Jacob Aasland Ravndal

Academic interests
- Terrorism and political violence
- Right-wing militancy
- Left-wing militancy
- Armed conflict
- International security
- Intelligence
- Set-theory and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
Background
I have a PhD in Political Science from the University of Oslo from 2017 and an M.Phil. in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Oslo from 2009. Between 2009 and 2012, I was Research Fellow at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), working on topics such as counterinsurgency operations, the use of intelligence in international peace operations, protection of civilians, security in the High North, and international cybersecurity. Between 2012 and 2016, I was a PhD candidate with FFI's Terrorism Research Group (Terra). My PhD thesis is on right-wing terrorism and violence in Western Europe.
My current research is on the evolution of right-wing terrorism in Western democracies, the relationship between left- and right-wing militancy, ontology and methodology in terrorism research, and set-theoretic methods in the social sciences. I lead the continuous development and expansion of the Right-Wing Terrorism and Violence (RTV) dataset. I am also interested in the use of intelligence to counter terrorism and political violence.
Teaching
STV4510 - Terrorism and Political Violence in Western Democracies
Data
Right-Wing Terrorism and Violence in Western Europe (RTV)
Publications
Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2021). From Bombs to Books, and Back Again? Mapping Strategies of Right-Wing Revolutionary Resistance. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, advanced online publication, DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2021.1907897
Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2020). The Emergence of Transnational Street Militancy: A Comparative Case Study of the Nordic Resistance Movement and Generation Identity. Journal for Deradicalization. ISSN 2363-9849X. Winter Issue 2020/21, No. 25, p. 1- 34.
Bjørgo, Tore and Jacob Aasland Ravndal (2020). Why the Nordic Resistance Movement Restrains Its Use of Violence. Perspectives on Terrorism 14(6), p. 37-48.
Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2020). Fra landssvik til «trollterror» – utviklingen i det norske høyreekstreme trusselbildet fra 1945 til 2019. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0800-336X. 37(4), p. 355- 368
Ravndal, Jacob Aasland & Jupskås, Anders Ravik (2020). Methods for mapping far right violence, In Graham David Macklin; Joel Busher; Stephen D Ashe & Aaron Winter (ed.), Researching the Far Right: Theory, Method and Practice. Routledge. ISBN 9781138219342. 8.
Dalgaard-Nielsen, Anja, Jacob Aasland Ravndal, Helge Renå, Jakob Ilum, Morten Løw hansen, Jørn Rye Eriksen and Bushra Ishaq (2020). Evaluering av politiets og PSTs håndtering av terrorhendelsen i Bærum 10. august 2019. Raport fra Evalueringsutvalget, 29. juni 2020. URL: https://www.politiet.no/globalassets/04-aktuelt-tall-og-fakta/al-noor---terrorhandlingen/evaluering_terrorhendelsen_i_baerum_01072020_original_digital.pdf
Ravndal, Jacob Aasland; Sofia Lygren; Anders Ravik Jupskås & Tore Bjørgo (2020). RTV Trend Report 2020: Right Wing Terrorism and Violence in Western Europe, 1990 - 2019, C-REX Research Report No. 1/2020.
Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2019). Transnational Militancy in the Making: A Primer on the Nordic Resistance Movement and Generation Identity. C-REX Working Paper Series, No. 1/2019. URL: https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/publications/c-rex-working-paper-series/transnational-militancy-in-the-making.pdf
Ravndal, Jacob Aasland; Sofia Lygren; Lars Wibe Hagen& Anders Ravik Jupskås (2019). RTV Trend Report 2019: Right Wing Terrorism and Violence in Western Europe, 1990 - 2018, C-REX Research Report 1/2019.
Bjørgo, Tore and Jacob Aasland Ravndal (2019). Extreme-Right Violence and Terrorism: Concepts, Patterns,and Responses. ICCT Policy Briefs. doi: 10.19165/2019.1.08
Ravndal, Jacob Aasland and Tore Bjørgo (2018). Investigating Terrorism from the Extreme Right: A Review of Past and Present Research. Perspectives on Terrorism, 7(6): 5-22. URL: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/binaries/content/assets/customsites/perspectives-on-terrorism/2018/issue-6/a1-ravndal-and-bjorgo.pdf
Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2018). Right-Wing Terrorism and Militancy in the Nordic Countries: A Comparative Case Study. Terrorism and Political Violence, 30(5): 772–792. doi: 10.1080/09546553.2018.1445888
Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2017). Explaining right-wing terrorism and violence in Western Europe: Grievances, opportunities and polarisation. European Journal of Political Research, 57(4): 845–866. doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.12254
Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2017). Right-Wing Terrorism and Violence in Western Europe: A Comparative Analysis. Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. Ph.d. thesis.
