Marianne Dahl

Thank you for all your amazing contributions to the class, Sara! I Truls loved to teach this fantastic group!

Back from my mini-stay in Oslo! 🇳🇴

I attended the fabulous PhD course taught by @mariannedahl.bsky.social and @idarudolfsen.bsky.social
& later was lucky to receive amazing feedback on some early work from folks at @prioresearch.bsky.social and @statsvitenskap.bsky.social 🌟 Tusen takk!

PRIO is hiring!

Specifically, we're looking for two post-docs for the project

"Rituals in combatant-to-civilian transformation”, led by my excellent colleague Júlia Palik

More information here:
www.prio.org/about/career...

www.prio.org/about/career...

Fredsprisen til María Corina Machado treffer tidsånden Årets fredspris er en påminnelse om at demokratiets fremtid hviler på dem som våger å protestere uten vold.

I et Venezuela der undertrykkelse og politisk mørke preger hverdagen, er María Corina Machado som et symbol på sivil motstand og håp.

Les PRIOs @mariannedahl.bsky.social om hvorfor årets pris treffer tidsånden:

www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...

Fredsprisen til María Corina Machado treffer tidsånden Årets fredspris er en påminnelse om at demokratiets fremtid hviler på dem som våger å protestere uten vold.

Macado risikerer livet i kampen for demokrati – med ikke-voldelige midler. Jeg har skrevet om henne, Venezuela, og hva forskningen sier om å forsvare demokratiet uten vold. Spoiler alert, men som tittelen avslører så synes jeg at det er en veldig fin pris: www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...

Årets Nobel Fredspris er delt ut i demokratiets navn.

Den demokratiske tilbakegangen er blant vår tids største utfordringer – nivået i dag er som i 1986.

María Corina Machado risikerer livet i kampen for demokrati – med ikke-voldelige midler.

Link til kronikk👇

Fredsprisen til María Corina Machado treffer tidsånden Årets fredspris er en påminnelse om at demokratiets fremtid hviler på dem som våger å protestere uten vold.

"Årets fredspris er en påminnelse om at demokratiets fremtid hviler på dem som våger å protestere uten vold" PRIOs egen @mariannedahl.bsky.social i Aftenposten

www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...

Thank you, Ina😘

Conflict exposure and democratic values: Evidence from wartime Ukraine - Kristin M Bakke, Marianne Dahl, Kit Rickard, 2025 How do experiences of violence in war shape ordinary people’s commitment to democratic principles? Wars often lead to a temporary suspension of democratic right...

🔗 Read the article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
📖 Explore the special issue: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

#Democracy #Ukraine #War #ConflictResearch #PeaceResearch #PoliticalViolence #ComparativePolitics

👉 These results underscore Ukraine’s democratic resilience while showing why we must study specific democratic principles—not just “democracy” in the abstract.

🧩Theory:
• Violence consistently undermines minority rights
• For elections & speech → violence creates competing pressures: sometimes reinforcing, sometimes eroding support

🔑 Findings:
• Those injured or bereaved → somewhat less supportive of minority rights
• Weaker evidence of effects on free speech
• Commitment to elections remains resilient

💡 Our findings highlight Ukraine’s democratic resilience, even in the face of war.

Based on surveys in Ukraine (Oct 2022 & July 2024), we study how wartime violence shapes support for:
🗳 Free & fair elections
🗣 Freedom of speech
🤝 Minority rights

📢 New paper alert: How does war shape democratic values?
Conflict exposure and democratic values: Evidence from wartime Ukraine
by @kristinmbakke.bsky.social, Marianne Dahl & Kit Rickard. 📖 Published in the @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social special issue on Political Violence in Democracies.
👇🧵

Big congrats, Amalie!☺️ Much looking forward to reading this version of this great paper!

From the streets to the ballots: protests, polls and polarization in Hong Kong Social movement research indicates that protests can influence voting behaviour through several informational and psychological mechanisms. Yet, we know little about the individual variation in how...

