Ajay Singh received his Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and his Master in Social Work Policy from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. He currently works at the Cline Center for Democracy at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, focusing on issues related to societal stability in the post World War 2 era. His recent projects focus on the relationship between natural resources and conflict, and the role of demographic variability in civil conflict.