Lars Wilhelmsen

Lars Wilhelmsen left PRIO in 2004. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.

Interests and experience

The relationship between democracy and peace.
Theories of democratisation.
Theoretical and operational concepts of democracy.

Languages spoken:

Norwegian, English, some German.

Working experience:

2003-2004	Data Management Asisstant, CSCW.
2001-2002:	Research Assistant, PRIO.
2000-2001:	Developer - Languages in Contrast (SPRåk I Kontrast, SPRIK) , IBA, Universitety of Oslo.

Education:

Cand. Mag, 1994-1998, University of Oslo (BA eqiv, 4 years)
Area study Western Europe (foundation subject), Language, Logic and Information (Intermediate subject), Political Science (Intermediate subject).

Political Science, (Hovedfag - MA eqiv, 2 years), courses in:
Institutional theory, Game- and Negotiation theory, Causes of Armed Conflict, Evaluation of Public Mangaement, Opinion formation and Public opinion, EU Foreign Policy, International Negotiations, and Statistics.

Projects

Jan 2001 – Dec 2003
The Civil Democratic Peace - Revisited

Latest publications

Lars Wilhelmsen (2007)
State Motivation and the Duration of Civil War

Conference paper

Lars Wilhelmsen (2006)
A Democratic Peace Revisited - Measuring Democracy in International Relations

Master thesis

Latest events

18–19 Aug 2004
The Boundaries of Civil Wars