Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Regius Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, University of Essex, United Kingdom & Research Associate, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway Contact information: Department of Government University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1206 87 25 17 Email:
[email protected] URL: http://ksgleditsch.com/ Campus office: 5.415 orcid.org/0000-0003-4149-3211 General Research Interests International Conflict and Cooperation Intrastate Conflict, Protest, and Mobilization Mathematical and Statistical Models in the Social Sciences Democratization and Political Change Personal Information Born in Oslo, Norway, 9 October 1971 Married to Theodora-Ismene Gizelis (since 2002), one child (Thekla Eleonora Gleditsch Gizelis, born 2019) Languages: Norwegian, English, and Spanish, written and spoken. Basic German. Experience with Greek and Russian Education Degrees 1995-9. PhD in Political Science, University of Colorado, USA, August 1995-6. MA in Political Science, University of Colorado, USA, March 1991-3. Cand.Mag. degree, University of Oslo, Norway, December Majoring in Political Science with additional degrees in Social Anthropology, Spanish, and Statistics 1991. Completed Norwegian High School Studies, Persbråten VGS, Oslo, Norway, June Nondegree coursework 2003. Summer Course in Greek, Faculty of Philosophy, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, June-July 1997. Summer Institute in Political Psychology, Ohio State University, USA, June-July 1 1996-7. Doctoral Studies in Political Science, University of Maryland, USA 1996. Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer School, University of Michigan, USA, July-August 1994-5. Additional Courses in Methodology and Statistics (SS1, SS3) in the Department of Economics, University of Oslo, Norway.