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Scott Gates
Research Professor / Director, Centre for the Study of Civil War
Email: scott@prio.no
Work phone: +4722 54 77 32
Mobile phone: 47916 48 367
Profile
Research
Events
Publications
Current Research

Applied Game Theoretic Analysis, International Relations Theory, International Political Economy, Formal Models of Bureaucracy, Economic Modeling

Languages spoken:

English, Norwegian

Working experience:

Director, CSCW, PRIO, August 2002--present
Professor, Norwegian Univ of Science & Technology, 2003--Michigan State University, Associate Professor, 1996-2003
PRIO, Program Leader and Research Professor, 1999-2002
PRIO, Visiting Research Fellow, 1997- 1999
Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology, Visiting Scholar 1996-97, 1998
Univ. of Trondheim, Visiting Associate Professor, 1994-95
Michigan State University, Assistant Professor, 1989-1996

Education:

PhD, Political Science, University of Michigan, 1989
MS, Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, 1985
MA, Political Science, University of Michigan, 1983
BA, Political Science, University of Minnesota, 1980
BA, Anthopology, University of Minnesota, 1980

Events

PRIO started tracking events online in 2007. This listing is not complete. Past events may be mentioned in our news archive.
Books and reports
Gates, Scott & Simon Reich, eds, 2010. Child Soldiers in the Age of Fractured States. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Rustad, Siri Aas; Åshild Falch, Scott Gates & Halvard Buhaug, 2009. 'Risk Assessment and Mitigation Measures for Natural and Conflict-Related Hazards in Asia-Pacific'. Oslo: Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI).
Brehm, John & Scott Gates, 2008. Teaching, Tasks, and Trust - Functions of the Public Executive. New York: The Russel Sage Foundation.
Buhaug, Halvard; Scott Gates, Håvard Hegre & Håvard Strand, 2007. 'Global Trends in Armed Conflict'. Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Hegre, Håvard; Nils Petter Gleditsch & Scott Gates, 2004. 'Towards a Global Civil Peace', background note to the United Nations Foundation. : PRIO, 16 January: 5.
Brehm, John; George A. Krause, Scott Gates, Kenneth J. Meier & Brad Gomez, eds, 2003. Donut Shops, Speed Traps, and Paperwork. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Gates, Scott, 1998. Game Theory Topics: Incomplete Information, Repeated Games and N-player Games. Thousand Oaks, CA: .
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Gates, Scott & Brian D. Humes, 1997. Games, Information and Politics: Applying Game Theoretic Models to Political Science. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
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Brehm, John & Scott Gates, 1997. Working, Shirking and Sabotage: Bureaucratic Response to a Democratic Public. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
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Articles
Butler, Christopher K. & Scott Gates, 2009. 'Asymmetry, Parity, and (Civil) War: Can International Theories of Power Help Us Understand Civil War?', International Interactions 35(3): 330 – 340.
Gates, Scott & Simon Reich, 2010. 'Child Soldiers in the Age of Fractured States. Introduction' in Scott Gates & Simon Reich, eds, Child Soldiers in the Age of Fractured States. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press (3–13).
Gates, Scott & Simon Reich, 2010. 'Conclusion: Children and Human Security' in Scott Gates & Simon Reich, eds, Child Soldiers in the Age of Fractured States. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press (247–254).
Pugel, James, 2010. 'Disaggregating the Causal Factors Unique to Child Soldiering' in Scott Gates & Simon Reich, eds, Child Soldiers in the Age of Fractured States. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburg Press (160–182).
Gates, Scott & Simon Reich, 2009. 'Think Again: Child Soldiers', Foreign Policy, May.
Gates, Scott, 2010. 'Recruiting Children for Armed Conflict' in Scott Gates & Simon Reich, eds, Child Soldiers in the Age of Fractured States. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press (77–92).
