Jon Elster left PRIO in 2012. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Background
Working experience:
- Research director, Institute for Social Research, Oslo, 1984 to present.
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, since 1988
- Member, Academia Europaea since 1989
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, 1990-92.
- Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy since 1991
- Robert K. Merton Professor of Social Science, Columbia University, 1995 to present.
- Adjunct Professor, Centre for the Study of Civil War, Oslo 2003-2007
Please refer to the full CV for a complete list.
Education:
Mag.art.(philosophy) from the University of Oslo, 1966. Thesis: "Prise de conscience dans la Phénoménologie de l'Esprit de Hegel".
Docteur ès lettres et sciences sociales from the University of Paris V, 1972. Thesis: "Production et reproduction: Essai sur Marx".
PRIO Departments
Historical
PRIO Projects
Finished:
Events
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Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:30-14:30
– What do we know about Civil War?
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18 - 19 Nov 2011
– Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism
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Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:00-19:00
– PRIO Annual Peace Address 2010: Justice, Truth, Peace
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Thu, 10 June 2010
– Emotions and Civil Wars
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15 - 16 Jun 2007
– Law in Peace Negotiations
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Thu, 17 August 2006
– The Role of First Actors in Civil War
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Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:00-17:30
– Workshop on Conflicts and Economics, 14-15 December 2005
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Tue, 18 October 2005
– Transitional Justice and Civil Conflicts Settlements
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Tue, 25 January 2005
– Thucydides and Civil War
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Wed, 18 August 2004
– The Boundaries of Civil Wars
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Tue, 18 November 2003
– Definitions of Civil War and the 'Terrorism-War Dichotmy'
PRIO started tracking events online in 2007. This listing is not complete. Past events may be mentioned in our news archive.
All Publications
Peer-reviewed Journal Article
Monograph
Elster, Jon (2004)
Closing the Books. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Transitional Justice in Historical Perspective.