Tore Wig
CV
På nett
www.torewig.com (personlig hjemmeside)
@torewig (twitter håndtak)
Faglige interesser
Væpnet konflikt, politisk vold, politisk utvikling, borgerkrig, interstatlig konflikt, demokratisering, forskningsmetode, kvantitativ metode, prediksjon av politisk vold, kausal inferens, institusjonell teori, massemobilisering og protest i diktaturer, regimeustabilitet, politikk i diktaturer.
Undervisning
Current:
STV4027 - Quantitative causal analysis and prediction
STV4232 - Causes of war in international politics
STV1020 - Metode og statistikk
Past:
STV4325B - Causes of political violence
Tidligere stillinger
2019 - Visiting Researcher, Center for European Studies, Harvard University
2016-2017 Seniorforsker, Institutt for Fredsforskning, PRIO
2015 - 2016 Postdoktor, Institutt for statsvitenskap, UIO
2012-2015 Forsker, Institutt for Fredsforskning, PRIO
2012-2015 Phd stipendiat, Institutt for Statsvitenskap, UIO
2015 - Visiting PhD fellow, Columbia University
Utdanning
Phd i Statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo (2015)
Master i Statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo (2011)
Bachelor i Statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo (2009)
Priser
2021. APSA Best paper award, American Political Science Association's "Democracy and Autocracy" section, for the paper "Patterns of Regime Breakdown Since the French Revolution" (with Vilde Lunnan Djuve and Carl Henrik Knutsen).
2016. Hans Majestet Kongen's gullmedalje for beste Phd avhandling levert ved SV-fakultetet.
2018. NEPS medal for best publication in Peace Science, for the article "Autocratic Elections: Stabilizing tool or force for change?" (with Håvard Mokleiv Nygård and Carl Henrik Knutsen)
Formidling
Fast skribent i Morgenbladet (min temaside)
Washington Post's Monkey Cage:
- "This may be the largest wave of nonviolent mass movements in world history. What comes next?" (with Erica Chenoweth, Christopher Shay, Sirianne Dahlum, Zoe Marks and Sooyeon Kang, link)
- "We checked 100 years of protests in 150 countries. Here’s what we learned about the working class and democracy." (with Sirianne Dahlum and Carl Henrik Knutsen, link).
- "You’d think dictators would avoid elections. Here’s why they don’t." (with Håvard Nygård and Carl Henrik Knutsen, link).
Jevnlige bidrag i Aftenposten, Dagens Næringsliv, Klassekampen, VG.
Publikasjoner
Bøker
2022. "The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy", med John Gerring, Andreas Forø Tollefsen og Brendan Apfeld, Cambridge University Press.
2022. "Årsaker til krig: Introduksjon til konfliktvitenskap", Fagbokforlaget.
2021. "One Road to Riches? How state building and democratization affect economic development", med Haakon Gjerløw, Matt Wilson og Carl Henrik Knutsen, Cambridge University Press.
Tidsskriftartikler:
2021. "Why Monarchy? The Rise and Demise of a Regime Type.", with John Gerring, Jan Teorell, Wouter Veenendaal and Kyosuke Kikota, Comparative Political Studies, 54.3-4 (2021): 585-622
2021. "Chaos on Campus: Universities and Mass Political Protest", with Sirianne Dahlum, Comparative Political Studies, 54.1 (2021): 3-32.
2020. "Peace above the glass ceiling: The historical relationship between female political empowerment and civil conflict.", with Sirianne Dahlum, International Studies Quarterly 64.4 (2020): 879-893.
2019. "Who Revolts? Empirically Revisiting the Social Origins of Democracy", with Sirianne Dahlum and Carl Henrik Knutsen, forthcoming in Journal of Politics, Online first, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/704699.
2019. “Patterns of Regime Breakdown since the French Revolution”, with Vilde Lunnan Djuve and Carl Henrik Knutsen, Comparative Political Studies, 53(6): 923-958..
2019. "“Introducing the Historical Varieties of Democracy Dataset: Political Institutions in the Long 19th Century”, with Carl Henrik Knutsen, Jan Teorell, Agnes Cornell, John Gerring, Haakon Gjerløw, Svend Erik Skaaning, Daniel Ziblatt, Kyle Marquardt, Dan Pemstein, and Brigitte Seim, Journal of Peace Research, 56(3): 440–451.
2019. “Educating Demonstrators: Education and Mass Protest in Africa”, with Sirianne Dahlum, Journal of Conflict Resolution, 63(1): 3-30.
2018. “Which Groups Fight: Customary Institutions and Communal Conflicts in Africa”, with Daniela Kromrey, forthcoming in Journal of Peace Research. DOI: 10.1177/0022343317740416. (online first version here).
2017. “Autocratic Elections: Stabilizing Tool or Force for Change?” , with Carl Henrik Knutsen and Håvard M. Nygård, World Politics, 69(1): 98-143 (link, and monkeycage bloggpost).
2017. “Mining and Local Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa”, with Andreas Kotsadam, Eivind Hammersmark Olsen and Carl Henrik Knutsen, American Journal of Political Science, 61(2): 320-334 (link, replication files).
2016. “Peace from the Past: Pre-colonial Political Institutions and Civil War in Africa”, Journal of Peace Research, 53(4): 509-524 (link, replication files).
2016. “Local Institutional Quality and Conflict Violence in Africa”, with Andreas Forø Tollefsen, Political Geography, 53(7): 30-42. (link, replication files ).
2016. “Cues to Coup Plotters: Elections as Coup Triggers in Dictatorships” , with Espen Geelmuyden Rød, Journal of Conflict Resolution, 60(5): 787-812. (link, replication files).
2015. “Updated Data on Institutions and Elections 1960-2012: Presenting the IAEP dataset version 2.0”, Research & Politics 2(2), DOI: 10.1177/2053168015579120 (link, data).
2015. “Government Turnover and the Effects of Regime Type: How Requiring Alternation in Power Biases Against the Estimated Economic Benefits of Democracy”, with Carl Henrik Knutsen, Comparative Political Studies 48(7), 882-914.
Doktorgradsvhandling:
Andre publikasjoner (ikke fagfellevurdert):
2021. "Strukturell rasisme: Et statsvitenskapelig perspektiv", Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning, 2021 (1): 121-127.
2018. Children Affected by Armed Conflict, 1990–2016, (with Karim Bahgat, Kendra Dupuy, Gudrun Østby, Siri Aas Rustad, Håvard Strand and Tore Wig). PRIO report. Oslo: PRIO. (short summary for policymakers here).
2016. "Democratization and Civil War", (with Håvard Hegre, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Baris Ari). Comparative Democratization Newsletter, June 2016.
2014. "Et Kritisk Blikk på Holbergprisen". Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift, 2014 (3): 255 - 265.