SHORT CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION

- Name Terje Knutsen - Office Address Department of Comparative Politics, Christies gate 15, N-5007 - Phone and E-mail +4755582018 (office), +4791173442 (home), [email protected] - Date of birth 17.10.1968 - Citizenship Norwegian

EDUCATION

2009 Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) in Comparative Politics, 1996 Cand. polit. (M. Phil.) in Comparative Politics, University of Bergen. The degree also includes undergraduate studies in Law and History.

ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

2009- Associate professor, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen 2005- 2009 Assistant professor, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen 2005 Guest Researcher, Nordeuropainstitut , Humboldt University, 2003- 2005 Research Fellow, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen. 2002 Head of Office and Administration, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen. 2002 Administratively responsible for the Norwegian National Political Science Conference. 2000-2001 Research Fellow, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen. 1999-2000 Head of Office and Administration, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen. 1998-1999 Research Coordinator, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen. 1997 Researcher, Centre for Environment and Development, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

1. Frank Aarebrot and Terje Knutsen (eds.) Politics and Citizenship on the Eastern Baltic Seaboard: The Structuring of Democratic Politics from North-West Russia to Poland, Norwegian Academic Press, Kristiansand, 2000. 2. The Democratisation of Eastern Europe 1989-2004. A closer look at how Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria have handled the challenges of economic development, good governance, nationalism and xenophobia. (PhD Thesis). UiB, 2009. 3. The Democratisation of Eastern Europe. From Communism to EU Membership. VDM Verlag, Saarbrücken, 2009.

Book chapters

1. (with Frank Aarebrot) “Introduction”, in Frank Aarebrot and Terje Knutsen (eds.) Politics and Citizenship on the Eastern Baltic Seaboard: The Structuring of Democratic Politics from North-West Russia to Poland, Nordic Academic Press, Kristiansand, 2000. 2. (with Natalja Altermark and Frode Overland Andersen) “Theories of Transition and a Definition of Consolidation”, in Frank Aarebrot and Terje Knutsen (eds.) Politics and Citizenship on the Eastern Baltic Seaboard: The Structuring of Democratic Politics from North-West Russia to Poland, Nordic Academic Press, Kristiansand, 2000. 3. (with Frank Aarebrot) “Comparative Perspectives”, in Frank Aarebrot and Terje Knutsen (eds.) Politics and Citizenship on the Eastern Baltic Seaboard: The Structuring of Democratic Politics from North-West Russia to Poland, Nordic Academic Press, Kristiansand, 2000.

Articles

1. ”God og dårlig – eller bare sosial kapital?” (Good and bad – or just social capital?), in Stat & Styring nr 4, 2009.

Presented papers

1. Democracy and the Politics of Nationalism in Eastern Europe 1990-2000 . Paper presented at the workshop “The Conditions of European Democracy” in Kaunas, 15-16. October 2000. 2. Eastern Europe 10 years after the fall of Communism. Paper presented at the workshop “Conditions of European Democracy” in Greifswald, 10-12. May 2001. 3. Eastern Europe. A Macro Overview. Paper presented at the Norwegian Political Science Association Meeting at Solstrand, 7-9. January 2002. 4. Democracy and Nationalism. Paper presented at the workshop “Conditions of European Democracy” in Berlin, 2-3. June 2002. 5. The Applicant Countries to the European Union. Status and Future Challenges. Paper presented at the workshop “The Future of the European Union” at Fudan University, Shanghai, 15-16. November 2002. 6. Of Things to Come. Paper presented at the workshop “Conditions of European Democracy” in Bergen, 1-2. February 2003. 7. Democracy and the Market. A closer look at five East European countries. Paper presented at the Norwegian Political Science Association Meeting in Bergen, 4-6. January 2006.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1. Bergen, 1996. A semester course on practical statistics, using the data program SPSS for Windows, Department of , University of Bergen. 2. Kaunas, 2000. Co-director and moderator at the conference “Elections, Political Parties and Elite strategies in Central East Europe on the Eve of XXI Century”, Vytautas Magnus University. 3. Bergen, 2000-2006. Recurrent lecturer in international politics, Royal Norwegian Naval Academy.

4. Bergen 2001, 2003. Lectures on intergovernmental organisations, in the adult education course on Human Rights Observation given by the adult education programme of the University of Bergen. 5. Bergen 2003-2005. Lectures in Russian and Japanese Politics, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen. 6. Bergen 2005. Lectures on Human Rights, in a course on Human Rights Observation given by the adult education programme of the University of Bergen. 7. Bergen 2005. Responsible lecturer for the course SAMPOL 120 Nordic Politics and Government , Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen. 8. Bergen 2006. Responsible lecturer for the course SAMPOL 120 Nordic Politics and Government , Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen. 9. Bergen 2006 – Course responsible for a Masters degree in democracy building at Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen. This includes teaching and tuition in the following courses: SAMPOL601 International Election Observation, SAMPOL602 Human Rights Observation, SAMPOL606 Democracy Assistance, SAMPOL602 Filed methodology, SAMPOL609 Corruption Investigation and SAMPOL650 Master Thesis.