Publications

Books

  1. Rasmussen, Magnus B. and Carl Henrik Knutsen. (2022). Reforming to Survive: The Bolshevik Origins of Social Policies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. Hovden, HE, CH Knutsen and E Kosberg. (2022). Demos: Politikk og Menneskerettigheter, VG2 & VG3. Oslo: Cappelen Damm.
  3. Gjerløw, Haakon, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Matthew C. Wilson and Tore Wig. (2021). One road to riches? How state building and democratization affect economic development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  4. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2021). Demokrati og diktatur. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget.
  5. Coppedge, M., J Gerring, A Glynn, CH Knutsen, SI Lindberg, D Pemstein, S-E Skaaning, B Seim and J Teorell, with D Altman, M Bernhard, F Bizzarro Neto, A Hicken, K McMann, M Maguire, K L. Marquardt, V Mechkova, P Paxton, J Pernes, R Sigman, J Staton, N Stepanova, E Tzelgov and Yi-ting Wang (2020). Varieties of Democracy: Measuring a Century of Political Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  6. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2011). The Economic Effects of Democracy and Dictatorship. Oslo: University of Oslo, Department of Political Science. PhD Thesis.
    Won HM the King of Norway’s Gold Medal, best Dissertation in Social Sciences, 2012 Shortlisted ECPR Jean Blondel Prize, best PhD Dissertation in Political Science, 2012

Edited volumes

  1. Coppedge, M, A Edgell, CH Knutsen & SI Lindberg (2022). Why Democracies Develop and Decline. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    Honorable Mention for the Juan Linz Best Book award from the APSA Democracy and Autocracy Section, Cambridge University Press (shared with Michael Coppedge, Amanda Edgell, Staffan I. Lindberg).
  2. Hveem, Helge and Carl Henrik Knutsen [Eds.] (2012). Governance and Knowledge: The Politics of Foreign Investment, Technology and Ideas. London: Routledge.
  3. Claes, Dag Harald and Carl Henrik Knutsen [Eds.] (2011). Governing the Global Economy: Politics, Institutions, and Economic Development. London: Routledge.

