Rains, Matthew, and Daniel W. Hill Jr. (2023) "Nationalism and torture." Journal of Peace Research , 00223433231164437.

Bagwell, S., Rains, M., & LaVelle, M. (2023). Of One’s Own Making: Leadership Legitimation Strategy and Human Rights. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 00220027231220006.

K. Chad Clay, Mennah Abdelwahab, Stephen Bagwell, Morgan Barney, Eduardo Burkle, Tori Hawley, Thalia Kehoe Rowden, Meridith LaVelle, Asia Parker & Matthew Rains (2022) The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on human rights practices: Findings from the Human Rights Measurement Initiative’s 2021 Practitioner Survey, Journal of Human Rights, 21:3, 317-333,

“A Comparative Assessment of Composite Measures of Human Rights Performance”. Forthcoming book chapter in Research Methods in Human Rights: A Handbook. K. Anne Watson, Matthew Rains, Stephen Bagwell, and K. Chad Clay.

“Optionless: Migration and Human Trafficking.” Matthew Rains and Morgan Calhoun. Currently under review.

“Institutionalized Abuse: State Incentivization and Oppressive Human Rights Violation.” Matthew Rains.

• Presented at the 2023 Annual EPSA Meeting

• Presented at the 2022 Annual PSS Meeting

• Presented at 2022 Annual APSA Meeting

• Presented at 2022 Annual ISA Meeting

“National Leadership and the Uneven Fulfillment of Economic and Social Rights” Meridith Lavelle, Stephen Bagwell, Matthew Rains. Presented at the 2022 Annual APSA Meeting.

“Information into Advocacy: How Different Human Rights Information Impacts Perceptions of Performance.” Chad Clay, Mennah Abdelwahab, Matthew Rains. Presented at the 2022 Annual ISA Meeting.

“When Order Matters: Sequencing of Conflict Management Attempts in International-Civil Militarized Conflicts (I-CMCs)”. Matthew Rains, Andrew Owsiak, Paul Diehl, and Gary Goertz. Presented at the 2021 Annual ISA Midwest Meeting.

“Of One’s Own Making: Leadership Legitimation Strategy and Human Rights” Matthew Rains, Stephen Bagwell and Meridith Lavelle. Presented at the 2021 Annual ISA Midwest Meeting.

“Striving for Survival: Status among Human Rights Organizations” Chun-Young Park and Matthew Rains. Presented at the 2021 Annual ISA meeting.

“Dog-Whistle Racism: White Supremacist Rhetoric in American Politics” Matthew Rains and K. Anne Watson. Presented at the 2021 Annual MPSA meeting

“Optionless: Migration and Human Trafficking.” Morgan Barney and Matthew Rains. Presented at the 2019 ISA Midwest meeting. Poster presented at 2019 Biannual Meeting of the Georgia Area Human Rights Network.

“Narcotics, Dark Networks, and Civil Conflict Strategy.” Matthew Rains and Matthew Kopp. Presented at 2019 Annual SPSA meeting.