Helge Holtermann left PRIO in 2014. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Helge Holtermann
Senior Researcher and Managing Editor, Journal of Peace Research
Research Interests
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
Latest publications
All publications
One effect to rule them all? A comment on climate and conflict
Journal Article in Climatic Change
Poverty and Conflict
Book Chapter in Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States
Understanding Collective Political Violence
Book Review
Relative Capacity and the Spread of Rebellion: Insights from Nepal
Journal Article in Journal of Conflict Resolution
How Can Weak Insurgent Groups Grow? Insights From Nepal
Journal Article in Terrorism and Political Violence
Economic Development, Rebel Mobilization, and Civil War Onset
PhD Thesis
Explaining the Development–Civil War Relationship
Journal Article in Conflict Management and Peace Science
Climate Wars? Assessing the Claim that Drought Breeds Conflict
Journal Article in International Security
It’s the Local Economy, Stupid! Geographic Wealth Dispersion and Conflict Outbreak Location
Journal Article in Journal of Conflict Resolution
Med makta, mot folket
Popular Article in Klassekampen
Latest news
Successful Doctoral Dissertation Defence by Helge Holtermann
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).
- Kristine Eck, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, University of Uppsala
- Dr. Indra de Soysa, Warden of St. Thomas College, MT. Lavinia, Sri Lanka
- Jon Hovi, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
His supervisors are both at PRIO:
Håvard Hegre
Halvard Buhaug
Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States
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:
- Håvard Hegre & Helge Holtermann: Poverty and conflict
- Ole Magnus Theisen, Nils Petter Gleditsch & Halvard Buhaug: Climate change and armed conflict
- Henrik Urdal: Demography and armed conflict
- Nils Metternich, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Han Dorussen & Andrea Ruggeri: International dimensions of armed conflict
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