Master Thesis

2023

Matthaei, Lea Kirsten (2023) Ethics in Peace Negotiations: Roles and Considerations According to Experts. MA thesis, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society.

2022

Einen, Birthe (2022) Does Gender Equality Matter? The Effect Of Gender Equality On Protest Campaign Success. MA thesis, Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Gómez, David Felipe (2022) The Effect of Mass Protest on Attitudes toward Democracy: New Data and Evidence from Colombia. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Hemat, Lise Endregard (2022) 'Just' Research: A Case Study of EU-funded Research with Experimental Artificial Intelligence Technology for Border Control. MA thesis, The Faculty of Law, Norwegian Centre for Human Right (NCHR), University of Oslo, Oslo.
Koning, Jens (2022) Nature as Patronage? Exploring The Effects of Democratization and Support Coalition Identity on Forest Loss. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Williams, Chandler (2022) Airstrike-Only Military Interventions and Their Civilian Consequences. MA thesis, Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.

2021

Aadalen, Malin Nærum (2021) The Effects of Different Types of Sectarian Violence on Trust in State- and Societal Institutions: Evidence from Egypt. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Azba, Natalie (2021) The Illusion of Inclusion: Assessing the Effects and Gendered Implications of Power Sharing. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Fisher, Kelly (2021) Moving Masculinities: Polish Men's Migration Experiences in Oslo. MA thesis, Centre for Gender Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Fuglestvedt, Ludvig Fæhn (2021) Legal advocacy for the human rights of asylum seekers: A strategic analysis. MA thesis, Faculty of Law, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Gilbert, Sofie Marianne (2021) Correlates of Sexual Violence in Protest Spaces: Evidence from the Egyptian Revolution. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Kukleci, Teuta (2021) The "Low Road": Ethnic Division and Bosnian Newspaper Coverage of Landmark Cases of Sexual Violence at the ICTY. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Kwe Moo Kham, Klo (2021) The Quest for Peace in Kawthoolei: The Strategies, Outcomes, and Sustainability of Peacebuilding in Southeast Myanmar, 2012-2020. MA thesis, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Lunde Colleuille, Erlend (2021) An Impossible Balancing Act: France and the Lebanese Civil War, 1975–1982. MA thesis, Department of Archeology, Conservation and History (IAKH), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Nilsen, Amalie (2021) Can Pre-Election Protests Influence Voter Behaviour? The Case of Hong Kong's Anti-ELAB Movement. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Schirmer-Nilsen, Bjørn (2021) Successful Failure: The Intifada and the Shultz Initiative of 1988. MA thesis, Institute of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo, Oslo.

2020

Ahmad, Neven (2020) Brave New World: NATO, the EU and the New Age of Cyberspace. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Anstorp, Henrik Buljo (2020) Students Taking to the Streets: Mobilizing for a Secular Lebanon. MA thesis, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Christophersen, Sara (2020) Embodied possibilities: A study of dance as an artistic, everyday practice in Palestine. MA thesis, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Ghai, Chris (2020) Finding the needle in the haystack: Fine-tuning transformers to classify protest events in a sea of news articles, with Bayesian uncertainty measures. MA thesis, Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Hermansen, Emilie (2020) How a border told became a border controlled: From narratives to material solutions – developments in EU migration control. MA thesis, Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Larsen, Vilde Bergstad (2020) Organization, Repression and the Violent Escalation and De-Escalation of Nonviolent Protest. MA thesis, Institute of Political Science, Department of Social Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Methi, Fredrik (2020) Heating Up the Dry Debate: A Sensitivity Analysis of Drought and Communal Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa (1989–2014). MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Mjelva, Mathilde Bålsrud (2020) Rainfall Variability and Violent, State-Based Conflict: A Machine Learning Approach to Estimate Context Specificity. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.