Journal articles

Artwork at the OFFICE, with a little help from my kids
  1. Knutsen, CH & P Kolvani (Forthcoming) Fighting the Disease or Manipulating the Data? Democracy, State Capacity, and the COVID-19 Pandemic. World Politics.
  2. Knutsen, CH, KL Marquardt, B Seim, M Coppedge, J Medzihorsky, AB Edgell, D Pemstein, J Teorell, J Gerring, SI Lindberg (2024) Conceptual and Measurement Issues in Assessing Democratic Backsliding. PS: Political Science. Replication files
  3. Rasmussen, MB & CH Knutsen (2024) Laying Down the Principles: How Local Socialist Achievements Spurred National Bourgeois Support for Non-Contributory Pensions. World Politics.
  4. Rygh, A & CH Knutsen (2023) Does state ownership mitigate political risk in foreign direct investments? Evidence from subsidiary-level data for Norwegian MNEs. Multinational Business Review. OnlineFirst.
  5. Djuve VL & CH Knutsen (2023) Economic crisis and regime transitions from within. Journal of Peace Research OnlineFirst. Online Appendix & Replication files
  6. Gerring, J & CH Knutsen (2022) Homicide and State History. American Sociological Review. 87(6): 950-980. Online Appendix; Replication files
  7. Boese, VA, S Gates, CH Knutsen, HM Nygård & H Strand. (2022). Patterns of Democracy over Space and Time. International Studies Quarterly 66(3): sqac041. Supplementary Material; Online Appendix; Replication files
  8. Gerring, J, CH Knutsen & J Berge (2022) Does Democracy Matter? Annual Review of Political Science 25: 357-375. Online Appendix; Replication files
  9. Dahlum, S, CH Knutsen & V Mechkova (2022) Women’s political empowerment and economic growth. World Development 156(August): 105822. Online Appendix
  10. Gerring, J, H Gjerløw & CH Knutsen (2022) Regimes and industrialization. World Development 152(April): 105791. Online Appendix
  11. Knutsen, CH (2021) A business case for democracy: Regime type, growth and growth volatility. Democratization 28(8): 1505-1524. Online Appendix
    Frank Cass Award for Best Article in Democratization in 2021.
  12. CH Knutsen (2022). Is democracy compatible with a competitive economy? Japanese Spotlight. September/October: Special Article 6.
  13. Hermansen, G, CH Knutsen & HM Nygård (2021) Characterizing and assessing temporal heterogeneity: Introducing a change point framework, with applications on the study of democratization. Political Analysis 29(4): 485-504. Online Appendix; Replication files
  14. Fjelde, H, CH Knutsen and HM Nygård (2021) Which institutions matter? Re-considering the democratic civil peace. International Studies Quarterly 65(1): 223-237.
  15. Gerring, J, CH Knutsen, M Maguire, SE Skaaning, J Teorell, M Coppedge (2021) Democracy and Human Development: Issues of Conceptualization and Measurement. Democratization 28(2): 308-332. Online Appendix; Replication files
  16. Rasmussen, Magnus B. and Carl Henrik Knutsen (2020). Party Institutionalization and Welfare State Development. British Journal of Political Science 51(3): 1203-1229. Online Appendix; Replication files
  17. Wilson, Matthew C. and Carl Henrik Knutsen (2020). Geographical Coverage in Political Science Research. Perspectives on Politics. Online First. Online Appendix; Replication files
  18. Cornell, Agnes, Carl Henrik Knutsen and Jan Teorell (2020). Bureaucracy and Growth. Comparative Political Studies. 53(14): 2246-2282. Online Appendix; Replication files
  19. Djuve, Vilde L., Carl Henrik Knutsen and Tore Wig (2020). Patterns of Regime Breakdown since the French Revolution. Comparative Political Studies 53(6): 923-958. Online Appendix; Replication files
    FAPSA Democracy & Autocracy section Best Article Award (shared w. Vilde Lunnan Djuve & Tore Wig).
  20. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2020). Demokratiforskningen: Hvor står den, og hvor går den? Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning 61(1): 87-92.
  21. Knutsen, Carl Henrik and Magnus B. Rasmussen (2019). Majoritarian systems, rural groups, and (arrested) welfare state development. International Political Science Review 41(2): 238-254. Online Appendix; Replication files
  22. Rød, Espen G., Carl Henrik Knutsen and Håvard Hegre (2019). The determinants of democracy: A sensitivity analysis. Public Choice 185: 87-111. Online Appendix
  23. Dahlum, Sirianne, Carl Henrik Knutsen and Tore Wig (2019). Who Revolts? Empirically Revisiting the Social Origins of Democracy. Journal of Politics 81(4): 1494-1499. Online Appendix; Replication files
  24. Gerring, John and Carl Henrik Knutsen (2019). Polity Size and the Institutionalization of Leadership Succession. Studies in Comparative International Development 54:451–472. Online Appendix
  25. Gjerløw, Haakon and Carl Henrik Knutsen (2019). Leaders, private interests, and socially wasteful projects: Skyscrapers in democracies and autocracies. Political Research Quarterly 72(2): 504-520. Online Appendix; Replication files
  26. Coppedge, M, J Gerring, C H Knutsen, J Krusell, J Medzihorsky, J Pernes, S-E Skaaning, N Stepanova, J Teorell, E Tzelgov, SL. Wilson, SI. Lindberg (2019). The Methodology of “Varieties of Democracy”. Bulletin of Sociological Methodology 43(1): 107-133.
  27. Knutsen, CH, J Teorell, T Wig, A Cornell, J Gerring, H Gjerløw, S-E Skaaning, D Ziblatt, KL. Marquardt, D Pemstein and B Seim (2019). Introducing the Historical Varieties of Democracy Dataset: Political Institutions in the Long 19th Century. Journal of Peace Research 56(3): 440-451. Online Appendix; Replication files
  28. Knutsen, CH, J Gerring, S-E Skaaning, J Teorell, M McGuire, SI. Lindberg and M Coppedge (2019). Economic development and democracy: An electoral connection. European Journal of Political Research 58(1): 292-314. Online Appendix; Replication files
  29. Erdal, Marta B., Carl Henrik Knutsen and Arnfinn Midtbøen (2019). Internasjonalisering, mangfold og diskriminering i norsk akademia. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift 3/2019: 288-295.
  30. Knutsen, Carl Henrik and Magnus B. Rasmussen (2018). Electoral Rules, Labor Market Coordination and Macroeconomic Performance. Scandinavian Political Studies 41(3): 367-378. Online Appendix; Replication files
