Helga Malmin Binningsbø

Senior Researcher

Email: helmal@prio.org

Research Interests

Public opinion in postconflict countries
Conflict-related justice processes

Power sharing and postconflict peace

Background

Languages spoken:

Norwegian, English

Working experience:

PhD Candidate, NTNU

Research Assistant, Research Associate and Researcher at CSCW

Education:

2011: PhD in political science, Norwegian University of Science and Techology (NTNU).

2005: Cand.Polit. (Master's degree) in political science, Norwegian University of Science and Techology (NTNU).

Research Groups

Full member:

Associated member:

PRIO Departments

Current

Peace and Conflict Dynamics

Historical

PRIO Projects

Ongoing:

Finished:

Events

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 09:00-10:00 – Justice Now or Later? How Addressing Violence during War Shapes Post-conflict Justice
Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:30-09:30 – Colombia – Five Years After the Peace Agreement
Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:00-16:00 – Launch of the UNDP/PRIO report on attitudes and perceptions towards the peace process in Colombia
Thu, 04 Jan 2018 11:00-12:30 – The Colombian Peace Process, Where Are We and What Are the Key Challenges?
22 - 23 Sep 2016 – Armed Conflict, Maternal- and Child Health, and the Impact of Development Aid in sub-Saharan Africa
13 - 14 Jun 2013 – Institutions for Sustainable Peace (ISP) Network Conference
Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:00-12:00 – International Criminal Courts: Are They Serving the Needs of Victims and Their Families? Or Should they be?
16 - 17 Apr 2009 – Institutional Constraints to Violence
21 - 22 Aug 2006 – Power-Sharing and Democratic Governance in Divided Societies
Mon, 19 June 2006 – Post-Conflict Transitions: Political Institutions, Development And a Domestic Civil Peace (PIDDCP)
Tue, 18 October 2005 – Transitional Justice and Civil Conflicts Settlements

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

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin & Ragnhild Nordås (2022) Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and the Perils of Impunity, Journal of Conflict Resolution. DOI: 10.1177/00220027221078330.

Dyrstad, Karin; Helga Malmin Binningsbø & Kristin M. Bakke (2022) Wartime Experiences and Popular Support for Peace Agreements: Comparative Evidence from Three Cases, Journal of Conflict Resolution 66(9): 1562–1588.

Rustad, Siri Aas; Helga Malmin Binningsbø; Haakon Gjerløw; Francis Mwesigye; Tony Odokonyero & Gudrun Østby (2021) Maternal Health Care Among Refugees and Host Communities in Northern Uganda: Access, Quality, and Discrimination, Frontiers in Global Women's Health 2.

Dyrstad, Karin; Kristin M. Bakke & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2021) Perceptions of Peace Agreements and Political Trust in Post-War Guatemala, Nepal, and Northern Ireland, International Peacekeeping. DOI: 10.1080/13533312.2020.1869541.

Dyrstad, Karin & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2019) Between Punishment and Impunity: Public Support for Reactions against Perpetrators in Guatemala, Nepal and Northern Ireland, International Journal of Transitional Justice. DOI: 10.1093/ijtj/ijy032: 1–30.

Loyle, Cyanne & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2016) Justice during Armed Conflict: A New Dataset on Government and Rebel Strategies, Journal of Conflict Resolution. DOI: 10.1177/0022002716655441.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin (2013) Power sharing, peace and democracy: Any obvious relationships?, International Area Studies Review 16(1): 89–112.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Cyanne Loyle ; Scott Gates & Jon Elster (2012) Armed Conflict and Post-Conflict Justice, 1946–2006: A Dataset, Journal of Peace Research 49(5): 731–740.

Rustad, Siri Aas & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2012) A Price Worth Fighting For? Natural Resources and Conflict Recurrence, Journal of Peace Research 49(4): 531–546.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin & Siri Aas Rustad (2012) Sharing the Wealth: A Pathway to Peace or a Trail to Nowhere?, Conflict Management and Peace Science 29(5): 547–566.

de Soysa, Indra & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2009) The Devil's Excrement as Social Cement: Natural Resources and Political Terror, 1980–2002, International Social Science Journal 57(1): 21–32.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin & Kendra Dupuy (2009) Using Power-Sharing to Win a War: The Implementation of the Lomé Agreement in Sierra Leone, Africa Spectrum 44(3): 87–107.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Indra de Soysa & Nils Petter Gleditsch (2007) Green Giant or Straw Man? Environmental Pressure and Civil Conflict, 1961–99, Population and Environment 28(6): 337–353.

PhD Thesis

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin (2011) A Piece of the Pie: Power Sharing and Postconflict Peace. PhD thesis, Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU, .

