Hanne Fjelde

Senior Researcher

Additional position(s):
Assistant Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University

Email: hanne.fjelde@pcr.uu.se
Twitter: @Fjelde

Hanne Fjelde is an External Associate at PRIO.

Research Interests

Electoral violence; communal conflict; dynamics of civil war; Kenya; Nigeria

Background

Working experience:
Senior researcher, Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 2013-
Assistant professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, 2009-
Research assistant, Uppsala Conflict Data Program 2003-2004

Education:
PhD, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, 2009.
MA, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, 2003.

External homepage:
Please see the external homepage at Uppsala University for more information about this person.

Research Groups

Associated member:

Governance

PRIO Departments

Current

Peace and Conflict Dynamics

Historical

PRIO Projects

Ongoing:

Mobilizing for and against Democracy (MoDe) (project leader)

Finished:

Events

13 - 14 Jun 2013 – Institutions for Sustainable Peace (ISP) Network Conference
04 - 05 Nov 2010 – Political Institutions and Conflict Resolution
29 - 30 Sep 2008 – The Dynamics of Institutional Change and Conflict

PRIO started tracking events online in 2007. This listing is not complete. Past events may be mentioned in our news archive.

Recent Publications

Dahl, Marianne; Hanne Fjelde; Ida Rudolfsen & Sirianne Dahlum (2022) Sivilsamfunnet jobber i motbakke for å forsvare demokratiet, Morgenbladet, 17 November.

All Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Buhaug, Halvard; Mihai Croicu; Hanne Fjelde & Nina von Uexkull (2021) A Conditional Model of Local Income Shock and Civil Conflict, Journal of Politics 83(1): 354–366.

Fjelde, Hanne; Carl Henrik Knutsen & Håvard Mokleiv Nygård (2020) Which institutions matter? Re-considering the democratic civil peace, International Studies Quarterly. DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqaa076.

Hegre, Håvard; Marie Allansson; Matthias Basedau; Michael Colaresi; Mihai Croicu; Hanne Fjelde; Frederick Hoyles; Lisa Hultman; Stina Högbladh; Remco Jansen; Naima Mouhleb; Sayyed Auwn Muhammad; Desirée Nilsson; Håvard Mokleiv Nygård; Gudlaug Olafsdottir; Kristina Petrova; David Randahl; Espen Geelmuyden Rød; Gerald Schneider; Nina von Uexkull & Jonas Vestby (2019) ViEWS: A political Violence Early-Warning System, Journal of Peace Research 56(2): 155–174.

Nygård, Håvard Mokleiv; Christian Davenport; Hanne Fjelde & Dave Armstrong (2019) The Consequences of Contention: Understanding the Aftereffects of Political Conflict and Violence, Annual Review of Political Science 22(1): 1–19.

von Uexkull, Nina; Mihai Croicu; Hanne Fjelde & Halvard Buhaug (2016) Civil conflict sensitivity to growing season drought, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113(44): 12391–12396.

Fjelde, Hanne & Kristine Höglund (2016) Electoral Institutions and Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa, British Journal of Political Science 46(2): 297–320.

Fjelde, Hanne (2015) Farming or Fighting? Agricultural Price Shocks and Civil War in Africa, World Development 67: 525–534.

Buhaug, Halvard; Jonas Nordkvelle; Thomas Bernauer; Tobias Böhmelt; Michael Brzoska; Joshua W. Busby; Antonio Ciccone; Hanne Fjelde; Erik Gartzke; Nils Petter Gleditsch; Jack A. Goldstone; Håvard Hegre; Helge Holtermann; Vally Koubi; Jasmin S. A. Link; Peter Michael Link; Päivi Lujala; John O'Loughlin; Clionadh Raleigh; Jürgen Scheffran; Janpeter Schilling; Todd G. Smith; Ole Magnus Theisen; Richard S. J. Tol; Henrik Urdal & Nina von Uexkull (2014) One effect to rule them all? A comment on climate and conflict, Climatic Change 127(3): 391–397.

Fjelde, Hanne & Gudrun Østby (2014) Socioeconomic Inequality and Communal Conflict: A Disaggregated Analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2008, International Interactions 40(5): 737–762.

Fjelde, Hanne & Håvard Hegre (2014) Political Corruption and Institutional Stability, Studies in Comparative International Development 49(3): 267–299.

Opitz, Christian; Hanne Fjelde & Kristine Höglund (2013) Including peace: the influence of electoral management bodies on electoral violence, Journal of Eastern African Studies 7(4): 713–731.

Höglund, Kristine & Hanne Fjelde (2013) Fredslobotomi eller hållbar demokrati? Kenya framtid osäker trots fredliga val [Peace lobotomy or sustainable democracy? Kenya's future uncertain despite peaceful choices], Internationella studier 2013(2): 10–12.

