- Religion, ethnicity and conflict
- Institutional development
- State- and peacebuilding
- Aid allocation
- Social and political trust
- Migration and refugees
Patrick Nyheim Schjølberg
Research Assistant
Email: patsch@prio.org
Interests and experience
Patrick is a Research Assistant interested in the how religion, ethnicity, and migration affect institutional development and conflicts. He is currently working on the TRUST project and a pilot study on aid allocations for mine action.
As part of the TRUST Project, his MA Thesis investigated how ethnic composition and refugee arrivals affect attitudes of social trust in African host-communities.
Work positions
2023–
Research Assistant Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
2023
Research AssistantNTNUResearch Assistant
2023
Master`s StudentPeace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
2023
Teaching AssistantNTNUTeaching applied quantitative methods at the MA level.
Education
2021–2023
Master in Political Science
NTNU
2017–2021
Bachelor in Political Science
NTNU