2019

Arnesen, Petter Kristiansen (2019) Hit ‘em Where It Hurts: Measuring and Testing the Impact of Economic Nonviolent Strategies on Democratization. MA thesis, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Bergen.
Bertelli, Davide (2019) Sense of Belonging and Political Participation: A Qualitative Case Study Connecting Migrants’ Sense of Belonging and Political Participation in Brescia, Italy. MA thesis, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Dyvesether, Natalie M. (2019) The Effects of Internal Armed Conflict on Women’s Labour Rights. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Haug, Jens Kristoffer (2019) Focused Model Selection for Markov Chain Models: With an Application to Armed Conflict Data. MA thesis, Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo.
Jarland, Julie (2019) Courts of Conflict: The Impact of International Criminal Justice in Armed Conflict. MA thesis, Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, The Faculty of Law, University of Oslo.
Landsverk, Peder (2019) Partial Automation of the Data-collection Process. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Nydal, Ole Sevrin (2019) Transit Migration as Opportunity for Rebel Organizations: A Mixed Methods Analysis of the Sahel. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Sagård, Tora (2019) Causes of Ceasefire Failure: A survival analysis, 1989-2017. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Saxegaard, Sverke (2019) The War That Wasn’t: Explaining Relative Peacefulness. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Tjønn, Mathias Hatleskog (2019) The Persistence of Colonialism: A Century of Italo-Libyan Relationships and Its Influence on the Current Mediterranean Migration Regime (1911–2017). MA thesis, Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo, Oslo.

2018

Cadorin, Nina Maureen (2018) A missing Piece in Peace-Building: Police Reforms as Tools to Overcome Commitment Problems in Peace Agreements. MA thesis, Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Riseth, Inga Marie Nymo (2018) Questionable Intentions, Good Practice. Norwegian Aid to Education Influenced by the Objective of Preventing Violent Extremism. MA thesis, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Stapnes, Trude (2018) "The protest was our last and only weapon": A qualititative study of how individuals in Myanmar understand their motives for participating in protest. MA thesis, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Zulaika Arfudi, Intan (2018) Southeast Asia and the Rise of China: a History of Balancing, Bandwagoning and Hedging. MA thesis, Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo, Oslo.

2017

Brekke, Brita (2017) Making Space for Religion: A spatial analysis of the construction of two religious buildings in Oslo. MA thesis, Institute for Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Egge, Sonja-Beate (2017) “God is a GPS for Life”: Negotiating National Belonging and Christianity in Norway. MA thesis, Department of Social Anthropologt, University of Oslo, Oslo.

2016

Al-Jubory, Zubaidah (2016) A Genealogy of Sovereignty. MA thesis, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås.
Cellini, Amanda (2016) Settling resettlement: A normative study of Norway, Sweden and the resettlement of Hungarians in 1956/ 57. MA thesis, University College of Southeast Norway.
Doeland, Elin Martine (2016) From the International to the Local: A qualitative study on how the Women, Peace and Security agenda is adopted in Bosnia and Herzegovina and what norm transformation can mean for social identity constructions. MA thesis, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Kassim Ibrahim, Faiza (2016) Norskhet, Soomaalinimo og forestilte grenser: En studie om unge voksne norsksomalieres hverdagslige samhandlinger i Oslo [Norwegianness, Soomaalinimo and Imagined Borders]. MA thesis, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Mujanic, Alisa (2016) Civilians under the Crossfire: A Comparative Case Study of Patterns of Lethal and Sexual Violence during the War in Bosnia 1992-1995. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.

2015

Finnbakk, Ingebjørg (2015) Community Perceptions Towards Survivors of Sexual Violence: A qualitative study from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Goetz, Stefan (2015) Acoustic Cues of Physical Formidability in Cage Fighters. MA thesis, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
Smidt, Martin (2015) The Trouble with Herding Cats: Country effects on the accuracy of conflict forecasting. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Tellander, Ebba (2015) The Somali Diaspora and Norwegian Foreign Policy. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo.

2014

Belbo, Ragnhild (2014) Petroleum Resources and Internal Armed Conflict. May Countries' Institutional Legacy or Conflict Legacy Condition the Conflict-Inducing Effect of Oil?. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Bugge, Hanna (2014) Non-State Conflicts, Weak State Capacity and Regime Change. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Talleraas, Cathrine (2014) The policy determinants of migration: What is the role of the Senegalese government in shaping patterns of migration from Senegal to Europe?. MA thesis, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Oslo.

2013

Rudolfsen, Ida (2013) State Capacity, Inequality and Inter-group Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo.
Stiansen, Øyvind (2013) Post-Conflict Democracy for Durable Peace. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Talleraas, Cathrine (2013) How to understand the outcomes of migration policy? A study of the readmission agreement between Norway and Ethiopia. MA thesis, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, Oxford.