De Coning, Cedric, Stian Kjeksrud, Jakob Aasland Ravndal, Andreas Øien Stensland og Walter Lotze (2016). Protecting civilians: comparing organisational approaches. Chapter 4 in Heidi Willmot; Ralph Mamiya; Scott Sheeran & Marc Weller (eds.), Protection of Civilians. Oxford University Press.
Ravndal, Jakob Aasland (2016). Right-Wing Terrorism and Violence in Western Europe: Introducing the RTV Dataset. Perspectives on Terrorism 10(3): 2-15.
Ravndal, Jakob Aasland (2015). Thugs or Terrorists? A Typology of Right-Wing Terrorism in Western Europe. Journal for Deradicalization 1(3): 1-38.
Ravndal, Jakob Aasland (2013). Anders Behring Breivik’s use of the Internet and social media. Journal EXIT-Deutschland: Zeitschrift für Deradikalisierung und Demokratische Kultur 2: 172-185.
Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2012). A Post-Trial Profile of Anders Behring Breivik. CTC sentinel 5(10): 16-20.
Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2012). A Pre-Trial Profile of Anders Behring Breivik. CTC sentinel 5(3): 6-10.
Kjeksrud, Stian & Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2012). Emerging Lessons from MONUC. Chapter 5 in Benjamin de Carvalho & Ole Jacob Sending (eds.). The Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping: Concept, Implementation and Practice. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.
Kjeksrud, Stian and Jacob Aasland Ravndal (2011). Emerging lessons from the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo: military contributions to the protection of civilians. African Security Review 20(2): 3-16.
Norheim-Martinsen, Per Martin and Jacob Aasland Ravndal (2011). Towards Intelligence-Driven Peace Operations? The Evolution of UN and EU Intelligence Structures. International Peacekeeping 18(4): 454-467.
Ravndal, Jacob Aasland and Stian Kjeksrud (2011). Hvordan kan militære beskytte sivile?. Norsk Militært Tidsskrift 181(2): 18-24.
Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2010). Etterretning i FN: Hvordan det umulige ble mulig. Chapter 5 in Tore Nyhamar (ed.). Utfordringer og strategi i freds- og stabiliseringsoperasjoner. Oslo: Abstrakt forlag.
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2021). From Bombs to Books, and Back Again? Mapping Strategies of Right-Wing Revolutionary Resistance. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. ISSN 1057-610X. . doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2021.1907897
- Bjørgo, Tore & Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2020). Why the Nordic Resistance Movement Restrains Its Use of Violence. Perspectives on Terrorism. ISSN 2334-3745. 14(6), s 37- 48
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2020). Fra landssvik til «trollterror» – utviklingen i det norske høyreekstreme trusselbildet fra 1945 til 2019. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0800-336X. 37(4), s 355- 368 Full text in Research Archive.
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2020). The Emergence of Transnational Street Militancy: A Comparative Case Study of the Nordic Resistance Movement and Generation Identity. Journal for Deradicalization. ISSN 2363-9849. (25), s 1- 34
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland & Jupskås, Anders Ravik (2020). Methods for mapping far right violence, In Stephen D Ashe; Joel Busher; Graham David Macklin & Aaron Winter (ed.), Researching the Far Right: Theory, Method and Practice. Routledge. ISBN 9781138219342. 8.
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2018). Right-wing Terrorism and Militancy in the Nordic Countries: A Comparative Case Study. Terrorism and Political Violence. ISSN 0954-6553. 30(5), s 772- 792 . doi: 10.1080/09546553.2018.1445888 Full text in Research Archive.
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland & Bjørgo, Tore (2018). Investigating Terrorism from the Extreme Right: A Review of Past and Present Research. Perspectives on Terrorism. ISSN 2334-3745. 7(6), s 5- 22 Full text in Research Archive.
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2017). Explaining right-wing terrorism and violence in Western Europe: Grievances, opportunities and polarisation. European Journal of Political Research. ISSN 0304-4130. 57(4), s 845- 866 . doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.12254 Full text in Research Archive.
