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Much of his work has centered on cross-country time-series data collection efforts, for instance on democracy,[2] regime change,[3] regime support coalitions,[4] cabinet ministers,[5] opposition movements,[6] and education systems,[7] as well as related debates on principles[8] and practices[9] of measurement.
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Carl Henrik Knutsen (born 26 March 1981) is a Norwegian political scientist and professor of political science at the University of Oslo.[1][2] His research focuses on the measurement of democracy, regime change and stability, the economic effects of institutions, autocratic politics, and several other topics in comparative politics and political economy. He is one of the Principal Investigators of the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project.[3]
Early life and education
editKnutsen was born in Kongsvinger, Norway, in 1981. He completed a bachelor's degree in Political Science, History and Philosophy in 2004, a master's degree in political science in 2006, and a master's degree in Economic Theory and Econometric Methods in 2008, all at the University of Oslo. He earned his PhD, at the same university, in 2011. During his doctoral studies, he was a guest researcher at Sciences Po, Bordeaux and Columbia University, New York.[1]
Career
editFollowing a postdoctoral fellowship in 2012, Knutsen became an Associate Professor and then a professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo in 2013. He has led the Comparative Institutions and Regimes (CIR) research group at the University of Oslo's Department of Political Science since 2017.
Knutsen has also held appointments at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) from 2008 to 2010, 2013–2014, and 2018–2025. From 2008 to 2024, he was an Associated Researcher at the University of Oslo's Department of Economics, and from 2015 to 2019 a member of the Norwegian Young Academy. Knutsen has been an Affiliated Researcher with the Norwegian Nobel Institute since 2024[4] and Professor II at the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) since 2026. Since 2023, he has been an externally appointed member of the University Board for the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU).
Knutsen is closely involved with the international Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project.[3] Since 2017, he has served as one of V-Dem's five Principal Investigators, and from 2023 to 2025 he also served as the chair of V-Dem's Steering Committee. Knutsen has led or co-led several other research projects, for instance an ERC Consolidator Grant project on autocratic politics[5][6] and the Assessment of Norwegian Democracy.[7]
Research
editKnutsen's research spans several topics in comparative politics, political economy, and related fields. Much of his work has centered on cross-country time-series data collection efforts, for instance on democracy,[8] regime change,[9] regime support coalitions,[10] cabinet ministers, opposition movements, and education systems, as well as related debates on principles and practices of measurement. [11][12]
One strand of Knutsen's research, dating back to his PhD dissertation,[13] centers on the economic effects of democracy and dictatorship, especially on economic growth.[14] Knutsen's research, for instance, addresses how democracy facilitates technological progress and efficiency and mitigates the potential for politically induced economic crisis and other bad economic outcomes, especially in contexts of weak state capacity. Related work centers on explaining the variation in social and economic policies or outcomes in non-democratic contexts.[15]
Another strand of his research centers on describing and explaining regime survival or change. In particular, his work centers on democratizing and autocratizing regime changes, or on the factors facilitating or hindering autocratic regime breakdown.[5][16]
Impact and recognition
editKnutsen is a highly-cited democracy researcher.[17] Between 2010 and 2025, Knutsen's work was published in ten books, over 70 journal articles, and more than 30 book chapters. His research and data collection efforts have received several awards, for example the APSA’s Comparative Politics section's Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Data Set Award,[18] the APSA Democracy and Autocracy section's Best Article Award,[19] the Crh. Michelsen's Award for Excellence in Development Research,[20] the Fridtjof Nansen's Prize for Young Researchers within the Humanities and Social Sciences,[21] and the University of Oslo’s Research Award.[12] As one of five Principal Investigators of the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project, Knutsen has also contributed to building one of the most widely used datasets in comparative politics scholarship.[22][18]
References
edit- 1 2 "Carl Henrik Knutsen". Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- ↑ "Carl Henrik Knutsen" (in Norwegian). Fagbokforlaget. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- 1 2 "Carl Henrik Knutsen". Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- ↑ "Research Staff". Norwegian Nobel Institute. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- 1 2 "ELDAR: Emergence, Life and Demise of Autocratic Regimes". Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- ↑ "The Emergence, Life, and Demise of Autocratic Regimes (ELDAR)". CORDIS, European Commission. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- ↑ Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Dahlum, Silje; Allern, Elin Haugsgjerd; Hagfors, Sara Brorvik; Klausen, Jan Erling; Søyland, Martin; Wig, Tor (2023). Tilstandsanalyse av det norske demokratiet (PDF) (Report) (in Norwegian). Oslo: University of Oslo / Kommunal- og distriktsdepartementet.
- ↑ Coppedge, M, J Gerring, A Glynn, CH Knutsen ... (2020). Varieties of Democracy: Measuring Two Centuries of Political Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ Djuve, Vilde Lunnan; Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Wig, Tor (2020). "Patterns of Regime Breakdown since the French Revolution". Comparative Political Studies. 53 (6): 923–958. doi:10.1177/0010414019879953.
- ↑ Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Dahlum, Silje; Rasmussen, Magnus B.; Wig, Tor (2025). "Behind the Throne: Regime Support Coalitions around the World, 1789–2020". British Journal of Political Science. 55: e37. doi:10.1017/S0007123424000656.
- ↑ "Interview with Carl Henrik Knutsen". Uniforum (in Norwegian). University of Oslo. 2025. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- 1 2 "Research Award to Carl Henrik Knutsen". Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. 2025. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- ↑ Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2011). The Economic Effects of Democracy and Dictatorship (PhD dissertation). Oslo: University of Oslo.
- ↑ "Ein forskarkvardag". Uniforum (in Norwegian). University of Oslo. 2009. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- ↑ "Carl Henrik Knutsen – Google Scholar profile". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- ↑ "Policies of Dictatorships (PoD)". Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- ↑ "Carl Henrik Knutsen". Scopus. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- 1 2 "Comparative Politics Section Award Recipients". American Political Science Association. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- ↑ "Democracy and Autocracy (formerly "Comparative Democratization") Section Award Recipients". American Political Science Association. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- ↑ "Award to Carl Henrik Knutsen for Research on Democracy and Economic Growth". Peace Research Institute Oslo. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- ↑ "Carl Henrik Knutsen Receives 2020 Fridtjof Nansen Award". Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). 2020. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- ↑ Hegedüs, Daniel (2020). "Review: Varieties of Democracy: Measuring Two Centuries of Political Change". Perspectives on Politics. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/S1537592720003059. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
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