2012

de Waal, Tessa (2012) Preventing Violent Conflicts: EU Early Warning Initiatives and the Role of Scenario Analysis. MA thesis, Department of Conflicts, Territories and Identities, Radboud University, Nijmegen.
Hjertaker, Ingrid (2012) Regulating Risk A study of Basel II and the Copernican turn to financial regulation. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Lorentzen, Jenny (2012) Hypocrisy and "Friction" in International Organizations: The Case of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000). MA thesis, Noragric, Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet.

2011

Andersen, Lars Even (2011) Globalisation for Dummies. MA thesis, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen.
Stene, Sofie Hove (2011) The Missing Link: Explaining the Absence of War over Water in the Middle East. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Wischnath, Gerdis (2011) Climate Change and Civil War? A Quantitative Approach on Climate Variability and Armed Conflict in Asia. MA thesis, Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

2010

Bergholt, Drago (2010) Natural Disasters, Economic Growth and Armed Conflict. MA thesis, Department of Economics, NTNU.
Hugo, Torbjørn Graff (2010) In a State of Fragmentation : Ethnic Heterogeneity and Civil War. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Nicholson, Joanna (2010) Erdemović: an International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law Perspective. MA thesis, Department of Public Law, University of Oslo, Oslo.
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, Trondheim.
Wang, Jonas Rusten (2010) Regulation of Informal Value Transfer Systems. MA thesis, Political Economy, BI - Norwegian School of Management, Oslo.

2009

Aas, Maria Bergram (2009) Terror as Grounds for Exclusion from Refugee Status : The Potential Impact on Refugee Law of a UN Draft Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism. MA thesis, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Ezzati, Rojan Tordhol (2009) "Er du moderat, islamist eller terrorist?" Identitetsarbeid blant unge nordmenn med muslimsk bakgrunn i kjølvannet av 11. september 2001. MA thesis, Institutt for sosiologi og samfunnsgeografi, Universitetet i Oslo, Oslo.
Gomsrud, Lars Seland (2009) Market Capitalism and Interstate War. Limits to Universality in International Relations. MA thesis, Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), .
Krampe, Florian (2009) Changing Identity - Belligerents Transformation towards Reconciliation. An explorative study on Zimbabwe and South Africa. MA thesis, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, .
Lohne, Kjersti (2009) Universalising Justice: An inquiry into discourse on international criminal justice for Northern Uganda. MA thesis, Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Paasche, Erlend (2009) From Context of Flight to Characteristics of Exile : Iraqi refugees and Syrian security. MA thesis, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Stigum, Marielle (2009) Media Discourse and the Migrant : Constructing Migrant Legality and Illegality in France. MA thesis, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Tiller, Stian Johansen (2009) Defending the UN Agenda: The Peace Effort of the Palestine Conciliation Commission, 1949-1951. MA thesis, Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History (IAKH), University of Oslo, .
Vermeij, Lotte (2009) Children of Rebellion : Socialization of Child Soldiers within the Lord's Resistance Army. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Viken, Harald (2009) Tackling a Troubled Past : A qualitative investigation of teachers' and students' views on dealing with the Troubles in Northern Irish Year 10 history education. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.

2008

Alte, Maria Indiana (2008) The Framing of a Social Movement: Actors' Perspectives on Joining, Leaving and Refraining from Membership in the Naxalite Movement in South India. MA thesis, Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Fadnes, Ellen (2008) Between Promise and Fulfilment: An Assessment of the Discrepancies Between Colombia's Legal Framework on Internal Displacement and the Realization of Rights. MA thesis, Department of Geography, Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU, Trondheim.
Glebova, Ksenia (2008) Media Securitization of Migration: Constructing Bangladeshi Migration to Assam as a Security Threat to Assamese Identity. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, World Politics, University of Helsinki, Finland, Helsinki.
Hernández-Carretero, María (2008) Risk-taking in Unauthorised Migration. MA thesis, Centre for Peace Studies, University of Tromsø.
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.
Jensehaugen, Jørgen (2008) Friendship Reanimated: The Israeli-Transjordanian Armistice Negotiations 1948–49. MA thesis, Department of Archaeology, Conservation, and History, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Johansen, Amund (2008) Promoting Democracy in the Neighborhood: The European Neighborhood Policy and Moldova. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, .
Naser, Seyed Jamil (2008) Power Sharing for Afghanistan, The Imperative of Inter-Ethnic Dialogue. MA thesis, Department of Sociology & Political Science, NTNU, Trondheim, .

