I’m a Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, where I lead the Comparative Institutions and Regimes (CIR) research group. I also hold a secondary position as Research Professor at PRIO and am a PI of Varieties of Democracy.
My research interests include regime change and stability, the economic effects of institutions, autocratic politics, and several other fascinating topics in comparative politics and political economy.
My largest ongoing project (2020-2025) is funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant and called the “Emergence, Life, and Demise of Autocratic Regimes” (ELDAR). I also lead another large (FRIPRO) project on “Policies of Dictatorships” (2020-2024), financed by Research Council Norway