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Carl Henrik Knutsen left PRIO in 2023. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Carl Henrik Knutsen
Projects
Jul 2020 – Jun 2023
Mobilizing for and against Democracy (MoDe)
Mobilizing for and against Democracy (MoDe)
Jan 2019 – Jun 2019
The Effects of Internal Conflict on Women’s Labour Rights
The Effects of Internal Conflict on Women’s Labour Rights
Jul 2018 – Jun 2023
Securing the Victory? Understanding Dynamics of Short-run and Long-term Success in Popular Uprisings and Democratization
Securing the Victory? Understanding Dynamics of Short-run and Long-term Success in Popular Uprisings and Democratization
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 2012 – Dec 2014
Conceptualization and Measurement of Democracy (CMD)
Conceptualization and Measurement of Democracy (CMD)
Latest publications
All publications
Jens Koning (2022)
Nature as Patronage? Exploring The Effects of Democratization and Support Coalition Identity on Forest Loss
Nature as Patronage? Exploring The Effects of Democratization and Support Coalition Identity on Forest Loss
Master thesis
John Gerring, Haakon Gjerløw & Carl Henrik Knutsen (2022)
Regimes and industrialization
Regimes and industrialization
Journal article in World Development
Haakon Gjerløw et al. (2021)
One Road to Riches? How State Building and Democratization Affect Economic Development
One Road to Riches? How State Building and Democratization Affect Economic Development
Monograph
Stein Tønnesson (2021)
Demokrati og diktatur
Demokrati og diktatur
Book review in Apollon
Håvard Mokleiv Nygård, Gudmund Horn Hermansen & Carl Henrik Knutsen (2021)
Characterizing and Assessing Temporal Heterogeneity: Introducing a Change Point Framework, with Applications on the Study of Democratization
Characterizing and Assessing Temporal Heterogeneity: Introducing a Change Point Framework, with Applications on the Study of Democratization
Journal article in Political Analysis
Carl Henrik Knutsen, Vilde Djuve & Tore Wig (2020)
Patterns of Regime Breakdown since the French Revolution
Patterns of Regime Breakdown since the French Revolution
Journal article in Comparative Political Studies
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
Tore Wig, Sirianne Dahlum & Carl Henrik Knutsen (2020)
Erna som diktator
Erna som diktator
Popular article in VG
Carl Henrik Knutsen et al. (2019)
Introducing the Historical Varieties of Democracy Dataset: Political Institutions in the Long 19th Century
Introducing the Historical Varieties of Democracy Dataset: Political Institutions in the Long 19th Century
Journal article in Journal of Peace Research
Marta Bivand Erdal, Carl Henrik Knutsen & Arnfinn H. Midtbøen (2019)
Internasjonalisering, mangfold og diskriminering i norsk akademia
Internasjonalisering, mangfold og diskriminering i norsk akademia
Journal article in Nytt Norsk Tidsskirft
Latest news
All news
Friday, 3 Apr 2020
Beyond the COVID Curve: PRIO launches new blog series
Beyond the COVID Curve: PRIO launches new blog series
COVID-19 has quickly changed everything from our daily routines, to the policies of governments, to the fortunes of the global economy.
Thursday, 12 Mar 2020
Carl Henrik Knutsen Receives 2020 Fridtjof Nansen Award
Carl Henrik Knutsen Receives 2020 Fridtjof Nansen Award
PRIO Research Professor Carl Henrik has received the prestigious Fridtjof Nansen award for young researchers.
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.
Friday, 3 Jan 2020
PRIO Researchers' Article Makes Washington Post Top Ten List
PRIO Researchers' Article Makes Washington Post Top Ten List
Sirianne Dahlum, Carl Henrik Knutsen and Tore Wig's article on protests in the Washington Post was the fifth most popular of 2019 on the website.
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).
