Bjørn Høyland – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

Bjørn Høyland left PRIO in 2015. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.

Bjørn Høyland

Bjørn Høyland

Interests and experience

Institutions

Please see Bjørn Høylands homepage at the University of Oslo for more information.

Projects

May 2023 – Apr 2028
Peace Science Infrastructure

Jan 2012 – Dec 2016
Reassessing the Role of Democracy: Political Institutions and Armed Conflict (PIAC)

Jan 2012 – Dec 2014
Conceptualization and Measurement of Democracy (CMD)

Latest publications

Bjørn Høyland & Vibeke Wøien Hansen (2014)
Issue-specific policy-positions and voting in the Council

Journal Article in European Union Politics

Bjørn Høyland, Karl Ove Moene & Fredrik Willumsen (2012)
The Tyranny of International Index Rankings

Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics

Marianne Dahl & Bjørn Høyland (2012)
Peace on Quicksand? Challenging the Conventional Wisdom About Economic Growth and Post-Conflict Risks

Journal Article in Journal of Peace Research

Indraneel Sircar & Bjørn Høyland (2010)
Get the Party Started: Development of Political Party Legislative Dynamics in the Irish Free State Seanad (1922–36)

Journal Article in Party Politics

Latest news

Monday, 13 Dec 2021
Peace Science Infrastructure: PRIO to Head Large New Collaboration

Friday, we got to know that a large project has been funded by the Research Council of Norway's INFRASTRUKTUR initiative, that aims to build up relevant, up-to-date infrastructure that is accessible to the research community, to various private and public sector user groups, and to the general public.

Latest events

4–5 Nov 2010
Political Institutions and Conflict Resolution

Research groups

Governance
How political institutions contribute to peace and conflict

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