Electoral violence; communal conflict; dynamics of civil war; Kenya; Nigeria
Hanne Fjelde
Senior Researcher
Email: [email protected]
X: @Fjelde
Interests and experience
Working experience:
Senior researcher, Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 2013-
Assistant professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, 2009-
Research assistant, Uppsala Conflict Data Program 2003-2004
Education:
PhD, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, 2009.
MA, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, 2003.
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Projects
Jul 2020 – Jun 2023
Mobilizing for and against Democracy (MoDe)
Mobilizing for and against Democracy (MoDe)
Aug 2016 – Jun 2022
The Costs of Contention: Comprehensively Understanding the Impact of State and/or Challenging Behavior
The Costs of Contention: Comprehensively Understanding the Impact of State and/or Challenging Behavior
Sep 2015 – Dec 2021
Fighting For Food? Investigating Food Insecurity as a Source of Urban Unrest
Fighting For Food? Investigating Food Insecurity as a Source of Urban Unrest
Jan 2012 – Dec 2016
Reassessing the Role of Democracy: Political Institutions and Armed Conflict (PIAC)
Reassessing the Role of Democracy: Political Institutions and Armed Conflict (PIAC)
Jan 2005 – Sep 2009
Sins of Omission or Sins of Commission? The Quality of Governance and Civil War
Sins of Omission or Sins of Commission? The Quality of Governance and Civil War
Jan 2004 – May 2011
Political Institutions, Development, and a Domestic Civil Peace
Political Institutions, Development, and a Domestic Civil Peace
Latest publications
All publications
Sirianne Dahlum et al. (2022)
The Dark Side of Mobilisation: Global Evidence on Authoritarian Protests
The Dark Side of Mobilisation: Global Evidence on Authoritarian Protests
Conference paper
Marianne Dahl et al. (2022)
Sivilsamfunnet jobber i motbakke for å forsvare demokratiet
Sivilsamfunnet jobber i motbakke for å forsvare demokratiet
Popular article in Morgenbladet
Espen Geelmuyden Rød et al. (2022)
Et folkelig opprør kan bli Putins skjebne
Et folkelig opprør kan bli Putins skjebne
Popular article in NRK Ytring
Ida Rudolfsen (2021)
Fighting For Food? Investigating Food Insecurity as a Source of Urban Unrest
Fighting For Food? Investigating Food Insecurity as a Source of Urban Unrest
PhD thesis
Halvard Buhaug et al. (2021)
A Conditional Model of Local Income Shock and Civil Conflict
A Conditional Model of Local Income Shock and Civil Conflict
Journal article in Journal of Politics
Annekatrin Deglow & Hanne Fjelde (2021)
The Quality of Government and Civil Conflict
The Quality of Government and Civil Conflict
Book chapter in Oxford University Press Handbook on the Quality of Government
Hanne Fjelde, Carl Henrik Knutsen & Håvard Mokleiv Nygård (2020)
Which institutions matter? Re-considering the democratic civil peace
Which institutions matter? Re-considering the democratic civil peace
Journal article in International Studies Quarterly
Deniz Cil et al. (2019)
Spreading the light or left in the dark? UN peacekeeping and its economic effects
Spreading the light or left in the dark? UN peacekeeping and its economic effects
Conference paper
Annekatrin Deglow & Hanne Fjelde (2019)
Democracy in the Shadow of Civil War: Insurgents, Elections and Public Attitudes towards Democracy in India
Democracy in the Shadow of Civil War: Insurgents, Elections and Public Attitudes towards Democracy in India
Conference paper
Håvard Hegre et al. (2019)
ViEWS: A political Violence Early-Warning System
ViEWS: A political Violence Early-Warning System
Journal article in Journal of Peace Research
Latest news
Friday, 3 Dec 2021
Successful Doctoral Defence by Ida Rudolfsen
Successful Doctoral Defence by Ida Rudolfsen
Today, 3 December 2021, Ida Rudolfsen has successfully defended her doctoral thesis at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.
Monday, 9 Mar 2020
PRIO Has the Leading Experts on Protests
PRIO Has the Leading Experts on Protests
How does a country’s security apparatus react to a protest movement?And what happens in the aftermath of successful protests?PRIO has long been at the forefront of research on protest movements.
Wednesday, 18 Dec 2019
Mobilizing for and against Democracy (MoDe) - Funding for New Project
Mobilizing for and against Democracy (MoDe) - Funding for New Project
Why do some pro-democracy movements succeed while others fail?Congratulations to project leader Hanne Fjelde on securing 3-year funding from the FRIPRO programme of the Research Council of Norway for the project Mobilizing for and against Democracy (MoDe).
Tuesday, 18 Oct 2016
New Study on Climate-Conflict Linkages Published in PNAS
New Study on Climate-Conflict Linkages Published in PNAS
Severe drought is associated with an increased incidence of armed conflict among agriculture-dependent populations in the least developed states.
Wednesday, 20 Apr 2016
Conflict Warning System Spearheaded by PRIO Researchers Receives Major Grant
Conflict Warning System Spearheaded by PRIO Researchers Receives Major Grant
The development of an early-warning system for armed conflicts will begin at Uppsala University after the European Research Council (ERC) has decided to contribute EUR 2,5 million to the project.
In the media
November 2023
Researcher Hanne Fjelde was quoted talking about the Hamas leadership in relation to the Israel and Palestine conflict, on the news site Sweden Posts English.
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