Wednesday, 11 Dec 2019
Carl Henrik Knutsen Awarded ERC Consolidator Grant
Carl Henrik Knutsen Awarded ERC Consolidator Grant
Knutsen is a Research Professor at PRIO in a part-time capacity.
Monday, 26 Nov 2018
Plan S: At the Crossroads of Open Access to Research
Plan S: At the Crossroads of Open Access to Research
An assessment of the possible consequences of Plan S for publishing, research quality and research environments
Friday, 16 Nov 2018
Opprop: Plan S må konsekvensutredes
Opprop: Plan S må konsekvensutredes
PRIO oppfordrer alle forskere som er enige i oppropets innhold, til å undertegne.
Wednesday, 7 Nov 2018
Plan S må konsekvensutredes!
Plan S må konsekvensutredes!
I en ny rapport krever forskere fra Institutt for fredsforskning (PRIO) og Universitetet i Oslo (UiO) en konsekvensutredning av ‘Plan S’.
Wednesday, 20 Jun 2018
NEPS Medal to PRIO Researchers
NEPS Medal to PRIO Researchers
Yesterday, the NEPS Medal for the best publication in peace science, was awarded in Verona to Carl Henrik Knutsen, Håvard Mokleiv Nygård and Tore Wig for their aricle in World Politics: 'Autocratic Elections: Stabilizing Tool or Force for Change?'.
Latest events
Wednesday, 16 Oct 2024 09:00–10:00 UTC+02
Tackling AI Misuse and Strengthening Societal Trust
Tackling AI Misuse and Strengthening Societal Trust
Thursday, 12 Sep 2019 08:30–10:00 UTC+02
Mangfold i akademia: Yngre forskeres erfaringer
Mangfold i akademia: Yngre forskeres erfaringer
Friday, 16 December 2016
Securing the Victory: From Initial Campaign Success to Consolidated Democracy
Securing the Victory: From Initial Campaign Success to Consolidated Democracy
4–5 Nov 2010
Political Institutions and Conflict Resolution
Political Institutions and Conflict Resolution
Latest blog posts
Wednesday, 30 Mar 2022
Putin May Fall
Putin May Fall
Tuesday, 22 Feb 2022
Democracy Works, Even in Weak States
Democracy Works, Even in Weak States
Thursday, 26 Mar 2020
Erna Solberg as dictator?
Erna Solberg as dictator?
Friday, 7 Feb 2020
What China’s Approach to the Wuhan Virus Tells Us about Politics in Dictatorships
What China’s Approach to the Wuhan Virus Tells Us about Politics in Dictatorships
Tuesday, 29 Oct 2019
We checked 100 years of protests in 150 countries. Here’s what we learned about the working class and democracy.
We checked 100 years of protests in 150 countries. Here’s what we learned about the working class and democracy.
Monday, 10 Aug 2015
Institutional Characteristics and Regime Survival: Why Are Semi-Democracies Less Durable than Autocracies and Democracies?
Institutional Characteristics and Regime Survival: Why Are Semi-Democracies Less Durable than Autocracies and Democracies?
In the media
December 2023
PRIO Researchers Marianne Dahl, Haakon Gjerløw and Carl Henrik Knutsen penned an opinion piece on the Nobel Peace Prize and mass mobilization, which was published in Aftenposten.
April 2023
PRIO Researcher Carl Henrik Knutsen was interviewed in an article on Russia’s portrayal in the Nordic media, on Norwegian state broadcaster, NRK.
March 2023
PRIO Researcher Carl Henrik Knutsen was mentioned in an op-ed on strengthening democracy, in the Norwegian newspaper, Aftenposten.
January 2023
PRIO Researcher Carl Henrik Knutsen wrote an opinion piece on the correlation between bad weather and voter turnout, in the Norwegian newspaper, Morgenbladet.
January 2023
PRIO Researcher Carl Henrik Knutsen was interviewed on how to make aid more effective, by the website Journalisten.
PRIO started listing media appearances on profiles in 2023. Earlier media appearances may not be listed.
