Conflict data and trends; Human consequences of conflicts; Natural resources and environment.
Conflict data and trends; Human consequences of conflicts; Natural resources and environment.
I have a wide range of research interests, which can be divided in to three main categories.
The first category is related to conflict data and trends. In particular I'm interested in seeking to find what hidden stories the data tell us. Further, I have also worked extensively on ceasefires and non-state conflicts.
The second category is human consequences of conflicts. This entails research on inequalities, aid efficiency, maternal and child health, education, sexual violence and in particular children in conflict.
Finally, a large share of my research is devoted to natural resources and environment. I have looked at the resource curse, natural resource management in post-conflict, EITI, climate change, and conflicts related to new energy projects and climate mitigation projects such as REDD+
Languages spoken:
English, Norwegian
Selected work experience:
Research Director, Conditions for Violence and Peace, PRIO Feb-July 2021
Research Professor, Conditions for Violence and Peace, PRIO 2020-present
Senior Researcher, Conditions for Violence and Peace, PRIO 2012-2020
Researcher/PhD candidate at PRIO (2008-2012)
Research Assistant at PRIO for Nils Petter Gleditsch and Scott Gates (November 2005- December 2007)
Coordinator for PRIO’s Peace Research Course at the International Summer School at Blindern (Summer 2006)
Project Coordinator for North Caucasus, Building Peaces
Teaching statistical method and software (MA-level) – Noragric, Norwegian University of Life Science (2012-2018)
Education:
2008-2012: PhD (Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
2002-2005: Cand.polit. (Political Science from NTNU, Reading University, and PRIO)
1998-2001: Cand.mag. (Political Science, History and Macro Economics, from NTNU and Charles University, Praha)
Selected fellowships and awards:
‘Conflict Trends’, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Project leader (NOK 3 million yearly) (2016-2023)
‘Green Curses’, Research Council of Norway, Norglobal, Project leder (NOK 6 million) (2020-2023)
‘Development Aid, Effectiveness, and Inequalities in Conflict-Affected Societies’, Research Council of Norway, FRIPRO, Project deputy (NOK 9 million) (2017-2019)
‘From a Curse to a Blessing? Transparency and Accountability in Managing High-Value Natural Resource Revenues’, Research Council of Norway, collaborator FRIPRO (NOK 7 million) (2014-2017)
‘The social, economic and political impacts of the extractive industries in Brazil: The case of Hydro and the Barcarena region in Pará’, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Project leader (NOK 2.4 million) (2014-2016)
‘Female Empowerment in Eastern DRC’, Research Council of Norway, NORGLOBAL Division, collaborator (NOK 5 million) (2014-2016)
‘Conflict Trends’, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Project deputy (NOK 11.4 million) (2013-2016)
PRIO Paper
Journal article in Development Policy Review
Conflict Trends
GPS Policy Brief
Conflict Trends
Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security Research Brief
PRIO Policy Brief
Conflict Trends
PRIO Paper
PRIO has received the news that the three-year project Recording Explosive Munitions for the analysis of WAR crimes (REMWAR) will be funded by the Research Council of Norway.
Last year saw the highest number of state-based conflicts since 1946. In addition, the past three years were the most violent in the last three decades, according to new conflict trend analysis.
As of early 2024, conflict data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) and PRIO are featured in a new section of Our World in Data dedicated to War and Peace.
Ceasefire negotiations are primarily male-dominated enterprises that often set the groundwork for future peace talks. Understanding them is thus vital for enhancing women's participation and including broader social interests in future peace efforts.
Afghanistan ranks worst of 177 countries in terms of the status of women, according to this year’s Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Index launched today in New York.
The war in Ethiopia's Tigray region accounted for over 100,000 battle-related deaths in 2022, even more than Russia's invasion of Ukraine which accounted for more than 81,000 deaths, according to new conflict trends data released today.
This week Save the Children launched its new report Stop the War on Children: The Forgotten Ones.
Yesterday, a video featuring the Global Women, Peace and Security Index went viral on TikTok, garnering over 700,000 likes so far.
Doctoral candidates from all over the world attended PRIO's PhD-level course on Gender, Peace and Conflict.
The new open accessbook Livesin Peace Research: The Oslo Stories explains how PRIO, the world'soldest independent peace research institute, was founded and how it survivedthrough crises.
PRIO researcher Siri Aas Rustad was interviewed in the state of conflict in the world, for an article in the New York Times.
PRIO Researcher Siri Aas Rustad was interviewed by the Norwegian newspaper, Klassekampen, on assessing the accuracy of information in the Israel-Palestine crisis. She was also mentioned in an interview on the same topic by the Norwegian newspaper, Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad. The Norwegian industry publication, Khrono, interviewed her on same topic.
PRIO Researcher Siri Aas Rustad was interviewed about the state of peace in the world ahead of International Peace Day, by the Norwegian newspaper Dagsavisen.
PRIO Researcher Siri Aas Rustad did multiple media interviews on PRIO’s Conflict Trends: Global Overview 1946-2022 report, including with France 24, Turkey’s TRT World TV, The Lancet, Spanish national radio RTVE (listen at 9 mins), and Radio France International.
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