- The psychology of political violence
- Individual-level analysis of political violence
- Human evolution
Email: henrikas@prio.org
I conduct research on political violence, combining theories and methods from anthropology, behavioral economics, cognitive science, political science, and psychology. I currently lead a five-year project Adapted to War (AWAR) funded by the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant).
Since 2021, I have been a Senior Researcher at PRIO (Peace and Conflict Dynamics). Before coming to PRIO, I held assistant professor/postdoctoral positions at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University and the Department of Government, the University of Essex. I also held visiting researcher positions at the University of Oxford (Politics and International Relations), University of California, Santa Barbara (Psychological and Brain Sciences), and University of California, Los Angeles (Anthropology).
I received my PhD from the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University in 2014, and MA from the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University.
Journal article in Social Psychological and Personality Science
Journal article in World Development
Journal article in PNAS Nexus
Journal article in Royal Society Open Science
Popular article in Political Violence at a Glance
Journal article in Journal of Conflict Resolution
Journal article in Psychological Science
Journal article in Evolution and Human Behavior
Journal article in Journal of Peace Research
Journal article in Psychological Science
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The sometimes-violent antigovernment demonstrations that erupted during 2020 and 2021 were fueled in part by the spread of extremist ideologies, conspiratorial thinking, and political polarization.
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The Journal of PeaceResearch has just published a new special issue on ‘Security implicationsof climate change’ (January 2021), guest edited by Nina von Uexkull and HalvardBuhaug.
This week we have received wonderful news from the European Research Council (ERC).
We are happy to announce that Henrikas Bartusevičius will be joining PRIO in early 2021, and that he has also been awarded an ERC Starting Grant by the European Research Council.
PRIO researcher Henrikas Bartusevičius’ research into Ukrainian resistance was referenced in an article on Russia’s military strategy against Ukraine for 2024, by the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and the website All News Press.
PRIO Researcher Henrikas Bartusevičius’ research into Ukrainian resistance was referenced in an article on the website, World News.
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