'Armed Conflict and Maternal Health in Sub-Saharan Africa', FRIPRO Young Researcher Talent Project, Headed by Gudrun Østby.
'Conflict Trends'. Collaborative project with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Project Director.
'Youth Exclusion and Political Violence', project funded by the Research Council of Norway (2008-2012).
'Security Implications of Climate Change', project funded by the Research Council of Norway (2009-2012). Director of sub-project on Urban Violence.
General research interests:
* Demography and political violence
* Climate change, environmental change and armed conflict
* The politics of census-taking
* Demographic consequences of armed conflict
News
Wednesday, 30 Nov 2022
For a week in December each year, Oslo city invites the public to learn about and discuss important issues related to peace, democracy and human rights. The series of events are called Oslo Peace Days.
PRIO will contribute to this year's Oslo Peace Days with four events, including the prestigious PRIO Annual Peace Address.
Languages spoken:
Norwegian, English
Working experience:
2017 - : Director at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
2017: Research Director, Conditions of Violence and Peace
2013- Research Professor, PRIO
2011-12 Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
2007- Senior Researcher, Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO.
2010 - 2017: Editor, Journal of Peace Research (JPR). Associate Editor (2006-2010), Editorial Committee Member (2004-2006), Book Review Editor 2004-05.
2002-2006 PhD Candidate and Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO.
2005-06 Visiting Scholar at the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
1999
Investigations Assistant on the 'Population Project', The UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Office of the Prosecutor. The Hague, Netherlands.
1996-98
Secretary General, Socialist Youth League (Sosialistisk Ungdom) of Norway.
1995 (summer)
Research Assistant, Statistics Norway, Division for Social and Demographic Research.
Education:
PhD in Political Science, University of Oslo, 2007.
Cand. Polit., Political Science, University of Oslo 2002. Courses in African politics, Statistics, Demography, Institutional theory and Nation, state and nationalism.
Cand. mag., University of Oslo 1995. Courses in Middle East/North African Studies, Demography, Political Science, Economics
Journal Article in Journal of Peace Research
Book Chapter in Lives in Peace Research: the Oslo Stories
Book Chapter in Lives in Peace Research: the Oslo Stories
Popular Article in Monkey Cage at the Washington Post
Journal Article in Internasjonal politikk
Journal Article in Population and Development Review
Popular Article in Khrono
Journal Article in Democratization
Journal Article in Political Geography
Journal Article in Development and Change
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For a week in December each year, Oslo city invites the public to learn about and discuss important issues related to peace, democracy and human rights. The series of events are called Oslo Peace Days.
PRIO will contribute to this year's Oslo Peace Days with four events, including the prestigious PRIO Annual Peace Address.
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Nils Petter Gleditsch turns 80 years today. He has been an international leader in peace research and an institution builder at PRIO since 1964.
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