Stein Tønnesson

Research Professor Emeritus

Email: stein@prio.org
Mobile phone: +47 481 01 292
Twitter: @SteinTonnesson

Research Interests

The East Asian Peace: Leads a six-year program, 2011-16 at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, with funding from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, to explain that East Asia has been so relatively peaceful since 1979, and gauge the depth of that peace. See: http://www.pcr.uu.se/research/eap/

Democratization and peace in Myanmar: Leads a project with Marte Nilsen (PRIO), Kristine Eck (Uppsala) and Joakim Kreutz (Uppsala), funded by the Norwegian MFA, 2012-13

Thailand's Missing Peace: Leads a project funded by the Norwegian MFA, in 2012

Background

Work experience:

2022- : 2011-2016:	Research Professor Emeritus, PRIO Leader of East Asia Peace program, Uppsala University
2010-2011:	Randolph Jennings Senior Fellow, United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C.
2009-2022:	Research Professor, PRIO
2001-2009:	Director, PRIO
1998-2001:	Professor II of Human Development Studies, SUM, University of Oslo
1992-1998:	Research professor, Nordic Institute for Asia Studies (NIAS), Copenhagen
1992:	Research fellow and co-editor, Journal of Peace Research, PRIO
1988-1991:	Doctoral candidate, PRIO
1986-1988:	Doctoral candidate, Institute of Defence Studies, Oslo
1983-1986:	Employed by Norges Idrettsforbund (Norwegian Sports Association) to write a history of Norwegian sports
1983:	Assistant professor, Department of History, University of Oslo
1981-1982:	Student scholarship, PRIO

Education:

1992:	Dr. philos, University of Oslo (history).
1982:	Cand. philol., University of Oslo (French and History).

CV: see www.cliostein.com

An extensive self-authored essay about Stein Tønnesson was published as part of the 60th Anniversary series PRIO Stories in August 2019.

Events

Mon, 14 May 2012 08:30-16:00 – Thailand’s Missing Peace
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00-09:30 – The Capitalist Peace
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:00-12:00 – A Peace Opportunity Missed? Is the World getting Less Peaceful Again?
Mon, 25 May 2009 09:00-18:00 – ’East Asian Peace': How Can it be Explained and Sustained?
Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:00-15:30 – Hierarchy in International Relations
Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:00-14:00 – The Peace Risk in the Middle East and Asia's Role in Stopping Global Warming
Thu, 30 November 2006 – Failed States and Regional Insecurity
Wed, 18 August 2004 – The Boundaries of Civil Wars
Tue, 18 November 2003 – Definitions of Civil War and the 'Terrorism-War Dichotmy'
Fri, 14 November 2003 – Federalism
Thu, 06 March 2003 – International Dimensions of Civil War - Opening Meeting WG

PRIO started tracking events online in 2007. This listing is not complete. Past events may be mentioned in our news archive.

Publications

The following publications are specific to the Centre for the Study of Civil War. A more complete list may be available at www.prio.org.

All Publications

Book Chapter

Tønnesson, Stein (2005) Fred mot Terror, in Islamistisk Terrorisme. Oslo: (298–318).

Conference Paper

Tønnesson, Stein (2004) Distinguishing Civil from International War – and Terrorism – in the Southeast Asian State System, presented at Exploring the Boundaries of Civil Wars: Identifying ‘Grey Areas’ and Testing Definitions, PRIO, Oslo, 18–19 August.