2007

Gahre, Christian (2007) Staging the Lebanese Nation: Urban Public Space and Political Mobilisation in the Aftermath of Hariri’s Assassination. MA thesis, Centre for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, American University in Beirut (AUB), Beirut.
Jacobsen, Elida K. U. (2007) Norwegian Media Discourse and the Middle-Eastern ‘Other’: Identity and Security. MA thesis, Peace, Conflict & Development Studies, Universitat Jaume I de Castelló (UJI), Castelló, Spain.
Jacobsen, Elida K. U. (2007) Norwegian Media Discourses and the Middle-Eastern Other. Identity and Security. MA thesis, Universitat Jaume 1, Castellón: Universitat Jaume 1.
Jacobsen, Elida Kristine Undrum (2007) Norwegian Media Discourses and the Middle-Eastern Other. Identity and Security.Universitat Jaume 1, .
Lothe, Elisabeth (2007) Ending Ethnic Conflict: Can Institutional Power Contribute to Sustaining Peace in Burundi?. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Sandbæk, Miriam Latif (2007) “Everybody Wants To Go Abroad”: An Ethnographic Analysis of Migration Motivations in Morocco. MA thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen (KU), Copenhagen.
Solem, Elin (2007) Greed and Grievance in the Civil War in the Balkans. MA thesis, NTNU, Trondheim.
Strømmen, Kjersti (2007) Igniting Identity: The Rape that Shook Okinawa. MA thesis, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen (UiB), Bergen.

2006

Dupuy, Kendra (2006) The Challenges of Access: Reintegrating Repatriated Refugee and Returned Internally Displaced Children into the Formal School System in Sierra Leone. MA thesis, Institute for Educational Research, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Falch, Åshild (2006) Durable Peace Following Civil War? Testing the Importance of International Security Guarantees And Institutional Settlement Arrangements. MA thesis, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Bergen.
Hammerlin, Joakim (2006) Terrorism: What Is It and Can it (Ever) Be Morally Justified?. MA thesis, Department of Philosophy, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Holden, Kathrine (2006) The Stability of Political Regimes - Assessing the Importance of Ethnic Groups’ Access to Power. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, Univesity of Oslo, Oslo.
Johannesen, Christine Fjeldstad (2006) Attitudes Towards Political Violence: The Case of Northern Ireland. MA thesis, Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU, Trondheim.
Killicoat, Phillip (2006) Weaponomics: The Economics of Small Arms. MA thesis, Department of Economics, Oxford University, UK, Oxford.
Lee, Stephanie Therese (2006) Diaspora Efficacy in Homeland Conflicts: Interpreting the Tamil Diaspora's Inaction on the Child Soldier Issue. MA thesis, Department of International Relations, Astralian National University, Canberra.
Lidén, Kristoffer (2006) Whose Peace? Which Peace? On the Political Architecture of Liberal Peacebuilding. MA thesis, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Pedersen, Malin (2006) Explaining Prejudice in South Afrifca. MA thesis, NTNU.
Theisen, Ole Magnus (2006) Renewable Resource Scarcity and Internal Armed Conflict: A Quantitative Reassessment. MA thesis, NTNU.
Wallacher, Hilde (2006) Human Rights Norms in Arms Export Controls - Exploring the Process of Norm Implementation in Norwegian Arms Export Regulations. MA thesis, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Wilhelmsen, Lars (2006) A Democratic Peace Revisited - Measuring Democracy in International Relations. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.

2005

Beitland, Turid (2005) Lethal Religions: Communal Violence in India–The Case of Gujarat. MA thesis, Thesis for the MA degree, Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU & PRIO/CSCW, Trondheim.
Haug, Rachel Gjelsvik (2005) Political Violence and Conflict Resolution in Belgium - A Success Story?. MA thesis, Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU, Trondheim.
Lorentzen, Anna Vibeke (2005) Constructed Identities and Violence in the Basque Conflict. MA thesis, Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU, Trondheim.
Mouhleb, Naima (2005) Language and Conflict: Kabylia and the Algerian State. MA thesis, Supervisors: Gunvor Mejdell, UiO; Åshild Kolås, PRIO/CSCW, Program for African and Asian Studies, Institute for Culture Studies & Oriental Languages, University of Oslo & Centre for the Study of Civil War, Oslo.
Nome, Martin Austvoll (2005) Transnational Ethnic Dimensions of Third-Party Interventions in Civil Conflicts. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Rustad, Siri Aas (2005) Forest Resources and Conflict: How Forest Resources Influence Internal Armed Conflicts. MA thesis, Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU, Oslo & Trondheim.