Book Chapter

Dupuy, Kendra & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2016) Buying Peace With Diamonds: Power Sharing in Sierra Leone, in Gates, Scott; & Kaare Strøm, eds, Fragile Bargains: Civil Conflict and Power Sharing in Africa (forthcoming). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Rustad, Siri Aas & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2007) Natural Resource Management and Postconflict Peace, in Statsvitenskaplig Fagkonferanse. Trondheim: .

Rustad, Siri Aas & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2007) Natural Resource Management and Postconflict Peace, in the 48th Annual Metting of the International Studies Association. Chicago, IL: .

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Torbjørn L. Knutsen; Robert Ekle & Ragnhild Nordås (2003) Afghanistan under den kalde krigen [Afghanistan during the Cold War], in Blodspor. Om bakgrunnen til 11. september. Oslo: (146–173).

Conference Paper

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin & Cyanne Loyle (2019) The Impact of Government Judicial Processes on Conflict Trajectory, presented at Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Toronto, Canada, 29 March 2019.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin & Ragnhild Nordås (2019) Conflict-related sexual violence and the perils of impunity, presented at Norwegian Political Science Conference, Trondheim, 7 January 2019.

Brounéus, Karen; Erika Forsberg; Karin Dyrstad & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2017) The Gendered Links between War-Related Trauma and Attitudes to Peace: Exploring Survey Data from Guatemala, Nepal, and Northern Ireland, presented at 58th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Baltimore, 22–25 February.

Loyle, Cyanne; Helga Malmin Binningsbø & Scott Gates (2017) Amnesty as a Weapon of War: Government strength and justice processes during armed conflict, presented at 58th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Baltimore, 22–25 February.

Dyrstad, Karin & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2017) Perceptions of transitional justice mechanisms in Guatemala, Nepal, and Northern Ireland, presented at European Consortium of Political Science Conference, Oslo, 7–9 September.

Dyrstad, Karin; Helga Malmin Binningsbø; Kristin M. Bakke & Arne Henning Eide (2016) Attitudes for peace: Public opinion in three post-conflict countries, presented at International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 16.03.16–19.03.16.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin & Cyanne Loyle (2014) Justice during armed conflict from 1949 through 2011: A new dataset, presented at International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 26–29 March 2014.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin & Karin Dyrstad (2013) Political confidence after civil war: Peacebuilding strategies and public opinion in 30 countries, presented at 54th International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Fransisco, 03.04.13 – 06.04.13.

Dyrstad, Karin & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2012) Power sharing and political confidence: Postconflict Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia, presented at Domestic Elites and Opinion, Konstanz, 07 Sep 2012.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin & Cyanne Loyle (2011) Offers of Justice and Peace: Bargaining and Justice Processes during Conflict, presented at The Potential Role of Transitional Justice in Ongoing Conflicts, Minerva Center for Human Rights, Hebrew University, Israel, 14 November.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; & Dupuy, Kendra 2009 Power Sharing and the Civil War in Sierra Leone, presented at Power Sharing Agreements in Africa: Implications for Peace, Democracy and Societal Trust, , 2 October.

Rustad, Siri Aas; Helga Malmin Binningsbø & Philippe Le Billon (2009) Do Resource-Related Peacebuilding Initiatives Build Peace?, presented at International Studies Association Convention, New York, NY, 15–18 February.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin & Kendra Dupuy (2008) Buying Peace with Diamonds? Power Sharing and the Civil War in Sierra Leone, presented at 49th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, 26–29 March.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; & Dupuy, Kendra 2008 Buying Peace with Diamonds? Power Sharing and the Civil War in Sierra Leone, presented at 16th Annual Norwegian National Political Science Conference, , 28–30 April.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Scott Gates & Tove Grete Lie (2007) Post-Conflict Justice and Sustainable Peace, presented at Conference on Management of Post-Conflict Transition: The Challenges of Institutional Reform, Khartoum, Sudan, 22–24 January .

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Scott Gates & Tove Grete Lie (2006) Post-Conflict Justice and Sustainable Peace, presented at Polarization and Conflict Workshop, Nicosia, Cyprus, 26–29 April.

Gates, Scott; Tove Grete Lie & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2006) Postconflict Justice and Sustainable Peace, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Philadelphia, PA, 31 August–3 September.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin (2006) Power-Sharing and Postconflict Peace Periods, presented at the Power-sharing and Democratic Governance in Divided Societies workshop, Oslo, 21–22 August.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin & Indra de Soysa (2006) Is the Devil’s Excrement Social Cement? Oil Wealth, Dissent, and Repression, 1980–2001, presented at the 47th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), San Diego, 22–25 March.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Indra de Soysa & Nils Petter Gleditsch (2006) Green Giant, or Straw Man? Environmental Pressure and Civil Conflict, 1961–99, presented at the 47th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), San Diego, 22–25 March.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Indra de Soysa & Nils Petter Gleditsch (2005) Green Giant or Straw Man? Environmental Pressure and Civil Conflict 1961–99, presented at The 101st Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, 1–4 September 2005.

de Soysa, Indra; Nils Petter Gleditsch & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2005) Green Giant or Straw Man? Environmental Pressure and Civil Conflict 1961–99, presented at 101st Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association and the Third General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research, Budapest, 8–10 September.