  31. Bizzarro, Fernando, John Gerring, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Allen Hicken, Michael Bernhard, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Michael Coppedge and Staffan I. Lindberg (2018). Party Strength and Economic Growth. World Politics 70(2): 275-320. Online Appendix ; Replication files
  32. Knutsen, Carl Henrik and Magnus B. Rasmussen (2018). The Autocratic Welfare State: Old-Age Pensions, Credible Commitments, and Regime Survival. Comparative Political Studies 51(5): 659-695. Replication dataset; Replication Do file; Monkey Cage Blogpost; Online Appendix; Replication files
  33. Knutsen, Carl Henrik, John Gerring, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jan Teorell, Matthew Maguire, Staffan I. Lindberg and Michael Coppedge (2018). Economic Development and Democracy: A Disaggregated Perspective. The Annals of Comparative Democratization 16(3): 7-11.
  34. Knutsen, Carl Henrik and Jan Teorell (2018). Historical Varieties of Democracy: Political Institutions from 1789 to 1920. Comparative Democratization Newsletter 16(2):4-8.
  35. Knutsen, Carl Henrik and Tore Wig (2018). Internasjonalisering nå! Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift 3-4/2018: 312-321.
  36. Dahlum, S and CH Knutsen (2017) Do democracies provide better education? Revisiting the democracy–human capital link. World Development 94(1): 186-199.
  37. Knutsen, CH, HM Nygård and T Wig (2017) Autocratic Elections: Stabilizing Tool or Force for Change? World Politics 69(1): 98-143.
    NEPS Medal for best publication in Peace Science (shared with Håvard M. Nygård and Tore Wig)
  38. Knutsen, Carl Henrik, Andreas Kotsadam, Eivind Hammersmark Olsen and Tore Wig (2017). Mining and Local Corruption in Africa. American Journal of Political Science 61(2):320-334. AJPS blogpost; Online appendix; Replication files
  39. Dahlum, Sirianne and Carl Henrik Knutsen (2017) . What Counts as Evidence? Panel Data and the Empirical Evaluation of Revised Modernization Theory. British Journal of Political Science. 47(2): 473-478.
  40. Dahlum, Sirianne and Carl Henrik Knutsen (2017) . Democracy by demand? Reinvestigating the effect of self-expression values on political regime type. British Journal of Political Science. 47(2): 437-461. Online Appendix; Replication files
  41. Knutsen, Carl Henrik, Jørgen Møller and Svend-Erik Skaaning (2016). Going Historical: Measuring Democraticness before the Age of Mass Democracy. International Political Science Review. 37(5): 679-689.
  42. Knutsen, Carl Henrik and Simone Wegmann (2016). Is Democracy about Redistribution? Democratization 23(1): 164-192. Online Appendix; Replication files
  43. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2015). Reinvestigating the Reciprocal Relationship between Democracy and Income Inequality. Review of Economics and Institutions 6(2): Article 1. Online Appendix; Replication files
  44. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2015). Why Democracies Outgrow Autocracies in the Long Run: Civil Liberties, Information Flows and Technological Change. Kyklos 68(3): 357-384. Online Appendix; Replication files
  45. Knutsen, Carl Henrik and Håvard M. Nygård (2015). Institutional Characteristics and Regime Survival: Why Are Semi-Democracies Less Durable Than Autocracies and Democracies? American Journal of Political Science 59(3): 656-670. Online Appendix; Replication files
  46. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2015). Demokrati, “Quality of Government” og menneskelig velferd: Et tilsvar til Rothstein [Democracy, Quality of Government, and Human Well-Being: A Response to Rothstein]. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift 32(2): 184-191.
  47. Knutsen, Carl Henrik and Tore Wig (2015). Government Turnover and the Effects of Regime Type: How Requiring Alternation in Power Biases against the Estimated Economic Benefits of Democracy. Comparative Political Studies 48(7): 882-914. Online Appendix; Replication files
  48. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2014). Income Growth and Revolutions. Social Science Quarterly 95(4): 920-937. Replication files
  49. Beyer, Audun, Carl Henrik Knutsen and Bjørn Erik Rasch (2014). Election Campaigns, Issue Focus and Voting Intentions: Survey Experiments of Norwegian Voters. Scandinavian Political Studies 37(4): 406-427. Online Appendix; Replication files
  50. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2013). Democracy, State Capacity and Economic Growth. World Development 43: 1-18. Online Appendix; Replication files
    Awarded Chr. Michelsen’s Prize 2014 for excellent contribution to development research by Norwegian scholar below 40 years of age.
  51. 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. Replication files
  52. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2012). Democracy and Economic Growth: A Survey of Arguments and Results. International Area Studies Review 15(4): 393-415.
  53. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2011). Security Threats, Enemy-Contingent Policies and Economic Development in Dictatorships. International Interactions 37(4): 414-40. Online Appendix
  54. 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).
  55. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2011). Which Democracies Prosper? Electoral Rules, Form of Government and Economic Growth. Electoral Studies 30(1): 83-90. Online Appendix; Replication files
  56. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2011). Democracy, Dictatorship and Protection of Property Rights. Journal of Development Studies 47(1): 164-182.
    Replication files
  57. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2011). I’ll mind my own business if you mind yours: The OAU and the African Peace. Dynamiques Internationales and re-published at E-International Relations.
  58. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2010). Den rasjonelle diktator [The rational dictator]. Internasjonal Politikk 68(3): 404-414.
  59. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2010). Measuring Effective Democracy. International Political Science Review 31(2): 109-128.
    Online Appendix; Replication files
  60. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2010). Investigating the Lee thesis: How bad is democracy for Asian economies?  European Political Science Review 2(3): 451-473. Online Appendix; Replication files

