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Kristian Skrede Gleditsch
Research Professor
Email: ksg@prio.org
Work phone: +44(0)1206 82 01 44
May 2023 – Apr 2028
Peace Science Infrastructure
Peace Science Infrastructure
Mar 2020 – Jun 2025
The Crime-Reducing Effect of Education: Disaggregating Education and Impact on Violent Crime (CREED)
The Crime-Reducing Effect of Education: Disaggregating Education and Impact on Violent Crime (CREED)
Jul 2018 – Jun 2023
Securing the Victory? Understanding Dynamics of Short-run and Long-term Success in Popular Uprisings and Democratization
Securing the Victory? Understanding Dynamics of Short-run and Long-term Success in Popular Uprisings and Democratization
Feb 2013 – Feb 2018
Conflict, Strategies, and Violence: An Actor-based Approach to Violent and Non-Violent Interactions (CSV)
Conflict, Strategies, and Violence: An Actor-based Approach to Violent and Non-Violent Interactions (CSV)
Jan 2012 – Dec 2015
Effective Non-Violence? Resistance Strategies and Political Outcomes
Effective Non-Violence? Resistance Strategies and Political Outcomes
Jan 2012 – Mar 2017
Pockets of Opportunity: State Dissident Interactions and Regime Change
Pockets of Opportunity: State Dissident Interactions and Regime Change
Dec 2008 – May 2011
Disaggregating Civil Wars
Disaggregating Civil Wars
Oct 2007 – Sept 2011
Disaggregating the Study of Civil Wars
Disaggregating the Study of Civil Wars
Jan 2005 – Dec 2005
Disaggregating the Study of Civil War and Transnational Violence
Disaggregating the Study of Civil War and Transnational Violence
Jan 2004 – Jan 2006
NSF Project: Gleditsch & Walter (International Dimensions of Civil War)
NSF Project: Gleditsch & Walter (International Dimensions of Civil War)
Latest publications
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Marianne Dahl et al. (2026)
Only a Moment in Time? The Changing Effectiveness of Mass Mobilization on Transitions to Democracy
Only a Moment in Time? The Changing Effectiveness of Mass Mobilization on Transitions to Democracy
Journal article in Comparative Political Studies
Håvard Hegre et al. (2025)
The 2023/24 VIEWS Prediction challenge: Predicting the number of fatalities in armed conflict, with uncertainty
The 2023/24 VIEWS Prediction challenge: Predicting the number of fatalities in armed conflict, with uncertainty
Journal article in Journal of Peace Research
Efe Tokdemir et al. (2024)
Forum: Fostering Cooperation in Conflict Research Beyond Borders
Forum: Fostering Cooperation in Conflict Research Beyond Borders
Journal article in All Azimuth
Florian G. Kern, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch & Rebecca Cordell (2024)
Judiciary Institutions and Violent Crime in American Indian Nations
Judiciary Institutions and Violent Crime in American Indian Nations
Journal article in Governance
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch (2023)
Dan Reiter (2023) Understanding War and Peace, Second Edition
Dan Reiter (2023) Understanding War and Peace, Second Edition
Book review in JPR Book Notes
Margherita Belgioioso, Christoph Dworschak & Kristian Skrede Gleditsch (2023)
Local deprivation predicts right-wing hate crime in England
Local deprivation predicts right-wing hate crime in England
Journal article in PLOSone
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch (2023)
Peter Turchin (2023) End Times, Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration
Peter Turchin (2023) End Times, Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration
Book review in JPR Book Notes
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch (2023)
Daniel Akst (2023) War by Other Means: The Pacifists of the Greatest Generation who Revolutionized Resistance
Daniel Akst (2023) War by Other Means: The Pacifists of the Greatest Generation who Revolutionized Resistance
Book review in JPR Book Notes
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch (2023)
Michael D. Ward (1948-2021) and the Road to Space, Networks and Geography
Michael D. Ward (1948-2021) and the Road to Space, Networks and Geography
Journal article in Political Geography
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch (2023)
This research has important policy implications…
This research has important policy implications…
Journal article in Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
Latest news
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Thursday, 22 Oct 2026
PRIO researchers among the world’s most cited scientists
PRIO researchers among the world’s most cited scientists
Several PRIO researchers feature in the 2026 edition of the Stanford / loannidis Author Ranking, a widely used global index identifying the most-cited researchers across scientific disciplines.
Friday, 2 Aug 2024
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Elected as Fellow to the British Academy
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Elected as Fellow to the British Academy
PRIO Research Professor Kristian Skrede Gleditsch has been elected as a Fellow of The British Academy, the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences.
Friday, 1 Apr 2022
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Gives the Presidential Address at ISA
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Gives the Presidential Address at ISA
On Thursday 31 March, Kristian Skrede Gleditch of the University of Essex and PRIO gave his Presidential Address at the 2022 annual convention of the International Studies Associations (ISA) in Nashville, USA.
