Henrik Urdal
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| Fields | Political science, Political Demography, Peace and Conflict Studies |
| Institutions | Peace Research Institute Oslo |
| Education | PhD in political science |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Director of Peace Research Institute Oslo | |
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Assumed office July 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Kristian Berg Harpviken |
Henrik Urdal (born 19 October 1972) is a political scientist and Research Professor as well as Research Director at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Urdal has been appointed the next Director of PRIO and he will start his four-year period in office 1 July 2017. Since October 2010, he has been the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Peace Research, the premier journal in the field, a position that he overtook from Nils Petter Gleditsch.
Henrik Urdal will succeed Kristian Berg Harpviken as Director.
Urdal's research interests include the relationship between demography, environment, and politics, particularly focusing on how population growth, "youth bulges", and climate change affect violent conflict.
Since 2000, Urdal has been affiliated with PRIO, first as a student, then moving on to positions as researcher, senior researcher, Research Professor and Research Director. Urdal received his Research Professor competence in 2013. He obtained his PhD in political science from the University of Oslo in 2007, entitled Demography and Internal Armed Conflict. Urdal was a PRIO board member 2013-15.
Urdal is the Research Director at the Department on Conditions of Violence and Peace where he heads the Conflict Trend project. PRIO’s Conflict Trends project collaborates with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to answer questions relating to the causes, consequences and trends in conflict. He was a researcher with the Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW) – one of the 13 original Norwegian Centres of Excellence – from the beginning in 2003 and throughout its 10 years of existence.
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