Kristin M. Bakke is an External Associate at PRIO.
Additional positions:
Professor, University College London
Email: kmbakke@ucl.ac.uk
Twitter: @KristinMBakke
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The most relevant PRIO researchers to comment on aspects relevant to the Russia-Ukraine War are listed here.
PRIO has long been at the forefront of research on protest movements.
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.
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".
The announcement of FRIPRO funds from the Research Council of Norway has been published, and PRIO is very happy to see two important projects receiving funding:
More information about these projects will soon be available at the PRIO website. Announcement available on the RCN web pages.
In the recent elections in the International Studies Association, two PRIO associates were elected to leadership positions in the association. Håvard Hegre, Dag Hammarskjöld Professor of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University became Vice President-elect and Kristin Bakke, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at University College London was elected as an at-large member of the Governing Council. ISA's new President for the 2018–19 term is Patrick James, Professor of Political Science at University of Southern California.
At it's September meeting, the PRIO Board awarded Research Professor competence to Henrik Syse, Kristin Bergtora Sandvik and Kristin M. Bakke. These promotions were made following external academic evaluations. Congratulations!