Hanne Fjelde
Professor at Department of Peace and Conflict Research
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 23 37
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 621 37 18
- E-mail:
- Hanne.Fjelde@pcr.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Gamla Torget 3, 1tr
753 20 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
Hanne Fjelde is a Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. She is a Wallenberg Scholar.
Fjelde’s main research focuses on the relationship between political institutions and armed conflict; the causes and consequences of electoral violence; and the impact of violence and contentious politics on democratic institutions.
Personal webpage: www.hannefjelde.com
Biography
Hanne Fjelde is a Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. Fjelde is a Wallenberg Scholar.
Fjelde’s research focuses on the relationship between political institutions and armed conflict; the causes and consequences of electoral violence; and the impact of violence and contentious politics on democratic institutions.
Fjelde also studies the security implications of climate change; violence against non-combatants; and conflicts between non-state actors.
Personal webpage: www.hannefjelde.com

Publications
Selection of publications
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Militarized elections and citizens’ support for democratic rights: evidence from India
Part of Democratization, p. 865-887, 2025
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Misinformation, Narratives, and Intergroup Attitudes: Evidence from India
Part of Journal of Politics, p. 757-773, 2025
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The impacts of armed conflict on human development: A review of the literature
Part of World Development, 2025
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Voter Intimidation as a Tool of Mobilization or Demobilization?: Evidence from West Bengal, India
Part of Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2024
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Could vote buying be socially desirable?: Exploratory analyses of a ‘failed’ list experiment
Part of Quality and quantity, p. 2337-2355, 2024
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Part of Comparative Political Studies, p. 613-643, 2024
- DOI for Violent Elections and Citizens' Support for Democratic Constraints on the Executive: Evidence From Nigeria
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Part of Comparative politics, p. 47-69, 2022
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Introducing the Deadly Electoral Conflict Dataset (DECO)
Part of Journal of Conflict Resolution, p. 162-185, 2022
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Protecting the Vote?: Peacekeeping Presence and the Risk of Electoral Violence
Part of British Journal of Political Science, p. 1113-1132, 2022
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Which institutions matter?: Re-considering the democratic civil peace
Part of International Studies Quarterly, p. 223-237, 2021
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A conditional model of local income shock and civil conflict
Part of Journal of Politics, p. 354-366, 2021
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Political party strength and electoral violence
Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 140-155, 2020
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Electoral Institutions and Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa
Part of British Journal of Political Science, p. 297-320, 2016
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Recent publications
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Part of Comparative Political Studies, p. 2117-2158, 2026
- DOI for Mass Mobilization in the Modern Era: Introducing the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789-2019
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Forecasting electoral violence
Part of International Journal of Forecasting, p. 602-615, 2026
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Part of Government and Opposition, p. 313-334, 2025
- DOI for Viewing Violence Through a Partisan Lens: How Electoral Violence Shapes Citizens’ Support for Democracy
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Militarized elections and citizens’ support for democratic rights: evidence from India
Part of Democratization, p. 865-887, 2025
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Misinformation, Narratives, and Intergroup Attitudes: Evidence from India
Part of Journal of Politics, p. 757-773, 2025
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Comparative Political Studies, p. 2117-2158, 2026
- DOI for Mass Mobilization in the Modern Era: Introducing the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789-2019
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Forecasting electoral violence
Part of International Journal of Forecasting, p. 602-615, 2026
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Part of Government and Opposition, p. 313-334, 2025
- DOI for Viewing Violence Through a Partisan Lens: How Electoral Violence Shapes Citizens’ Support for Democracy
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Militarized elections and citizens’ support for democratic rights: evidence from India
Part of Democratization, p. 865-887, 2025
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Misinformation, Narratives, and Intergroup Attitudes: Evidence from India
Part of Journal of Politics, p. 757-773, 2025
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Part of British Journal of Political Science, 2025
- DOI for Do the Lights Stay on?: Deployment and Withdrawal of Peacekeepers and Their Effect on Local Economic Development
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Voter Intimidation as a Tool of Mobilization or Demobilization?: Evidence from West Bengal, India
Part of Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2024
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Could vote buying be socially desirable?: Exploratory analyses of a ‘failed’ list experiment
Part of Quality and quantity, p. 2337-2355, 2024
- DOI for Could vote buying be socially desirable?: Exploratory analyses of a ‘failed’ list experiment
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Part of Comparative Political Studies, p. 613-643, 2024
- DOI for Violent Elections and Citizens' Support for Democratic Constraints on the Executive: Evidence From Nigeria
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Part of Comparative politics, p. 47-69, 2022
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Introducing the Deadly Electoral Conflict Dataset (DECO)
Part of Journal of Conflict Resolution, p. 162-185, 2022
- DOI for Introducing the Deadly Electoral Conflict Dataset (DECO)
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Protecting the Vote?: Peacekeeping Presence and the Risk of Electoral Violence
Part of British Journal of Political Science, p. 1113-1132, 2022
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Which institutions matter?: Re-considering the democratic civil peace
Part of International Studies Quarterly, p. 223-237, 2021
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A conditional model of local income shock and civil conflict
