Tora Sagård left PRIO in 2021. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Tora Sagård
Research Assistant
Research Interests
Nonviolent and violent protest, security force defection, conflict trends, ceasefires, terrorism and violent extremism, quantitative methods and spatial data.
I graduated with a MA in political science from the University of Oslo (UiO) in 2019. My thesis, which focused on ceasefires in civil war, won me an award for a high-quality thesis from the Faculty of Social Sciences at UiO. At PRIO I have worked on several projects, including Conflict Trends, financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I have published policy briefs, PRIO papers, and popular articles. In addition, I authored the UNDP-PRIO report "When is Conventional Wisdom Wise? Testing the Assumptions Behind Preventing Violent Extremism" which was launched at OSLO 3, in June 2021 (https://oslo3.org/). I also have extensive data collection experience and have coordinated several data collection projects.
Education:
2017-2019: MA, Political science, University of Oslo and PRIO
2014-2017: BA, Political science and Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and University of Cape Town
Languages spoken:
Norwegian, English
Latest publications
All publications
When is Conventional Wisdom Wise? Testing the Assumptions behind Preventing Violent Extremism
Report - Other
Hva er Internasjonal Politikk
Book Review
Who Is Likely to Support Terrorism? Testing the Assumptions behind Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE)
Conflict Trends
Twitterrevolusjonens vekst og fall
Popular Article in Aftenposten
Causes of Ceasefire Failure: A survival analysis, 1989-2017
Master Thesis
The Effects of Ceasefires in Colombian Peace Processes
Conflict Trends
The Effects of Ceasefires in Philippine Peace Processes
PRIO Paper
Latest news
Conflict Cartographer Project Opens Again for Conflict Predictions
Round three of conflict prediction in the Conflict Cartographer project is now open. Country and area experts are invited to add their conflict predictions using the project app. The project focuses on 35 countries in Africa that have experienced conflict within the past five years.
Conflict Cartographer Project Opens for Conflict Predictions
Round two of conflict prediction in the Conflict Cartographer project is now open. Country and area experts are invited to add their conflict predictions using the project app. The project focuses on 35 countries in Africa that have experienced conflict within the past five years.
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.
Tora Sagård Wins UiO "Våg å vite"-prisen
PRIO congratulates Tora Sagård on being one of the winners of this year's Våg å vite ("Dare to know") prize, which is given to master's theses that "combine high academic quality with the courage to challenge established truths in society.”
Current projects
Conflict Cartographer: Conflict expert prediction in Africa
Mobilizing for and against Democracy (MoDe)
Securing the Victory? Understanding Dynamics of Short-run and Long-term Success in Popular Uprisings and Democratization
Ceasefires
Monitoring Attitudes, Perceptions and Support (MAPS)
Conflict Trends