Buhaug, Halvard; Scott Gates & Päivi Lujala, 2009. 'Geography, Rebel Capability, and the Duration of Civil Conflict', Journal of Conflict Resolution 53(4): 544–569.
Gates, Scott & Simon Reich, 2009. 'Sannheten om barnesoldater' [The Truth about Child Soldiers], Dagbladet , 12 June.
Buhaug, Halvard; Scott Gates, Håvard Hegre, Håvard Strand & Henrik Urdal, 2009. 'Nils Petter Gleditsch: A Lifetime Achiever', European Political Science 8(1): 79–89.
Gates, Scott & Kaare Strøm, 2008. 'Power-sharing and Civil Conflict', CSCW Policy Brief 1, Oslo: PRIO/CSCW.
Strand, Håvard & Scott Gates, 2008. 'Lessons Learned from Power-sharing in Africa', CSCW Policy Brief 8, Oslo: PRIO/CSCW.
Gates, Scott & Aysegul Aydin, 2008. 'Rulers as Mass Murderers: Political Institutions and Human Insecurity' in Stephen M. Saideman & Marie-Joëlle Zahar, eds, Insecurity in Intra-State Conflicts: Governments, Rebels, and Outsiders. London: Routledge (72–95).
Gates, Scott, 2008. 'Mixing It Up: The Role of Theory in Mixed Method Research, in a Symposium: Bridging the Gap? Connecting Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in the Study of Civil War', Qualitative Methods 6(1): 27–29.
Gates, Scott & Håvard Strand, 2008. 'Military Intervention, Democratization, and Post-conflict Political Stability' in Magnus Öberg & Kaare Strøm, eds, Resources, Governance and Civil Conflict. Abingdon: Routledge (147–162).
Gates, Scott & Kaare Strøm, 2007. 'Power-sharing, Agency and Civil Conflict - Power-sharing Agreements, Negotiations and Peace Processes ', CSCW Policy Brief 1, Oslo: PRIO/CSCW.
Murshed, S. Mansoob & Scott Gates, 2006. 'Spatial Horizontal Inequality and the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal' in Ravi Kanbur, Anthony Venables & Guanghua Wan, eds, Spatial Disparities in Human Development. Tokyo: United Nations University Press.
Hegre, Håvard; Tanja Ellingsen, Scott Gates & Nils Petter Gleditsch, 2005. 'Towards a Democratic Civil Peace' in Paul F. Diehl, ed., War. Library of International Relations. London: Sage (165–193).
Gates, Scott; Tanja Ellingsen & Håvard Hegre, 2005. 'Toward a Democratic Civil Peace?' in . in Paul F. Diehl, ed., War. Library of International Relations: (165–193).
Gates, Scott; Håvard Hegre, Mark P. Jones & Håvard Strand, 2006. 'Institutional Inconsistency and Political Instability: Polity Duration, 1800-2000', American Journal of Political Science 50(4): 893–908.
Fredriksson, Per G.; Eric Neumayer, Richard Damania & Scott Gates, 2005. 'Environmentalism, Democracy, and Pollution Control', Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 49(2): 343–365.
Murshed, S. Mansoob & Scott Gates, 2005. 'Spatial–Horizontal Inequality and the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal', Review of Development Economics 9(1): 121–134.
Brehm, John & Scott Gates, 2004. 'Supervisors as Trust Brokers' in Roderick Moreland Kramer, ed., Trust and Distrust in Organizations. New York: Russell Sage Foundation (41–64).
Brehm, John; Scott Gates & Brad Gomez, 2003. 'Donut Shops, Speed Traps, and Paperwork' in George A. Krause & Kenneth J. Meier, eds, Politics, Policy, and Organizations: Essays in the Scientific Study of Bureaucracy. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press (133–159).
Gates, Scott, 2002. 'Recruitment and Allegiance: The Microfoundations of Rebellion', Journal of Conflict Resolution 46(1): 111–130.
Buhaug, Halvard & Scott Gates, 2002. 'The Geography of Civil War', Journal of Peace Research 39(4): 417–433.
Hegre, Håvard; Scott Gates, Nils Petter Gleditsch & Tanja Ellingsen, 2001. 'Toward a Democratic Civil Peace? Democracy, Political Change and Civil War 1816–1992', American Political Science Review 95(1): 33–48.
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Gates, Scott; John Brehm & Brad Gomez, 2001. 'Donut Shops, Speed Traps, and Paperwork' in Politics, Policy, and Organizations: Essays in the Scientific Study of Bureaucracy. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
