Helge Holtermann left PRIO in 2014. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Helge Holtermann is a Senior Researcher and Managing Editor of the Journal of Peace Research. He has a PhD in political science from the University of Oslo. His PhD project focused on the linkages between economic development and the risk of civil war onset, and included cross-national analyses as well as a case study of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal. Current research interests include the causes of internal armed conflicts, mobilization into armed groups, the dynamics of violent and nonviolent contestation, and South Asian politics. Holtermann's research has appeared in Conflict Management and Peace Science, International Security, and Journal of Conflict Resolution.
Education
PhD in Political Science, University of Oslo, 2013
MA in Political Science, University of Oslo, 2007
BA in Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, 2005
Journal Article in Climatic Change
Book Chapter in Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States
Book Review
Journal Article in Journal of Conflict Resolution
Journal Article in Terrorism and Political Violence
PhD Thesis
Journal Article in Conflict Management and Peace Science
Journal Article in International Security
Journal Article in Journal of Conflict Resolution
Popular Article in Klassekampen
Helge Holtermann successfully defended his thesis at the University of Oslo on Friday 7 June. His work is titled: Economic Development, Rebel Mobilization, and Civil War Onset.
He has been a student with the Department of Political Science at the University of Oslo, and PRIO's Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW).
His supervisors are both at PRIO:
Håvard Hegre
Halvard Buhaug
A new edited volume on civil war and fragile states has just been published by Edward Elgar. The book contains no less than four PRIO articles: