Hanne Fjelde

Bulwarks or Enablers? Political Elites’ Attitudes to Political Candidates with Armed Group Linkages

Duque-Salazar, J-D, H. Fjelde and S. Håkanson

Comparative Political Studies, forthcoming.

Forecasting electoral violence

Randahl, D., M. Leis, T. Gåsste, H. Fjelde, H. Hegre, S. I. Lindberg, and S. Wilson (2026).

International Journal of Forecasting 42(2), pp. 602-615. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2025.09.003

Mass Mobilization in the Modern Era: Introducing the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789-2019

Dahl, M., S. Dahlum, H. Fjelde, H. Gjerløw, C. H. Knutsen, C. Strøm-Sedgwick, and T. Wig (2025).

Comparative Political Studies. DOI: 10.1177/00104140251369330

Misinformation, Narratives, and Intergroup Attitudes: Evidence from India

Daxecker, U., H. Fjelde, and N. Prasad (2025).

The Journal of Politics 87(2), pp. 757-773. DOI: 10.1086/732979

The impacts of armed conflict on human development: A review of the literature

Vesco, P., G. Baliki, T. Brück, S. Döring, A. Eriksson, H. Fjelde, D. Guha-Sapir, J. Hall, C. H. Knutsen, M. R. Leis, H. Mueller, C. Rauh, I. Rudolfsen, A. Swain, A. Timlick, P. T. Vassiliou, J. von Schreeb, N. von Uexkull, and H. Hegre (2025).

World Development 187, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106806

Do the Lights Stay on? Deployment and Withdrawal of Peacekeepers and Their Effect on Local Economic Development

Cil, D., H. Fjelde, L. Hultman, N. W. Metternich, and D. Nilsson (2025).

British Journal of Political Science, DOI: 10.1017/s0007123424000516

Militarized elections and citizens’ support for democratic rights: evidence from India

Deglow, A. and H. Fjelde (2025).

Democratization 32(4), pp. 865-887. DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2024.2421831

Viewing Violence Through a Partisan Lens: How Electoral Violence Shapes Citizens’ Support for Democracy

Fjelde, H. and G. Olafsdottir (2025).

Government and Opposition, 60(2), pp. 313-334. DOI: 10.1017/gov.2024.17

Violent Elections and Citizens’ Support for Democratic Constraints on the Executive: Evidence From Nigeria

Deglow, A. and H. Fjelde (2024).

Comparative Political Studies, 57(4), pp. 613-643. DOI: 10.1177/00104140231178730

Voter Intimidation as a Tool of Mobilization or Demobilization? Evidence from West Bengal, India

Daxecker, U., A. Deglow, and H. Fjelde (2024).

Journal of Conflict Resolution. DOI: 10.1177/00220027241298890

Could vote buying be socially desirable? Exploratory analyses of a ’failed’ list experiment

Hatz, S., H. Fjelde, and D. Randahl (2024).

Quality & Quantity, Vol.58, pp. 2337-2355. DOI: 10.1007/s11135-023-01740-6

Electoral Violence, Partisan Identity, and Perceptions of Election Quality: A Survey Experiment in West Bengal, India

Daxecker, U. and H. Fjelde (2022).

Comparative Politics. 55(1), pp. 47-69 DOI: 10.5129/001041522x16430324169141

A conditional model of local income shock and civil conflict

Buhaug, H., M. Croicu, H. Fjelde, and N. Von Uexkull (2021).

Journal of Politics 83(1), pp. 354-366. DOI: 10.1086/709671

Introducing the Deadly Electoral Conflict Dataset (DECO)

Fjelde, H. and K. Höglund (2021).

Journal of Conflict Resolution. 66(1), pp. 162-185. DOI: 10.1177/00220027211021620

Introducing the Ethnic One-sided Violence Dataset

Fjelde, H., L. Hultman, L. Schubiger, L. E. Cederman, and S. Hug (2021).

Conflict Management and Peace Science 38(1), pp. 109-126. DOI: 10.1177/0738894219863256

Which Institutions Matter? Re-visiting the Democratic Civil Peace

Fjelde, H., C. H. Knutsen, and H. Nygård (2021).

International Studies Quarterly 65(1), pp. 223-237. DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqaa076

Protecting the Vote? Peacekeeping Presence and the Risk of Electoral Violence

Fjelde, H. and H. Smidt (2022).

