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Helge Holtermann
PhD Candidate; Managing Editor, Journal of Peace Research
Email: helge@prio.no
Work Phone:(+47) 22 54 77 33
Mobile Phone:(+47) 481 44 649
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My major research interests concern civil war, dynamics of violence, rebel mobilization, and civil-military relations.

I currently work on my PhD project, Economic Development and Civil War Onset: Unpacking the Association. The project seeks to increase our understanding of why poorer countries are more prone to civil war than wealthier ones. Several different approaches are used to identify important causal mechanisms and their links to development-related conditions: a field-work based study of insurgent mobilization and and escalation of violence in Nepal; a mixed-methods study of the spread of insurgency in Nepal; and two global large-N studies looking at the structural determinants of civil war outbreak, one at the country level and the other using a geographically disaggregated design.  

Work experience:
2012 - :        Managing Editor, Journal of Peace Research
2008-2012:  PhD Researcher, CSCW, PRIO
2008-2012:  Book Review Editor, Journal of Peace Research
2008, 2010: Teaching Assistant, University of Oslo, Department of Political Science, MA level
2006:           Teaching Assistant, University of Oslo, Department of Political Science, BA level
2004-2005:  Assistant at the Norwegian Social Science Data Services


Education:
MA in Political Science, University of Oslo, 2007
BA in Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, 2005


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Peer-reviewed-Journal-Article

Holtermann, Helge (2012) Explaining the Development–Civil War Relationship , Conflict Management and Peace Science 29(1): 56–78.
Theisen, Ole Magnus;Holtermann, Helge; & Buhaug, Halvard (2012) Climate Wars? Assessing the Claim that Drought Breeds Conflict , International Security 36(3): 79–106.

Book Chapter

Hegre, Håvard; & Holtermann, Helge(2013) Poverty and Conflict Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States. : Edward Elgar Publishing(39–58).

Popular Article

Holtermann, Helge (2011) Med makta, mot folket, Klassekampen, 24 March.
Holtermann, Helge (2010) Splittet sikkerhet [Divided Security], Dagsavisen, 12 January.

Master Thesis

Holtermann, Helge (2008) Poverty and Civil War: An Assessment of Four Prominent Explanations of the Per Capita Income-Civil War Relationship. MA thesis, Political Science, University of Oslo, .

Conference Paper

Holtermann, Helge 2011 Economic Development and Insurgent Resource Mobilization in Nepal, presented at International Studies Association Annual Convention, Montreal, , 15 March.
Holtermann, Helge 2011 Exploiting State Weakness: Insurgent Mobilization ‘On the Cheap’ in Nepal, presented at Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, , 16 March.
Theisen, Ole Magnus;Holtermann, Helge; & Buhaug, Halvard 2010 Drought, Political Exclusion, and Civil War, presented at International Studies Association Annual Convention, , 17–20 February.
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.
Holtermann, Helge 2008 Poverty and Civil War. An Assessment of Four Prominent Explanations of the Relationship Between Per Capita Income and Civil War, presented at Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, , 2 July.