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Gudrun Østby
Senior Researcher, CSCW; Deputy Editor, Journal of Peace Research
Email: gudrun@prio.no
Work Phone:+47 22 54 77 88
Mobile Phone:+47 98 67 15 43
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'Security Implications of Climate Change', project funded by the Research Council of Norway (2009-2012).

'Political Institutions and Armed Conflict': http://www.prio.no/CSCW/Research-and-Publications/Project/?oid=2915876

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Languages spoken:

Norwegian, English, Spanish, some French and Kiswahili

 

Working experience:

 

2010-: Senior Researcher, Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO.

 

2010-: Associate Editor, Journal of Peace Research.

 

2006: Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security (CRISE), University of Oxford.

2005: Book Review Editor Journal of Peace Research.

2005-2010: Phd Candidate/Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
(maternity leave April-December, 2006 and September 2008-May 2009).

2005-2010: Researcher (part-time), Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO.

2004: Research Assistant, Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO.

2003-2004: Norwegian Red Cross Youth Delegate to Kenya Red Cross Society.

 

Education:

PhD, Political Science, University of Oslo, 2011.

Cand. Polit (equiv. MA), Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 2003.

Cand.Mag (equiv. to B.A), NTNU and Universidad de Granada (Spain), 2001 in the areas of Political Science, English, Media Science and Psychology.

 
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Peer-reviewed-Journal-Article

Østby, Gudrun;Urdal, Henrik;Tadjoeddin, Zulfan;Murshed, S. Mansoob; & Strand, Håvard (2011) Population Pressure, Horizontal Inequalities and Political Violence: A Disaggregated Study of Indonesian Provinces, 1990-2003 , Journal of Development Studies 47(3): 377–398.
Østby, Gudrun; & Urdal, Henrik (2010) Education and Civil Conflict: A Review of the Quantitative, Empirical Literature .
Achvarina, Vera;Nordås, Ragnhild;Østby, Gudrun; & Rustad, Siri Aas (2009) Armut und die Rekrutierung von Kindersoldaten: Neue Evidenz aus einer disaggregierten Analyse der afrikanischen Regionen [Poverty and Child Soldier Recruitment: A Disaggregated Study of African Regions] , Politische Vierteljahresschrift Sonderhefte 43386–413.
Hegre, Håvard;Østby, Gudrun;Raleigh, Clionadh;Østby, Gudrun;Raleigh, Clionadh; & Hegre, Håvard (2009) Poverty and Civil War Events: A Disaggregated Study of Liberia , Journal of Conflict Resolution 53(4): 298–623.
Østby, Gudrun;Nordås, Ragnhild;Rød, Jan Ketil;Østby, Gudrun;Nordås, Ragnhild; & Rød, Jan Ketil (2009) Regional Inequalities and Civil Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa , International Studies Quarterly 53(2): 301–324.
Østby, Gudrun;Nordås, Ragnhild; & Rød, Jan Ketil (2009) Regional Inequalities and Civil Conflict in 21 Sub-Saharan African Countries , International Studies Quarterly 53(2): 301–324.
Østby, Gudrun (2008) Polarization, Horizontal Inequalities and Violent Civil Conflict , Journal of Peace Research 45(2): 143–162.

Book Chapter

Fjelde, Hanne; & Østby, Gudrun(2010) Economic Inequality and Non-state Conflicts in Africa : .
Fjelde, Hanne; & Østby, Gudrun(2010) Economic Inequality and Non-state Conflicts in Africa : .
Østby, Gudrun(2008) Horizontal Inequalities, Political Environment and Civil Conflict: Evidence From 55 Developing Countries Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict: Understanding Group Violence In Multiethnic Societies. : (136–157).
Østby, Gudrun(2005) Horizontal Inequalities and Civil Conflict : .
Østby, Gudrun(2005) Horizontal Inequalities and Civil Conflict : .
Østby, Gudrun(2005) Horizontal Inequalities and Civil Conflict : .
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Daa, Mattis;Sivertsen, Birgitte;Knutsen, Torbjørn L.;Fjellstad, Christian; & Østby, Gudrun(2003) Jihad – en idéhistorie [Jihad – a History of Ideas] Blodspor : Om Bakgrunnen Til 11. September. : .

Phd Thesis

Østby, Gudrun (2011) Horizontal Inequalities and Political Violence. PhD thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, .

