Born in Kongsvinger, Norway on the 26th of March, 1981Current positions and assignments
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo (My
department webpages: Norwegian / English)
Senior Researcher (20% position), Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO
Associated Researcher, ESOP, Department of Economics, University of Oslo
Regional Manager for Western Europe , Varieties of Democracy (V-DEM)
Educational background and previous
positions
BA in Political Science, History and Philosophy (2004), University of Oslo
2-year MA in Political Science (2006), University of Oslo
5-year MA in Economic Theory and Econometric Methods (2008), University of Oslo
Researcher (10% position) and Associated Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO
Guest Researcher at: Sciences Po, Bordeaux, fall 2009; Columbia University, New York, spring 2010
Phd-fellow at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo,
(October 2007-November 2011)
Postdoctor at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo (December 2011-December 2012)
Research interests
Comparative Political Economy; International Political Economy; Applied
Statistics; Game Theory; Democracy Measurement; Political Institutions and
Economic Development; Political Survival Strategies; Politics in
Dictatorships
Current (main) research project:
Conceptualization and Measurement of Democracy
Ph.d. Thesis
-Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, 2011: "The
Economic Effects of Democracy and Dictatorship" [PDF]
Awarded His Majesty the King of Norway's Gold Medal for best Ph.D.
Dissertation in the Social Sciences, 2012
Shortlisted (among 6 top candidates) for the ECPR Jean Blondel Prize for
best Ph.D. Dissertation in Political Science, 2012
Journal articles
-Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2013). Democracy, State Capacity and Economic
Growth. World Development 43: 1-18
-Knutsen, Carl Henrik and Hanne Fjelde (2013). Property Rights in Dictatorships: Kings Protect Property Better than Generals or Party Bosses. Contemporary Politics 19(1): 94-114
-Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2012). Democracy and
Economic Growth: A Review of Arguments and Results. International Area Studies Review
15(4): 393-415.
-Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2011). Security Threats,
Enemy-Contingent Policies and Economic Development in Dictatorships. International Interactions 37(4):
414-40.
LINK to
article
-Knutsen, Carl Henrik, Asmund Rygh and Helge Hveem
(2011). Does State Ownership Matter? Institutions' Effect on Foreign Direct
Investment Revisited. Business and Politics
13(1).
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to article
-Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2011). Which Democracies
Prosper? Electoral Rules, Form of Government and Economic Growth. Electoral Studies 30(1): 83-90.
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to article
Internet
Appendix
-Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2011). Democracy,
Dictatorship and Protection of Property Rights. Journal of Development Studies 47(1):
164-182.
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to article
-Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2011). I’ll mind my
own business if you mind yours: The OAU and the African Peace. Dynamiques Internationales, peer reviewed
WP#3
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to article
Republished at e-International Relations: Link
-Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2010). Investigating the Lee
thesis: How bad is democracy for Asian economies? European Political Science Review 2(3):
451-473.
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to article
Tables
-Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2010). Den rasjonelle
diktator [The rational dictator]. Internasjonal Politikk 68(3): 404-414.
LINK to article
-Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2010). Measuring Effective Democracy. International Political Science Review
31(2): 109-128.
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article
Appendix Table
Book chapters
-Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2013). "Measuring Democracy" in Alex C. Michalos [Eds]
Encyclopedia of Quality of
Life Research. Springer.
-Hveem, Helge, Carl Henrik Knutsen and Asmund Rygh (2012) "State ownership, political risk and foreign direct investment" in Kjell A. Eliassen (Ed.) Business and politics in a new global order. Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk
-Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2012). "Democracy, Dictatorship and Technological
Change" in Helge Hveem and Carl Henrik Knutsen [Eds.] Governance and Knowledge: The
Politics of Foreign Investment, Technology and Ideas. London: Routledge.
-Hveem, Helge and Carl Henrik Knutsen (2012). "Introduction: Politics and
the Creation and Diffusion of Knowledge" in Helge Hveem and Carl Henrik Knutsen
[Eds.] Governance and
Knowledge: The Politics of Foreign Investment, Technology and Ideas.
London: Routledge.
-Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2011). "Democracy and Economic Growth: A Changing
Relationship" in Dag Harald Claes and Carl Henrik Knutsen [Eds.] Governing the Global Economy: Politics,
Institutions and Economic Development. London: Routledge.
-Claes, Dag Harald and Carl Henrik Knutsen (2011). "The Global Political
Economy: International Institutions, States and MNEs" in Dag Harald Claes and
Carl Henrik Knutsen [Eds.] Governing the
Global Economy: Politics, Institutions and Economic Development. London:
Routledge.
-Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2011). "Education" in Helge Hveem and Lelio Iapadre
[Eds.] The Global Governance of Knowledge:
Education, research, innovation and international cooperation. London:
Routledge.
-Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2011). "Research" in Helge Hveem and Lelio Iapadre
[Eds.] The Global Governance of Knowledge:
Education, research, innovation and international cooperation. London:
Routledge.
-Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2011). "Open flow of ideas" in Helge Hveem and Lelio
Iapadre [Eds.] The Global Governance of
Knowledge: Education, research, innovation and international
cooperation. London: Routledge.