I’m very happy to share that the first paper of my PhD, «From the streets to the ballots: Protests, polls and Polarization in Hong Kong» has been published online in @democratization.bsky.social

It is open access, and you can read it here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Introducing the Opposition Movements and Groups Dataset 1789–2019 in @cpsjournal.bsky.social together with @mariannedahl.bsky.social @chknutsen.bsky.social @sirianned.bsky.social @hannefjelde.bsky.social @torewig.bsky.social

Read about the paper👇

Or dive right into the data👉 www.prio.org/data/39

Malin Nærum Aadalen, Stine Bosheim, @sunnivahustad.bsky.social, Jens Koning, Fredrik Methi, @amalienilsen.bsky.social, @solneg.bsky.social, @amobermeier.bsky.social, Madeleine Oppøyen, Rebekka Ringholm, Jan Rustemeyer, Tora Sagård, Mette Sandstad, and Carina Strøm-Sedgwick

Big shout-out to our amazing research assistants 👏 Over 4+ years, they worked with care and dedication to make this data collection possible. We’re so grateful for their hard work and commitment: (see next thread:-)

Mass Mobilization in the Modern Era: Introducing the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789–2019 - Marianne Dahl, Sirianne Dahlum, Hanne Fjelde, Haakon Gjerløw, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Carina Strøm-Sedgwick, Tore Wig, 2025 The nature and consequences of mass mobilization are core topics in the social sciences. How have mass mobilization movements evolved over time? How do key char...

Read the full article in Comparative Political Studies: doi.org/10.1177/0010...

🔑 Key findings:
• Nonviolent campaigns are more likely to foster democratization after 1900— but outcomes depend on who participates and what they want.
• Students, workers & intellectuals drive democratic change.
• Peasants, middle classes & militaries usually don’t.

We show:
• OMG covers pro-democracy, anti-liberal & pro-regime campaigns.
• Social bases are diverse—no group dominates > 1/8 of movements.
• Ideologies shifted: nationalism, conservatism, liberalism → socialism → democracy & human rights, with nationalism constant.

In the paper, we describe the dataset and how it was constructed, discuss validity and reliability, etc. In addition, we present several important trends in mass mobilization over the last 200+ years.

From the French Revolution to the Arab Spring to the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, OMG documents mass movements’ goals, strategies, ideologies, size, duration, and social backgrounds. It’s a unique resource for researchers studying, e.g., how and when mass mobilization has shaped political change

The article is open access, and the dataset is publicly available: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm... We hope that many will use it!
Together with: @sirianned.bsky.social @haakongjerlw.bsky.social @chknutsen.bsky.social @torewig.bsky.social @hannefjelde.bsky.social and Carina Strøm-Sedgewick

📊 New dataset and paper alert!
We’re proud to launch the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789–2019: a global dataset covering 1,452 mass mobilization movements. It was just published in Comparative Political Studies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Below follows a 🧵

Disaggregating Defection: Dissent Campaign Strategies and Security Force Disloyalty - Marianne Dahl, Mauricio Rivera Celestino, Scott Gates, 2025 Extant research posits that nonviolent campaigns increase security force defection during dissent, thereby improving their success rates over violent campaigns....

📢 New article
👥 @mariannedahl.bsky.social , Mauricio Rivera Celestino & Scott Gates
🔎 Disaggregating Defection: Dissent Campaign Strategies and Security Force Disloyalty.
📖 Open access In Journal of Conflict Resolution.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0022...

Derfor er det et problem at nordmenn nesten ikke leser bøker fra Afrika Her er mine beste tips til bøker å lese fra Afrika.

Jeg debuterer som bok-anmelder! Det leses forsvinnende lite afrikansk litteratur i Norge, det er veldig synd. Så her er tips til de som vil prøve ut noe av den fantastiske litteraturen fra det kontinentet!

www.panoramanyheter.no/afrika-havar...

Anas Al-Sharif pictured with his two young children that he is holding. They are all smiling.

Anas Al-Sharif was one of the most remarkable reporters of his generation. For 673 days, he defied Israeli threats to kill him.

Al Jazeera now confirm their crew in Gaza City have all been assassinated:

RIP reporters Anas Al-Sharif & Mohammed Qareqea and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher & Mohammed Nofal

🇬🇪A country once seen as the democratic bright spot of the post-Soviet space is now undergoing the fastest authoritarian regression in modern European history.
🧵Here’s a thread to keep you updated on what’s happening - and why it matters.
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