My research focuses on the causes and consequences of mass mobilization. I study when and why individuals engage in collective action to demand political change, and what determines the success or failure of such movements. I also examine how violent conflict shapes the political attitudes of ordinary citizens, and why some post-conflict peace processes relapse into war while others produce durable peace. Substantively, my work engages with nonviolence, democratization and democratic backsliding, civil war theory, post-conflict stability, and political economy, and is grounded in advanced statistical modeling.
**Working Experience** 2024 - : Research Director 2017 - : Senior Researcher 2017 - : Deputy Editor, Journal of Peace Research
Languages spoken
Norwegian, English and Spanish
Education
2017: PhD at the Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences - NTNU
2007-2009: M. Phil, Political Science, University of Oslo
2006-2007: Courses in Sociology and Political Science,
University of California, Berkeley
2003-2006: BA, Comparative Politics, University of Bergen
