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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Hanne Fjelde is a Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. She is a Research Fellow at The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities a Wallenberg Academy Fellow.
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 Research Fellow at The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities. Fjelde is a Wallenberg Academy Fellow.
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
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
Part of International Interactions, p. 737-762, 2014
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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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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Property rights in dictatorships: kings protect property better than generals or party bosses
Part of Contemporary Politics, p. 94-114, 2013
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
Post-Conflict Democracy and Conflict Recurrence
Part of Peace and Conflict 2010, p. 79-90, Paradigm Publishers, 2010
Coercion, Co-optation , or Co-operation?: State Capacity and the Risk of Civil War, 1961 - 2004
Part of Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2009
Buying Peace? Oil Wealth, Corruption and Civil War, 1985-99
Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 199-218, 2009
Recent publications
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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The impacts of armed conflict on human development: A review of the literature
Part of World Development, 2025
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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
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of British Journal of Political Science, 2025
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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
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Part of Comparative politics, p. 47-69, 2022
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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Introducing the Deadly Electoral Conflict Dataset (DECO)
Part of Journal of Conflict Resolution, p. 162-185, 2022
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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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Which institutions matter?: Re-considering the democratic civil peace
Part of International Studies Quarterly, p. 223-237, 2021
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Introducing the Ethnic One-Sided Violence Dataset
Part of Conflict Management and Peace Science, p. 109-126, 2021
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
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
Electoral Violence: The Emergence of a Research Field
Part of APSA Comparative Democratization Newsletter, 2016
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
Part of International Interactions, p. 737-762, 2014
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 Democratization, p. 335-358, 2014
Political Corruption and Institutional Stability
Part of Studies in comparative international development, p. 267-299, 2014
One effect to rule them all?: A comment on climate and conflict
Part of Climatic Change, p. 391-397, 2014
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
Property rights in dictatorships: kings protect property better than generals or party bosses
Part of Contemporary Politics, p. 94-114, 2013
Rebels against Rebels: Explaining Violence between Rebel Groups
Part of Journal of Conflict Resolution, p. 604-628, 2012
- DOI for Rebels against Rebels: Explaining Violence between Rebel Groups
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Climate triggers: Rainfall anomalies, vulnerability and communal conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa
Part of Political Geography, p. 444-453, 2012
Is the hidden hand an iron fist?: Capitalism and civil peace, 1970-2005
Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 287-298, 2010
Generals, Dictators, and Kings: Authoritarian Regimes and Civil Conflict, 1973-2004
Part of Conflict Management and Peace Science, p. 195-218, 2010
Coercion, Co-optation , or Co-operation?: State Capacity and the Risk of Civil War, 1961 - 2004
Part of Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2009
Buying Peace? Oil Wealth, Corruption and Civil War, 1985-99
Part of Journal of Peace Research, p. 199-218, 2009
Articles, review/survey
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
Ethnic Politics and Elite Competition: The Roots of Electoral Violence in Kenya
Part of Violence in African Elections, p. 27-46, Zed Books, 2018
Spatial Patterns of Violence against Civilians
Part of Peace and Conflict 2017, Routledge, 2018
Violence against Civilians in Civil War
Part of Peace and Conflict 2016, p. 42-49, Routledge, 2016
Part of Krig Fred, p. 59-66, Makadam Förlag, 2016
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
Orsaker till krig och väpnade konflikter
Part of Om krig och fred, p. 83-96, Studentlitteratur, 2012
Building Peace, Creating Conflict?
Part of Building Peace, Creating Conflict?, p. 11-24, Nordic Academic Press, 2011
Post-Conflict Democracy and Conflict Recurrence
Part of Peace and Conflict 2010, p. 79-90, Paradigm Publishers, 2010
Collections (editor)
Building peace, creating conflict?: conflictual dimensions of local and international peace-building
Nordic Academic Press, 2011
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
Other
The UN’s Defining Challenge: Peacekeeping and Protection of Civilians
2018
Våld vid valurnorna - vad beror det på?
2016
Here's One Way to Prevent Electoral Violence
2016
Transboundary Conservation and Conflict
Part of Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift, p. 127-128, 2016
Nio punkter för global fred (Nine Points for Global Peace)
2015