Carl Henrik Knutsen

Research Professor

Additional position(s):
Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo

Email: c.h.knutsen@stv.uio.no
Work phone: (+47) 228 54 244
Twitter: @carlhknutsen

Background

Please see the external homepage at the University of Oslo for more information about this person.

Research Groups

Associated member:

Governance

PRIO Departments

Current

Conflict Patterns and Environments

Historical

PRIO Projects

Ongoing:

Mobilizing for and against Democracy (MoDe)
Securing the Victory? Understanding Dynamics of Short-run and Long-term Success in Popular Uprisings and Democratization

Finished:

Events

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 08:30-10:00 – Mangfold i akademia: Yngre forskeres erfaringer
Fri, 16 December 2016 – Securing the Victory: From Initial Campaign Success to Consolidated Democracy
04 - 05 Nov 2010 – Political Institutions and Conflict Resolution

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All Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Gerring, John; Haakon Gjerløw & Carl Henrik Knutsen (2022) Regimes and industrialization, World Development 152.

Nygård, Håvard Mokleiv; Gudmund Horn Hermansen & Carl Henrik Knutsen (2021) Characterizing and Assessing Temporal Heterogeneity: Introducing a Change Point Framework, with Applications on the Study of Democratization, Political Analysis 29(4): 485–504.

Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Vilde Djuve & Tore Wig (2020) Patterns of Regime Breakdown since the French Revolution, Comparative Political Studies 53(6): 923–958.

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.

Dahlum, Sirianne; Carl Henrik Knutsen & Tore Wig (2019) Who Revolts? Empirically Revisiting the Social Origins of Democracy, Journal of Politics. DOI: 10.1086/704699.

Erdal, Marta Bivand; Carl Henrik Knutsen & Arnfinn H. Midtbøen (2019) Internasjonalisering, mangfold og diskriminering i norsk akademia [Internationalization, Diversity and Discrimination in Norwegian Academia], Nytt Norsk Tidsskirft 36(3): 288–295.

Rød, Espen Geelmuyden; Carl Henrik Knutsen & Håvard Hegre (2019) The determinants of democracy: a sensitivity analysis, Public Choice. DOI: 10.1007/s1112.

Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Andreas Kotsadam; Eivind Hammersmark Olsen & Tore Wig (2017) Mining and Local Corruption in Africa, American Journal of Political Science 61(2): 320–334.

Dahlum, Sirianne & Carl Henrik Knutsen (2017) Democracy by Demand? Reinvestigating the Effect of Self-expression Values on Political Regime Type, British Journal of Political Science 47(2): 437–461.

Knutsen, Carl Henrik & Sirianne Dahlum (2017) What Counts as Evidence? Panel Data and the Empirical Evaluation of Revised Modernization Theory, British Journal of Political Science 47(2).

Dahlum, Sirianne & Carl Henrik Knutsen (2017) Do Democracies Provide Better Education? Revisiting the Democracy–Human Capital Link, World Development 94: 186–199.

Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Håvard Mokleiv Nygård & Tore Wig (2017) Autocratic Elections: Stabilizing Tool or Force for Change?, World Politics 69(1): 98–143.

Knutsen, Carl Henrik & Tore Wig (2015) Government Turnover and the Effects of Regime Type: How Requiring Alternation in Power Biases Against the Estimated Economic Benefits of Democracy, Comparative Political Studies 48(7): 882–914.

Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2015) Government Turnover and the Effects of Regime Type: How Requiring Alternation in Power Biases Against the Estimated Economic Benefits of Democracy, Comparative Political Studies 48(7): 882–914.

Knutsen, Carl Henrik & Håvard Mokleiv Nygård (2015) Institutional Characteristics and Regime Survival: Why Are Semi-Democracies Less Durable Than Autocracies and Democracies?, American Journal of Political Science 59(3): 656–670.

Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2014) Income Growth and Revolutions, Social Science Quarterly 95(4): 920–937.

Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2013) Democracy, State Capacity, and Economic Growth, World Development 43: 1–18.

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.

Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2011) Which Democracies Prosper? Electoral Rules, Form of Government and Economic Growth, Electoral Studies 30(1): 83–90.

Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2011) Security Threats, Enemy-Contingent Policies, and Economic Development in Dictatorships, International Interactions 37(4): 414–440.

Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2011) I’ll Mind My Own Business if You Mind Yours: The OAU and African Peace, Dynamiques Internationales.

Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2010) Investigating the Lee Thesis: How Bad is Democracy for Asian Economies?, European Political Science Review 2(3): 451–473.

Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2010) Measuring Effective Democracy, International Political Science Review 31(2): 109–128.

Monograph

Gjerløw, Haakon; Carl Henrik Knutsen; Tore Wig & Matthew Wilson (2021) One Road to Riches? How State Building and Democratization Affect Economic Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Elements in Political Economy.

Conference Paper

Boese, Vanessa Alexandra; Scott Gates; Carl Henrik Knutsen & Håvard Strand (2019) Patterns of authority over space and time, presented at the European Political Science Association Annual Conference, Belfast, United Kingdom, 20–22 June 2019.

Hegre, Håvard; Carl Henrik Knutsen & Espen Geelmuyden Rød (2012) The Determinants of Democracy: A Sensitivity Analysis, presented at merican Political Science Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, January 9.

Knutsen, Carl Henrik 2008 "I'll mind my business if you mind yours": The OAU and non-intervention strategies in Post-Colonial Africa, presented at The Dynamics of Institutional Change and Conflict Working Group Workshop, , 29–30 September.

Report - Other

Carling, Jørgen; Marta Bivand Erdal; Bård Harstad; Carl Henrik Knutsen; Trude Lappegård; Torbjørn Skardhamar; & Gudrun Østby (2018) At the crossroads of open access to research, An assessment of the possible consequences of Plan S for publishing, research quality and research environments. Oslo: PRIO.

Carling, Jørgen; Marta Bivand Erdal; Bård Harstad; Carl Henrik Knutsen; Trude Lappegård; Torbjørn Skardhamar; & Gudrun Østby (2018) Veiskille for åpen tilgang til forskningsresultater, En redegjørelse for mulige konsekvenser av Plan S for publisering, forskningskvalitet og forskningsmiljøer. Oslo: PRIO.