Monday, 13 Dec 2021
Peace Science Infrastructure: PRIO to Head Large New Collaboration
Peace Science Infrastructure: PRIO to Head Large New Collaboration
Friday, we got to know that a large project has been funded by the Research Council of Norway's INFRASTRUKTUR initiative, that aims to build up relevant, up-to-date infrastructure that is accessible to the research community, to various private and public sector user groups, and to the general public.
Monday, 9 Mar 2020
PRIO Has the Leading Experts on Protests
PRIO Has the Leading Experts on Protests
How does a country’s security apparatus react to a protest movement?And what happens in the aftermath of successful protests?PRIO has long been at the forefront of research on protest movements.
Wednesday, 18 Dec 2019
The Crime-Reducing Effect of Education - Funding in Place for Project
The Crime-Reducing Effect of Education - Funding in Place for Project
Can governments reduce violent crime by increasing education, and if so, under what conditions?Mauricio Rivera has received FINNUT funding from the Research Council of Norway for the 4-year project The Crime-Reducing Effect of Education: Disaggregating Education and Impact on Violent Crime (CREED).
Thursday, 26 Sept 2019
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Nominated to be President of the International Studies Association
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Nominated to be President of the International Studies Association
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch has been nominated to be President of the International Studies Association (ISA) for the period 2021–22.
Tuesday, 26 Mar 2019
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Conferred as Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Conferred as Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
The Academy of Social Sciences in the UK is an esteemed national institution which aims to promote social science research, publication, debate and dissemination.
Wednesday, 31 Jan 2018
PRIO Awarded Prestigious TOPPFORSK Grant
PRIO Awarded Prestigious TOPPFORSK Grant
The Research Council of Norway announced this morning that PRIO will receive TOPPFORSK funding for the project: "Securing the victory? Understanding dynamics of short-run and long-term success in popular uprisings and democratization".
Monday, 11 Dec 2017
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Receives Royal Approval to Become a Regius Professor
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Receives Royal Approval to Become a Regius Professor
The University of Essex has today announced that Kristian Skrede Gleditsch has been appointed to the prestigious Regius Professorship.
Latest events
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Friday, 16 December 2016
Securing the Victory: From Initial Campaign Success to Consolidated Democracy
Securing the Victory: From Initial Campaign Success to Consolidated Democracy
Wednesday, 17 Aug 2016 10:30–14:30 UTC+02
The Policy Implications of Nonviolent Direct Action
The Policy Implications of Nonviolent Direct Action
8–9 May 2014
Workshop on "Actors, Strategies and Tactics in Contentious Direct Action"
Workshop on "Actors, Strategies and Tactics in Contentious Direct Action"
12–14 May 2013
Course on Nonviolent Resistance
Course on Nonviolent Resistance
5–6 Nov 2010
Strategies for Political Change: Why groups use nonviolence, violence, or both
Strategies for Political Change: Why groups use nonviolence, violence, or both
4–5 Nov 2010
Political Institutions and Conflict Resolution
Political Institutions and Conflict Resolution
Friday, 18 Jun 2010 09:00–16:00 UTC+02
GROW-Net Workshop
GROW-Net Workshop
Thursday, 17 Jun 2010 09:00–17:00 UTC+02
Facts and Myths about Civil Wars
Facts and Myths about Civil Wars
29–30 Apr 2010
The Principals and Agents of Violence
The Principals and Agents of Violence
16–17 Apr 2009
Institutional Constraints to Violence
Institutional Constraints to Violence
Latest comments
Wednesday, 16 Sept 2026
Escalation and the size of wars
Escalation and the size of wars
Monday, 9 Oct 2023
Community Deprivation Drives Far-Right Violence
Community Deprivation Drives Far-Right Violence
Friday, 18 Mar 2022
In Autocracies, a Little Media Freedom Can Go a Long Way
In Autocracies, a Little Media Freedom Can Go a Long Way
Tuesday, 6 Feb 2018
From Wales to Catalonia and Beyond: Gene Sharp and Non-Violent Nationalism
From Wales to Catalonia and Beyond: Gene Sharp and Non-Violent Nationalism
Friday, 26 Jan 2018
Grievances, Accommodation, and the Decline of Ethnic Violence
Grievances, Accommodation, and the Decline of Ethnic Violence
Friday, 17 Nov 2017
Zimbabwe: from Coup to Democratization?
Zimbabwe: from Coup to Democratization?
Thursday, 29 Oct 2015
Unarmed Protests Force Leaders from Power Twice as Often as Violent Uprisings
Unarmed Protests Force Leaders from Power Twice as Often as Violent Uprisings
Monday, 20 Apr 2015
Is Boko Haram a Roving Bandit?
Is Boko Haram a Roving Bandit?
Wednesday, 4 Mar 2015
Oil and Military Intervention: Are the Conspiracy Theorists Right?
Oil and Military Intervention: Are the Conspiracy Theorists Right?
Tuesday, 11 Feb 2014
The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Conflict Spillover
The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Conflict Spillover
In the media
January 2023
PRIO Researchers Marianne Dahl and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch published a blog post on popular mobilization increasing the likelihood of democracy after a coup, on the website Political Violence at a Glance.
PRIO started listing media appearances on profiles in 2023. Earlier media appearances may not be listed.