Book chapters

  1. Dahlum, S & CH Knutsen (Forthcoming) The development and state of Norwegian democracy. In E Allern, MB Hegghammer, K Kolltveit & BE Rasch [Eds.]. Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  2. Rasmussen, MB & CH Knutsen (Forthcoming) Political regime type and social policies. In A Barrientos, M Carnes, H-J Kwon, H Obinger, L Patel & C Schmitt [Eds.] Oxford Handbook of Social Policies in the Developing World. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  3. Knutsen, CH & J Teorell (Forthcoming) The role of institutional factors in democratic development and decline. In A Vatter & R Freiburghaus [Eds.] Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  4. Knutsen, CH & SE Skaaning (Forthcoming). Economic Development and Autocratization. In L Tomini & A Croissant [Eds.] The Routledge Handbook of Autocratization. London: Routledge.
  5. Knutsen, CH (2023). En tilstandsanalyse av det norske demokratiet. In HP Graver, GE Birkelund & G Havelin [Eds.] Hvor går demokratiet? Oslo: Dreyers forlag. 
  6. Djuve, VL & CH Knutsen (2022). How Economic Systems and Performance Influence Regime Change. In S Casagrande & B Dallago [Eds.] The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Economic Systems. London: Routledge.
  7. Knutsen, CH & SE Skaaning (2022). The Ups and Downs of Democracy, 1789-2018. In Coppedge, M, A Edgell, CH Knutsen, SI Lindberg [Eds.] Why Democracies Develop and Decline. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  8. Knutsen, CH & S Dahlum (2022). Economic Determinants of Democracy. In Coppedge, M, A Edgell, CH Knutsen, SI Lindberg [Eds.] Why Democracies Develop and Decline. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  9. Coppedge, M, A Edgell, CH Knutsen, SI Lindberg (2022). Introduction. In Coppedge, M, A Edgell, CH Knutsen, SI Lindberg [Eds.] Why Democracies Develop and Decline. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  10. Coppedge, M, A Edgell, CH Knutsen, SI Lindberg (2022). Causal Sequences in Long-Term Democratic Development and Decline. In Coppedge, M, A Edgell, CH Knutsen, SI Lindberg [Eds.] Why Democracies Develop and Decline. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  11. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2021). “Autocracy and variation in economic development outcomes”. In G Crawford and A-G Abdulai. [Eds.] Handbook on Democracy and Development. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  12. Uberti, Luca and Carl Henrik Knutsen (2021). “Property rights protection, human capital, and economic development”. In E. Douarin and O. Havrylyshyn [Eds.] Handbook of Comparative Economics. London: Palgrave. 
  13. Knutsen, Carl Henrik and Dag-Einar Thorsen (2016) “Diktaturets mange former” [Varieties of dictatorships]. In R Malnes [Ed.] Velkommen til statsvitenskap. Oslo: Gyldendal.
  14. Knutsen, Carl Henrik and Dag Einar Thorsen (2015). “Diktaturet — Demokratiets motsats?” [Dictatorship — The antipode to democracy?] in Raino Malnes and Dag Einar Thorsen [Eds.] Demokratiet — historien og ideene. Oslo: Dreyer.
  15. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2015). “Demokrati og økonomisk vekst” [Democracy and economic growth] in Raino Malnes and Dag Einar Thorsen [Eds.] Demokratiet — historien og ideene. Oslo: Dreyer. Forthcoming.
  16. Knutsen, Carl Henrik and Hanne Fjelde (2014). “Property Rights in Dictatorships: Kings Protect Property Better than Generals or Party Bosses” in A Croissant, S. Kailitz, P. Koellner and S. Wurster [Eds.] Comparing autocracies in the early 21st Century, Vol 2: The Performance and Persistence of Autocracies. London: Routledge.
  17. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2014). “Hvor demokratisk er det norske demokratiet? En internasjonal sammenligning” [How democratic is the Norwegian democracy? An international comparison] in Harald Baldersheim [Ed.] Det norske demokratiet. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget.
  18. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2014). “Measuring Democracy” in Alex C. Michalos [Eds] Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research. Springer.
  19. Awa, Angelique and Carl Henrik Knutsen (2013). “Landprofil: Kongo–Kinshasa” [Country profile: Congo-Kinshasa] in Sigrun Johnstad [Ed.] Afrikas 99% – økonomisk vekst, ulikhet og protest. Oslo: Fellesrådet for Afrika.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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. 
  23. 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.
  24. 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.  
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. 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

