Karin Dyrstad – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

Karin Dyrstad

Karin Dyrstad

Associate Researcher

Email: karin.dyrstad@ntnu.no

Karin Dyrstad is a Professor of Political Science at NTNU. She did her PhD research at PRIO 2008–2012 and has been part of several research projects hosted at PRIO. Much of her research focuses on public opinion in former conflict areas, post-conflict reconciliation, peacebuilding, and justice.

For more info, please see her NTNU web page.

Projects

Jan 2026 – Dec 2028
Knowledge for reconciliation: Truth and contestation in the aftermath of the Norwegian truth and reconciliation commission (RECON)

Jan 2025 – Dec 2027
Micro-Foundations of Peace: Bureaucrats, Civilians, and Peacebuilding in Colombia (MicroPeace)

Aug 2021 – Dec 2025
From Curse to Demographic Dividends: Sub-Saharan Africa's Youth Bulges (DIVIDENDS)

Jan 2021 – Aug 2025
Displacement and discontent: Consequences of displacement on local host communities

Jul 2020 – Dec 2024
TRUST: Attitudinal Impacts of Refugees on Host Communities in the Global South

Mar 2015 – Nov 2018
Attitudes for Peace

Apr 2008 – May 2012
Civil War and the Transformation of Values

Latest publications

All publications

Michael Kumove & Karin Dyrstad (2025)
Do Youth Bulges Affect Voting and Protesting? An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis

Journal article in Political Studies

Michael Kumove, Karin Dyrstad & Bintu Zahara Sakor (2025)
Youth bulges and political participation in sub-Saharan Africa: What will the future bring?

PRIO Policy Brief

Helga Malmin Binningsbø, Karin Dyrstad & Henning Finseraas (2025)
How Does Public Opinion Respond to Government Injustices Against Historically Discriminated Minorities? Evidence from Norway

Journal article in British Journal of Political Science

Karin Dyrstad, Helga Malmin Binningsbø & Kristin M. Bakke (2022)
Wartime Experiences and Popular Support for Peace Agreements: Comparative Evidence from Three Cases

Journal article in Journal of Conflict Resolution

Amélie Godefroidt, Karin Dyrstad & Kristin M. Bakke (2022)
The past, Brexit, and the future in Northern Ireland: a quasi-experiment

Journal article in Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties

Emily Grace Simmonds et al. (2022)
Insights into the quantification and reporting of model-related uncertainty across different disciplines

Journal article in iScience

Karin Dyrstad, Kristin M. Bakke & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2021)
Perceptions of Peace Agreements and Political Trust in Post-War Guatemala, Nepal, and Northern Ireland

Journal article in International Peacekeeping

Karin Dyrstad & Solveig Hillesund (2020)
Explaining Support for Political Violence: Grievance and Perceived Opportunity

Journal article in Journal of Conflict Resolution

Karin Dyrstad & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2019)
Between Punishment and Impunity: Public Support for Reactions against Perpetrators in Guatemala, Nepal and Northern Ireland

Journal article in International Journal of Transitional Justice

Karin Dyrstad et al. (2018)
Transitional Justice: What Do the People Want? Views from the ground in Guatemala, Nepal, and Northern Ireland

Conflict Trends

Latest news

Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Successful Doctoral Defense by Karin Dyrstad

Karin Dyrstad, a PhD candidate at NTNU and a research associate of CSCW/PRIO successfully defended her doctoral dissertation in Trondheim on 8 May.

Monday, 23 Apr 2012
PRIO and NTNU ranked top institutions in IR

The two institutions, which have a long-standing institutional relationship, are placed amongst the world’s most influential institutions in a recently released paper which takes takes its cue from the citations and recitations of scholarly articles within International Relations (IR).

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