Sirianne Dahlum

Academic interests
Democratization, democratic erosion, mass mobilisation and protest, authoritarian regimes, mass attitudes, political violence and civil war, quantitative methods, causal inference.
Se personal home page for more information: siriannedahlum.com
Background
2020- Associate Professor, University of Oslo
2018- Senior Researcher, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
2019-2020 Research Fellow, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School
2017-2018 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Varieties of Democracy Institute (V-Dem), Gothenburg University
2015 Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, Columbia University
Education
2017. PhD in Political Science, University of Oslo
2013. MA in Political Science, University of Oslo
2010. MSc in Comparative Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Publications
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Dahlum, Sirianne & Wig, Tore (2020). Peace above the glass ceiling: The historical relationship between female political empowerment and civil conflict. International Studies Quarterly. ISSN 0020-8833. 64(4), p. 879–893. doi: 10.1093/isq/sqaa066. Full text in Research Archive
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Dahlum, Sirianne & Wig, Tore (2020). Chaos on Campus: Universities and Mass Political Protest. Comparative Political Studies. ISSN 0010-4140. doi: 10.1177/0010414020919902. Full text in Research Archive
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Dahlum, Sirianne (2019). Students in the Streets: Education and Nonviolent Protest. Comparative Political Studies. ISSN 0010-4140. 52(2). doi: 10.1177/0010414018758761.
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Dahlum, Sirianne; Knutsen, Carl Henrik & Wig, Tore (2019). Who Revolts? Empirically Revisiting the Social Origins of Democracy. Journal of Politics. ISSN 0022-3816. 81(4), p. 1494–1499. doi: 10.1086/704699. Full text in Research Archive
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Lührmann, Anna; Mechkova, Valeriya; Dahlum, Sirianne; Maxwell, Laura; Olin, Moa & Petrarcha, Constanza Sanhueza (2018). State of the world 2017: autocratization and exclusion? Democratization. ISSN 1351-0347. 25(8), p. 1321–1340. doi: 10.1080/13510347.2018.1479693.
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Dahlum, Sirianne & Wig, Tore (2017). Educating Demonstrators: Education and Mass Protest in Africa. Journal of Conflict Resolution. ISSN 0022-0027. 63(1), p. 3–30. doi: 10.1177/0022002717721394.
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Dahlum, Sirianne & Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2017). Do Democracies Provide Better Education? Revisiting the Democracy-Human Capital Link. World Development. ISSN 0305-750X. 94, p. 186–199. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.01.001.
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Dahlum, Sirianne & Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2017). Do Democracies Provide Better Education? Revisiting the Democracy–Human Capital Link. World Development. ISSN 0305-750X. 94, p. 186–199. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.01.001. Full text in Research Archive
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Dahlum, Sirianne & Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2017). Democracy by Demand? Reinvestigating the Effect of Self-expression Values on Political Regime Type. British Journal of Political Science. ISSN 0007-1234. 47(2), p. 437–461. doi: 10.1017/S0007123415000447. Full text in Research Archive
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Dahlum, Sirianne & Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2017). What Counts as Evidence? Panel Data and the Empirical Evaluation of Revised Modernization Theory. British Journal of Political Science. ISSN 0007-1234. 47(2), p. 473–478. doi: 10.1017/s0007123416000107. Full text in Research Archive
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Solheim, Marte Cecilie Wilhelmsen; Korsvoll, Nils Hallvard; Freng Dale, Ragnhild & Dahlum, Sirianne (2021). Bli kjend med fire UWC alumni i akademia. [Internet]. https://uwc.no/bli-betre-kjend-med-fire-uwc-alumni-innan-aka.
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Moen, Ole Martin; Dahlum, Sirianne & Korsvoll, Nils Hallvard (2021). Ukens spørsmål: Når er det riktig å kalle noen rasist? Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
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Grønmo, Sigmund; Dahlum, Sirianne & Wæhle, Espen (2020). Case-studie. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
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Wig, Tore; Dahlum, Sirianne & Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2020). Erna som diktator. VG : Verdens gang. ISSN 0805-5203.
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Dahlum, Sirianne; Knutsen, Carl Henrik & Wig, Tore (2019). We checked 100 years of protests in 150 countries. Here’s what we learned about the working class and democracy. Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286.
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Nygård, Håvard Mokleiv; Dahlum, Sirianne; Østby, Gudrun & Rustad, Siri Camilla Aas (2019). Slik fanges mange land i en «ulikhetsfelle». Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372.
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Dahlum, Sirianne & Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2017). Democracies are no better at educating students than autocracies. This is why. Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286.
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Hegre, Håvard; Nygård, Håvard Mokleiv; Dahlum, Sirianne & Karlsen, Joakim (2015). Forecasting Regime Type, 2014‐2100.
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Dahlum, Sirianne; Nygård, Håvard Mokleiv; Rustad, Siri Camilla Aas & Østby, Gudrun (2019). The conflict-inequality trap? How internal armed conflict affects horizontal inequality. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report Office.