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Anita Schjølset

Senior Researcher

Languages spoken:

Norwegian, English, and (German)

Education:

2008, Ph.D. Degree from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles. The title of the Ph.D. dissertation is ‘Institutional Variance of the Democratic Peace, 1816-2002: Electoral, Executive, and Federal Systems in Time and Space.’

1996, Cand. Polit. Degree from the University of Trondheim (NTNU) with a Master’s degree in Political Science. The title of the Master’s thesis was ‘Are Some Democracies More Peaceful Than Others? A Suggestion for Extending the Democratic Peace Perspective.’

1994, Cand. Mag. Degree from the University of Trondheim (NTNU) and the University of Bergen (UIB) with the following subjects: German language and literature, comparative politics, political science, and statistics.

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Books and reports
Schjølset, Anita, 2010. 'NATO and the Women: Exploring the Gender Gap in the Armed Forces', PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.
Gleditsch, Nils Petter; Jennifer L. Bailey, Monica Jacobsen, Ragnhild Hustad Miller & Anita Schjølset, 1998. Det nye sikkerhetsbildet. Mot en demokratisk og fredelig verden?. Trondheim: Tapir.
Articles
Schjølset, Anita, 2010. 'Closing the Gender Gap in the Armed Forces: The Varying Success of Recruitment and Retention Strategies in NATO', PRIO Policy Brief 4, Oslo: PRIO.
Schjølset, Anita, 2009. 'Alarmerende Holdninger' [Problematic Attitudes], Klassekampen, 19 October.
Schjølset, Anita, 1998. 'Er noen demokratier fredeligere enn andre?', Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift 14(1): 67–90.
Other
Schjølset, Anita, 2010. 'The Gender Gap in the Armed Forces: Exploring Female Representation Across NATO Countries', presented at International Studies Association (ISA), New Orleans, LA, 18 February.
Schjølset, Anita, 2009. 'Electoral, Executive, and Federal Institutions, 1816-2002: A New Dataset, with Examples from the Monadic Peace', presented at International Studies Association, New York, NY, 16 February.
Schjølset, Anita, 2008. 'Institutional Variance of the Democratic Peace, 1816-2002: Electoral, Executive, and Federal Systems in Time and Space', International Relations, University of Southern California. Defended 13 May.
Schjølset, Anita, 2001. 'The Decision to Go To War: Developing the Democratic Peace Argument through a Foreign Policy Framework', Paper presented at the International Studies Association (ISA) meeting in Chicago. A revised version of the paper was presented at the Center for International Studies, USC, March., December.