British Journal of Political Science. 52(3), pp. 1113-1132 DOI: 10.1017/s0007123421000132

Electoral violence and the legacy of authoritarian rule in Kenya and Zambia

Brosché, J., H. Fjelde, and K. Höglund (2020a).

Journal of Peace Research 57(1), pp. 111-125. DOI: 10.1177/0022343319884983

Mapping blue helmets: Introducing the Geocoded Peacekeeping Operations (Geo-PKO) dataset

Cil, D., H. Fjelde, L. Hultman, and D. Nilsson (2020).

Journal of Peace Research 57(2), pp. 360-370. DOI: 10.1177/0022343319871978

Political party strength and electoral violence

Fjelde, H. (2020).

Journal of Peace Research 57(1), pp. 140-155. DOI: 10.1177/0022343319885177

The Consequences of Contention: Understanding the Aftereffects of Political Conflict and Violence

Davenport, C., H. Nygård, H. Fjelde, and D. Armstrong (2019).

Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 22, pp. 361-373. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-polisci-050317-064057

Protection through Presence: How Peacekeepers Reduce Violence against Civilians

Fjelde, H., L. Hultman, and D. Nilsson (2019).

International Organization 73(1), pp. 103-131. DOI: 10.1017/S0020818318000346

VIEWS: A political violence early-warning system

Hegre, H., M. Allansson, M. Basedau, M. Colaresi, M. Croicu, H. Fjelde, F. Hoyles, L. Hultman, S. Högbladh, R. Jansen, N. Mouhleb, S. A. Muhammad, D. Nilsson, H. M. Nygård, G. Olafsdottir, K. Petrova, D. Randahl, E. G. Rød, G. Schneider, N. von Uexkull, and J. Vestby (2019).

Journal of Peace Research 56(2), pp. 155-174. DOI: 10.1177/0022343319823860

The Rise of Rebel Contenders: Barriers to entry and fragmentation in civil wars

Fjelde, H. and D. Nilsson (2018).

Journal of Peace Research 55(5), pp. 551-565. DOI: 10.1177/0022343318767497

Electoral Institutions and Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa

Fjelde, H. and K. Höglund (2016a).

British Journal of Political Science 46(2), pp. 297-320. DOI: 10.1017/s0007123414000179

Offsetting Losses: Bargaining Power and Rebel Attacks on Peacekeepers

Fjelde, H., L. Hultman, and S. Lindberg Bromley (2016).

International Studies Quarterly 60(4), pp. 611-623. DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqw017

Civil conflict sensitivity to growing-season drought

Von Uexkull, N., M. Croicu, H. Fjelde, and H. Buhaug (2016).

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113(44), pp. 12391-12396. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1607542113

Farming or Fighting? Agricultural Price Shocks and Civil War in Africa

Fjelde, H. (2015).

World Development Vol. 67, pp. 525-534. DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.10.032

One Effect to Rule Them All? A Comment on Climate and Conflict

Buhaug, H., J. Nordkvelle, T. Bernauer, T. Böhmelt, M. Brzoska, J. W. Busby, A. Ciccone, H. Fjelde, E. Gartzke, N. P. Gleditsch, J. A. Goldstone, H. Hegre, H. Holtermann, J. S. A. Link, P. M. Link, P. Lujala, J. O’Loughlin, C. Raleigh, J. Scheffran, J. Schilling, T. G. Smith, O. M. Theisen, R. S. J. Tol, H. Urdal, and N. von Uexkull (2014).

Climatic Change 127(3-4), pp. 391-397. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1266-1

Political Corruption and Institutional Stability

Fjelde, H. and H. Hegre (2014).

Studies in Comparative International Development 49(3), pp. 267-299. DOI: 10.1007/s12116-014-9155-1

Weakening Your Enemy. A Disaggregated Study of Violence against Civilians in Africa

Fjelde, H. and L. Hultman (2014).

Journal of Conflict Resolution 58(7), pp. 1230-1257. DOI: 10.1177/0022002713492648

Socioeconomic Inequality and Communal Conflict. A Disaggregated Analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990-2008

Fjelde, H. and G. Østby (2014).

