- Climate-conflict connections
- The political economy of disasters
- Urban unrest
- Quantitative methods
Elisabeth Lio Rosvold left PRIO in 2019. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Elisabeth Lio Rosvold
Interests and experience
PhD Project
In my PhD project I look at how climatic disasters might affect ongoing conflict, aiming to uncover some of the mechanisms at play between disaster events and the dynamics of conflict.
Education
2015: MSc, Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
2013: MA, International Political Economy, Kings College London
2012: BA, Political Economy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
Projects
Apr 2017 – May 2021
Quantifying Conflict Risk of Agricultural Productivity Changes (CROP)
Quantifying Conflict Risk of Agricultural Productivity Changes (CROP)
Nov 2015 – Nov 2019
Coping with Calamity: Natural Disasters, Armed Conflict and Development Aid
Coping with Calamity: Natural Disasters, Armed Conflict and Development Aid
Sep 2015 – Jun 2021
Climate Variability and Security Threats (CLIMSEC)
Climate Variability and Security Threats (CLIMSEC)
Apr 2015 – Mar 2018
Climate Anomalies and Violent Environments (CAVE)
Climate Anomalies and Violent Environments (CAVE)
Latest publications
Henry Thomson et al. (2021)
Group organization, elections and urban political mobilization in the developing world
Group organization, elections and urban political mobilization in the developing world
Journal article in Democratization
Elisabeth Lio Rosvold & Halvard Buhaug (2021)
GDIS, a global dataset of geocoded disaster locations
GDIS, a global dataset of geocoded disaster locations
Journal article in Scientific Data
Elisabeth Lio Rosvold, Halvard Buhaug & Siri Aas Rustad (2020)
Development Aid, Drought and Coping Capacity
Development Aid, Drought and Coping Capacity
PRIO Policy Brief
Siri Aas Rustad, Elisabeth Lio Rosvold & Halvard Buhaug (2020)
Development Aid, Drought, and Coping Capacity
Development Aid, Drought, and Coping Capacity
Journal article in Journal of Development Studies
Elisabeth Lio Rosvold (2019)
Coping with Calamity: Natural Disasters, Armed Conflict and Development Aid
Coping with Calamity: Natural Disasters, Armed Conflict and Development Aid
PhD thesis
Elisabeth Lio Rosvold (2019)
Disaggregated determinants of aid: Development aid projects in the Philippines
Disaggregated determinants of aid: Development aid projects in the Philippines
Journal article in Development Policy Review
Latest news
Thursday, 18 Feb 2021
New Geocoded Disaster Data Released
New Geocoded Disaster Data Released
An article presenting a new global dataset of geocoded disaster locations has just been published in the Nature journal Scientific Data.
Friday, 9 Oct 2020
Director Henrik Urdal Celebrates World Food Programme Nobel Win
Director Henrik Urdal Celebrates World Food Programme Nobel Win
The WFP has been a long-time favorite on Urdal’s shortlist
Friday, 8 Nov 2019
Successful Doctoral Defense by Elisabeth Lio Rosvold
Successful Doctoral Defense by Elisabeth Lio Rosvold
We congratulate Elisabeth Lio Rosvold on the successful defense of her PhD thesis today, 08 November 2019! Dr Rosvold’s thesis entitled ‘Coping with Calamity: Natural Disasters, Armed Conflict and Development Aid’ was defended at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Sociology and Political Science.
Wednesday, 6 Dec 2017
Best Student Paper Award to Elisabeth Lio Rosvold
Best Student Paper Award to Elisabeth Lio Rosvold
The Jacek Kugler Political Demography and Geography Student Paper Award is awarded to the best paper with a political demography and geography themes presented at the ISA Annual Convention.
Tuesday, 13 Dec 2016
PRIO Spearheads New Climate-Conflict Project
PRIO Spearheads New Climate-Conflict Project
The project will focus on the causal connection between adverse environmental change and discrete social upheavals, with examples including the ongoing civil war in Syria and the early Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.
