Kristian Skrede Gleditsch
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch | |
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Born | 9 October 1971 Norwegian |
Alma mater | University of Oslo and University of Colorado |
Known for | international politics, peace research |
Awards | Helen Dwight Reid Award, Regius Professor |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Political Science |
Institutions | University of Essex and Peace Research Institute Oslo |
Doctoral advisor | Michael D. Ward |
Website | http://ksgleditsch.com |
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch FBA (born 9 October 1971 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian political scientist and a professor at the University of Essex, holding the title of Regius Professor. His main fields of research are on the topics of conflict, democratistation and non-violent mobilisation.
Education and career
Gleditsch holds a cand.mag. degree from the University of Oslo (1993), and a PhD in political science from the University of Colorado (1999). He was a researcher at the University of Glasgow and the University of California San Diego before moving on to Essex in 2005. Since 2003 he has also held a minor position at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and in 2007-2011 he received a major "Young Excellent Researcher" grant from the Research Council of Norway. In 2013, he received a Starting Grant from the European Research Council.
Gleditsch is one of the editors of Research and Politics (2015- ) and has previously been co-editor of the British Journal of Political Science (2010-2013). He is member of the editorial boards of several other academic journals.
He is a member of the board of the American Political Science Association (2016-2019) and has headed the Conflict Processes Section (2014-2016). He has held a number of positions in the International Studies Association, of which he was Vice President 2013–2014.
Awards
He has received several prizes and distinctions for his scientific work, including the Helen Dwight Reid Award from the American Political Science Association for best dissertation in the field of international relations, law, and politics in 2000.[1] He also received the Karl Deutsch award for young researchers within international politics and peace research, awarded by the International Studies Association in 2007.[2]
In 2017, Gleditsch was appointed as a Regius Professor[3] at the University of Essex, the only such appointment for a professor of political science. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2024.[4]
Personal life
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch is the son of Kari Skrede and Nils Petter Gleditsch, and is married to Theodora-Ismene Gizelis.
Selected bibliography
- Kristian Skrede Gleditsch: All International Politics Is Local. The Diffusion of Conflict, Integration, and Democratization. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press (2002).
- Ward, Michael D. & Kristian Skrede Gleditsch. Spatial Regression Models. In the series Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage (2008).
- Cederman, Lars-Erik; Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, & Halvard Buhaug. Inequality, Grievances, and Civil War. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2013).
References
- ^ Augustynowicz, Karolina (2000). "American Political Science Association Honors 19 People".
- ^ "Karl Deutsch Award". www.isanet.org. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
- ^ Peace researcher receives royal approval to become a regius professor, retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ "The British Academy welcomes 86 new Fellows in 2024". The British Academy. 2024-07-18. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
External links
- Staff page University of Essex
- Staff page at PRIO
- Researcher ID Profile
- Kristian Skrede Gleditsch publications indexed by Google Scholar
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- 1985 Bruce Bueno de Mesquita / Richard K. Ashley
- 1986 Michael Wallace
- 1987 Michael D. Ward
- 1988 Steve Chan
- 1989 Zeev Maoz
- 1990 Joshua Goldstein
- 1991 Jack Snyder
- 1992 Duncan Snidal
- 1993 Alex Mintz
- 1994 James D. Morrow
- 1995 T. Clifton Morgan
- 1996 Robert Powell
- 1997 Paul Huth
- 1998 Paul Diehl
- 1999 James Fearon
- 2000 Edward D. Mansfield
- 2001 Beth A. Simmons
- 2002 Dan Reiter
- 2003 Kenneth A. Schultz
- 2004 Allan C. Stam
- 2005 Alastair Smith
- 2006 Christopher Gelpi
- 2007 Kristian Skrede Gleditsch
- 2008 Ashley Leeds
- 2009 Jon Pevehouse
- 2010 Virginia Page Fortna
- 2011 Michael Tomz
- 2012 Emilie Hafner-Burton
- 2013 Jeremy M. Weinstein
- 2014 Erica Chenoweth
- 2015 Halvard Buhaug
- 2016 Jacob Shapiro
- 2017 Michael C. Horowitz
- 2018 Jessica Weeks
- 2019 Susan Hyde
- 2020 Nils B. Weidmann
- 2021 Joshua D. Kertzer
- 2022 Paul Staniland
- 2023 Amanda Murdie