Karin Dyrstad is an External Associate at PRIO.
Karin Dyrstad
Associate Researcher
Additional positions:
Associate Professor
Email: karin.dyrstad@ntnu.no
Website: www.ntnu.no/ansatte/karin.dyrstad
Research Interests
Karin holds MA and PhD degrees in political science from NTNU. She did her PhD research at PRIO 2008–2012 on a project titled "Prospects for democracy in South-East Europe. Democratic values and political participation in Balkan.”
For more info, see the above person page on ntnu.no or her personal web page.
Latest publications
All publications
Insights into the quantification and reporting of model-related uncertainty across different disciplines
Journal Article in iScience
Wartime Experiences and Popular Support for Peace Agreements: Comparative Evidence from Three Cases
Journal Article in Journal of Conflict Resolution
The past, Brexit, and the future in Northern Ireland: a quasi-experiment
Journal Article in Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties
Perceptions of Peace Agreements and Political Trust in Post-War Guatemala, Nepal, and Northern Ireland
Journal Article in International Peacekeeping
Explaining Support for Political Violence: Grievance and Perceived Opportunity
Journal Article in Journal of Conflict Resolution
Between Punishment and Impunity: Public Support for Reactions against Perpetrators in Guatemala, Nepal and Northern Ireland
Journal Article in International Journal of Transitional Justice
Transitional Justice: What Do the People Want? Views from the ground in Guatemala, Nepal, and Northern Ireland
Conflict Trends
The Gendered Links between War-Related Trauma and Attitudes to Peace: Exploring Survey Data from Guatemala, Nepal, and Northern Ireland
Conference Paper
Perceptions of transitional justice mechanisms in Guatemala, Nepal, and Northern Ireland
Conference Paper
Institutional Trust in the Yugoslav Successor States: A Comparative Approach
Book Chapter in Building Democracy in the Yugoslav Successor States, Accomplishments, Setbacks, Challenges since 1990
Latest news
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. The title of the dissertation is 'Civil War and the Transformation of Values'. It discusses the relationship between war experiences, ethnicity, and governance, building on surveys of public opinion from several countries in the Balkans.
Ola Listhaug and Halvard Buhaug served as her dissertation advisers. John O'Loughlin (University of Colorado) and Erin Jenne (Central European University) were the opponents at the dissertation defense.
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).