2004

Christiansen, Lene Siljeholm (2004) Democracy and Intervention. MA thesis, Supervisors: Nils Petter Gleditsch, NTNU and PRIO (completed and defended August 2004), NTNU, Trondheim.
Langvandslien, Martin (2004) Promising Restraint: The Carter Administration's Arms Transfers Policy. MA thesis, Supervisors: Olav Njølstad, UiO; Stein Tønnesson, PRIO (completed March 2004, and defended in May), University of Oslo, Oslo.
Nordås, Ragnhild (2004) State Religiosity and Civil War: Does Religious Heterogeneity and the Role of Religion in States Influence the Risk of Intrastate Armed Conflict?. MA thesis, Supervisors: Tanja Ellingsen, NTNU; Nils Petter Gleditsch, PRIO (defended 13 April), Thesis for the MA degree, Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU, Trondheim.
Nordås, Ragnhild (2004) State Religiosity and Civil War: How Religious Heterogeneity and the Degree of Separation Between Religion and State Influence the Risk of Intrastate Armed Conflict. MA thesis, Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim.
Stensrud, Ellen (2004) Mixed Courts: The Cambodian Case. The UN Involvement and the Prospects for a Fair Trial in Cambodia. MA thesis, Supervisors: Bernt Hagtvet, UiO; Stein Tønnesson, PRIO (completed December 2004, and defended January 2005).
Tellnes, Jostein F. (2004) Fair Divisions to the Issue of Oil in Sudan. MA thesis, Supervisors: Bernt Hagtvet & Endre Stiansen, UiO; Scott Gates, PRIO/CSCW (defended on 2 December and received a B).
Uchermann, Jonas Aga (2004) Transformation of policy areas within the CFSP : a case study on the EU code of conduct on arms transfers. MA thesis, Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.

2003

Beitland, Turid (2003) Lethal Religions: Communal Violence in India - The Case of Gujarat. MA thesis, NTNU.
Frydenlund, Iselin (2003) Kataragama in a Time of National Crisis. Diversity and Exclusion in a sacred Place in Sri Lanka. MA thesis, Supervisors: Per Kværne, UiO; Henrik Syse, PRIO (completed September 2003), University of Oslo, Oslo.
Hovdenak, Are (2003) Negotiating Palestine Refugees: A Question of Legitimacy. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Høydal, Pål (2003) The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in a Russian Perspective: The Corner Stone of Arms Control. MA thesis, Department of History, University of Bergen, Bergen.
Lende, Gina (2003) A Quest for Justice: Palestinian Christians and their Contextual Theology. MA thesis, Supervisors: Kari Vogt, UiO; Gregory Reichberg, PRIO (submitted December 2003 and will be defended in January 2004), University of Oslo, Oslo.
Ormhaug, Christin Marsh (2003) Imports of small arms by Latin American countries. MA thesis, Supervisors: Nils Petter Gleditsch, PRIO, Pål Meland, UiO (completed 15 September 2003), University of Oslo, Oslo.
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, Trondheim.
Owen, Taylor (2003) Measuring Human Security: A New View of Cambodian Vulnerability. MA thesis, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Sørli, Mirjam E. (2003) Resources, Regimes and Rebellion: Empirically Assessing the Causes of Civil War. MA thesis, Supervisors: Nils Petter Gleditsch, PRIO; Øystein Noreng, University of Oslo (defended in January, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Thurin, Anne (2003) The Politics of the Conflict in Ivory Coast. MA thesis, (completed September 2003).

