Martin Austvoll Nome left PRIO in 2011. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Email: man@prio.no
Work phone: 22 54 77 81
I currently work to evolve and evaluate hypotheses on how inter-ethnic relations affect the foreign policy of states. More specifically, I deal with the instances in which states intervene in other countries' civil conflicts in order to influence their outcome. Interventions in civil conflicts are often explained with reference to material factors. I aim to better understand how affective factors cause states to intervene. Does affinity between ethnic groups in civil war countries and potential interveners make intervention more likely? How do relations of power and predominance between ethnic groups in potential interveners affect foreign policy? May characteristics of ethnic groups, particularly with regard to power, explain the partiality of interventions? I have taken some preliminary analytical and empirical steps in my MA thesis, but the material is still work in progress.
I also assist with research under the project on Political Institutions, Development, and a Domestic Civil Peace, led by Håvard Hegre.
News
Thursday, 14 Feb 2013
The book Transnational Dynamics of Civil War (Cambridge University Press) presents research completed in 2010-12 by one of the working groups of PRIO’s Center for the Study of Civil War (CSCW). The authors take on the challenge of explaining how cross-border groups and interactions shape the course of civil wars and the potentials for ending the violence.
Languages spoken:
Norwegian, English
Working experience:
Research Assistant, CSCW, PRIO, 2005-2006
MA Student Scholarship, CSCW, PRIO, Autumn 2005
Teaching Assistant, social science research methods and statistical analysis, University of Oslo, 2004
Education:
MA Political Science, University of Oslo, 2003-2005
BSc International Relations and History, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), 1999-2002
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Master Thesis
The book Transnational Dynamics of Civil War (Cambridge University Press) presents research completed in 2010-12 by one of the working groups of PRIO’s Center for the Study of Civil War (CSCW). The authors take on the challenge of explaining how cross-border groups and interactions shape the course of civil wars and the potentials for ending the violence.
Martin Ausvoll Nome sucessfully defended his thesis at the University of Oslo on Thursday 9 August. His work is titeled: Kin State Intervention in Civil War. He has been a student with the Department of Political Science at UiO, and attached to the Social Dynamics of Civil War Working Group at PRIOs Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW).
The evaluation committee:
Dr. Kristin Bakke, University College London
Professor Matthew Evangelista, Cornell University
Dr. Elisabeth Bakke, University of Oslo
His supervisors are both attached to CSCW:
Professor Jeffrey T. Checkel, Simon Fraser University
Professor Scott Gates, Director CSCW