Knutsen, Carl Henrik & Hanne Fjelde (2013) Property rights in dictatorships: kings protect property better than generals or party bosses, Contemporary Politics 19(1): 94–114.

Fjelde, Hanne (2010) Generals, Dictators, and Kings: Authoritarian Regimes and Civil Conflict, 1973—2004, Conflict Management and Peace Science 27(3): 195–218.

de Soysa, Indra & Hanne Fjelde (2010) Is the Hidden Hand an Iron Fist? Capitalism and Civil Peace, 1970–2005, Journal of Peace Research 47(3): 273–285.

Fjelde, Hanne (2009) Buying Peace? Oil Wealth, Corruption and Civil War, 1985-99, Journal of Peace Research 46(2): 199–218.

Fjelde, Hanne & Indra de Soysa (2009) Coercion, Co-optation, or Cooperation? State Capacity and the Risk of Civil War, 1961–2004, Conflict Management and Peace Science 26(1): 5–25.

PhD Thesis

Fjelde, Hanne (2009) Sins of Omission and Commission: The Quality of Government and Civil Conflict. PhD thesis, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.

Book Chapter

Deglow, Annekatrin & Hanne Fjelde (2021) The Quality of Government and Civil Conflict, in Bågenholm, Andreas; Monika Bauhr; Marcia Grimes; & Bo Rothstein, eds, Oxford University Press Handbook on the Quality of Government. Oxford: Oxford University Press (781–800).

Fjelde, Hanne; & Østby, Gudrun(2010) Economic Inequality and Non-state Conflicts in Africa : .

Fjelde, Hanne & Gudrun Østby (2010) Economic Inequality and Non-state Conflicts in Africa, in Washington, DC: .

Hegre, Håvard & Hanne Fjelde (2009) Democratization and Post-Conflict Transitions, in Hewitt, J. Joseph; Jonathan Wilkenfeld; & Ted Robert Gurr, eds, Peace and Conflict 2010. University of Maryland and Boulder: The Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM) (79–90).

Hegre, Håvard & Hanne Fjelde (2009) Post-Conflict Democracy and Conflict Recurrence, in Hewitt, J. Joseph; Jonathan Wilkenfeld; & Ted Robert Gurr, eds, Peace and Conflict 2010. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers (79–90).

Conference Paper

Dahlum, Sirianne; Marianne Dahl; Hanne Fjelde & Ida Rudolfsen (2022) The Dark Side of Mobilisation: Global Evidence on Authoritarian Protests, presented at European Political Science Association, Prague, 24 June 2022.

Cil, Deniz; Hanne Fjelde; Lisa Hultman; Desirée Nilsson & Nils W. Metternich (2019) Spreading the light or left in the dark? UN peacekeeping and its economic effects, presented at the Conflict Research Society Annual Conference, Sussex, 8–10 September 2019.

Deglow, Annekatrin & Hanne Fjelde (2019) Democracy in the Shadow of Civil War: Insurgents, Elections and Public Attitudes towards Democracy in India, presented at the Annual meeting of the Network of European Peace Scientists, The Hague, 24–26 June 2019.

Fjelde, Hanne (2011) Economic Inequality and Inter-group Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990-2008, presented at Inequality, Grievances and Civil War Workshop, Zurich, 10 November.

Fjelde, Hanne; & Hultman, Lisa 2010 Weakening Your Enemy: Constituencies and the Location of Violence Against Civilians in Africa, presented at Standing Group of International Relations, European Consortium of Political Research, , 10 September.

Fjelde, Hanne (2008) Non-Democratic Governance and the Onset of Civil War, 1972–2003, presented at 49th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, 26–29 March.

Fjelde, Hanne (2008) Is there an Autocratic Civil Peace? Authoritarian Regimes and Civil Conflict, 1971–2001, presented at 49th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, 26–29 March.

Fjelde, Hanne & Indra de Soysa (2007) Bullying or Buying? State Extractive Capacity, Public Spending, and Civil Peace, 1961–2001, presented at the 48th Annual Metting of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, 28 February–3 March.

Hegre, Håvard & Hanne Fjelde (2007) Democracy Depraved: Corruption and Institutional Change 1985–2000, presented at Statsvitenskaplig Fagkonferanse, Trondheim, 3–5 January.

Fjelde, Hanne & Håvard Hegre (2007) Democracy Depraved: Corruption and Institutional Change 1985–2004, presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, 28 February–3 March.

Fjelde, Hanne (2006) Natural resources, Quality of Government and Civil Conflict, presented at the 47th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), San Diego, CA, 22–25 March.

Fjelde, Hanne & Håvard Hegre (2006) Democracy Depraved. Corruption and Institutional Change 1985-2000, presented at the Peace Science Society's Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH, 20 November.