He holds a PhD in Political Science from Columbia University and an MA in International Relations from the University of Chicago. Grigoryan's research focuses on third-party interventions, ethno-nationalist conflicts, and how domestic politics is affected by states' security environments. Grigoryan's research has appeared in International Studies Quarterly, International Security, Ethnopolitics, and the International Political Science Review. He is currently working on a book about the effects of war on democratization.