Ida Rudolfsen
Senior Researcher
Additional positions:
Desk Editor at Journal of Peace Research
Research Interests
Latest publications
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Sivilsamfunnet jobber i motbakke for å forsvare demokratiet
Popular Article in Morgenbladet
Protest and Insecurity: Trends in the Global South since the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Conflict Trends
War and Food Insecurity: New Survey Evidence from Ukraine.
Popular Article in Political Violence at a Glance
Food Insecurity and Social Instability in Light of the Ukraine-Russia War
PRIO Policy Brief
The Role of the Invasion of Ukraine in the 2022 Food Supply Crisis
PRIO Policy Brief
The Dark Side of Mobilisation: Global Evidence on Authoritarian Protests
Conference Paper
Fighting For Food? Investigating Food Insecurity as a Source of Urban Unrest
PhD Thesis
Food price increase and urban unrest: The role of societal organizations
Journal Article in Journal of Peace Research
The World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize. Does food aid boost peace?
Popular Article in Washington Post
Food Insecurity and Domestic Instability: A Review of the Literature
Journal Article in Terrorism and Political Violence
Latest news
PRIO Contributions to Arendalsuka 2022
Arendalsuka concluded on Friday and PRIO Director Henrik Urdal sums up PRIO's contributions.
PRIO at Arendalsuka 2022
PRIO participated at this year's Arendalsuka with three events, and with our researchers on several debate panels.
Successful Doctoral Defence by Ida Rudolfsen
Today, 3 December 2021, Ida Rudolfsen has successfully defended her doctoral thesis at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University. Her thesis is titled Fighting For Food? Investigating Food Insecurity as a
Source of Urban Unrest.
Congratulations to Ida!
Director Henrik Urdal Celebrates World Food Programme Nobel Win
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Programme. PRIO Director Henrik Urdal says the prize is extremely welcome, "also speaking to one of the great challenges of our time: the increasing number of refugees worldwide."
Young PRIO Researcher Wins Student Paper Award at ISA
We are proud to congratulate two young PRIO scholars, who are on top of the list for the Jacek Kugler Political Demography and Geography Student Paper Award, which is awarded at the ISA conference starting in Baltimore tomorrow.
The winner of this year's award is Ida Rudolfsen with her paper “Igniting the Fire? State Institutions, Food Price Shocks and Urban Unrest”, which was considered the best graduate student paper within the Political Demography and Geography Section presented at last year's ISA conference.
The runner-up is Jonas Nordkvelle with his paper “Randomized Rain Falls on Political Groups: Discovering an Average Causal Effect of Climate Variability on Armed Conflict Onsets”.
PRIO Spearheads New Climate-Conflict Project
The project will focus on the causal connection between adverse environmental change and discrete social upheavals, with examples including the ongoing civil war in Syria and the early Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.
New Policy Brief: A Climate of Conflicts?
Political violence correlates strongly with climate: Civil conflict risk is seven to ten times higher in dry and tropical climates than in continental climate zones. Yet, there is little evidence that climatic variability and change are important in understanding this pattern. The prospect of climate change causing forced migration and food and economic insecurity, meanwhile, raises new concerns about possible future conflict scenarios.
Education Creates Peace
On 10 December Nobel’s Peace Prize 2014 is awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai. Critical voices have claimed that their work is more about rights activism than promoting peace and that there is no obvious association between education and peace. Research into the causes of war suggests, however, that the Nobel Committee was right on target.
The Economist goes to PRIO for briefing on Civil War
In the article ‘How to stop the fighting, sometimes', the Economist presents a nuanced history of how civil wars are initiated, sustained and brought to an end.
Latest events
Climate Change, Conflict and Russia's War on Ukraine: Consequences for Global Food Security
The 2022 Global Food Security Crisis: Risks of Social Conflict and Effects on Development
Forgotten Conflicts - Hidden Trends
Early Warning and Conflict
Religion og konflikt
Workshop on "Actors, Strategies and Tactics in Contentious Direct Action"
Soft Power and Sport Diplomacy
The Future of Warfare
Current projects
Conflict Trends
Latest blog posts
Civil Society Faces an Uphill Struggle to Defend Democracy
2021 – A Bad Year for World Peace
War and Food Insecurity: New Survey Evidence from Ukraine
The World Food Program Won the Nobel Peace Prize. Does Food Aid Boost Peace?
Education Creates Peace
