Academic Interests
- Comparative Political Economy
- Politics-development relations
- The economic effects of political institutions
- Economic policy
- Political survival strategies
- Regime change
- Democratization
- Applied statistics
See homepage for an overview over research areas, publications, working papers and teaching
Other affiliations and roles
- Associated Researcher at ESOP, Department of Economics, University of Oslo
- Project Manager and Steering Committee member of Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
- Co-Principal Investigator of Historical Varieties of Democracy (With Jan Teorell)
- Principal Investigator of DEEPI (Disentangling the Economic Effects of Political Institutions; Young Research Talents Project from Research Council Norway)
- Editor of Scandinavian Political Studies (with Åse Gornitzka)
- Member of the Young Academy of Norway
Courses taught
Has taught in several BA- and MA-courses, particularly in Statistics and Research Methods, Comparative Politics, Political Economy and International Politics
Education
- Bachelor (Political science, philosophy and history) 2004, University of Oslo
- Master in Political Science 2006 (2 year), Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
- Master in economics and econometrics 2008 (5 year), Department of Economics, University of Oslo
- Ph.D. in Political Science 2011, University of Oslo.
Previous Positions
- Research Professor (Researcher I) at Conditions of Violence and Peace, PRIO (20% position)
- Post-doc, Department of Political Science. 2012-2013
- Ph.d. fellow, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, 2007-2011
- Associated Researcher at ESOP, Department of Economics, University of Oslo
- Associated Researcher at CSCW, PRIO
- Researcher (10%) from October 2008- December 2010, Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO
- Guest researcher at Sciences Po, Bordeaux, Fall 2009
- Guest researcher at Columbia University, New York, Spring 2010