Book reviews

  1. Knutsen CH (2023) Review of Kings as Judges: Power, Justice, and the Origins of Parliaments. By D Boucoyannis, Cambridge University Press. Governance 36(2): 671-672.
  2. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2020). Review of Frank Dikötter (2019) How To Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century. By D Boucoyannis, Journal of Peace Research. Governance 36(2): 671-672.
  3. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2019). Review of Adam ​Przeworski (2019) Crises of Democracy. Journal of Peace Research.
  4. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2016). Review of ​Carles Boix (2015) Political Order and Inequality: Their Foundations and Their Consequences for Human Welfare. Journal of Peace Research.
  5. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2013). STATA – en entusiastisk innføring [ STATA – an enthusiastic introduction]. Book review of Midtbø, Tor (2010), Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, in Norsk Statsvitenskaplig Tidsskrift 2013-2: 191-193.
  6. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2010). 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 22(4): 187-189.
  7. Knutsen, Carl Henrik (2008). Spillteori: En innføring [Game theory: An introduction]. Book review of Hovi, Jon (2008), Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, in Norsk Statsvitenskaplig Tidsskrift 3/08 293-296.

Reports (a selection)

  1. Knutsen, CH, S Dahlum, E Allern, SB Hagfors, JE Klausen M Søyland, T Wig (2023) Tilstandsanalyse av det norske demokratiet. UiO/KDD: Oslo. Replication files
  2. Knutsen, CH. (2023) Styresett, økonomisk utvikling og vilkår for internasjonale investorer: Kartlegging av relevant forskning for utvalget satt til å vurdere langsiktige perspektiver for Statens pensjonsfond utland. Oslo. Vedlegg 4, NOU 2022:12.
  3. Akademiet for yngre forskere [Erdal, Marta B., Carl Henrik Knutsen, Arnfinn H. Midtbøen, et al.] (2019). Rom for mangfold i akademia? En surveyundersøkelse om internasjonalisering, diskriminering og seksuell trakassering blant yngre forskere i Norge. Oslo: Akademiet for yngre forskere.
  4. Knutsen, CH (2019) Characteristics of the private sector and democracy. V-Dem Institute Briefing paper no. 5. Policy brief written on request by the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  5. Carling, Jørgen, Marta B. Erdal, Bård Harstad, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Trude Lappegård, Torbjørn Skardhamar and Gudrun Østby (2018). At the crossroads of open access to research An assessment of the possible consequences of Plan S for publishing, research quality and research environments. PRIO: Oslo.
  6. Dahlum, S, CH Knutsen, SI Lindberg (2018). The economic costs of the shrinking civil space: Civil liberties and economic growth. Research paper commissioned by the global nonprofit initiative B-Team
  7. Akademiet for yngre forskere [De Moor, Katrien, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Guro Lind, Herdis Hølleland, Arnfinn Midtbøen and Katerini Storeng] (2018). Unge forskere i Norge. Karriereveier og ambisjoner.  Oslo: Akademiet for yngre forskere