International Interactions 40(5), pp. 737-762. DOI: 10.1080/03050629.2014.917373

Pre-designing democracy: institutional design of interim governments and democratization in 15 post-conflict societies

Strasheim, J. and H. Fjelde (2014).

Democratization 21(2), pp. 335-358. DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2012.729044

Property Rights in Dictatorships: Kings Protect Property Better than Generals or Party Bosses

Knutsen, C.-H. and H. Fjelde (2013).

Contemporary Politics 19(1), pp. 94-114. DOI: 10.1080/13569775.2013.773205

Including Peace: The Influence of Electoral Management Bodies on Electoral Violence

Opitz, C., H. Fjelde, and K. Höglund (2013).

Journal of Eastern African Studies 7(4), pp. 713-731. DOI: 10.1080/17531055.2013.841024

Rebels against Rebels: Explaining Violence Between Rebel Groups

Fjelde, H. and D. Nilsson (2012).

Journal of Conflict Resolution 56(4), pp. 604-628. DOI: 10.1177/0022002712439496

Climate Triggers: Rainfall Anomalies, Vulnerability and Communal Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa

Fjelde, H. and N. von Uexkull (2012).

Political Geography 31(7), pp. 444-453. DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2012.08.004

Generals, Dictators and Kings: Authoritarian Regimes and Civil Conflict 1973-2004

Fjelde, H. (2010).

Conflict Management and Peace Science 27(3), pp. 195-218. DOI: 10.1177/0738894210366507

Is the Hidden Hand an Iron Fist? Capitalism and Civil Conflict

Soysa, I. de and H. Fjelde (2010).

Journal of Peace Research 47(3), pp. 287-298. DOI: 10.1177/0022343310362167

Buying Peace? Oil, Corruption and Civil War, 1984-99

Fjelde, H. (2009a).

Journal of Peace Research 47(2), pp. 199-218. DOI: 10.1177/0022343308100715

Coercion, Co-optation, or Cooperation? State Capacity and the Risk of Civil War, 1961-2004

Fjelde, H. and I. de Soysa (2009).

Conflict Management and Peace Science 26(1), pp. 5-25. DOI: 10.1177/0738894208097664

Civil peace and ‘good’ institutions: Mutually reinforcing relationships, or a more complicated story?

Deglow, A., H. Fjelde, and C-H Knutsen (forthcoming).

In: Elgar Companion to Peace and the Sustainable Development Goals, edited by H. Hegre, K. Petrova and S. Döring, Edward Elgar Publishing.

The Quality of Government and Civil Conflict

Deglow, A. and H. Fjelde (2020).

Oxford University Press Handbook on the Quality of Government. Ed. by M. Grimes, B. Rothstein, M. Bauhr, and A. Bågenholm. Oxford: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198858218.013.38

Ethnic Politics and the Roots of Electoral Violence in Kenya

Fjelde, H. and K. Höglund (2018).

Between Democracy and Big Man Politics: The Micro-dynamics of Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ed. by J. Bjarnesen and M. Söderberg Kovacs. London: Zed Books. DOI: 10.5040/9781350223837.ch-001

Violence against Civilians and Actor Characteristics

Fjelde, H., L. Hultman, and R. Sundberg (2018).

Peace and Conflict 2018. Ed. by D. Backer, R. Bhavnani, and P. Huth. Routledge.

Spatial patterns of violence against civilians

Fjelde, H., L. Hultman, M. Sollenberg, and R. Sundberg (2017).

Peace and Conflict 2017. Ed. by D. A. Backer, J. Wilkenfeld, and P. K. Huth. UK: Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781351211666-5

När val leder till konflikt

Fjelde, H. and K. Höglund (2016d).

Krig och fred. Riksbankens Jubileumsfonds årsbok. Makadam bok.

Violence Against Civilians in Civil War

Fjelde, H., L. Hultman, and M. Sollenberg (2016).

Peace and Conflict 2016. Ed. by D. A. Backer, J. Wilkenfeld, and P. K. Huth. UK: Routledge.

Transnational Dimensions of African Civil Wars and the Triple-R Framework

Fjelde, H. (2012b).

From Intra-State War to Durable Peace. Conflict and Its Resolution in Africa after the Cold War. Ed. by T. Ohlson. Dordrecht: Republic of Letters Publishing.