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Gates, Scott; Nils Petter Gleditsch & Håvard Hegre, 2001. 'Democracy and Civil Conflict After the Cold War' in Dirk Berg-Schlosser & Raivo Vetik, eds, Perspectives on Democratic Consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe. New York: Columbia University Press, for East European Monographs (185–194).
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Gates, Scott & Håvard Hegre, 1999. 'Evolution in Democracy-War Dynamics', Journal of Conflict Resolution 43(6): 771–792.
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Gates, Scott; Håvard Hegre, Ranveig Gissinger & Nils Petter Gleditsch, 1998. 'Timing the Changes in Political Structures. A New Polity Database', Journal of Conflict Resolution 42(2): 231–242.
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Gates, Scott & Mark Lainer, 1997. 'Incarcerated Youth at Risk: Evaluating the AIDS Risk Reduction Model', Journal of Criminal Justice 24(6): 537–548, 1.1.1997 00:00:00.
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Gates, Scott; Jonathon W. Moses & Torbjørn L. Knutsen, 1996. 'Democracy and Peace: A More Skeptical View', Journal of Peace Research 33(1): 1–10.
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Other
Gomsrud, Lars Seland; Scott Gates & Håvard Strand, 2009. 'Surviving the Capitalist Peace: Leaders' Incentives and Economic Freedom', presented at 5th ECPR General Conference, Potsdam, Germany, 10 September.
Gomsrud, Lars Seland, 2009. 'Market Capitalism and Interstate War. Limits to Universality in International Relations', Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Supervisor: Scott Gates. .
Rustad, Siri Aas; Halvard Buhaug, Åshild Falch & Scott Gates, 2009. 'Subnational Variation in Civil Conflict Risk', presented at 50th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, New York, NY, 15–18 February.
Gates, Scott & Kaare Strøm, 2008. 'Power-sharing, Agency and Civil Conflict', presented at 2008 GROW-net meeting, Zurich, Switzerland, 15 September.
Naser, Seyed Jamil, 2008. 'Power Sharing for Afghanistan, The Imperative of Inter-Ethnic Dialogue', Department of Sociology & Political Science, NTNU, Trondheim. Supervisor: Scott Gates. Defended 2 September 2008.
Alte, Maria Indiana, 2008. 'The Framing of a Social Movement: Actors' Perspectives on Joining, Leaving and Refraining from Membership in the Naxalite Movement in South India', Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Oslo. Supervisors: Åshild Kolås & Scott Gates. Defended Spring 2008.
Gates, Scott & David Lektzian, 2008. 'Drugs, Governance, and Civil Conflict', presented at International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, 2008.
Lujala, Päivi, 2008. 'Natural Resources and Armed Conflict', Department of Economics, NTNU. Supervisors: Ragnar Torvik & Scott Gates. submitted 1 February 2008, defended 16 June 2008.
Lothe, Elisabeth, 2007. 'Ending Ethnic Conflict: Can Institutional Power Contribute to Sustaining Peace in Burundi?', Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Oslo. Supervisors: Morten Bøås & Scott Gates. Defended Summer.
Gates, Scott; Scott Gates, Damian Laws & Scott Gates, 2007. 'Recruiting Child Soldiers', presented at the 48th Annual Metting of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, 28 February–3 March.
Gates, Scott; Tove Grete Lie & Helga Malmin Binningsbø, 2007. 'Post-Conflict Justice and Sustainable Peace', presented at Conference on Management of Post-Conflict Transition: The Challenges of Institutional Reform, Khartoum, Sudan, 22–24 January .
Gates, Scott; Håvard Hegre, Mark P. Jones & Håvard Strand, 2007. 'Democratic Waves? War, New States, and Global Patterns of Democratization, 1800 –2000', presented at Statsvitenskaplig Fagkonferanse, Trondheim, 3–5 March.
Aydin, Aysegul; Scott Gates, Scott Gates, Aysegul Aydin, Damian Laws, Damian Laws, Scott Gates & Aysegul Aydin, 2007. 'Why Do Rulers Commit Mass Murder? The Microfoundations of Human Insecurity', presented at the 48th Annual Metting of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, 28 February–3 March.
Lie, Tove Grete; Helga Malmin Binningsbø & Scott Gates, 2006. 'Postconflict Justice and Sustainable Peace', presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Philadelphia, PA, 31 August–3 September.