2002

Grung, Micheline Egge (2002) Conflicting Duties of International Law and NATO Membership: a normative analysis of a parliamentary resolution concerning Norwegian Participation in out-of-area operations. MA thesis, Oslo.
Lassen, Siri (2002) Getting the Guns Out of Politics: Decommissioning of the IRA. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Røislien, Hanne Eggen (2002) Obligations of a Sacred Place: An Analysis of How the Jewish Community of Hebron Legitimises its Disputed Presence. MA thesis, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Skåra, Bernt (2002) Mapping the Impact of Landmines : The Integration of Socio-Economic Indicators within the National Landmine Impact Survey in Mozambique. MA thesis, Depatrment of Human Geography, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Taksdal, Merete (2002) In a prison without walls: living with landmines in Cambodia: direct and indirect implications for public health. MA thesis, Göteborg.
Thurin, Anne (2002) Cooperative Security in the Baltic Sea Region. MA thesis, (completed July 2002).
Urdal, Henrik (2002) The Devil in the Demographics: How Neo-Malthusian Population Pressure and Youth Bulges Influence the Risk of Domestic Armed Conflict. MA thesis, MA thesis, University of Oslo, Department of Political Science, Oslo.

2001

Barth, Elise Fredrikke (2001) Female Fighters in Eritrea: A Study of Soldiers and Socialization. MA thesis, Høgskolen i Oslo, Oslo.
Carling, Jørgen (2001) Aspiration and ability in international migration: Cape Verdean experiences of mobility and immobility. MA thesis, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Zahedi, Leila Berge (2001) Mission Impossible? Peacekeeping and Peacemaking in Cyprus. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.

2000

Holte, Mats Ruge (2000) A Life After Threat : changing conceptions of security within the North Atlantic Alliance. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Larsen, Jostein (2000) Conflicting Memories : how narratives in the TRC arena challenge relations between past and present in South Afric. MA thesis, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Varvin, Hilde (2000) Memory of Silence: A Step towards Nationhood?. MA thesis, Institute for Sociology and Political Science, NTNU, Trondheim.

1999

Fjeld, Heidi Elisabeth (1999) Commoners and Nobles: the persistence of hereditary social divisions in Lhasa under communist rules. MA thesis, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Hegre, Håvard (1999) The Limits of the Liberal Peace. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Tolleshaug, Berit (1999) A Greek Tragedy: Fridtjof Nansen's Role as High Commissioner for Greek Refugees 1922-24. MA thesis, Department of History, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Wiggen, Oddny (1999) Should there be a Right to Secession in International Law? : moral arguments and international law. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.

1998

Salvesen, Hilde (1998) A Farewell to Arms? : a comparative study of the demilitarisation in El Salvador and Guatemala. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.

1996

Dale, Geir (1996) National Identity and Conflict in Estonia and Moldova. A Theoretical and Empirical Re-Cognition of National Identity and Conflict in Post-Soviet Nations-States. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.

1995

Haugom, Lars (1995) The Different Condition of Political Islam in Egypt and Turkey. MA thesis, Oslo.

1991

Paulsen, Arve (1991) Approaches to Military Stability in the Northern Waters. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.

1982

Aasen, Berit (1982) Somalia: Nomader, stat og sosialisme [Somalia: Nomads, State and Socialism]. MA thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Barth, Magne (1982) The military integration. The case of Norway and West Germany. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.

1980

Heiberg, Turid (1980) The Tourist Connection - a Study of Mass Tourism. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Mathisen, Vigdis (1980) Turisme - internasjonal forståelse eller kulturpåvirkning? [Tourism - International Understanding or Cultural Influence?]. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Tromsø, Tromsø.

1979

Backer, Berit (1979) Behind the stone walls: changing household organization among the Albanians in Yugoslavia. MA thesis, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Dalen, Marit (1979) U-landa sett frå Norge. Intervjuundersøking av holdningar til u-hjelp og underutvikling [Developing countries in Norwegian public opinion. A survey on attitudes to development aid and underdevelopment]. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Halvorsen, Arne (1979) Amerikansk-finansiert militærforskning i Norge [US financed military research in Norway]. MA thesis, Department of History, University of Oslo, Oslo.

1977

Bye, Vegard (1977) Nasjonalisering av oljevirksomheten i Venezuela. En studie av endringer i avhengighetsstruktur [Nationalization of Oil Activities in Venezuela. A Study of Changes in Dependence Structure]. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Løvbræk, Asbjørn (1977) State Interventionism, Industrial Growth and Planning in Iran. MA thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Oslo, Oslo.

