Governance
The Governance research group looks at the interplay between aspects of governance and peace at the domestic and the international level. Governance is defined very broadly to include the formal institutions that regulate recruitment to and execution of political power as well as less formal structures and processes, including how decisions are implemented, human rights protection or violation, and informal power structures.
Book Offers Fresh View into Palestinian Political Economy
Political Economy of Palestine: Critical, Interdisciplinary, and Decolonial Perspectives, edited by PRIO Global Fellow Alaa Tartir, Tariq Dana, and Timothy Seidel, was recently published by Palgrave Macmillan. The book explores the political economy of Palestine through critical, interdisciplinary, and decolonial perspectives. By doing so, it offers a fresh view into Palestinian political economy. This volume is written as an in-depth introduction for anyone who seeks to understand Palestine today.
Political Elites in Autocracies - Funding in Place for Project
How can we better understand the rank-and-file of political elites in electoral autocracies, and how their strategic interaction affects the overall political system and societal outcomes?
Haakon Gjerløw has received funding from the Research Council of Norway for the three-year project
Elite Political Dynamics in Electoral Autocracies (ELITE).
Congratulations to Haakon and his team! Other project members will be Lise Rakner at the University of Bergen and Øyvind Stiansen, as well as a collaboration with SAIPAR (South African Institute for Policy and Research). The project plans to start up during August 2021.
PRIO Has the Leading Experts on Protests
PRIO has long been at the forefront of research on protest movements.
As of 2020 PRIO houses three major projects that simultaneously are investigating mass mobilizations and protests. As a result, we will have a large team of leading experts in the field. This is something that no other research institution can boast of, either nationally or internationally.
Read more about this in Tora Sagård's summing up of these projects and the links between them.
Mobilizing for and against Democracy (MoDe) - Funding for New Project
Why do some pro-democracy movements succeed while others fail?
NEPS Medal to PRIO Researchers
Yesterday, the NEPS Medal for the best publication in peace science, was awarded in Verona to Carl Henrik Knutsen, Håvard Mokleiv Nygård and Tore Wig for their aricle in World Politics: 'Autocratic Elections: Stabilizing Tool or Force for Change?'.
Congratulations!
SDG 16 Data Initative Launches Global Report
PRIO is a founding member of the SDG 16 Data Initiative - a collective project by a consortium of organizations seeking to support the open tracking of the global commitments made by more than 194 countries on peace, justice, and strong institutions.
The initiative now launches it's first Global Report - the formal launch happened at the UN High-level Political Forum last week.
Håvard Hegre and Kristin Bakke Elected to the ISA Leadership
In the recent elections in the International Studies Association, two PRIO associates were elected to leadership positions in the association. Håvard Hegre, Dag Hammarskjöld Professor of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University became Vice President-elect and Kristin Bakke, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at University College London was elected as an at-large member of the Governing Council. ISA's new President for the 2018–19 term is Patrick James, Professor of Political Science at University of Southern California.
His Majesty the King’s Gold Medal Awarded to Tore Wig
H.M. the King’s Gold Medal is awarded annually to an excellent young researcher for a research contribution evaluated by the University of Oslo, and based on recommendations from the faculties. The research must be a true contribution to the literature within the relevant field of research.
Successful Doctoral Defence by Tore Wig
Today, Friday 25 September, Tore Wig has successfully defended his doctoral thesis in political science at the University of Oslo: Beyond the Civil Democratic Peace: Subnational Political Institutions and Internal Armed Conflict.
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Are Norwegian Oil Companies making Civil Wars More Likely?
East Africa has become the latest hotspot for oil-and-gas discoveries, but the reserves are located in countries characterized by weak state institutions and social unrest. A number of African countries – several of them with significant Norwegian assistance – are on the threshold of becoming major producers of oil and gas. Does this mean that Norwegian companies are contributing to increase the risk of civil war in these countries?
Revolution, Elite Fear and Electoral Institutions
Journal Article in Comparative Politics
Dømt til å mislykkes? USA og det afghanske statsbyggingsprosjektet, 2001–2021
Journal Article in Internasjonal Politikk
Narrating democracy in Myanmar: The struggle between activists, democratic leaders and aid workers by Tamas Wells
Book Review
Introducing the Anatomy of Resistance Campaigns (ARC) dataset
Journal Article in Journal of Peace Research
Regimes and industrialization
Journal Article in World Development
Group organization, elections and urban political mobilization in the developing world
Journal Article in Democratization
One Road to Riches? How State Building and Democratization Affect Economic Development
Monograph
Perceptions of Peace Agreements and Political Trust in Post-War Guatemala, Nepal, and Northern Ireland
Journal Article in International Peacekeeping
Explaining Support for Political Violence: Grievance and Perceived Opportunity
Journal Article in Journal of Conflict Resolution
Anticipatory tribalism: accusatory politics in the ‘New Gambia’
Journal Article in The Journal of Modern African Studies
Democracy in Peril – Defending It through Non-violence
UN Security Council Post-Ukraine: What Role for Norway?
Political Economy of Palestine: Critical Perspectives - MidEast Breakfast with Alaa Tartir
UTSATT: Trusler mot det norske demokratiet
Fulfilling the SDGs for Hidden and Vulnerable Populations
Is there Room for Idealism in the UN Security Council?
Effective Multilateralism for Regional Stability: Cyprus’ Vision for the Eastern Mediterranean region
Untying the Citizenship-Belonging-Participation Knot
Social Media and Protest
Multilateralism Today: Prospects and Challenges
COVID-19 and De Facto States
Democratic Erosion as a Driver of Mass Mobilization: A Large-N Study of When Democratic Erosion Events Are Met with Mass Mobilization in Defence of Democracy
Elite Political Dynamics in Electoral Autocracies (ELITE)
Enabling Politically Sensitive Climate Change Impact Assessments for the 21st Century (POLIMPACT)
Mobilizing for and against Democracy (MoDe)
Nature as Patronage? Exploring The Effects of Democratization and Support Coalition Identity on Forest Loss
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