Part of Journal of Politics, p. 354-366, 2021
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Introducing the Ethnic One-Sided Violence Dataset
Part of Conflict Management and Peace Science, p. 109-126, 2021
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Mapping Blue Helmets: Introducing the Geocoded Peacekeeping Operations (Geo-PKO) dataset
Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 360-370, 2020
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Electoral violence and the legacy of authoritarian rule in Kenya and Zambia
Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 111-125, 2020
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Political party strength and electoral violence
Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 140-155, 2020
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Protection Through Presence: UN Peacekeeping and the Costs of Targeting Civilians
Part of International Organization, p. 103-131, 2019
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ViEWS: A political violence early-warning system
Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 155-174, 2019
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The Rise of Rebel Contenders: Barriers to entry and fragmentation in civil wars
Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 551-565, 2018
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Electoral Violence: The Emergence of a Research Field
Part of APSA Comparative Democratization Newsletter, 2016
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Electoral Institutions and Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa
Part of British Journal of Political Science, p. 297-320, 2016
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Offsetting Losses: Bargaining Power and Rebel Attacks on Peacekeepers
Part of International Studies Quarterly, p. 611-623, 2016
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Civil conflict sensitivity to growing-season drought
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 12391-12396, 2016
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Farming or Fighting?: Agricultural Price Shocks and Civil War in Africa
Part of World Development, p. 525-534, 2015
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Weakening the Enemy: A Disaggregated Study of Violence against Civilians in Africa
Part of Journal of Conflict Resolution, p. 1230-1257, 2014
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Part of International Interactions, p. 737-762, 2014
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Part of Democratization, p. 335-358, 2014
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One effect to rule them all?: A comment on climate and conflict
Part of Climatic Change, p. 391-397, 2014
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Political Corruption and Institutional Stability
Part of Studies in comparative international development, p. 267-299, 2014
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Including Peace: The Influence of Electoral Management Bodies on Electoral Violence
Part of Journal of Eastern African Studies, p. 713-731, 2013
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Fredslobotomi eller hållbar demokrati?: Kenyas framtid osäker trots fredliga val
Part of Internationella Studier, p. 10-12, 2013
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Property rights in dictatorships: kings protect property better than generals or party bosses
Part of Contemporary Politics, p. 94-114, 2013
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Rebels against Rebels: Explaining Violence between Rebel Groups
Part of Journal of Conflict Resolution, p. 604-628, 2012
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Climate triggers: Rainfall anomalies, vulnerability and communal conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa
Part of Political Geography, p. 444-453, 2012
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Is the hidden hand an iron fist?: Capitalism and civil peace, 1970-2005
Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 287-298, 2010
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Generals, Dictators, and Kings: Authoritarian Regimes and Civil Conflict, 1973-2004
Part of Conflict Management and Peace Science, p. 195-218, 2010
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Coercion, Co-optation , or Co-operation?: State Capacity and the Risk of Civil War, 1961 - 2004
Part of Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2009
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Buying Peace? Oil Wealth, Corruption and Civil War, 1985-99
Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 199-218, 2009
Articles, review/survey
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The impacts of armed conflict on human development: A review of the literature
Part of World Development, 2025
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The Consequences of Contention: Understanding the Aftereffects of Political Conflict and Violence
Part of Annual review of political science (Palo Alto, Calif. Print), p. 361-377, 2019
Chapters in book
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The Quality of Government and Civil Conflict
Part of The Oxford Handbook of the Quality of Government, p. 781-799, Oxford University Press, 2021
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Ethnic Politics and Elite Competition: The Roots of Electoral Violence in Kenya
Part of Violence in African Elections, p. 27-46, Zed Books, 2018
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Spatial Patterns of Violence against Civilians
Part of Peace and Conflict 2017, Routledge, 2018
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Violence against Civilians in Civil War
Part of Peace and Conflict 2016, p. 42-49, Routledge, 2016
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Transnational Dimensions of African Civil Wars and the Triple-R Framework
Part of From Intra-State War to Durable Peace, Republic of Letters Publishing, 2012
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Orsaker till krig och väpnade konflikter
Part of Om krig och fred, p. 83-96, Studentlitteratur, 2012
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Building Peace, Creating Conflict?
Part of Building Peace, Creating Conflict?, p. 11-24, Nordic Academic Press, 2011
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Post-Conflict Democracy and Conflict Recurrence
Part of Peace and Conflict 2010, p. 79-90, Paradigm Publishers, 2010
Collections (editor)
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Building peace, creating conflict?: conflictual dimensions of local and international peace-building
Nordic Academic Press, 2011
Conference papers
Other
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The UN’s Defining Challenge: Peacekeeping and Protection of Civilians
2018
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Våld vid valurnorna - vad beror det på?
2016
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Transboundary Conservation and Conflict
Part of Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift, p. 127-128, 2016
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Nio punkter för global fred (Nine Points for Global Peace)
2015