1976

Forbord, Atle (1976) Norge og F-16. En studie av en forsvarspolitisk beslutningsprosess [Norway and F-16. A Study of a Defense Political Decision-making Process]. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Halvorsen, Kjell H. (1976) Koloniarbeid og fremmedarbeid: En analyse av proletariseringen av algeriske bønder [Colonial Work and Migrant Work: An Analysis of the Proletarization of Algerian Farmers]. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.

1975

Skjønsberg, Else (1975) ​Kjønn og kaste: en landsbystudie fra Sri Lanka [Gender and Caste: a Village Study from Sri Lanka]. MA thesis, Department of Sociology, Univeristy of Oslo, Oslo.

1974

Jørgensen, Rune D. (1974) Sosial mobilisering og den katolske kirke i Argentina 1966-71 [Social Mobilization and the Catholic Church in Argentina 1966-71]. MA thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Naustdalslid, Jon (1974) Interessedimensjonar i norsk distriktsutbygging. Bidrag til eit kritisk perspektiv på norsk distriktutbygging i etterkrigstida [Interest Dimensions in Regional Development in Norway. Contributions to a Critical Perspective on Norwegian Regional Development in the Post-war Period]. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Sjaastad, Torill Oftedal (1974) Usynlige imperier - myte eller virkelighet? [Invisible Empires - Myth or Reality?]. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.

1973

Ringdal, Kristen (1973) Sentrum og periferi i EF-opinionen - en analyse av meningsmålinger om EF-saken [Center and Periphery in the EEC Opinion - an Analysis of Opinion Surveys on the EEC Issue in Norwegian Opinion]. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.

1972

Holthe, Ole Kristian (1972) Domination externe et dévéloppement périphérique: le cas du Senegal [External Domination and Peripheral Development: the Case of Senegal]. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Kielland, Christian Boe (1972) The Role of Limited-membership Committees in the United Nations General Assembly. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Nyberg, Tormod (1972) Interstate Structure and Interstate Interaction: A Case Study of the Arab States. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Ringen, Stein (1972) The United Nations Between Rich and Poor Countries. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Ruge, Mari Holmboe (1972) Decision-makers as Human Beings: An Analysis of Perception and Behavior in a Cross-cultural Simulation Experiment. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.

1971

Bøyesen, Bjørn (1971) Tillit og samarbeid. Pasifisme i et spill med blandede interesser [Trust and Cooperation. Pacifism in a Game with Mixed Interests]. MA thesis, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Lodgaard, Sverre (1971) Interaction and Integration in the East-West International System. Some System Characteristics Perspectives. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Tornes, Kristin (1971) Human Resources and Socio-economic Development. The Case of Venezuela. MA thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Oslo, Oslo.

1970

Kvadsheim, Reidar (1970) The Diplomatic Network. Uncertainty and Dependence in the International System. MA thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Sande, Øystein (1970) Ressurser, aktivitet, optimisme og utenrikspolitiske holdninger. En sekundæranalyse av PRIOs tre-nasjonsundersøkelse i 1964 [Resources, Activity, Optimism and Foreign Policy Attitudes. A Secondary Analysis of PRIO's 1964 Three-nation Public Opinion Study]. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Skjelsbæk, Kjell (1970) Peace and the Systems of International Organizations. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.

1969

Høivik, Tord (1969) Parameters of Graph Structure. MA thesis, Department of Statistics, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Sørensen, Geir Moe (1969) En analyse av Burenstam-Linders handelsteori [Analysis of the Burenstam-Linder's Theory of Trade]. MA thesis, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, Oslo.

1968

Gleditsch, Nils Petter (1968) The Structure of the International Airline Network. MA thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Hellevik, Ottar (1968) Rolledifferensiering innenfor en politisk elite [Differentiation of Roles Within a Political Elite]. MA thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Hveem, Helge (1968) Fakta og verdier i utenrikspolitikken [Facts and Values in the Foreign Politics]. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Koritzinsky, Theo (1968) Velgere, partier og utenrikspolitikk. En analyse av norske holdninger 1945-70 [Voters, Parties and Foreign Policy - An Analysis of Norwegian Attitudes 1945-70]. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.

1967

Fossum, Egil (1967) The Military in Latin American Politics. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Jacobsen, Kurt H. (1967) The Nordic Countries in Latin American Politics. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Reinton, Per Olav (1967) Patterns of Latin American Interaction. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.