Curriculum vitae

Selected experience and qualifications. Download the complete CV (PDF) · Updated March 2026

Academic positions

2022–present: Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
2024–2025: Affiliated Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo (10% part-time)
2019–2023: Research Professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo (10% part-time)
2015–2022: Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
2010–2014: Assistant Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
2013: Senior Researcher, Peace Research Institute Oslo
2007–2010: Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Civil War, Peace Research Institute Oslo (part-time)

2025: Wallenberg Scholar, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
2024–present: Elected fellow, Royal Society of Sciences, Uppsala
2022: Manas Chatterji Award for Excellence in Research in Peace Economics and Peace Science, Network of European Peace Scientists
2018–2024: Wallenberg Academy Fellow, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation; Research Fellow, Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
2018–2022: Elected fellow, Young Academy of Sweden

2026–present: Vice Head of Department, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
2023–present: Member of the faculty board, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala University
2023–2024: Director of the PhD programme, Department of Peace and Conflict Research
2018–2025: Deputy Director of the PhD programme, Department of Peace and Conflict Research
2026–2030: Co-PI, DIVINE: Democratic Institutions and Violence Network in Europe, MSCA Horizon Europe doctoral network

For project descriptions and collaborators, see ongoing projects and completed projects. The full publication list is available separately.

The complete CV includes research grants, supervision, academic service and international collaborations.