Ori Swed is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at Texas Tech University. Swed is a political sociologist and an organization scholar who studies the role of organizations in human security and the privatization of aid and security. He is the Director of the Peace, War, and Social Conflict Laboratory (PWSCL) at Texas Tech, and he is the Director of the Texas Security Center (TEXSEC). In 2024, he replaced Pat Shields as the Editor-in-Chief of the interdisciplinary journal ''Armed Forces & Society''.
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