Matthias Basedau was an External Associate at PRIO until 2014.
Matthias studies the causes of intrastate conflict, in particular natural resources, ethnicity and religion. He also specializes in the analysis of political institutions and their potential to work on conflict.
Other fields of interest include electoral systems, political parties, and democratization as well as multi method designs and comparative area studies.
Prof. Dr. Matthias Basedau is a lead research fellow at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg. He heads the research programme on "violence and security".
Read more about him on GIGA's website.
Journal Article in Journal of Peace Research
Journal Article in Cogent Social Sciences
Journal Article in Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (ZeFKo). Special volume: Religion in der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
Journal Article in International Interactions
Journal Article in Conflict Management and Peace Science
Journal Article in Political Research Quarterly
Journal Article in Journal of Conflict Resolution