Falch, Åshild, 2006. 'Durable Peace Following Civil War? Testing the Importance of International Security Guarantees And Institutional Settlement Arrangements', MA thesis Comparative Politics, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen. Supervisor: Scott Gates. Defended June.
Gates, Scott & Aysegul Aydin, 2006. 'Rulers as Mass Murderers: Political Institutions and Human Insecurity', presented at the 47th Annual Conference of the International Studies Association (ISA), San Diego, CA, 22–25 March.
Gates, Scott; Tove Grete Lie & Helga Malmin Binningsbø, 2006. 'Post-Conflict Justice and Sustainable Peace', presented at Polarization and Conflict Workshop, Nicosia, Cyprus, 26–29 April.
Gates, Scott; Päivi Lujala & Halvard Buhaug, 2005. 'Geography, Strategic Ambition, and the Duration of Civil Conflict', presented at International Conference on 'Mapping the Complexity of Civil Wars', Zürich, 15–17 September.
Gates, Scott & David Lektzian, 2005. 'Drugs, Governance and Civil Conflict', presented at the 46th Annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Honolulu, HI, 1–5 March.
Gates, Scott & Håvard Strand, 2004. 'Modeling the Duration of Civil Wars: Measurement and Estimation Issues', presented at Meeting of the Standing Group on International Relations, the Hauge, 9–11 September.
Gates, Scott; Mark Jones & Håvard Strand, 2004. 'The Escalation Process from Political Instability to War', presented at the 45th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Montreal, 17–20 March.
Gates, Scott & David Lektzian, 2004. 'Drugs, Governance and Civil Conflict', presented at a workshop on 'Resources, Governance Structures, and Civil War', Uppsala, 13–18 April.
Gates, Scott & Håvard Strand, 2004. 'Military Intervention, Democratization, and Post-conflict Political Stability', presented at the 45th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Montreal, 17–20 March.
Gates, Scott; Håvard Strand, Jonathan Moses & Jostein Vik, 2003. 'Mini-Skirts, Hula-Hoops and Exchange Rate Regimes: Information Cascades Across Central Banks', presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadeplphia, PA, 28 August.
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Gates, Scott, 2003. 'Modelling the Duration of Civil Wars: Selection Bias, Measurement and Estimation Issues', presented at Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 3–6 April.
Gates, Scott & Mansoob Murshed, 2003. 'Spatial-Horizontal Inequality and the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal', presented at Paper prepared for the UNU/WIDER Project Conference on Spatial Inequality in Asia , United Nations University Centre, Tokyo, 28–29 March.
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Buhaug, Halvard; Scott Gates & Päivi Lujala, 2003. 'Lootable Natural Resources and the Duration of Armed Conflict, 1946–2001', presented at the Eleventh Norwegian National Conference in Political Science, Trondheim, 8–10 January.
Lujala, Päivi; Halvard Buhaug & Scott Gates, 2002. 'Lootable Natural Resources and the Duration of Armed Civil Conflict, 1946-2001', presented at the 36th annual Peace Science Society (International) meeting, Tucson, Arizona, 11 March.
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Gates, Scott & John Brehm, 2001. 'Supervisors as Trust-Brokers: Alternative Functions of the Public Executive', Chicago, 1 January.
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Gates, Scott & Halvard Buhaug, 2001. 'The Geography of Civil War', Atlanta GA, 1 January.
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Gates, Scott, 2001. 'A Synthesis of Research on Political Factors in Civil Conflict', Oslo, 1 January.
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Gates, Scott, 2001. 'Measuring Democracy', Chicago, 1 January.
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Gates, Scott; Håvard Hegre, Mark P. Jones & Håvard Strand, 2001. 'On the Shoulders of Giants: A Multi-Dimensional Representation of Political Systems (MIRPS)', Uppsala, 1 January.
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