Professor of political science at University of Bergen. Former humanitarian worker with @MSF. PI of ERC project https://xitter.cf/t.co/BiU4Ub8G5w.
Bergen, Norwegen
Joined November 2017
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At elite universities, 1/5 of students are registered as "disabled." (Fits my experience: accommodating students who claim extra time or special rooms for exams is a routine part of teaching. I meet in my office with charming, voluble, successful students who slip in, "I'm autistic." theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
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Did slavery facilitate Europe's early rise to riches? Steve Redding @ReddingEcon, Stephan Heblich, and I focus on the single biggest slave-trading nation, Britain, and revisit the famous "Williams hypothesis". We combine theory and geographically disaggregated data to show
In our survey, @BreslawskiJori and I examine Israeli perceptions of the humanitarian situation in Gaza—and reveal a striking gap between what Israelis believe and what is reported by reputable sources.
theconversation.com/israelis…
#Gaza #Israel #HumanitarianAid
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Can facts ever change minds on immigration? I was skeptical—until working with @MichelLandgrave changed my own mind.
Our new paper shows most Americans underestimate how difficult the US legal immigration process is. Sharing facts about policy makes people more pro-immigration.
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From our new issue: "Legacies of Wartime Sexual Violence: Survivors, Psychological
Harms, and Mobilization" by Summer Lindsey (@SummerELindsey) and Carlo Koos (@CarloKoos). #APSRNewIssue cambridge.org/core/journals/…
This is a wonderful and rare opportunity for a postdoc. Ragnhild is a terrific scholar and leader in the field of gender & politics
Apply! Vacant position 👉🏼 2 yrs (100%) survey methods and gender representation, University of Bergen.
My ERC project on political career, gender dynamics and political inclusion. Great team, exciting opportunities.
@GENDERSUCCESS
@ERC_Research
jobbnorge.no/en/available-jo…
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Please consider applying for a summer RA position in Mozambique. Project with @fulviabudillon and @walcottgray on traditional medicine. Must speak Portuguese. Job info: povertyactionlab.org/careers… Send materials to [email protected] and [email protected]. Thank you! @econ_ra
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Since when do universities review the slides of their speakers and cancel the night before? More details needed than offered in this story but I don’t care what the slides say—NYU should not police or censor invited speakers.
Absolutely fucking crazy. "The former international head of Doctors Without Borders says she was left “stunned” after New York University canceled her presentation because some of her slides discussing cuts at USAID could be viewed as “anti-governmental." theguardian.com/us-news/2025…
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EuroWEPS 11 is here! We'll meet in Bergen on May 16 to discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is March 30.
Great to see this excellent paper published
#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere -
Does Hard Propaganda (Also) Work in Democracies? Evidence from the United States - cup.org/4hm7h8d
- @philutsc & @karstendonnay
#FirstView
I am part of a EU Horizon-funded project on climate resilience. We seek a data collection partner in Madagascar for an RCT: three survey waves, 200 villages, 3,600 households in each wave. More details and the terms of reference are available here: cmi.no/news/3405-contractor-…
PhD opportunity with excellent scholars as supervisors!
Do apply and /or circulate this PhD position which also lets you be part of a EU project with partners in Denmark, Brazil, Belgium and Norway. The student will be based @AshokaUniv and affiliated to @cmi_no! 5-6 yrs if guaranteed funding
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Apply to our MA program Politics and Governance of Global Challenges at @UiB_Gov! You will learn about the governance of worldwide issues that affects us all. Application still open for EU/EEA citizens deadline 1 March 2025/Nordic citizens 15 April 2025 www4.uib.no/en/programmes/po…
Kindly help sharing this call for young scholars working on conflict: @CRS_INFO, @apvjustino, @_alice_evans, @SummerELindsey, @AnniMenzel, @cmpseditors, @NEPS01 , @europsa, @ECPR, @BJPolS, @apsrjournal, @AJPS_Editor, @JPR_journal, @isanet
Are you an early-career social scientist exploring the impacts of conflict, insecurity, or war? Apply to the WarEffects Global Fellows Network:
✨ Research grants
✨ Workshop opportunities
✨ Publication support
📅 Deadline: 7 Feb 25
🔗 Apply now: wareffects.eu/get-involved/c…
Are you an early-career social scientist exploring the impacts of conflict, insecurity, or war? Apply to the WarEffects Global Fellows Network:
✨ Research grants
✨ Workshop opportunities
✨ Publication support
📅 Deadline: 7 Feb 25
🔗 Apply now: wareffects.eu/get-involved/c…
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BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”
#NobelPrize
