

Peer-reviewed journal articles

• ISSN:1558-7894
• 10.1017/bap.2019.28
• 10.1080/14678802.2019.1561624
• 10.3390/su11030598
• DOI: 10.1057/s41268-018-0144-2
• Hoelscher, Kristian, Jason Miklian, Håvard Nygård, 2017. “Conflict, Peacekeeping, and Humanitarian Security: Understanding Attacks Against Aid Workers.” International Peacekeeping, 24(4):538-565. DOI: 10.1080/13533312.2017.1321958
• Gilboa, Eytan, Maria Jumbert, Jason Miklian and Piers Robinson, 2016. “Moving media and conflict studies beyond the CNN effect.” Review of International Studies 2016(1): 1-19. DOI: 10.1017/S026021051600005X
• Gates, Scott and Jason Miklian. 2010. "Strategic Revolutionary Phases of the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal." Routledge: Insurgencies in South Asia Series.

External Links

• Official website
• Jason Miklian in Google Scholar