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Henrik Urdal
Senior Researcher, CSCW, Associate Editor, Journal of Peace Research
Email: henriku@prio.no
Work phone: 47 22 54 77 20
Mobile phone: 92 04 78 41
Profile
Research
Events
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Current Research

'Youth Exclusion and Political Violence', project funded by the Research Council of Norway, The Trust Fund for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development (TFESSD) and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

General research interests:
* Demography and political violence
* Climate change, environmental change and armed conflict
* The politics of census-taking
* Demographic consequences of armed conflict

Listen to presentations:

'Youth Bulges and Instability', Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria, 26 November 2007 (web TV).

'Too Poor For Peace? Links Between Poverty, Conflict, Demography, and Environment', The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, 5 October 2007(web TV).

'Demography and Conflict: How Population Pressure and Youth Bulges Affect the Risk of Civil War', The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, 5 March 2007(web TV).

'New Research on Demography and Conflict', The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, 20 December 2007(PODCAST).

Superstreng med Eirik Newth (radio interview, in Norwegian).

Languages spoken:

Norwegian, English

Working experience:

2007- Senior Researcher, Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO.

2006- Associate Editor, Journal of Peace Research (JPR). Co-Editor January-June 2007. Editorial Committee Member (2004-2006), Book Review Editor 2004-05.

2002-2006 PhD Candidate and Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO.

2005-06 Visiting Scholar at the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.

1999
Investigations Assistant on the 'Population Project', The UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Office of the Prosecutor. The Hague, Netherlands.

1996-98
Secretary General, Socialist Youth League (Sosialistisk Ungdom) of Norway.

1995 (summer)
Research Assistant, Statistics Norway, Division for Social and Demographic Research.

Education:

PhD in Political Science, University of Oslo, 2007.

Cand. Polit., Political Science, University of Oslo 2002. Courses in African politics, Statistics, Demography, Institutional theory and Nation, state and nationalism.

Cand. mag., University of Oslo 1995. Courses in Middle East/North African Studies, Demography, Political Science, Economics