Building Peace, Creating Conflict?

Fjelde, H. and K. Höglund (2011a).

Building Peace, Creating Conflict? Conflictual Dimensions of Local and International Peacebuilding. Ed. by H. Fjelde and K. Höglund. Lund: Nordic Academic Press. DOI: 10.2307/jj.919487.4

Post-Conflict Democracy and Conflict Recurrence

Hegre, H. and H. Fjelde (2010).

Peace and Conflict. Ed. by J. J. Hewitt, J. Wilkenfeld, and T. R. Gurr. London: Paradigm Publishers.

Fjelde, H. and K. Höglund, eds. (2011b). Building Peace, Creating Conflict? Conflictual Dimensions of Local and International Peacebuilding. Lund: Nordic Academic Press. DOI: 10.2307/jj.919487

Fjelde, H. (2009b). Sins of Omission and Commission. The Quality of Government and Civil Conflict. PhD dissertation, Report No. 88. Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.

Orsaker till krig och väpnade konflikter

Fjelde, H. (2012a).

Om krig och fred: En introduktion till freds- och konfliktstudier. Ed. by K. Aggestam and K. Höglund. Lund: Studentlitteratur.

Electoral Violence: The Emergence of a Research Field

Fjelde, H. and K. Höglund (2016b).

APSA Comparative Democratization Newsletter 14(2).

Book review: Political Institutions under Dictatorship by Jennifer Gandhi

Fjelde, H. (2011).

Journal of Peace Research 48(4).

Book review: High Stakes and Stakeholders: Oil Conflict and Security in Nigeria by Kenneth Omeje

Fjelde, H. (2008).

Journal of Peace Research 45(4).

Fjelde, H. (2005). African Peace and Conflict Research 1997-2004. Tech. rep. Stockholm: Swedish Development Agency.

Vi behöver stå upp för den akademiska friheten även i Sverige

Forskning och Framsteg, Apr. 2025.

”Israels agerande i Gaza spelar Hamas i händerna” DN Debatt, Dagens Nyheter W. L. Hultman, K. Klaus and S. Hatz, (Nov. 2023)

Public perception of election quality and security provisions in the Nigerian 2023 election

Policy brief. Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, 2025.

Democracy faces an uphill battle to defend democracy

Political Violence at a Glance. W. Dahl, M., S. Dahlum, and I. Rudolfsen (Oct. 2022a).

Sivilsamfunnet jobber i motbakke for å forsvare demokratiet

Morgenbladet. W. Dahl, M., S. Dahlum, and I. Rudolfsen (Nov. 2022b).

Et folkelig opprør kan bli Putins skjebne

NRK Ytring. W. Rød, E. G., M. Dahl, and H. Gjerløw (Mar. 2022).

How history explains election violence: Kenya and Zambia tell the story

The Conversation. W. Brosché, J. , and K. Höglund (Feb. 2020b).

Uppskjutet val i Nigeria ökar risken för våldsamheter

Utrikesmagasinet, W. Angerbrandt, H. and J. Kotajoki (Feb. 2019).

Voter perceptions in the Nigerian 2019 election

Policy brief. Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University. W. J. Kotajoki, H. Angerbrandt, and N. Kerr (2019).

The UN’s Defining Challenge: Peacekeeping and Protection of Civilians

Political Violence at a Glance. W. L. Hultman, and D. Nilsson (Oct. 2018).

Here’s One Way to Prevent Electoral Violence

Monkey Cage, Washington Post. W. K. Höglund (Apr. 2016c).

När val leder till konflikt

Krig Fred: RJ:s årsbok 2016/2017. W. K. Höglund Ed. by J. Björkman and A. Jarrick. Göteborg/Stockholm: Makadam förlag, pp. 59-66.

Våld vid valurnorna vad beror det på?

Mänsklig säkerhet. W. K. Höglund (June 2016).

9 punkter för global fred

Uppsala Nya Tidning, w. Brosché, J. et al. (Oct. 2015).

Ethnicity and Collective Targeting in Civil War

Political Violence at a Glance. W. L. Hultman (Apr. 2015).

Fredslobotomi eller hållbar demokrati? Kenyas framtid osäker trots fredliga val

Internationella studier 2, pp. 10-12. W. K. Höglund (2013).