PRIO Policy Brief

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin (2021) People’s Perceptions of Peace Accord Implementation in Colombia: Comparing Attitudes among the Conflict-Affected Population, PRIO Policy Brief, 12. Oslo: PRIO.

Dyrstad, Karin; Helga Malmin Binningsbø; Thandeka Brigham & Kristin M. Bakke (2018) Transitional Justice: What Do the People Want? Views from the ground in Guatemala, Nepal, and Northern Ireland, Conflict Trends, 11. Oslo: PRIO.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin & Cyanne Loyle (2018) Justice During Armed Conflict: Trends and Implications, Conflict Trends, 4. Oslo: PRIO.

Dyrstad, Karin; Helga Malmin Binningsbø; Kristin M. Bakke & Arne Henning Eide (2016) Public Support for Peace Agreements: The Cases of Guatemala, Nepal, and Northern Ireland, Conflict Trends, 5. Oslo: PRIO.

Dupuy, Kendra & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2008) Buying Peace with Diamonds? Power-sharing Agreements in Sierra Leone, PRIO Policy Brief, 7. Oslo: PRIO.

PRIO Paper

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Marianne Dahl; Håvard Mokleiv Nygård & Michael Weintraub (2018) Percepciones y vivencias en relación con el Acuerdo de Paz en Colombia, PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Marianne Dahl; Håvard Mokleiv Nygård & Michael Weintraub (2018) Perceptions of and Experience with the Peace Process in Colombia, PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Marianne Dahl; Håvard Mokleiv Nygård & Michael Weintraub (2018) Attitudes Towards the Implementation of the Colombian Peace Agreement in Mesetas, PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Marianne Dahl; Håvard Mokleiv Nygård & Michael Weintraub (2018) Actitudes hacia la implementación del Acuerdo de Paz en Mesetas [Attitudes Towards the Implementation of the Colombian Peace Agreement in Mesetas], PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Marianne Dahl; Håvard Mokleiv Nygård & Michael Weintraub (2017) Actitudes hacia la implementación del Acuerdo de Paz en Tumaco [Attitudes Towards the Implementation of the Colombian Peace Agreement in Tumaco], PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Marianne Dahl; Håvard Mokleiv Nygård & Michael Weintraub (2017) Attitudes Towards the Implementation of the Colombian Peace Agreement in Tumaco, PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.

Dupuy, Kendra & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2008) Power-sharing and Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone: Power-sharing Agreements, Negotiations and Peace Processes, CSCW Paper. Oslo: PRIO.

Report - Other

Weintraub, Michael; Camilo Sánchez Meertens; Helga Malmin Binningsbø; Erika Rodriguez; María Eugenia Pinto; & Angelika Rettberg (2022) Listening to Peace: Dimensions and Variations in the Implementation of the Final Peace Agreement in Colombia.

Weintraub, Michael; Camilo Sánchez Meertens; Helga Malmin Binningsbø; Erika Rodriguez; María Eugenia Pinto; & Angelika Rettberg (2021) Escuchar la paz: Dimensiones y variaciones en la implementación del Acuerdo Final [Listening to peace: Dimensions and variations in the implementation of the Final Agreement]PRIO-UNDP joint report.

Nygård, Håvard Mokleiv; Abbey Steele; Helga Malmin Binningsbø; Michael Weintraub; Christopher Fariss; Pablo Ruiz Hiebra; Håvard Mokleiv Nygård; & Pablo Ruiz Hiebra, eds, (2021) Lights and Shadows of the Peace Agreement Implementation in Colombia: Attitudes and Perceptions in the PDET Territories, PRIO-UNDP joint report. .

Nygård, Håvard Mokleiv; Abbey Steele; Helga Malmin Binningsbø; Michael Weintraub; Christopher Fariss; Pablo Ruiz Hiebra; Pablo Ruiz Hiebra; & Håvard Mokleiv Nygård, eds, (2020) Luces y sombras de la implementación del Acuerdo de Paz en Colombia: Actitudes y percepciones en los territorios PDET [Lights and shadows of the implementation of the Peace Agreement in Colombia: Attitudes and perceptions in the PDET territories], PRIO-UNDP joint report. .