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
Barakat, Bilal & Henrik Urdal, 2009. 'Breaking the Waves? Does Education Mediate the Relationship Between Youth Bulges and Political Violence?', Policy Research Working Paper. Washington, DC: World Bank.
Urdal, Henrik & Kristian Hoelscher, 2009. 'Urban Youth Bulges and Social Disorder: An Empirical Study of Asian and Sub-Saharan African Cities', Policy Research Working Paper. Washington, DC: World Bank .
Urdal, Henrik, 2008. 'Urban Social Disorder in Asia and Africa: Report on a New Dataset', PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.
Brunborg, Helge; Ewa Tabeau & Henrik Urdal, eds, 2006. The Demography of Armed Conflict. Berlin: Springer.
Urdal, Henrik, 2004. 'The Devil in the Demographics: The Effect of Youth Bulges on Domestic Armed Conflict, 1950-2000', Social Development Papers. Washington, DC: Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit, World Bank (23 pages).
Knudsen, Are; Nils Petter Gleditsch & Henrik Urdal, 2003. 'Conflict and Development: Framework for a Proposed Research Area'. Bergen & Oslo: report prepared by CMI & PRIO to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: 19.
Articles
Gleditsch, Nils Petter & Henrik Urdal, 2009. 'Svar til Neumann' [Reply to Neumann], Internasjonal Politikk 67(2): 309.
Buhaug, Halvard; Scott Gates, Håvard Hegre, Håvard Strand & Henrik Urdal, 2009. 'Nils Petter Gleditsch: A Lifetime Achiever', European Political Science 8(1): 79–89.
Gleditsch, Nils Petter & Henrik Urdal, 2008. 'Om topptidsskrifter i internasjonal politikk' [On Top Journals in International Relations], Internasjonal Politikk 66(4): 699–701.
Urdal, Henrik, 2008. 'Population, Resources and Violent Conflict: A Sub-National Study of India 1956–2002', Journal of Conflict Resolution 52(4): 590–617.
Raleigh, Clionadh & Henrik Urdal, 2007. 'Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Armed Conflict', Political Geography 26(6): 674–694.
Buhaug, Halvard; Clionadh Raleigh & Henrik Urdal, 2007. 'Skaper klimaendring krig?' [Will Climate Change Lead to More War?], Morgenbladet, 1 June.
Urdal, Henrik, 2007. 'The Demographics of Political Violence: Youth Bulges, Insecurity and Conflict' in Lael Brainard & Derek Chollet, eds, Too Poor for Peace? Global Poverty, Conflict and Security in the 21st Century. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press (90–100).
Brunborg, Helge; Ewa Tabeau & Henrik Urdal, 2006. 'Introduction' in The Demography of Armed Conflict. Berlin: Springer (1–16).
Urdal, Henrik, 2006. 'A Clash of Generations? Youth Bulges and Political Violence', International Studies Quarterly 50(3): 607–630.
Urdal, Henrik, 2005. 'Defusing the Population Bomb: Is Security a Rationale for Reducing Global Population Growth?', Environmental Change and Security Program Report(11): 5–11.
Brunborg, Helge & Henrik Urdal, 2005. 'The Demography of Conflict and Violence: An Introduction', Journal of Peace Research 42(4): 371–374, July.
Urdal, Henrik, 2005. 'People vs. Malthus: Population Pressure, Environmental Degradation, and Armed Conflict Revisited', Journal of Peace Research 42(4): 417–434.
Gleditsch, Nils Petter & Henrik Urdal, 2004. 'Roots of Conflict: Don't Blame Environmental Decay for the Next War', International Herald Tribune, 22 November.
Gleditsch, Nils Petter & Henrik Urdal, 2004. 'Fredspris for treplanting?' [Peace Prize for Tree Planting?], Aftenposten, 17 October.
Urdal, Henrik & Håvard Strand, 2003. 'Verden fredeligere–men ikke Afrika' [The World More Peaceful–But Not Africa], Dagbladet, 15 October.
Brunborg, Helge; Torkild Hovde Lyngstad & Henrik Urdal, 2003. 'Accounting for Genocide: How Many Were Killed in Srebrenica?', European Journal of Population 19(3): 229–248.
Gleditsch, Nils Petter & Henrik Urdal, 2002. 'Ecoviolence? Links Between Population-Growth, Environmental Scarcity and Violent Conflict in Thomas Homer-Dixon's Work', Journal of International Affairs 56(1): 283–302.
Urdal, Henrik, 2001. 'Nasjoner som kategorier. En analyse av folketellingene i Bosnia-Hercegovina' [Nations as categories: An analysis of the population censuses of Bosnia-Hercegovina], Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning 42(4): 571–589.
Other
Buhaug, Halvard & Henrik Urdal, 2009. 'Will Climate Change Lead to more Urban Violence? Urbanization, Urban Environmental Problems, and Social Disorder in Cities', presented at 50th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, New York, NY, 15–18 February.
Urdal, Henrik & Kristian Hoelscher, 2008. 'Urban Youth Bulges and Social Disorder: An Empirical Study of Asian and Sub-Saharan African Cities', presented at Conference on ‘Youth Exclusion and Political Violence: Breaking the Link and Engaging Young People Positively in Development’, Oslo, 4–5 December.
Strand, Håvard & Henrik Urdal, 2008. 'Youth Bulges, Democratic Elections, and Political Instability', presented at 49th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, 26–29 March.
Hegre, Håvard; Håvard Strand & Henrik Urdal, 2008. 'The Future of Armed Conflict: Predicting the Incidence of Conflict, 2007-2030', presented at 49th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, 26–29 March.
Urdal, Henrik & Bilal Barakat, 2008. 'Breaking the Waves? Does Education Mediate the Relationship Between Youth Bulges and Political Violence', presented at 49th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, 26–29 March.
Urdal, Henrik, 2008. 'Demographic Aspects of Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Armed Conflict', presented at Expert Group Meeting on Population Distribution, Urbanization, Internal Migration and Development, The United Nations Population Division, New York, 21–23 January.
Urdal, Henrik & Bo Malmberg, 2009. 'Demography and the Changing Global Geography of Internal Armed Conflict', presented at 50th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, New York, NY, 15–18 February.
Urdal, Henrik & Nils Petter Gleditsch, eds, 2007. Journal of Peace Research 44(5), September.
Urdal, Henrik & Nils Petter Gleditsch, eds, 2007. Journal of Peace Research 44(2), March.
Urdal, Henrik & Nils Petter Gleditsch, eds, 2007. Journal of Peace Research 44(3), May.
Østby, Gudrun & Henrik Urdal, 2007. 'Population Pressure, Inequality and Political Violence: A Disaggregated Study of Indonesian Provinces, 1990–2003', presented at the 48th Annual Metting of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, 28 February – 3 March.
Urdal, Henrik, 2007. 'Demography and Domestic Armed Conflict', Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. Supervisors: Nils Petter Gleditsch & Øystein Kravdal. Defended 10 February.
Raleigh, Clionadh & Henrik Urdal, 2006. 'Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Armed Conflict', presented at the 47th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), San Diego, CA, 22–25 March.
Brunborg, Helge & Henrik Urdal, eds, 2005. Journal of Peace Research 42(4), July. Special issue on Demography of Conflict and Violence.
Raleigh, Clionadh & Henrik Urdal, 2005. 'Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Armed Conflict', presented at the workshop on ‘Human Security and Climate Change’, Oslo, 22–23 June.
Urdal, Henrik & Håvard Strand, 2005. 'Differential Growth, Political Instability and Violent Conflict', presented at the 46th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Honolulu, HI, 1–5 March.
Urdal, Henrik, 2006. 'Population, Resources and Political Violence: A Sub-National Study of India 1956-2002. Previously Presented to the 2004 Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Montreal.', Montreal, 17–20 March.
Urdal, Henrik, 2004. 'Demographic Change, Resource Scarcity and Violent Conflict: The Case of India', presented at the 45th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Montreal, 17–20 March.
Urdal, Henrik, 2003. 'Demography and Domestic Armed Conflict', Department of Political Science, . .
Urdal, Henrik, 2003. 'Borgerkrig: Den "nye" gamle krigen. Erfaringer fra konfliktområder i Afrika' [Civil War: The 'New' Old War. Experiences from Conflict Areas in Africa], presented at Red Cross Humanitarian Forum, Oslo, 30 October.
Urdal, Henrik, 2003. 'People vs Malthus: Population Pressure, Environmental Degradation and Armed Conflict Revisited', presented at 44th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), Portland, 25 February–1 March.
Urdal, Henrik, 2002. 'The Devil in the Demographics: How Neo-Malthusian Population Pressure and Youth Bulges Influence the Risk of Domestic Armed Conflict', MA thesis, University of Oslo, Department of Political Science. .
Urdal, Henrik, 2002. 'The Devil in the Demographics: How Youth Bulges Influence the Risk of Domestic Armed Conflict 1950–2000', New Orleans, 24–27 March, 2002.
Urdal, Henrik, 2001. 'Population Pressure and Domestic Conflict - Assessing the Role of ‘Youth Bulges’ in Conflict Outbreak 1950-2000', Canterbury, U.K, 1 September.
Urdal, Henrik, 2001. 'Population Pressure and Domestic Conflict: Assessing the Role of 'Youth Bulges' in the Onset of Conflict 1950-2000', Canterbury, 1 January.