- De Coning, Cedric; Kjeksrud, Stian; Ravndal, Jakob Aasland; Stensland, Andreas Øien & Lotze, Walter (2016). Protecting civilians: comparing organisational approaches, In Heidi Willmot; Ralph Mamiya; Scott Sheeran & Marc Weller (ed.), Protection of Civilians. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198729266. Part I, chapter 4. s 88 - 108
- Kjeksrud, Stian; Ravndal, Jacob Aasland; Stensland, Andreas Øien; De Coning, Cedric & Lotze, Walter (2016). Protecting Civilians: Comparing Organizational Approaches, In Heidi Willmot; Ralph Mamiya; Scott Sheeran & Marc Weller (ed.), Protection of Civilians. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198729266. 4. s 88 - 108
- Ravndal, Jakob Aasland (2016). Right-Wing Terrorism and Violence in Western Europe: Introducing the RTV Datase. Perspectives on Terrorism. ISSN 2334-3745. 10(3), s 2- 15 . doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.12254
- Ravndal, Jakob Aasland (2015). Thugs or Terrorists? A Typology of Right-Wing Terrorism in Western Europe. Journal for Deradicalization. ISSN 2363-9849. (3), s 1- 38
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2013). Anders Behring Breiviks bruk av Internett og sosiale medier, I: Inger Marie Sunde (red.), Forebygging av radikalisering og voldelig ekstremisme på internett. Politihøgskolen. 12. s 113 - 125
- Ravndal, Jakob Aasland (2013). Anders Behring Breivik’s use of the Internet and social media. Journal EXIT-Deutschland. ISSN 2196-8136. 2, s 172- 185
- Kjeksrud, Stian & Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2012). Emerging Lessons from MONUC, In Benjamin de Carvalho & Ole Jacob Sending (ed.), The Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping: Concept, Implementation and Practice. Nomos. ISBN 978-3-8329-6531-0. 5. s 109 - 125
- Kjeksrud, Stian & Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2011). Emerging lessons from the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo: military contributions to the protection of civilians. African Security Review. ISSN 1024-6029. 20(2), s 3- 16 . doi: 10.1080/10246029.2011.594298
- Norheim-Martinsen, Per Martin & Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2011). Towards Intelligence-Driven Peace Operations? The Evolution of UN and EU Intelligence Structures. International Peacekeeping. ISSN 1353-3312. 18(4), s 454- 467 . doi: 10.1080/13533312.2011.588391
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2010). Etterretning i FN: Hvordan det umulige ble mulig, I: Tore Nyhamar (red.), Utfordringer og strategi i freds- og stabiliseringsoperasjoner. Abstrakt forlag. ISBN 978-82-7935-284-6. Kapittel. s 103 - 133
- Dalgaard-Nielsen, Anja; Ravndal, Jacob Aasland; Renå, Helge; Ilum, Jakob; Hansen, Morten Løw; Eriksen, Jørn Rye & Ishaq, Bushra (2020). Evaluering av politiets og PSTs håndtering av terrorhendelsen i Bærum 10. august 2019.
- Fosaas, Fredrik; Ravndal, Jacob Aasland & Dørum, Knut (2020). antifascisme. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland; Lygren, Sofia; Jupskås, Anders Ravik & Bjørgo, Tore (2020). RTV Trend Report 2020: Right-Wing Terrorism and Violence in Western Europe, 1990 - 2019.
- Bjørgo, Tore & Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2019). Extreme-Right Violence and Terrorism: Concepts, Patterns,and Responses. ICCT Research paper. ISSN 2468-0494. . doi: 10.19165/2019.1.08 Show summary
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2019). Right-wing terrorism and violence may actually have declined. The Washington Post.
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2019). The Dark Web Enabled the Christchurch Killer. Foreign policy. ISSN 0015-7228.
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2019). Transnational Militancy in the Making: A Primer on the Nordic Resistance Movement and Generation Identity. C-REX Working Paper Series. No. 1/ 2019.
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland; Lygren, Sofia; Hagen, Lars Wibe & Jupskås, Anders Ravik (2019). RTV Trend Report 2019: Right Wing Terrorism and Violence in Western Europe, 1990 - 2018.
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland & Bjørgo, Tore (2018). Hva er problemet med Den nordiske motstandsbevegelsen?. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2017). Right-Wing Terrorism and Violence in Western Europe: A Comparative Analysis. Full text in Research Archive.
- Enstad, Johannes Due & Ravndal, Jakob Aasland (2015). Hvorfor er det så mye mer høyreekstrem vold i Sverige?. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2014). Nordic Right-Wing Terrorism and Militancy: Explaining cross-national variances.
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2014). The online life of a modern terrorist: Anders Behring Breivik's use of the Internet. VOX-Pol Blog.
- Enstad, Johannes Due & Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2013). Trender i europeisk høyreterror. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2013). Ikke så ensomme ulver. Ytring : NRK.
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2012). A Post-Trial Profile of Anders Behring Breivik. CTC Sentinel. 5(10), s 16- 20
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2012). A Pre-Trial Profile of Anders Behring Breivik. CTC Sentinel. 5(3), s 6- 10
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland & Kjeksrud, Stian (2011). Hvordan kan militære beskytte sivile?. Norsk Militært Tidsskrift. ISSN 0029-2028. 181(2), s 18- 24
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2010). Integrated intelligence in UN peace operations.
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2010). Robust Peacekeeping Mandates Demand Access to Advances in Integrated Intelligence.
- Ravndal, Jacob Aasland (2009). Developing Intelligence Capabilities in Support of UN Peace Operations: An Institutional Approach.