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Andreas Forø Tollefsen
Researcher
Email: andreas@prio.no
Work Phone:(+47) 22 54 77 84
Mobile Phone:(+47) 930 83 003
Profile
Research
Events
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Research Interest
  • - Spatial data projects for research on armed conflicts and development (PRIO-GRID). Please see: http://www.prio.no/CSCW/Datasets/PRIO-Grid/
  • - Develop an understanding of a local conflict trap mechanism (development - conflict nexus) 
  • - How open-source GIS can be used to support the research of armed conflict

Working Experience

PhD Student, Human Geography, University of Oslo 2011 - Present

Researcher, Centre For The Study of Civil War, PRIO 2010 - Present

Research assistant, Centre For The Study of Civil War, PRIO 2008 - 2010

Teaching assistant in GIS for the department of geography at NTNU, 2008.

Education

M.A. in Geography, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Peace Research Institute, Oslo. 2008 - 2010

B.A. degree in Geography from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2005 - 2008.

 

Awards

Stuart A. Bremer Graduate Travel Award 2009

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Peer-reviewed-Journal-Article

Tollefsen, Andreas Forø;Strand, Håvard; & Buhaug, Halvard (2012) PRIO-GRID: A Unified Spatial Data Structure , Journal of Peace Research 49(2): 363–374.
Buhaug, Halvard;Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede;Holtermann, Helge;Østby, Gudrun; & Tollefsen, Andreas Forø (2011) It’s the Local Economy, Stupid! Geographic Wealth Dispersion and Conflict Outbreak Location , Journal of Conflict Resolution 55(5): 814–840.

Master Thesis

Tollefsen, Andreas Forø (2010) Weights of Evidence Model and Onset of Civil War - Favourability Analysis and Evaluation. MA thesis, Department of Geography, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, .

Conference Paper

Tollefsen, Andreas Forø 2011 Rough Rebels and Tough Terrain: A Local Analysis of Inaccessibility and Civil War, presented at 11th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, , 27–29 June.
Tollefsen, Andreas Forø 2011 PRIO-GRID: A Unified Spatial Data Structure, presented at Workshop: Using Satellite Images in the Analysis of Conflict and Economic Development, , 9 February.
Tollefsen, Andreas Forø 2010 PRIO-GRID: Quadrat Sampling for Conflict Researchers, presented at Bridge over Troubled Water: Bridging Methodological Innovations with Theory Progress on Civil War, , 8 September.
Tollefsen, Andreas Forø 2009 Predictive Probabilistic Modeling of Conflicts, presented at Peace Science Society (International), , 21 November.
Tollefsen, Andreas Forø 2009 Predictive Probabilistic Modeling of Conflicts using Geographical Information Systems, presented at Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, , 29 June.