-Hveem, Helge and Carl Henrik Knutsen (2011). "Co-operation on knowledge
activities" in Helge Hveem and Lelio Iapadre [Eds.] The Global Governance of Knowledge: Education,
research, innovation and international cooperation. London:
Routledge.
Master
Theses
-Master Thesis, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, 2007: "Democracy
and Property Rights - A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis on the Effects of
Political Regime Type on Property Rights Arrangements" [PDF]
-Master Thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, 2006:
"Political Regime Types and Economic Growth - Are Democracies Better at
Increasing Prosperity?" [PDF]
Cross sectional data set in SPSS [SAV]
Working papers; a selection (please
e-mail me for latest version if interested)
-Income Growth and
Revolutions[PDF]
-Democracy by demand? Reinvestigating the effect of liberal values on political
regime type (Co-authored with Sirianne Dahlum)
-The Political Economy of Natural Resources: The Capabilities and Incentives
for Correctly Reporting Mineral Production (Co-authored with Rune Busch, Asmund
Rygh and Ida Dokk Smith)
-Risk-taking and political risk management: Investigating the role of state
ownership for Norwegian firms’ FDI (Co-authored with Asmund Rygh)
-Types of Dictatorship and Economic Performance (Co-authored with Hanne
Fjelde)
-Democracy and Income Inequality: Estimating a Reciprocal Relationship
-Democracy, Technological Change and Economic Growth
-Africa's Growth Tragedy Revisited: Weak States, Strong Rulers
GARNET WORKING PAPER NO 71/09 [LINK]
-Issue Attention and Individual Voting Intentions: Survey Experiments of
Selective Exposure in Simulated Election Campaigns (Co-authored with Audun
Beyer and Bjørn Erik Rasch)
-Development and the Utility of Interstate War (Co-authored with Håvard Hegre
and Bjørn Høyland)
Some older working papers
-Democracy, Dictatorship and Technological Change [PDF]
Long, formal version
-From James Monroe and the Quing Dynasty to George W. Bush and the Communist
Party: The historical evidence on how democracy and dictatorship affect
economic growth [PDF]
-The Economic Effects of Democracy - An Empirical Analysis [DOC]
-GDP, Inequality, Democracy and the Happiness of Nations [PDF]
-Methodological approaches and causal inference: incommensurability or
complementarity? [DOC]
-Foreign Direct Investment and Political Systems in Host Countries: The Case of
Norway
Co-authored with Helge Hveem and Asmund Rygh
-Blue-eyed investors? Norwegian Foreign direct investments and political
systems in host countries[PDF]
Co-authored with Helge Hveem and Asmund Rygh.
-The latecomer investor. Patterns of outward Norwegian foreign direct
investments
Co-authored with Helge Hveem and Asmund Rygh
-Democracy and Economic Growth in the Post-Cold War Period [DOC]
-The functions of international agreements and regulation in the areas of
knowledge creation and diffusion...[DOC]
-A short note on concepts and elementary mathematics used in rational choice
theory [DOC]
Note for STV4346B
-Beyond OLS: A non-technical guide to econometric methods [DOC]
Note for STV4346B
Book reviews, magazine- and newspaper
articles, etc.
-STATA – en entusiastisk innføring[STATA – an enthusiastic
introduction]. Book review of Midtbø, Tor (2010), Oslo: Universitetsforlaget,
in Norsk Statsvitenskaplig Tidsskrift 2013-2:
191-3.
-Demokratisk teori og historisk praksis: Forutsetninger for folkestyre
1750-1850 [Democratic theory and historical practice: Preconditions for popular
rule 1750-1850]. Book review of Sandvik, Hilde [ed.] (2010), Oslo: Scandinavian
Academic Press, in Arr
-De negative konsekvensene av økonomisk ulikhet [The negative consequences of
economic inequality] Debate article in MINERVA [LINK]
-Urettferdig valgordning?
[Unjust electoral system?] Article in Dagsavisen 16/9 2009 [LINK]
-Historiens slutt, 20 år etter [The End of History, 20 years after] Article in
MINERVA 30/9 2009 [LINK]
-Spillteori: En innføring [Game theory: An introduction]. Book review of Hovi,
Jon (2008), Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, in Norsk Statsvitenskaplig Tidsskrift 3/08
293-6.
-Diktaturets fortreffelighet? [The excellence of dictatorship?] Comment in
Aftenposten 21/8-2008 (in Norwegian)
[HTML]
-Journal article in Fortid 2(3), 2005,
"Forholdet mellom makroøkonomiske modeller og historiske hendelser" [The
relationship between macroeconomic models and historical events] Link to the
journal [PDF]
Reviewer assignments for the following journals:
Journal of Economic Growth; British Journal of Political Science; International
Studies Quarterly; Journal of Peace Research; International Political Science
Review; Political Research Quarterly; Democratisation; Political Studies;
Scandinavian Political Studies; Review of International Political Economy;
International Area Studies Review; European Journal of Development Research;
Journal of Institutional Economics; Economic Systems; Forum for Development
Studies; Dynamiques Internationales; Norsk Statsvitenskaplig Tidsskrift
Ph.d. students:
Sirianne Dahlum (main supervisor); Tommy Knutsen (co-supervisor); Tore Wig
(co-supervisor)