Master Thesis

Østby, Gudrun (2003) Horizontal Inequality and Civil War [Do Ethnic Group Inequalities Influence the Risk of Domestic Armed Conflict?]. MA thesis, Supervisors: Tanja Ellingsen, NTNU; Nils Petter Gleditsch, PRIO (completed 15 August, defended 5 September), NTNU, .

Conference Paper

Østby, Gudrun; & Østby, Gudrun 2011 Economic Inequality and Inter-group Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990-2008, presented at Inequality, Grievances and Civil War, , 10 November.
Østby, Gudrun 2010 Regional Inequalities and Civil Conflict in Africa: The Influence of Political Institutions and Leadership, presented at Territorial Origins of African Civil Conflicts, , 29–30 January 2010.
Buhaug, Halvard;Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede;Holtermann, Helge; & Østby, Gudrun 2009 Poverty, Inequality, and Conflict: Using Within-Country Variation to Evaluate Competing Hypotheses, presented at 50th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, , 15–18 February.
Buhaug, Halvard;Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede;Holtermann, Helge; & Østby, Gudrun 2008 Poverty, Inequality, and Conflict: Using Within-Country Variation to Evaluate Competing Hypotheses, presented at Peace Science Society (International), , 24 October.
Østby, Gudrun; & de Soysa, Indra 2008 Too Weak to Fight? Horizontal Inequality and State Repression, 1980–2004, presented at 49th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, , 26–29 March.
Achvarina, Vera;Nordås, Ragnhild;Østby, Gudrun; & Rustad, Siri Aas 2008 Regional Welfare and Child Soldier Recruitment : A Disaggregated Study of African Regions, presented at Authors' Conference, PVS-Special Issue 2009, , 22–23 February.
Østby, Gudrun;Urdal, Henrik; & Murshed, Mansoob 2007 Population Pressure, Inequality and Political Violence: A Disaggregated Study of Indonesian Provinces, 1990-2003, presented at Polarization and Conflict Meeting, , 10–12 December.
Østby, Gudrun;Hegre, Håvard; & Raleigh, Clionadh 2007 Economic Deprivation and Civil War Events: A Disaggregated Study of Liberia, presented at Polarization and Conflict Meeting, , 7–9 June.
Urdal, Henrik; & Østby, Gudrun 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, , 28 February – 3 March.
Rustad, Siri Aas;Østby, Gudrun;Nordås, Ragnhild; & Achvarina, Vera 2007 Regional Poverty and Child Soldier Recruitment: A Disaggregated Study of Sub-National African Regions, 1990–2004, presented at the 48th Annual Metting of the International Studies Association, , 28 February–3 March.
Raleigh, Clionadh;Østby, Gudrun; & Hegre, Håvard 2007 Economic Deprivation and Civil War Events: A Disaggregated Study of Liberia, presented at the 48th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, , 28 February–3 March.
Østby, Gudrun;Nordås, Ragnhild; & Rød, Jan Ketil 2006 Regional Inequalities and Civil Conflict in 21 Sub-Saharan Countries, 1986-2004, presented at the workshop on Polarization and Conflict (PAC), , 26–29 April.
Østby, Gudrun;Nordås, Ragnhild; & Rød, Jan Ketil 2006 Regional Inequalities and Civil Conflict in 21 Sub-Saharan Countries, 1986-2004, presented at the 47th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), , 22–25 March.
Østby, Gudrun 2005 Inequality, Institutions, and Instability: Horizontal Inequalities, Political Institutions, and Civil Conflict in Developing Countries 1986–2003, presented at the 1st PIDDCP (Political Institutions, Development and a Domestic Civil Peace), , 10–12 November.
Østby, Gudrun 2005 Disaggregated Inequalities and Conflict in Developing Countries, presented at the Polarization and Conflict (PAC) Summer Meeting, , 2–5 June.
Østby, Gudrun 2005 Horizontal Inequalities and Civil Conflict, presented at the 46th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, , 1–5 March .
Østby, Gudrun 2004 Do Horizontal Inequalities Matter for Civil Conflict?, presented at Polarization and Conflict (PAC) Winter Meeting, , 10–11 December.

PRIO Policy Brief

Østby, Gudrun; & Urdal, Henrik (2011) Education and Conflict: What the Evidence Says 2. : PRIO.