Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

As of 2020 PRIO houses three major projects that simultaneously are investigating mass mobilizations and protests. As a result, we will have a large team of leading experts in the field. This is something that no other research institution can boast of, either nationally or internationally.

Read more about this in Tora Sagård's summing up of these projects and the links between them.

Wednesday, 18 Dec 2019
The Crime-Reducing Effect of Education - Funding in Place for Project

Can governments reduce violent crime by increasing education, and if so, under what conditions?

Mauricio Rivera has received FINNUT funding from the Research Council of Norway for the 4-year project The Crime-Reducing Effect of Education: Disaggregating Education and Impact on Violent Crime (CREED). Congratulations to Mauricio and his project team, which includes Kendra Dupuy (PRIO), Kristian Hoelscher (PRIO), Gudrun Østby (PRIO), Kristian Skrede Gleditsch (Essex & PRIO), Barbara Zarate-Tenorio (Essex & Institute for Social Research), as well as Ernesto Cardenas (Universidad Javeriana).

Thursday, 26 Sep 2019
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Nominated to be President of the International Studies Association

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch has been nominated to be President of the International Studies Association (ISA) for the period 2021–22.

Read the report from the Nominating Committee by following this link.

Kristian obtained his BA at University of Oslo in 1993 and his PhD at University of Colorado in 1999. After teaching at the University of Glasgow (1999-2001) and the University of California San Diego (2001-2005), he joined University of Essex in 2005, where he is now Regius Professor of Political Science. He has won several prizes for his work, including ISA’s Karl Deutsch Award. His previous ISA service includes a term as Vice President and chairing the organization’s Academic Freedom Committee and Professional Rights and Responsibilities Committee.

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch has been associated with PRIO since 2003. He currently directs a PRIO project ‘Securing the victory? Understanding dynamics of short-run and long-term success in popular uprisings and democratization’ funded by the Research Council of Norway.

Tuesday, 26 Mar 2019
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Conferred as Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

The Academy of Social Sciences in the UK is an esteemed national institution which aims to promote social science research, publication, debate and dissemination.

In March PRIO Research Professor Kristian Skrede Gleditsch was conferred as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. According to the academy itself, “Fellows are drawn from academics, practitioners and policymakers across the social sciences. They have been recognised after an extensive peer review process for the excellence and impact of their work through the use of social science for public benefit.”

Wednesday, 31 Jan 2018
PRIO Awarded Prestigious TOPPFORSK Grant

The Research Council of Norway announced this morning that PRIO will receive TOPPFORSK funding for the project: "Securing the victory? Understanding dynamics of short-run and long-term success in popular uprisings and democratization".

Monday, 11 Dec 2017
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Receives Royal Approval to Become a Regius Professor

The University of Essex has today announced that Kristian Skrede Gleditsch has been appointed to the prestigious Regius Professorship. The honour of holding a Regius Professorship was conferred on the University of Essex by Her Majesty The Queen of England in 2013 to mark her Diamond Jubilee.

Thursday, 30 Mar 2017
Successful Doctoral Defense by Marianne Dahl

Marianne Dahl successfully defended her doctoral thesis today, 30 March, at the Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences - NTNU. The title of her thesis is "Pockets of Opportunity: State Dissident Interactions and Regime Change".

Her trial lecture: "What role does social mobilisation play for regime stability and transition, particularly considering the broader social mobilisation literature?"

Monday, 9 Jan 2017
Successful PhD by Elise Must

Elise Must was awarded a doctoral degree in political science at London School of Economics and Political Science Tuesday 13 December 2016.

Elise has been associated with the Conflict Trends Project at PRIO, and her thesis is entitled:

When and how does inequality cause conflict? Group dynamics, perceptions and natural resources'.

Members of the evaluation committee included Kristian Skrede Gleditsch (University of Essex & PRIO) and Livia Schubiger (LSE). Thesis advisers were Paul Mitchell (LSE) and Gudrun Østby (PRIO).

Congratulations!

Friday, 23 Sep 2016
What Do We Know about Civil Wars?