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ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Research Professor Kristian Skrede Gleditsch has been elected as a Fellow of The British Academy, the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences.

​On Thursday 31 March, Kristian Skrede Gleditch of the University of Essex and ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ gave his Presidential Address at the 2022 annual convention of the International Studies Associations (ISA) in Nashville, USA.

​Friday, we got to know that a large project has been funded by the Research Council of Norway's INFRASTRUKTUR initiative, that aims to build up relevant, up-to-date infrastructure that is accessible to the research community, to various private and public sector user groups, and to the general public.

How does a country’s security apparatus react to a protest movement?And what happens in the aftermath of successful protests?ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ has long been at the forefront of research on protest movements.

Can governments reduce violent crime by increasing education, and if so, under what conditions?Mauricio Rivera has received FINNUT funding from the Research Council of Norway for the 4-year project The Crime-Reducing Effect of Education: Disaggregating Education and Impact on Violent Crime (CREED).

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch has been nominated to be President of the International Studies Association (ISA) for the period 2021–22.

The Academy of Social Sciences in the UK is an esteemed national institution which aims to promote social science research, publication, debate and dissemination.

​The Research Council of Norway announced this morning that ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ will receive TOPPFORSK funding for the project: "Securing the victory? Understanding dynamics of short-run and long-term success in popular uprisings and democratization".

​The University of Essex has today announced that Kristian Skrede Gleditsch has been appointed to the prestigious Regius Professorship.

Marianne Dahl successfully defended her doctoral thesis today, 30 March, at the Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences - NTNU.